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Nostradamus
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On Germany 2006 and their infrastructure.
It's an odd one actually.
Schalke built a stadium (completed in 2001) and they completed crashed in the last decade. Relegated, still down.
Stuttgart's stadium got a facelift. Relegated. I think twice. Returned to glory this season with a great season and 2nd place.
Hamburg completely revamped their stadium. Relegated. Still down.
Kaiserslautern renovated their stadium and increased capacity. Relegated the season before the World Cup, returned for 2 years but eventually fell to 3rd tier as well.
Frankfurt. Renovated. They're one of the lucky ones. They recently managed to make some great Europe runs. Oh, but they also got relegated in 2010.
Leipzig. No big team there really, but Red Bull pounced and created a monster.
Nurnberg. Renovation. Got relegated 3 times and spent over 10 seasons in 2nd tier since then.
Hanover. Pretty much a rebuild on the same spot. And you guessed it, they spent the better half of the last 10 years in perennial midtable land of the 2nd tier.
Berlin. The Olympiastadion is not really a football home, but Hertha uses it and takes a big crowd. And yes, Hertha are also in the 2nd tier now.
The only one who gained from this was Bayern Munchen. This is pretty much the list of stadiums from 2006. From the 10 of them, only one host team did not feature in lower leagues since 2005... And they ended up dominating the league.
It's an odd one actually.
Schalke built a stadium (completed in 2001) and they completed crashed in the last decade. Relegated, still down.
Stuttgart's stadium got a facelift. Relegated. I think twice. Returned to glory this season with a great season and 2nd place.
Hamburg completely revamped their stadium. Relegated. Still down.
Kaiserslautern renovated their stadium and increased capacity. Relegated the season before the World Cup, returned for 2 years but eventually fell to 3rd tier as well.
Frankfurt. Renovated. They're one of the lucky ones. They recently managed to make some great Europe runs. Oh, but they also got relegated in 2010.
Leipzig. No big team there really, but Red Bull pounced and created a monster.
Nurnberg. Renovation. Got relegated 3 times and spent over 10 seasons in 2nd tier since then.
Hanover. Pretty much a rebuild on the same spot. And you guessed it, they spent the better half of the last 10 years in perennial midtable land of the 2nd tier.
Berlin. The Olympiastadion is not really a football home, but Hertha uses it and takes a big crowd. And yes, Hertha are also in the 2nd tier now.
The only one who gained from this was Bayern Munchen. This is pretty much the list of stadiums from 2006. From the 10 of them, only one host team did not feature in lower leagues since 2005... And they ended up dominating the league.