The Union Berlin Chronicle
Squad24 Aug 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.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Union Berlin
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market24 Aug 2026
Union Berlin promote Frank Roth from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Frank Roth 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Union Berlin promote Philipp Bauer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Philipp Bauer 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
One of our own: Karl Vogt joins the Union Berlin first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Karl Vogt is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
The ground is getting bigger
The plans are signed off at a capacity of 30596. Decisions like this are judged twenty years later, by people who were not in the room when they were taken.
In brief
- Squad Tom Rothe stays put
- Squad Words at Union Berlin training over how hard people work
- Squad A wage question at Union Berlin