Club feels “uncomfortable”
SC Freiburg lodges a protest against the game rating after FC Bayern Munich made a mistake. After the appeal of the Breisgauer on Monday, the sports court of the German Football Association (DFB) must decide whether the 4: 1 of the leader will continue to exist.
“We are in a dilemma through no fault of our own. SC Freiburg had no part or influence on the events surrounding the change process. Nevertheless, the legal and procedural rules of the DFB formally force us to play an active role in order to have the processes legally checked. In principle, we have no interest in this active role, which we were given against our will in terms of procedural technology, and we feel extremely uncomfortable in it,” says a club statement. “We therefore consider this procedural regulation in its overall construction to be inappropriate. Ultimately, it burdens the completely uninvolved club – in this case us – with the responsibility for dealing with an obvious violation of the rules.
Shortly before the end of the game, the Munich team played with twelve professionals for a few seconds because Kingsley Coman had not left the field immediately when he was substituted due to an incorrectly displayed shirt number. Corentin Tolisso left the field, but not Coman. On the other hand, Niklas Süle and Marcel Sabitzer already came into play.
“There’s a lot of turmoil here, and that’s why we’re all very, very excited to see what happens,” said Nils Petersen from Freiburg after the final whistle. According to information from the “dpa”, from the point of view of the association, the incident was not an irregularity, but an error. Former referee Knut Kircher, who now works as a referee observer for the DFB, sees responsibility in the referee team led by Christian Dingert. “It’s a faux pas on the part of the referee team, which shouldn’t happen if you want to get the refereeing through to the end in a concentrated manner,” said Kircher on “SWR Sport”.
Lutz Wagner, DFB referee instructor, took a similar position in an interview with “Spox” and “Goal” and said that it would be Dingert’s responsibility “that the game continues with the right number of players on both sides “. Meanwhile, Kircher believes that an appeal would not be very promising, “because in the almost 20 seconds that the player Coman was on the field, he touched the ball. But he didn’t prevent a goal and he didn’t score a goal either,” said the former FIFA referee.
Change error in Bundesliga history: “Winni, count your foreigners”
1977: Hennes Weisweiler at 1. FC Köln
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In 1977, Hennes Weisweiler was the first coach to make a serious mistake in the Bundesliga. The Cologne coach at the time brought on Roger van Gool, the third foreign player, at Eintracht Frankfurt. At that time only two were allowed. However, there were no consequences: Cologne lost 0:4 anyway.
1992: Christoph Daum at VfB Stuttgart
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In 1992, Stuttgart’s Christoph Daum came on for the Yugoslav defender Jovica Simanic in the Champions League at Leeds United (3-0/1-4). Now four foreigners were on the field for VfB – only three were allowed at the time. UEFA scored the game 3-0 for Leeds and ordered a play-off, which VfB lost 1-2.
1993: Horst Heese at Eintracht Frankfurt
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A similar mishap happened to Eintracht Frankfurt coach Horst Heese in 1992/93. In the end, there was one foreigner too many on the pitch. The 5:2 against Bayer Uerdingen was turned into a 0:2. Heese’s interlude in Frankfurt lasted only three months.
1995: Giovanni Trapattoni at FC Bayern
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Bayern Munich’s cult coach Giovanni Trapattoni sent the future national player Dietmar Hamann onto the pitch as the fourth contract amateur at Eintracht Frankfurt in 1994/95. Only three were allowed. FC Bayern won the match 5-2, but the points went to Frankfurt.
1995: Winfried Schäfer at Karlsruher SC
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Half a year later, Karlsruhe coach Winfried Schäfer lost track. Russia’s Sergey Kiryakov came on as a substitute and fourth foreigner against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Even the stadium announcer joked back then: “Winni, count your foreigners”. But since KSC lost 1:4 anyway, the result was not annulled.
1996: Klaus Augenthaler at FC Bayern
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In the last Bundesliga game of the 1995/96 season, Klaus Augenthaler, who was on the Bayern Munich bench for interim coach Franz Beckenbauer, missed the target. He made a fourth change against Fortuna Düsseldorf – one too many. However, Düsseldorf did not lodge a protest, the 2:2 was counted.
1998: Otto Rehhagel at 1. FC Kaiseslautern
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Champion coach Otto Rehhagel replaced Pascal Ojigwe in the 1. FC Kaiserslautern game against VfL Bochum in 1998/99 after an injury to the Dane Michael Schjönberg. The problem: There were already three non-Europeans on the lawn. After that, FCK held back so that Bochum still won 3:2 and decided not to protest.
2004: Eric Gerets at VfL Wolfsburg
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In 2004, VfL Wolfsburg lost their first-round game in the DFB Cup at 1. FC Köln II (3-0) at the kick-off. Coach Eric Gerets set up Marian Hristov, who was suspended from red. “I have to take responsibility for it,” said manager Peter Pander at the time.
2021: Mark van Bommel at VfL Wolfsburg
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Wolfsburg got hit again at the beginning of this season. Coach van Bommel brought on six players in the cup game at Preußen Münster. The Dutchman had made three substitutions during regular time, and three more professionals were added in extra time. According to the DFB statutes, only five changes are allowed. Accordingly, Admir Mehmedi should no longer have come into play for Maximilian Philipp. The DFB sports court ruled out VfL’s 3-1 victory and scored the game 2-0 for Munster.
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April 2, 2022, SC Freiburg vs. FC Bayern (1: 4): The replacement of Frenchman Kingsley Coman caused confusion. In the 86th minute, the Munich team had one player more on the pitch for around 17 seconds. Referee Christian Dingert interrupted the game for several minutes before letting the match continue with a ball from the referee. Obviously, the Freiburger Dingert had drawn attention to the possible violation of the rules after substitutes Sabitzer and Niklas Süle entered the field. The display of an incorrect back number is said to have led to the change error.
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