FC Bayern — Best pictures!

As German Bundesliga side Hamburg stampeded all over Hapoel Tel-Aviv 4:2 in the Europa League last Thursday, Croatian international Mladen Petric (pictured) earned enough rating points in our system to return in the top tier of the FTBL ranking of Bundesliga

Former Real Madrid Dutch international Arjen Robben (pictured) scored in his debut in the German Bundesliga as Bayern Munich soundly defeated title holders Wolfsburg 3:0.

Bayern Munich’s Germany international Philipp Lahm has surrendered his top spot in the FTBL ranking of German defenders to Werder Bremen’s Per Mertesacker (pictured).

FC Koln’s Germany international Lukas Podolski (pictured) was pushed to the edge of the FTBL Top 23 of the German Bundesliga after his side were unable to extract anything more than a toothless draw against Eintracht Frankfurt in front of the home crowd.

The World Cup 2010 qualifier between Germany and Azerbaijan will have a more interesting subtext as the two leading German strikers, Mario Gomez of Bayern Munich and FC Koln’s Lukas Podolski, battle it out for the top spot in the FTBL ranking of German