rtgr Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 This is my first club thread so sorry if its not a good one. heard about the club somewere on here so decided to have a go and noticed there wasn't a club thread. first things first the reason i think these are the german queens park rangers is that they have recently had a take over like Q.P.R and were in the second tier of german football (now been promoted since end of season). with a transfer budget of 13.75mill and a wage of 140k there is alot of reasons to take an interest in this club abit of history.... The modern-day club was formed in 1945, when gymnastics club Turnverein Hoffenheim (founded July 1 1899) and football club Fußballverein Hoffenheim (founded 1921) merged. At the beginning of the 1990s, the club was an obscure local amateur side playing in the eighth division Baden-Württemberg A-Liga. They steadily improved and by 1996 were competing in the Verbandsliga Nordbaden (V). Around 1990, alumnus Dietmar Hopp returned to the club of his youth, not as a player, but as financial backer. Hopp was the co-founder of software firm SAP and he put some of his money into the club. His contributions generated almost immediate results: in 2000 Hoffenheim finished first in the Verbandsliga and was promoted to the fourth-division Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. Another first place finish moved the club up to the Regionalliga Süd (III) for the 2001-02 season. They finished 13th in their first season in the Regionalliga, but improved significantly the next year, earning a fifth place result. Hoffenheim earned fifth and seventh place finishes in the next two seasons, before improving to fourth in 2005-06 to earn their best result to date. The club made its first German Cup appearance in the 2003-04 competition and performed well, advancing to the quarterfinals by eliminating 2. Bundesliga sides Eintracht Trier and Karlsruher SC and Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen before being being put out themselves by another 2. Bundesliga side, VfB Lübeck. Negotiations to merge TSG Hoffenheim, FC Astoria Walldorf, and SV Sandhausen to create FC Heidelberg 06 in 2005 were abandoned due to the resistance of the latter two clubs, and the failure to agree on whether the new side's stadium should be located in Heidelberg or Eppelheim. Team owner Hopp clearly preferred Heidelberg, but could not overcome the resistance of local firm Wild, which had already reserved the site of the planned stadium for its new production facilities. In 2006, the club sought to improve its squad and technical staff by bringing in players with several years of Bundesliga experience, most notably Jochen Seitz and Tomislav Marić, and by signing Ralf Rangnick, former manager of Bundesliga teams VfB Stuttgart, Hannover 96, and FC Schalke 04, to a five-year contract. The investment paid off in the 2006-07 season with the club's promotion to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing 2nd in Regionalliga Süd. Remarkably, the club spent only a single season in the 2. Bundesliga, where they finished in 2nd place and received automatic promotion. The 2008–2009 season will be Hoffenheim's first in the German top division. Current Squad this is patch 8.0.2 as i dont think the take over is on the other patches this looks potentially a fun and enjoyable game so if people decide to take up on this game then please post progress in here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginger_mourinho Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 good opening post mate. who are the key players, expectations, budget? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtgr Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 well ive put the transfer and wage budget on there for winning everything the original expectation is to avoid relegation. key players: Edu per nilsson carlos eduardo it also looks like you can buy diogo (portuguesa) at the start too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginger_mourinho Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 oops dint see them there. i make a point of skimming everything first hand, which i know is bad. Defo worth a try though, will be starting soon. Reckon i'm in need of a new challange Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtgr Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 same mate im pretty bored of ipswich, Arsenal, Q.P.R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
killface Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 After reading this I decided I'd give em a shot. This happened in the second league game. I had already beat Gladbach 3-0 in the Cup also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
killface Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I'm in first place after 7 games at 5-1-1. The only loss came in the 90th minute. I was playing a one striker set with Edu at first, but he got injured so I put in Demba Ba. Ba just rockets goals in. I've never seen anything like it. I had to switch to 2 strikers once Edu got back. He now has 7 goals in 2 starts and 2 subs. Ba has 8 goals in 5 starts and 1 sub. Carlos Eduardo has 6 goals and 9 assists. Clearly this team has the attacking foundation to get things done, so it just needs a nice supporting cast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtgr Posted July 2, 2008 Author Share Posted July 2, 2008 yea and the best of it is.... at the start you can get the likes of mihelic Aaritalo etc. so its not as if your without options Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolbananas Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 When i played as Hoffenheim, i absouletly pillaged the free players from brazil. Iirc i had about 9 Brazilian 1st teamers Who needs money eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtgr Posted July 2, 2008 Author Share Posted July 2, 2008 just signed diogo from portuguesa 3.6mill =] thil mihelic, aaritalo, stancu and about to get a cuple of chile defenders with tacalfred and marvin angulo coming in =] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnetboyz Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 what budget/balance do you get given at the start of the season? always seen people play as this club and have always been interested Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtgr Posted July 2, 2008 Author Share Posted July 2, 2008 15.75mill and a 140k wage you get some good players available too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolbananas Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 with a transfer budget of 13.75mill and a wage of 140k there is alot of reasons to take an interest in this club Tut Tut. You should have read the first paragraph. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtgr Posted July 2, 2008 Author Share Posted July 2, 2008 u get players such as this dude who looks immense Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnetboyz Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Originally posted by coolbananas:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">with a transfer budget of 13.75mill and a wage of 140k there is alot of reasons to take an interest in this club Tut Tut. You should have read the first paragraph. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> i wanted to know the balance which is not in the opening post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolbananas Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Ahh in that case then Tut Tut to myself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtgr Posted July 2, 2008 Author Share Posted July 2, 2008 balance is 18.75millish im in october now so its changed abit since the start Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
killface Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Getting towards the end of the season and I'm sitting in first place at 16-3-3. While you can get a lot of players, I wouldn't suggest doing a ton in the attack. Edu, Ba, and Eduardo are absolutely immense. I'm playing Eduardo as one of my attacking mids and he has 17 assists. Chaurant, my other AM only has 3 haha. Unfortunately, I got drawn against Bayern in the second round of the cup, so I'm out of that. I'm just hoping I can hold on for promotion, which is looking more and more likely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
killface Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Just finished my first season, winning the league by around 8 points. Edu ended up with 30 goals and Eduardo ended with 16 and 26 assists. Of course everyone on my team is wanted now, which kinda sucks because no one will pay much for them. Word of advice...sign Edu to a longer contract if you want to keep him. He won't sign with me now, so he'll be leaving in December. I still have Ba, so I'm not super concerned yet. I'm gonna try to replace him with a young Brazilian, I'm thinking Dentinho, since I don't have the money for Guilherme. Wish me luck, because I don't have enough money this year to replace everyone again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnetboyz Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 will be starting this game later tonight not sure what tactic to play though.. might use a simple 4-4-1-1 with arrows on the wingers cutting in to partner the AMC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FM_Champ Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 hey guys. I have been interested in starting a hoffenheim game for a while and so i now am. Im on 8.02 and i was wondering who to buy and sell? Also does the money ccarry on after the first season and can you recommend any tactics? Thanks in advance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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