Rick Joshua
London-based but with his heart firmly in Fröttmaning, Rick Joshua's love of German football goes back more than thirty years and has witnessed everything from the pain of Spain '82 and the glory of Italia '90 to the sheer desolation of Euro 2000.
For the big season kickoff earlier this month, there were a number of similar-looking banners on show at Bundesliga grounds. Big and bold, profane and pithy, these were directed at the DFB - the German football federation. While outsiders...
Less than twenty-four hours after the horrible Champions League quarter-final defeat in Madrid, it is not a great place for any supporter of FC Bayern München to be.
Unlike past painful moments, I have found that this one has been...
When RB Leipzig clinched promotion to the 1. Bundesliga behind SC Freiburg last season, I immediately felt a sharp pang of disappointment. As a long-time believer in the concept of the Traditionsverein ("traditional team"), an upstart founded in 2010...
With the new season having already begun, the summer's Euros in France are slowly starting to fade. Except, perhaps if you are Portuguese. Or Icelandic.
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When the final qualifiers were all put into the draw, debutants Iceland...
Coach: Ján Kozák
Colours: White shirts, white shorts, white socks
Twitter: @SFZOfficial
Group Opponents
v Wales (11 June, Bordeaux)
v Russia (15 June, Lille)
v England (20 June, Saint-Étienne)
Euro Record
Tournament debut
Tournament Pedigree
In recent years Slovakia has started to emerge from the shadow of its neighbour...