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Union Berlin are Germany’s hipster club brought to life by the blood of their fans threatening Bayern Munich’s dominance
Union Berlin are Germany’s hipster club brought to life by the blood of their fans threatening Bayern Munich’s dominance
Published on October 28, 2022 at 10:14 PM
A CLUB which has been built on the blood, sweat and tears of its fans was never going to stay quiet for long.
After setting the early pace, Union Berlin are raising eyebrows by threatening to usurp the Bavarian stranglehold on Europe’s most predictable league.
Union Berlin currently sit one point ahead of Bayern Munich in the BundesligaThey go into this weekendâs games with a one point lead over giants Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga.
But the difference between both clubs is enormous.
While Bayern prides itself on serial success, Union are a club welded together by failure.
After brushes with financial turmoil in the 1990s, the clubâs fans launched a âBleed for Berlin”; campaign in 2004.
Hundreds of “Iron Berliners”; donated blood to hospitals in exchange for money to help gain a licence to enter the fourth division.
And Berlinâs hipster clubâs pulse has continued to rise after finally hoisting themselves into the Bundesliga for the first time in 2019.
Full-back Julian Ryerson, who has been with the club since 2018, explained: âOur history is not like anybody elseâs.
âThe way the club is run and the fans have been the same since the fourth division.
âPeople are important here.
â This is a family club and it always will be.â
After a shock defeat to basement boys VFL Bochum last week, Berlin are aiming to put things right against Monchengladbach this Sunday.
Norwegian defender Julian Ryerson joined when the club were in the second division in 2018Fans donated blood to hospitals in 2004 to help the club afford a licence to play in the fourth divisionBayern are the only side this season to travel to Berlinâs tight 23,000 seater Alten Forsterei stadium and leave with a point.
It is no surprise after the bricks of the stadium were laid by the fans themselves.
Unionâs on-pitch success in the lower divisions saw the need to renovate their old stadium in 2009.
But with cash still tight over 2,000 fans volunteered and worked a total of 140,000 hours to modernise their home.
Norwegian international Ryerson, 24, added: âWhen you talk about finances we are a completely different club compared to Dortmund and Bayern Munich.
âYou have to remind yourself of what the fans have done in every game.
Berlin’s fans are considered to be the most passionate in GermanyUnion’s star Taiwo Awoniyi left for Nottingham Forest this summer in a record dealâIt is always in the back of your mind. It is not normal how they are during the games.
“They push us on and off the pitch and it makes us strong here at home.â
But it is not only Berlinâs fans which set them apart from every other club in the Bundesliga.
Fellow gatecrashers to the German establishment, RB Leipzig, also have East German roots but have been given their wings by capitalist behemoths Red Bull.
Union Berlinâs growth has come organically by continuing to be an eastern outsider.
And a glance across the capital to rivals Hertha Berlin proves spending money does not always breed success.
In the four years since Urs Fischer, a quiet Swiss, took over at Union, Hertha have had eight managers and spent ã170million on transfers.
They managed to stay in the Bundesliga after a narrow win over Hamburg in a relegation play-off while Union finished one point away from the Champions League places.
Ryerson said: âHertha have been extremely inconsistent.
âWhat has been good here is the consistency.
âIt speaks for our hard work and how everyone is pulling in the same direction.
âWe have our core values and it is about staying the same. This is a cool club with a cool stadium.
“Even though we are progressing we wonât change.”;
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