The German Bundesliga returns this Saturday, the first major football league to return to our screens since the football hiatus.
Between we list the current Bundesliga teams with any known West Ham connections.
Augsburg Academy youngster Reece Oxford joined them in 2019.
Bayer Leverkusen Hammers paid the German club £16m for Javier Hernández in 2017
Bayer Munich Former Hammer Thomas Hitzlsperger played for them
Borussia Dortmund The Hammers played Dortmund twice in 1966 in the UEFA Cup Winners Cup losing both times
Borussia Monchengladbach Reece Oxford spent time on loan at the German club in 2018
Eintracht Frankfurt The Hammers paid the German club a record £45m for Seb Haller in 2019
Fortuna Dusseldorf West Ham were linked in the hunt to sign Fortuna Dusseldorf attacker Benito Raman in 2019
SC Freiburg Just last month the Hammes were with centre back Robin Koch who is said to be a David Moyes target
Hertha BSC The Hammers beat Herta 5-3 in a pre-season victory in Austria in 2019
TSG Hoffenheim The Hammers sold Havard Nordtveit to Hoffenheim in 2017 and after previously buying Demba Ba from the same club in 2011
FC Koln The Hammers were linked with Koln’s French hit-man Anthony Modeste in 2017
RB Leipzig The team that David Moyes says he wants to model his future transfer policy on.
Mainz 05 West Ham beat Mainz to win the Betway Cup 2018 with a dramatic penalty shootout victory in Austria.
SC Paderborn Last year the Hammers were linked with young striker Streli Mamba.
Schalke 04 In 2014 West Ham played the German club in the Schalke Cup in Germany. West Ham won 7-6 on penalties after 0-0 draw
Union Berlin The Hammers were linked with Union striker Bobby Wood in 2016
Werder Bremen West Ham played Bremen in the pre-season Betway cup in Germany in 2017 losing 3-2 on aggregate over two legs
Vfl Wolfsburg Emanuel Pogatetz joined the Hammers on loan from this German team in 2013
If we missed other connections to the German clubs above let us know.
We bought Demba Ba from Hoffenhiem
We beat Eintracht Frankfurt in the ECWC semi-final 4-3 on aggregate in 1976.