SC Verl’s dreams of promotion in league three have been given new fuel. Verl outclassed VfB Stuttgart II in the majority.
Dhe SC Verl has been in the 3rd league On the 22nd matchday they shot into the promotion ranks with a 4-0 (0-0) win against VfB Stuttgart II. New signing Marco Wörner (56th), joker Jonas Ahrweiler, Timur Gayret (61st) and Berkan Taz (68th) from the penalty spot scored the clear victory within twelve minutes.
The SC improved to second place with 41 points behind leaders Cottbus and can continue to dream of the 2nd Bundesliga. The league’s best offense with 53 goals struggled for a long time, but was able to take advantage of its superiority in the second half. Dominik Nothnagel was sent off with a yellow-red card after repeated foul play (45′).
Nothnagel’s expulsion helps Verl
The teams started the game with a lot of momentum: both teams ran up to the opponent and hoped to win the ball quickly. Florian Hellstern parried a first shot from Alessio Besio (7th) in the Stuttgart goal. After that, the game petered out a bit and there were no big highlights for the time being – until after half an hour a corner from Berkan Taz almost led to the lead: the ball landed just to the right of the goal without being touched by another professional.
The SC now became a little more determined in their attack and made better use of the space behind the high-rushing guests: Besio was denied by Hellstern five minutes before the break. Things got strange in stoppage time: Stuttgart’s Nothnagel, already under a yellow card, stumbled first and then prevented the counterattack by diving into the opponent’s path – the result was a justified yellow-red card.
Twelve outstanding Loser minutes
After the break, Verl had the first big opportunity: Marco Wörner suddenly appeared free in front of Hellstern, but the VfB goalkeeper stood cool and parried. In return, Mansour Ouro.Tagba was blocked at the last second. Six minutes later the SC celebrated: Niko Kijewski brought in a cross from the left and Wörner was in the middle, who took it and sank the ball to the right.
It was Wörner’s last action; Ahrweiler came into the game for him. The striker hadn’t been on the field for two minutes before he was used strongly by Taz and safely scored Verler’s second goal. And it got even more bitter for the guests: Gayret scored from 15 meters for the third goal in just five minutes. Just five minutes later, after a foul by Mirza Catovic, SC was rightly awarded a penalty – Taz was lucky to convert.
Verl is now challenged away from MSV
VfB was now threatened with a complete debacle against playful hosts. However, Verl slowed down a bit and Stuttgart stabilized. Of course, that didn’t change anything about the victory.
On the next match day, SC Verl has to travel to Duisburg. The NRW duel at MSV kicks off on Sunday (February 8th, 2026) at 7:30 p.m.
Our sources:
- Third division game SC Verl against VfB Stuttgart II on February 1st, 2026 (live broadcast on MagentaSport)
Broadcast: WDR.de“Verl wins clearly against Stuttgart II”, February 1st, 2026, 6:53 p.m
