Sebastian Andersson scored as 1. FC Union Berlin held French side Girondins de Bordeaux to a 1-1 draw at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei.
After returning from 10 days in Klosterpforte, 1. FC Union Berlin return to the Stadion An der Alten Försterei for a home friendly against Girondins de Bordeaux.
Ten eventful days at the training camp in Klosterpforte have come to an end. The players are heading back to Berlin before Saturday's match vs. French side Bordeaux.
At the end of the ten day training camp in North-Rhine-Westphalia 1. FC Union Berlin beat English Championship side Norwich City Football Club 2-1. Kenny Prince Redondo (43.) and Norwich’s Timm Klose (OG, 68.) provided the goals for Union, James Rhodes scored for Norwich (58.).
The training camp in Klosterpforte is almost over, but on day 10 the Union players looked forward to a special highlight of this year’s preseason: a friendly match against Norwich City Football Club.
The name Wolfgang “Potti” Matthies brings back memories of the flying Union-goalie of the ‘70s and ‘80s. Fans voted him to the club’s “Footballer of the Year” in 1982, 1983, 1986 and 1987. In 2006 they went even further and named him the club’s most valuable player of all times.
Today’s now 30-year-old birthday boy Christoph Schösswendter looked pleasantly surprised when a big red strawberry cake was brought into the lunch room, as manager Urs Fischer pushed his team through two high-paced training sessions on day 9 of training camp in Klosterpforte.
With Saturday night handed over to the players, head coach Urs Fischer offered a team breakfast on a voluntary basis.
During the weekend, the players in Klosterpforte are given just one training session per day.
We've reached the half way point at the training camp in Klosterpforte: Five days are gone, five more are still to come.
Tickets for our upcoming games against MSV Duisburg and FC St Pauli in the 2.Bundesliga, as well as, the preceding German Cup fixture at Carl Zeiss Jena will be on sale from Monday July 23.
The friendly match, which was originally scheduled for today, was finally cancelled by local police for security reasons.
1. FC Union Berlin and Philipp Hosiner will go their separate ways this summer with the 29-year-old striker moving back to his homeland to join SK Sturm Graz.
Urs Fischer put his Union players through their paces in light rain this morning before allowing them some free time after lunch.
The German Football League (DFL) have confirmed the schedules for matchdays 3-8 for the 2018/19 2.Bundesliga season.
1. FC Union Berlin have invited attacker Haji Wright for a trial period at the training camp in Klosterpforte.
1. FC Union Berlin and Philipp Hosiner are likely to end their association over the next couple of days as the Austrian striker undergoes at a medical at a new club.
Though Union Berlin's pre-season routine remained intact, Tuesday was a day of many changes at the training camp in Klosterpforte.
After yesterday's recovery training, the ball was finally out of the bag at Klosterpforte.
1. FC Union Berlin will make the trip to relegated side 1. FC Köln on Monday August 13 for the second 2.Bundesliga game of the 2018/19 season.
