The Union Berlin Chronicle
Squad7 Sep 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Rodrigo Aguirre
41 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Union Berlin lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A one-man rearguard from Frederik Rønnow
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Union Berlin
Rani Khedira was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad7 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Tim Skarke
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tim Skarke, and the manager let it.
Match5 Sep 2026
Union Berlin get the job done against Borussia Dortmund
A 1‑0 win over Borussia Dortmund, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Ninety minutes of Woo-Yeong Jeong at his very best
Marked 8.48. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Union Berlin.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Leopold Querfeld shuts the door
Defensive actions: 14, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Ilyas Ansah runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 11. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market7 Sep 2026
The Livan Burcu question follows Union Berlin around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Livan Burcu’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- Market Union Berlin put David Preu up for sale
- Market Window shut, Marvin Friedrich still here
- Boardroom The Union Berlin dressing room answers