If Makoto Hasebe makes his 380th Bundesliga appearance when Eintracht Frankfurt go to Darmstadt on Matchday 18, the 40-year-old will be among the five oldest players ever to feature in the German top flight.
So much has happened over the first seven matchdays of the Bundesliga season that few fans would have dared to predict at the start of the campaign. bundesliga.com looks at the five most eyebrow-raising stories of an incredible season so far.
At 34, Marco Reus is now one of the Bundesliga s elder statesmen but as his recent winner against Wolfsburg proved, the Borussia Dortmund attacker is as important to the big-game cause as he ever was.
Harry Kane s record-breaking goal-fest at Bayern, Serhou Guirassy soaring at Stuttgart and Hoffenheim s stealth attack on the standings are among bundesliga.com s 5 takeaway moments from Matchday 5.
Manfred Burgsmüller bagged Bundesliga goals by the hatful for the likes of Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen. He is particularly fondly remembered by BVB fans.