The six-time German champions from Turbine Potsdam can no longer avert the second low of their club history and are the only relegated team from the Bundesliga.
After the 1: 3 (0: 1) against Bayer Leverkusen, the traditional club from Brandenburg can no longer achieve the penultimate place in the table in the lack of two games.
Delice Boboy brought the Rhinelanders in the Potsdam Karl-Liebknecht Stadium with a Schlenzer from the turn into the lead (26th minute). After an unfortunate yellow-red card Maya Ruby Hahn, Turbine was outnumbered. Cornelia Kramer converted a flattering penalty to the preliminary decision (61.). Karólína Vilhjálmsdóttir scored after a corner for Leverkusen (89th) before Viktoria Schwalm (90th) still made the honor goal for turbine.
For the team of coach Kurt Russ, after only one season in the upper house, it goes straight back into second class. Due to a mixture of bad luck, unfortunate gameplays and a lack of quality, the former series master was simply not competitive in many games.
Catastrophic seasonal balance
One point after 19 games and a goal difference of minus 60 speak a clear language. Since the women’s Bundesliga will be increased by 2 clubs to 14 teams in the coming season, only one club is increasing in this season.
For the 2010 Champions League winner, it is the second Bundesliga relegation within a very short time. After the case two years ago, the previous season followed the direct return.
Search for the main sponsor an “unsolvable task”
President Karsten Ritter-Lang recently drew a dark scenario for the club, which still leads the eternal table of the women’s Bundesliga. “It will be different from the first descent. We were able to afford a certain luxury with the aim of the direct return last season because we had done well. This will not be the case this time,” he told the RBB. “That will reach into the office, we may not be able to keep all employees.”
A descent also makes the already difficult search for a main sponsor that has been missing since summer 2024. “This is still an almost unsolvable task. We try everything, but the willingness is not high,” said Ritter-Lang. Turbine will also have to make larger compromises in the 2nd league.
The fact that a regional competitor in Union Berlin is about to get to the Bundesliga makes it difficult for the Potsdam women to find new talents.