City of Bamberg Spotlight: Culture and Fussball

Football in the city of Bamberg

Eintracht Bamberg notably held one of the regions top prospects in that of Lukas Görtler (Player Profile). Görtler notably transferred to FC Bayern München II after a breakout season in 2013-14.  After solidifying his role with the reserve squad (11G/4A in 27 matches) Görtler made his professional debut under Pep Guardiola for Bundesliga power FC Bayern München on May 2nd (away to Bayern Leverkusen) resulting in a 2:0 loss.

Görtler’s market value has risen significantly since transferring from Eintracht Bamberg to Bayern Munich Reserves and now presently to 2.Bundesliga side 1.FC Kaiserslautern. Transfermarkt

The city of Bamberg is also the birth city of Andrew Wooten, a Professional soccer player with American roots. Presently, Wooten plays for 2.Bundesliga club SV Sandhausen where he has 5 goals in 5 games to start of the 2015-16 season. Additionally, Wooten has recently received an invitation by US Soccer and coach Jurgen Klinsmann to compete for the USA in their upcoming September friendlies versus Peru and Brazil.

Eintracht Bamberg maintains a local derby rival in that of DJK Don Bosco Bamberg. Eintracht is traditionally a stronger football club but for the 2015-16 season both will compete in the BayernLiga; as Don Bosco Bamberg earned promotion.

IFX Pro 30 Alumnus Alassane Kane transfers to Eintracht Bamberg.

Kane, who is coming off an impressive 9 goals in 12 games (including 4 team of the week nominations during the 2014-15 season) has committed to play for Eintracht Bamberg for the 2015-16 season. With the transfer, Alassane has his eyes set on a bigger Bavarian club with more name recognition.

We wish Alassane all the best during the season.

Details about the IFX PRO 30 Day trial in Germany can be found here.