The Union Berlin Chronicle
The dugout23 Oct 2028
Livan Burcu says Union Berlin went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match21 Oct 2028
The drought breaks for Union Berlin
8 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and SC Freiburg were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.
The terraces23 Oct 2028
One of their own: Assan Ouédraogo
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match21 Oct 2028
Union Berlin get the job done against SC Freiburg
A 1‑0 win over SC Freiburg, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Union Berlin count the cost of losing Benjamin Kaiser
43 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
The manager makes an example of Piet Scobel
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings23 Oct 2028
The afternoon belonged to Woo-Yeong Jeong
A mark of 7.81, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
Somebody else is better right now than Derrick Köhn
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
The view from the dugout
“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Oliver Wagner, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
In brief
- Market The Frederik Rønnow question follows Union Berlin around
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Nathan Tella
- Looking ahead Julian Krahl goes back to face Köln