After Dynamo Dresden started the new calendar year as bottom of the table, things have been going much better for the promoted team since the start of the second half of the season in the 2nd Bundesliga. The Saxons got seven points from the first three games in 2026. According to the new sports director Sören Gonther, the fact that the SG still held on to Thomas Stamm as head coach after the poor first half of the season also played a role.

