The Other Bundesliga

Tom Middler spoke to two experts on Austria's 2nd division (2. Liga) in an interview originally recorded for FCPS, the Fan Owned Club in Austria's third tier. As the interview was a wide-ranging chat covering a league which we don't often feature on The Other Bundesliga, we felt that our listeners might be interested to hear more about Austria's second tier, so what else was left to do, other than...

His Excellency Martin Weiss, the Austrian Ambassador to the United States of America joins us all the way from Washington, DC as a very special guest for this episode of The Other Bundesliga Podcast. We talk about his love of Austrian football and how that runs alongside his international career as a diplomat. With stories from derbies in Cyprus, support for Salzburg and even a seat at the preside...

Tom, Lee and Simon are (remotely) reunited thanks to the magic of the internet to talk winter friendlies, all the transfers and discuss any other goings on in Austria. We take time to see how each squad has evolved (or not) over the break as we look ahead at January's first few proper Bundesliga match days and some mouthwatering clashes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aaand breathe! Weekly group stage matches in the Champions League and Europa League are over for 2020, and with big play offs on match day 6 for Salzburg, Rapid and WAC, we had lots to look forward to!  On this episode we reminisce about all the games that we've watched in recent weeks and months, we celebrate with the teams that got through to next year, and try to find the positives for tho...

With 10 games played, LASK take over at the top. We round up how the last few weeks have gone for all 12 Bundesliga sides; Who's playing the starring role, and who is yet to get started? Plus, live World Cup 2022 Qualifying draw reaction! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The group stages are nearly at an end, and three Austrian teams are still in contention! We review the match day 5 action from the UEFA Europa League and the Champions League after a whole host of lovely goals and some very welcome wins too! Can they do it on a snowy midweek in Moscow? Apparently they can! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom, Lee and Simon are joined by special guest Lars Sivertsen to discuss the bizarre circumstances of Austria vs Norway on the final night of international action. We pore over Austria's last 3 games and discuss the much maligned "FodaBall". We also look ahead to Euro 2020 (2021, you know what we mean) and clashes with some giants ahead in "League A" next time the Nations League comes around! Host...

We drafted in special guest Manuel Veth to talk about the breathtaking 2-6 between Salzburg and Bayern in the Champions League, as well as covering wins for Rapid and LASK in the Europa League, and a tough task for WAC away in Zagreb. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom, Lee and Simon track Austria's four European competitors on their way through match day 2 of their respective competitions. Plus, Salzburg look for any glimmers of hope they can find before facing Bayern in the Champions League, Rapid need to bounce back against Dundalk, and LASK & WAC want to keep up momentum after some scintillating wins last week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

With a remarkable four Austrian teams in group stage action, Tom, Lee and Simon looked at all the games from the UEFA Champions League and Europa League, as Salzburg, Rapid, LASK and WAC were gunning for Euro glory in the name of Austria (and the coefficient!). We round up the games, the goals, the star performers, and look ahead to the fixtures for match day 2. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

WIth LASK fighting their way impressively back to the Europa League groups, we got on the phones around Europe to take a detailed look at each and every one of the Upper Austrians' opponents for the coming matches. It's a cracker of a group, with a recent Champions League finalist, and three other teams who will fancy their chances of battling it out for second spot. Check out our special preview...

On their return to the Champions League group stages FC Salzburg were drawn against some European heavyweights, so what did we do? We brought in some European heavyweights ourselves, with Raphael Honigstein, Alvaro Romeo and Artur Petrosyan giving you a brilliant in-depth look at each one of Salzburg's illustrious opponents in the European "Königsklasse"! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

The Other Bundesliga team take an in-depth look at how SK Rapid are shaping up ahead of their return to European competition! With a brilliant draw pitting them against Arsenal, Molde and Dundalk, we spoke to special guests from all over Europe to get the inside look at Rapid's competitors. Can they make it through the group? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom, Lee and Simon take a good look at how Wolfsberger AC are stacking up ahead of a second season in European action! With CSKA, Dinamo and Feyenoord their illustrious opponents, we find out from experts around Europe about how the competitors are looking elsewhere in Group K, and pick out our players and ties to look out for this autumn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Tom, Lee and Simon get together at Vienna's Long Hall Pub to review the opening month of the Bundesliga season! We look at all 12 teams and how they've got started, as well as getting excited for upcoming international, ÖFB Cup and European ties too!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Other Bundesliga team called Israeli football expert Raphael Gellar to talk about Salzburg's season-defining clash with Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Champions League Play-Off round, and there's also a look back at how Hartberg's Euro history got started, plus the lowdown on Rapid and LASK's qualifiers too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom, Simon and Lee are reunited at The Long Hall in Vienna to have a few beers and discuss what's been going on in European qualifying, cup ties and look ahead at the beginning of the new Bundesliga season! We take some questions from the twitter feed and make a few outlandish predictions for what lies ahead this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When American owners took over a third division Austrian club, they had our attention. When they announced their unique fan-ownership model and plans to open the club up to an international audience, our interest was piqued even further. Once Christian Ziege came in as the manager, we had no choice but to get over there and find out what was going on! Ahead of the new season, we spoke to EURO 96 w...

With pure drama and controversy, the 2nd Division came to and end and gave us another team to take their place in the Other Bundesliga. At the same time though, we could have a relegated team who just beat the drop... sounds confusing? It is! Listen up for all that and the latest transfer news and kit "reviews" in Austrian football! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're joined by Karan Tejwani, author of the Red Bull football book "Wings of Change" to discuss Salzburg's special 19/20 season, and where they sit when compared to RB Leipzig, FC Liefering and other teams in the Red Bull football stable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom, Lee and Simon journey back through Jesse Marsch's record-breaking first season in charge of Salzburg. From summer departures to summer celebrations almost a whole year later, relive the ups, downs and more ups of Red Bull Salzburg's 2019-2020 campaign with The Other Bundesliga. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The last round of matches would decide the fates of four Bundesliga teams, but who would be in the league no longer, and who would be in the Europa League for next year?  Tom, Simon and Lee discuss the final day drama, and look ahead to those UEL quali play-off things! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two teams secured themselves against the drop, setting up a thrilling final day showdown at the bottom. Up at the other end, Simon was in attendance for a washed out Wednesday of games played in the middle of huge storms! The team look ahead to the last day of the Austrian Bundesliga season... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Salzburg finally seal the deal and close out the title, but elsewhere in the league the European battles and the relegation scrap only heated up with the results on match day 30. Tom, Simon and Lee report back on all the action as we head into a frantic final week of the Austrian Bundesligs season! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News on the regulations for the start of next season, plus LASK's appeal update and a few transfers doing the rounds in recent days. Lee is on hand to witness a truly spectacular strike as Salzburg edge ever closer to another title, and Tom & Simon take a trip to St Pölten with things getting dicey at the wrong end of the table. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.