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Hoffenheim
| Name: Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim League: Bundesliga Location: Hoffenheim, Baden-Württemberg Nickname: Hoffe Founded: 1899 Team Colours - Home: blue/blue - Away: white/white Joined the League: 1945 Manager: Ralf Rangnick Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Club Honours Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (4th League): 2001 Verbandsliga Nordbaden (5th League): 2000 |
After expanding and modernizing in 1945, the club went from the eighth division Baden-Württemberg A-Liga, all the way to the Verbandsliga and Oberliga Baden-Württemberg by the early 21st century.
During 2006, the team made some important investments bringing players with Bundesliga experience to the squad.
This proved to be a very good decision because that same year, the team reached the Second Bundesliga, and only one season after, they reached the German first division for the first time in the team’s history.
Manager Rangnick is making an effort to conclude a positive 2008-2009 campaign; the team will be tested, as they will be playing Germany’s top Elite teams.
Hoffenheim Current Squad
| No. | Pos | Player | No. | Pos | Player |
| 1 | GK | Daniel Haas | 21 | MF | Gustavo |
| 2 | DF | Andreas Beck | 23 | MF | Sejad Salihović |
| 3 | DF | Matthias Jaissle | 24 | DF | Per Nilsson (captain) |
| 5 | DF | Marvin Compper | 25 | MF | Isaac Vorsah |
| 7 | MF | Maicosuel | 26 | DF | Andreas Ibertsberger |
| 8 | DF | Christian Eichner | 27 | GK | Ramazan Özcan |
| 9 | FW | Demba Ba | 28 | GK | Timo Hildebrand |
| 10 | MF | Carlos Eduardo | 30 | GK | Jens Grahl |
| 11 | FW | Marco Terrazzino | 34 | MF | Boris Vukčević |
| 12 | FW | Wellington | 35 | DF | Kevin Conrad |
| 14 | DF | Josip Šimunić | 36 | MF | Franco Zuculini |
| 16 | MF | Kai Herdling | 37 | DF | Manuel Gulde |
| 17 | MF | Tobias Weis | 39 | MF | Pascal Groß |
| 18 | FW | Prince Tagoe | 40 | MF | Jonas Strifler |
| 19 | FW | Vedad Ibišević | 42 | DF | Philipp Klingmann |
| 20 | FW | Chinedu Obasi |