Steffen Baumgart's first press conference* of a new season, ahead...
1. FC Union Berlin (English)@fcunion_en
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Aug 13, 2025
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Steffen Baumgart's first press conference* of a new season, ahead of #FCGFCU, starts at 14:00. As ever, you can watch the whole thing LIVE or, just join us here in the replies for the usual updates (of a sort).
*Press conference may not be taking place next to a pool
*Press conference may not be taking place next to a pool
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Nope, no pool here, just the stifling warmth of the Alte Försterei press room. But, still, it's nice to be back. And Steffen and Christian Arbeit, our MC for the day, seem to be in a summery mood, too. We're back, Unioner. Let's go.
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But we must start with the bad news though, missing on Friday will be Stanley Nsoki, Josip Juranovic, Livan Burcu and Lucas Tousart. There'll be a good 4,000 Unioner there though.
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Steffen starts by taking a moment to say hell. Hello, Steffen. He says that the atmosphere in the camp is good, that the recent results have had little impact on that, and they are looking forward to getting back to business. Euphorie is the word he uses. you can translate that yourselves.
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Asked about Diogo Leite and Tom Rothe and the left hand side of the back three, he bats away the question easily. A decision will be made soon.
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He hopes that Josip will be back soon, but all he can do, he says - as with Tousart - is speculate. Hopes are that they'll be ready for Stuttgart.
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Steffen describes his fascination for the Cup. He loves it, he's at the final every year, he wants to come as far as possible in it. My biggest goal is to be in the final, as it is every year, he says. But he also admits he's not the only one with this ambition.
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He talks of his strikers, of the joy of scoring, and his certainty that his players will rediscover that. The new kit is "geil", he then says with a grin on his face. And that's that, he's off, as are we. See you in Gütersloh. Eisern!
