On today’s EFD Explained, we’re looking at the Bundesliga this year, and surprise leaders Union Berlin. Despite Bayern Munich adding Sadio Mane in the summer, minnows Union are among the shock table-toppers of the campaign so far, alongside Napoli and Arsenal, but while those teams have storied histories, Union won their first promotion to the top flight just 3 years ago, and have already beaten Dortmund and Leipzig this season. So what is their story? Who are the stars, and what kind of football do they play? And crucially, can they hang on and actually win the title?
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Smaller Stadium then 17 Clubs in Prem but greater atmosphere then all of them together!
yes
I doubt it’s better than what St James Park is currently
Doubt it’s better than Newcastle and Everton and palace
@@hlinneyefc75 Everton…Newcastle…😂😂 You have no clou! That’s the point
@@rebosen both have some of the best fans in the prem and loudest unlike teams like Utd Liverpool city Arsenal who have shit atmospheres and most of there fans ain’t even from the area there from
Seeing that today they won in the 97th minute, it is the setup for an upset. These kind of victories is what defines a magic season. Hopefully they can do it, they don't play as pretty like Bayern, Dortmund or even Frankfurt but they use what they have to the fullest, like Iceland 2016
German Leicester less go
Have u heard of Kaiserslautern 🌚
Or Stuttgart.
Will give it to Bayern this weekend. Just watch.
@@jithuabrahamalex4573 nah. These people don't care about what's happening outside of the EPL.
Bro Leicester had and have a rich iwner2
Hopefully Union Berlin can win bundesliga this season
I think I have found my German club after today's game when they won with the last kick of the ball. What a stadium and fans they never gave up. To find out how well they are doing after looking into them is incredible coming from the bottom . Respect from.a Celtic fan🍀🔴
Eisern Union!
@@rostermaan1321 100% I hope they do well this season
It was incredible in the stadium. Welcome at Eisern
Bandwagon makes Choo Choo
@@NameNr123 in all fairness if I was on a bandwagon I would support frankfurt
As a Bayern fan I obviously want them to win. However, Union and their fans are a very very easy team to root for. Let’s hope they keep up this top form and make it a competition !
Same with me. I love to see Bayern playing football, Barca - what a game! But you have to love Urs Fischer and his Team. The Team is the star, they all stand for each other and they fight till the end
@@trynottoloosemyhumor8647 100%!
You don’t know Union very well do you? Ask any German, they’d rather Bayern win the title
@@LPTR93 I’ll ask my German Union supporter friends
@@LPTR93 lol nope!you hate Bayern or you Love them there is nothing Else, so all non Bayern Fans Will Go with Eisern Union
They just won today a game in the 97th minute. Also, they have had an interesting run in the Europa League.
They also lost to bochum last week, and if by interesting you mean 1-0 boring games then yea totally interesting
@@fubar22v50 winning is what’s more important at the end of the day
@@fubar22v50by Interesting he meaned they made it far
@@carlosboii1239 fair enough
Once again another class video - one day this channel is gonna get the credit it deserves keep up the good work been a fan from day 1
The secret of Union is simple, back to basics. No fancy counter pressing, no fancy tiki taka or anything. Defend strong and with purpose and counter attack. That's it, and they do it very well.
Totally agree. I remember Fischer getting sacked after winning the double on the basis of "boring play" at the time (1st place for all of the 36 rounds, leader by a record 17 points). I think it shows that he manages his team (emphasise that!) on the basis of their abilities and goes from there with a sense of realism. He once said, why bother and implement a 2nd and 3rd system if you don't get the 1st one right. Some may call that boring but it works out for many years now.
Great video, was wondering how Union were doing so well. I don't think they'll win the League, but they'll definitely cause concern.
Great vid...he'll no they aren't holding off BM.
And they just snatched a late winner against Gladbach, after coming from behind. We might be witnessing something special
love these guys
Very good
They can be the first Bundesliga champion from the former GDR
That would actually be amazing.
They survived during cold war period
@@samuelyee4017 they were founded in 1966.
I live 15 minutes from the stadium. When there’s a home game, half the area turns red-yellow-white, it’s such a craze!
Union berlin manager played fifa career mode a lot
Please do an explained on the brentford owner, his backstory and especially what he did at midjland
I believe they have made one in the past, would be nice to see an updated version
They have an explained on Football Daily from about a year ago!
USG and Brentford are really good this season
Bayern is probably going to win assuming they’re weird spell is behind them, not to forget they were kind of unlucky in a few of those games. But we’ll see, it makes it interesting at least.
as a full blood Bayern Fan, I would love if Union to take the title.
I think there's an error here, if Union allowed 39 xGA last season and Bayern allowed 40, then Union weren't "behind" Bayern in the metric. Either that or Union's should say 40 and Bayern's 39 if that's the error
Also their back story of the club raising money for the club by donating blood, and having to put long hard hours in the stadium reconstructing it! Doesn’t get any more community club than Union Berlin
There's no chance that Union will win the Bulli this season, and this is from an Union fan. We've deteriorated since the start of the season, and have struggled to create much up front. Bayern will come back to bite us this season, and Europe has been a dodgy affair too. It's safe to say Union are overachieving by a significant margin as they always do at the start of every season before fixture congestion and injuries hit, as well as the winter window. I believe we sneak into the champions league though and possibly go far in the pokal once again, even in Europe. Our defenders this year have been super smart acquisitions, all of whom are comfortable on the ball and can play a great long ball. Jordan's goals have dropped, but he is a real handful for defenders. This is a team look out for in the future, maybe one day Bayern will be toppled by us.
Eisern!
@@rostermaan1321 Union!
Beste Grüße..
After yesterday I have to say your comment aged like fine wine
How do you feel about the summer additions mate?
As an American fan, it's been so gratifying to learn about this club and their stadium this year. The Premiership costs a $70/month subscription here. But we get the entire Bundesliga for $5.99/month. I'm honestly not sure why anybody would watch anything else.
😢 😭And here in Germany you need multiple broadcaster subscriptions to follow the bundesliga, because they split the days. In sum up to 50$ per month. 🤯$5.99/month
no at the start of rhe season bayern had a big issue with the defence (de ligt not being ready to play on that intensety) but now they got a foodhold back in the league and if you look back in the last years bayern had a rough start in the league because they first concentrate on the ucl
I don’t know if they can win the title but I hope so
As a Bayern supporter since 2009 if Bayern don’t become Bundesliga champions I honestly won’t mind if Union Berlin win. I actually low key want them to win, not gonna lie.
Lol you're sick of winning? 😂 But yeah. I'm a United fan. I would rather have any team win than City or Liverpool.
What the HEAVEN not what the HELL
4th ain’t bad
Und Niemals Vergessen EISERN UNION
Union is just a flash in the pan. I think deep down we all know that Bayern's got it in the bag. No disrespect to Union of course, but Bayern is a World Class team.
You're a very glass half empty kind of person aren't you..
@@JM45001 I am a realistic kind of person. If you want to dream, go right ahead, but when it's time for you to wake up and face reality, don't blame anybody else. I don't know how you English fans see things but in the rest of the world, we have favourites and underdogs. There's no Leicester, no Blackburn in most leagues.
Nah you are 100% right, Union always drop in form due to valid reasons, but I believe we can win the bulli soon
@@DimShamrock Nahh union for the league win
@@DimShamrock Get ready for a culture shock then
How exactly are expected goals and shots actually calculated?? 🤔🤔
Probably an average of the last game
If you learn the exact formula, please tell me. But the basic idea is the placement of a shot, the closer to the centre and the goal, the better the xG of the shot. Also factors like if the goalie is positioned close, or how many players are in front of the player during the time of the shot.
At this point, I would take anybody winning the league other than Bayern. I don't hate Bayern but it's got boring
Yea true.... Bundesliga has been shit ever since Bayern keept winning...🤮
Napoli being 1st in Serie A is hardly odd. How they didn't win the title last 4 years is beyond me.
I think they'll make it to the champions league this year, however Bayern has started playing so well the last couple of weeks that it's pretty much only a matter of time till Union drop some points somewhere and loses the top spot imo. Bayern doesn't look like they will drop any anytime soon
isn't it jordan siebatcheu?
You jinxed them
I am a Bayern Munich fan but Union Berlin absolutely deserves to be top of the table !
What pefok is happening at Union Berlin?
Who knew that when you don’t give teams in bundesliga space they struggle🤷🏽♂️
As an Ajax fan, I’d love Union to top the Bundesliga
The only reason Union is first is that Bayern had a bad start. I dont think any team has a Chance in the league against Bayern in the long run of this season. Bayern will probably win again with 6+ more points than 2nd.
1 point behind after 18 games
Union Berlin!💪
Congratulations FC Union Berlin to your strong start this year!! Unfortunately, reality is starting to sink in. A lost to Bochum, a lucky break against Moenchengladbach and now a 5 zip against Leverkusen.
I won the league w this team in manager career mode in 2023 on ps4 then made them a dynasty 😁
The new leicester city.
Heaven*
Urs Fischer best gaffer in the world
The will start to come down now... quite naturally.
berlins last football title was 1988*
So it's obvious its no fluke
Great amtosphere still unsportsmanslike fans that try to injure the opponents fans after or before the game with unfair gear. Still a great season from them.
They’ll soon crumble but I hope not.
Nothing can stop Leicester City for being the "Greatest Football Underdogs of All Time".
If it becomes a constant thing with the team then you know majority of their key players will get promoted to Bayern munich...best to do this video on RC lens in France who's been fairly good n improving for the last 3 years, I believe they're 2nd now in ligue 1
No one in union berlin has the quality to play in munich secondary ist just a good run so far. Those team usually crumble in the second half of the season. Seen it way to often, could be mainz, hoffenheim or now berlin. Btw they dont play good football they are kinda atletico Madrid just with less individual quality.
casual fan, casual assumption
Says the casual
Partys over im afraid
They actually just get lucky all the time. They play so dirty and bad but it works so I have to give credit to them.
Haha da flennt der Kölner… als ob eure Truppe nur spielerisch liefert. Immerhin habt ihr ne Union Legende als Trainer.
@@Eppi1337 Ach ja ich meine dieses Eckfahnen Mauern ist echt nicht geil. Trotzdem macht ihr alles richtig und habt halt das Glück auf eurer Seite.
@@henning8737 was für Eckfahnen Mauern? Das war vllt letztes Jahr so. Gegen beide Borussias und auch bei anderen Spielen war das nicht so. Europa ist immer eklig. Siehe Nizza gestern. 21 Tore sind auch ein Indiz
@@Eppi1337 laut xG und xPoints ist Union dieses jahr ein mittelfeld team, also ein bisschen (viel) glück haben sie schon, aber ist ja nichts verwerfliches
Just got smashed 5-0 against 16th levekusen
The only problem Union might have is that they have a small squad and by the second half of the season they will be feeling it.
The WC break will give them some well deserved rest. Don't think much of their squad will go deep in the WC. So that's time to rest and train.
But like the other comment said the WC will be there. Union don’t have many players who play in the WC so they have an advantage over Bayern and Dortmund. Union only has to win the next 3 Bundesliga games.
Fan run club winning a top league in europe ! Every man utd fan buying shares in fc united of manchester lets go challange the elite !
Every team in the buli is fan run except for Leipzig and hoffenheim lol
@@Tarantino1101 i know 50 + 1 rule isn't it , it was a joke about the club that as turned into a joke
@@Tarantino1101 you forgot Wolfsburg & Leverkusen, they're also not fan owned. Both are owned by corporations who founded the clubs.
@@jldch26 true but I don’t consider them as bad as rb and Hoffenheim Don’t get me wrong they are the next 2 clubs i would wish to vanish from the Bundesliga
Thiß video aged horribly after Union lost 5:0 to Leverkusen
There still stating up in bundesliga
Any isco fans here?
We bleed 🩸 Union
Bayern Munich still gonna win😭😭😭
If bayern chairman and dfb work together use bounty hunter approach (Set up certain category of award for teams that have no chance to win the title) and player trading (swapping some of their players to exchange ace players from rival that has no chance to win bundesliga)
am i the only one who thinks ronaldo should go to union berlin and win the bundesliga
@Loosethecow i guess i just thought union berlin are around his level now, plus they look like they have a bright future
Yes you're the only one
Unveu
Bayern will win they found a striker in their reserves
UNVEU
union only has to. loose one game and bayern will take the lead forever again
it's delusional and ignorant to think they have any chance to win the bundesliga. they won't even finish top 5
let's just wait till the end of the season
They probably won't but stranger things have happened like Leicester winning the league, Bayern will probably win but would be nice bundesliga not as fun to watch as 10 years ago when they had real competition
A Top 5 is not impossible, but champions? No way.
@@soundscape26 i agree with you
Farmers league
Don't worry. By next year Bayern will have bought any of their good players and they will be back where they started.
Yeah would hate to see that…..hang on, all our good players do get bought every season! It’s happened every season, we’ve lost our key defenders, midfielders, playmakers and strikers EVERY season. We have got better, what are you basing your comment on?
@@EisernRob he isn't basing his comment on anything, just hating on Bayern
@@paulomendes1193 he said, ‘they will be back where they started’. I don’t know what that means, to me I see Union moving forward every year despite all their best players being bought.
You fail to see why Union works. There are no „star players“, no one in our squad is good enough to be of any interest for Bayern. However, our top players are regularly bought by other teams (like Gladbach, Dortmund or Frankfurt) and it still didn’t stop our rise. Look at Kruse, Friedrich or Prömel.
nur der bfc
Welp this vid just jinxed them they already losing their current game and dropped to 2nd
Freiburg is better
We will see
@@EisernRob we did see mate 🔥💥
@@laloboomin0291 12 v 10…i guess they had to win one at one point shame they had to buy a ref to do it. At least we won the 2nd half…with two less players
@@EisernRob It was going to be a banger of a game.. the ref was sus the whole first half. I’ve never sat down and watched Bundesliga and it’s way more entertaining than La Liga
Both are great :) Lets Just enjoy the Stories as they Happen instead of Putting one above another, since it's mostly subjective 👏🏼
YOU got the Table Wrong, Bayern Munich is on the Top of the Table since Yesterday's 6-2 win against Mainz 05.
He did say at the time of recording. The video was made before yesterday.
@@robertolawes4907 Well He should have released the video earlier before the Mainz game. He only mentioned at the time of writing, not at the time of making the video.
@@tkmwong020480 the implied part of these videos is that fans possess and show common sense.
@@hello7032 Well He should have released the video at the time of relevance, now at this moment it's outdated and at this point in time Union Berlin is losing 0-1 to Borussia Monchengladbach at Half Time right now. If they completely lose this match, they could possibly drop to 3rd place behind Dortmund. This is common sense. Btw, after failing to play in Form, Bayern has already got their confidence and form back. Union Berlin may have their chance of Challenging Bayern for the Bundesliga Title, but it won't be easy unless more injuries to Bayern's whole Team.
@@tkmwong020480 this is why they emphasize “at time of writing”. It’s really not this difficult. You’re being pedantic and with trivial and largely unrealistic expectations. They aren’t doing live shows and they have an upload schedule.
How this video ages badly Bayern are now on the top. And union have lost 5-0 to leverkusen and are losing to friburg 4-1
Yet another Red kit team in that league, what do they have now like 50% of the league looks exactly the same on the pitch. How Germanly boring.
As if you don't have that in England with Red or Spain with Blue, right?
So you care about the looks of 22 men on a pitch? Maybe i got some news for you about your sexuality