The Union Berlin Chronicle
Match12 Dec 2026
Union Berlin leave it late against SC Freiburg
Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 87th, and SC Freiburg spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Union Berlin lose Paul Jäger
37 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Josip Juranović signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Josip Juranović and Union Berlin agree another 3 years.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Union Berlin
Rani Khedira and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Nobody could get near Woo-Yeong Jeong
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market14 Dec 2026
Union Berlin promote Dominik Frank from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dominik Frank has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Match12 Dec 2026
Union Berlin see off SC Freiburg
Three points for Union Berlin, 1‑0 the final word against SC Freiburg in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Kastriot Imeri stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.61 on the card, and the Union Berlin support went home talking about one name.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
A promise honoured for Michel Aebischer
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Union Berlin told Michel Aebischer something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Josip Juranović knocks on the manager's door
- Squad A smaller club would suit Leopold Querfeld now