弗洛里安·韦伯（打击乐）、吕迪格·林霍夫（贝司）、彼得·布鲁格（吉他、主唱）三人组成了有一个古怪名字“施蒂勒体育之友”的德语摇滚乐队。队名出自某地足球教练汉斯·施蒂勒。由于乐队的小伙子们很显然是铁杆球迷，乐队自然得用施蒂勒命名。 作为球迷，三个小伙不太走运，因为吕迪格和弗洛里安拥护的慕尼黑 1860队目前仅为联邦乙级队。 三位体育之友钟爱带独立摇滚色彩的吉他波普。歌词是直言不讳地谈日常生活。轻松愉快尽管并未被三位奉为宗旨，却是创作基调。 乐队为2006足球世界杯创作的新专辑《你得赢了决战》于2006年5月面世，我们为大家介绍的歌曲《54、74、90、2006》就摘自这一专辑。
by Jason Ankeny
Football-obsessed German rock trio Sportfreunde Stiller formed outside of Munich in 1996. Singer/guitarist Peter "Balboa" Brugger, bassist Rüdiger Linhof, and drummer Florian "Rakete" Weber derived the name from their former soccer instructor Hans Stiller, adding "Sportfreunde" (German for "sports friends") when a rival band laid claim to the Stiller name. The group issued its debut EP, Macht Doch Was Ihr Wollt, Ich Geh Jetzt shortly after forming, with the follow-up, Thonträger, appearing two years later. Sportfreunde Spiller issued their first full-length effort, So Wie Einst Real Madrid, in 2000. Its titular emphasis on the beautiful game further cemented the trio's athletic image, and in 2003 "Independent," a track from their sophomore effort, Die Gute Seite, was included on EA Sports' FIFA 2003 video game. The third Sportfreunde Spiller LP, Burli, hit stores in 2004. Two years later, their World Cup-inspired fan anthem "'54, '74, '90, 2006" topped the German charts, and when the German national squad was ousted against eventual champion Italy, the band reworked the song as "'54, '74, '90, 2010" in anticipation of the next World Cup tournament in South Africa. Later that same year, Sportfreunde Stiller was nominated as Best German Act at the annual MTV Europe Music Awards.