The Union Berlin Chronicle
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Lennart Karl: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Union Berlin have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Union Berlin
Tim Lemperle and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match10 Oct 2026
Whatever happens, Union Berlin do not lose
7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Filip Stanković has improved at 24, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Market12 Oct 2026
Thomas Jäger steps up from the Union Berlin academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas Jäger has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market12 Oct 2026
One of our own: Peter Mayer joins the Union Berlin first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Peter Mayer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words at Union Berlin training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lennart Karl is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Livan Burcu signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Livan Burcu and Union Berlin agree another 5 years.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
A masterclass from Tim Lemperle
Marked 8.27 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Match After 4 games, Union Berlin finally taste it again
- Match St. Pauli snatch it back from Union Berlin
- Loan watch Miłosz Piekutowski counts the days