Guarantee of ascent manages it again
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Friedhelm Funkel has already done it again: The coaching routiner led a club to the Bundesliga for the seventh time in his long career-1. FC Köln is as a promoted one next to Hamburger SV. The 71-year-old had only taken over the billy goat two weeks ago to ensure the then endangered jump under the first two places in the 2nd Bundesliga. After the 4: 0 against co-climbing aspirant 1. FC Kaiserslautern on Sunday and the same 2: 3 of the HSV in Fürth, the second division championship for FC is even certain.
At a glance: The 34th second division game day / the final table
Third place secured surprise team SV 07 Elversberg with a 2-1 over Schalke 04. At the same time, SC Paderborn 07 0: 3 lost at Karlsruher SC and Fortuna Düsseldorf 2: 4 at 1.FC Magdeburg, which is why a point would have been sufficient.
Funkel leads 1. FC Köln to the promotion as a second division champion
The 1. FC Köln and coaching veteran Friedhelm Funkel have risen to the Bundesliga for the seventh time. With a 4: 0 (2-0) against 1. FC Kaiserslautern, the Rhinelanders also secured the second division championship on the last match day. Goals by Eric Martel (14th minute), Luca Waldschmidt (29th), Florian Kainz (76th) and Mark Uth (87th) ensured the second game in the second game under the direction of Funkel on Sunday. Waldschmidt also failed with a penalty on the Lauterer keeper Julian Krahl (56.).
The 71 -year -old Funkel had taken over FC for the third time because the traditional club saw the return and had separated from coach Gerhard Struber and sports director Christian Keller. Funkel now expanded two personal records: No coach rose to the Bundesliga more often and no coach was older than him. Already in 2018 he had caused both records with Fortuna Düsseldorf. Last season, Funkel had saved the Lauterer from relegation and led to the cup final.
“Friedhelm set us perfectly. This calm he brings in. This is just insane,” said defender Dominique Heintz at “Sky”. “I wouldn’t mind if he stayed with us for another year.”
Despite the little chance of the promotion relegation, there was nothing to get for the guests. After FCK goalkeeper Krahl had already thwarted two major chances at the beginning, he was powerless for the first time after a quarter of an hour at Martel’s header. Because Kaiserslautern subsequently built up headlessly, there were rooms for FC in their own stadium. Waldschmidt completed one of these attacks after preparatoryity from Damion Downs for the pre-decision.
Subsequently, the Cologne stadium party at 50,000 fans sold out with 50,000 fans – also because Kaiserslautern remained completely harmless. However, there were also whistles twenty minutes before the end of the game – in the substitution of Tim Lemperle. The 23-year-old was drowned and injured in a physical argument on a party ship on the Rhine a week ago. Funkel had nevertheless appointed him to the game squad.
HSV gives up a second division championship against Greuther Fürth
Led by triple goal scorers Felix Klaus, SpVgg Greuther Fürth secured the league removal with a large home win against Bundesliga promoted Hamburger SV. In a gripping season finale, the Franks won 3: 2 (1-0). The HSV, for which Jean-Luc Dompé (50th minute) scored 1-1 and was able to shorten penalty shooters Robert Glatzel (67th) to 2: 3, missed the second division championship as an encore as an encore.
With the Fürthern, the new head coach Thomas Kleine was allowed to celebrate as a savior after a turbulent final phase. The 32-year-old Klaus was the man of the day before 16.126 fans in the sold-out Ronhof. The veteran, who had returned to Fürth at the beginning of the year, scored his first goals in the cloverleaf jersey in the season finale.
At 1-0, Klaus drog the ball under the crossbar (40th). Then he met Captain Branimir Hrgota free of charge from the penalty point to 2: 1 (57th). And with a volley he put the 3-1 after (63.). With 39 points, the Franks saved themselves from the relegation on their own.
The game against HSV was extremely entertaining. Both teams also recorded the crossbar by Noel Futkeu (55th) and Davie Selke (75th). Another penalty for the Hamburgers at a possible 3: 3 was collected in added time according to video evidence, as was the referee as well as the very late 3: 3 by Daniel Elfadli because of a previous striker foul. Selke secured the goal scorer crown with 22 goals.
SV Elversberg beats Schalke and plays around the Bundesliga
The dream of the Bundesliga lives: SV Elversberg plays for the ascent in the relegation against 1. FC Heidenheim. The team of coach Horst Steffen won at FC Schalke 04 2-1 (1-0) and thus secured three in the table. Before 62,077 fans in the Gelsenkirchen Arena, Lukas Petkov scored in the 20th minute and Maurice Neubauer (47th) the very remarkable goals for the club from the small Saarland community of Spiesen-Elversberg. Schalke, on the other hand, disappointed again. Instead of attacking above, the district club fought against relegation for a long time this second division season. Yassin Ben Balla scored the only Schalke goal of the day (85th).
The big coup is now possible for Elversberg. The club, which was still playing in the fourth-class regional league Südwest in 2022, convinced with a strong season of the season. The SVE has not lost for a good two months. In the fight for the relegation square, the association has left well -known traditional clubs such as Fortuna Düsseldorf or the 1. FC Kaiserslautern. In the decision -making games for the first class, Elversberg will initially compete in Heidenheim on Thursday. The second leg takes place four days later in front of a home backdrop.
0: 3 in Karlsruhe: Paderborn ends season as fourth
The SC Paderborn went out empty -handed in the promotion race and ends the season as fourth in the table. The East Westphalia lost 0: 3 (0-0) at Karlsruher SC on the last match day. In order to jump on the relegation rank or even a direct promotion zone, they would also have needed the competition. The KSC completes the season in eighth place.
Midfielder Lilian Egloff scored in the 50th and 54th minute for the Badeners. It was the 22-year-old’s first two goals. Defender Marcel Franke later added fans in the wildlife park before 31.190 (72nd). Coach Lukas Kwasniok leaves Paderborn after a total of four years. The future of the 43-year-old, who no longer extended his expiring contract, is still open.
Fortuna Düsseldorf loses in Magdeburg: in the end only sixth
Fortuna Düsseldorf fell back to sixth place after a defeat at the end of the season. With a minimum chance of relegation place, the Rhinelanders lost 2: 4 (1-0) at 1. FC Magdeburg at 1. FC Magdeburg. However, even a victory would not have been enough because Elversberg had no mistake.
Matthias Zimmermann (19th minute) Fortuna shot before 27,265 fans, including 3,000 from Düsseldorf, before Jean Hugonet (47th) scored to compensate. Xavier Amaechi (60th) and Alexander Nollenberger (73rd) turned the game with their goals. Ísak Jóhannesson (81st) the connection. Martijn Kaars (90th+2nd) marked the final score. As a fifth in the table, the FCM passed the same düsseldorfers and booked its best second division season with 53 points.