Part Nine: December Review – Ending the Year in the Promotion Race
As 2025 drew to a close, Hansa Rostock entered December firmly in the hunt for automatic promotion. The challenge was to navigate a difficult final month before the winter break and ensure the team remained in a strong position...
Part Eight: November Review – Finishing Strong Before Winter
With the season beginning to enter its crucial middle phase, November presented Hansa Rostock with three important league fixtures. Having maintained their place among the promotion contenders throughout the autumn, the objective was...
Part Seven: October Review – Grinding Out Results
After a strong September that saw Hansa Rostock firmly establish themselves in the promotion race, October brought a lighter fixture schedule but no shortage of challenges. Three league matches awaited, including difficult trips to Duisburg and...
Part Six: September Review – Building Momentum
After an encouraging unbeaten start in August, September presented a sterner test of Hansa Rostock's promotion credentials. Five league matches awaited, including difficult trips to Osnabrück and Rot-Weiss Essen. By the end of the month, Hansa had...
Part Five: August Review – An Unbeaten Start
Erzgebirge Aue 1-1 Hansa Rostock
Hansa's return to league action began with a hard-fought point away at Erzgebirge Aue. The hosts took the lead through Majetschak in the 33rd minute and looked on course for victory, but David Hummel came to the...
Part Four: Pre-Season Review – Signs of Promise on the Baltic Coast
The first chapter of this Hansa Rostock journey is complete.
After weeks spent on the training ground, countless tactical meetings, and a busy transfer window, we finally have a clearer picture of what this team might be...
Part Three: Assessing the Squad – What Have We Inherited?
With the club's finances examined and expectations established, attention now turns to the most important asset at Hansa Rostock.
The players.
Before the transfer window opens and before any decisions are made regarding arrivals and...
Part Two: The Reality Check – Hansa's Finances and Expectations
Before a ball is kicked, before tactics are discussed, and before dreams of Bundesliga glory can begin, we need to take a look at the state of Hansa Rostock.
The romantic vision is simple: restore East German football and take...
German football has always been a story of powerhouses.
From Munich to Dortmund, from Hamburg to Leverkusen, the Bundesliga's history has been dominated by clubs from the west of the country. Since German reunification in 1990, not a single club from the former East Germany has lifted the...
Preseason
We know that we needed to build momentum right from the start of the season we took a gamble and arranged a lot of friendlies to try get some and it paid off.
6 wins, 2 draws and 2 loses which isn't bad considering but I would of much preferred a win against Lubeck but we did put...
First Day in Charge
As with any other job the first day involves meeting a lot of people and learning more around the company and this job is no different as we sit down with the owner of the club as he lets us know more about the situation we will have to deal with and what the expectations...
I've been looking for a new save in Football Manager for a while and not been able to settle on anything until now. After my last save with Sheffield Wednesday it showed that I'm up for a challenge and this time I'm looking to taken on an even harder one.
There are fallen giants… and then there...