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The Lilies January 2026 Transfers Only Departures this time: Adams never settled here. Cuisance proved too lazy and weak for our first team and was loaned out to keep him quiet. Results A nice start into the new year once more. We beat Union easily, rode our luck in Leverkusen and won against Pauli. Bayern, as always, proved too strong for us but that was expected. Bundesliga Table Top 3! We are living the good life atm!

The Lilies November & December 2025 Results We extended our run of wins to FIVE in a row by defeating Heidenheim! After that we drew against Wolfsburg and lost against Leipzig, both at home. This HAD to happen at some time and I am really glad it happened now. With the pressure off, we made it to the quarter finals in the DFB Pokal once more after disposing of Kaiserslautern. We will play 2.Bundesliga outfit Hertha at home there. A very lucky win at Gladbach followed before we lost at home to Borussia Dortmund in an entertaining match, the fans were excited but saddened by the result. But we made them smile again with a win at Frankfurt, our first away win in the Hessen Derby! Our keeper Marcel Schuhen saved the day! Bundesliga Table This looks nice but I don´t think we can stay up there.

The Lilies September & October 2025 Results We are on a good run! September started with a win against Hannover, then we lost to Mainz and drew with Freiburg and at Hamburg. Then our run of 4 wins in a row began: We were the better team against Cologne, gave Augsburg no room to breathe, marched into the 3rd round of the DFB Pokal by defeating Werder and easily beat Stuttgart. Looks like we have found our form for this season. Bundesliga Table We are sitting in 4th place which is a sensation. Club News This poor guy surely had some tough look at our club. We won´t extend his contract as it runs out.

The Lilies August 2025 Results We started well. 2 nice wins without conceding, against minnows Garching and against Pauli. Then we failed to win at home vs Leverkusen. And then Bayern made short work of us. Bundesliga Table Once more, a decent start into the new season.

The Lilies July 2025 Transfers Both oldies Kempe and Holland left after their contracts were not renewed. We could not say no to the offer from St. Pauli for Stojilkovic. The rest are the usual loans again. Here we go, our first real spending spree in the Bundesliga. Left wingback Holland had to be replaced and what a replacement we added with Andrei Borza! With already 19 caps for Romania at the tender age of 19, we might have a real gem here. We needed to fill the gap Kempe left in central midfield and in came Cuisance and Racic, both decent. Pieper adds quality to our central defense, Hack gives us more options on both wings and we had to find a new striker and so we brought in TWO: A real target man with Almasi and a rather technical striker who can also function on the wings with veteran Kramaric. The Team Goalkeepers Schuhen is our first choice keeper. Then Bredlow. Then Wendt. Key Player: Marcel Schuhen Defenders We added quality on the central defender position. Key Player: Christoph Klarer Rising Talent: Andrei Borza Midfielders Racic and Cuisance add depth. Maybe now it is the time of Papela. Key Player: Merveille Papela Attackers Kramaric & Almasi most probably. Undav will be used more on the wings. Key Player: Andrei Kramaric Tactics Those tactics worked well most of the time last season. Board Expectations This looks reasonable. Pre-Season Friendlies Lots of goals. But also one concerning defeat against a League 1 side.

Well good luck! You will need it

Wow! Wonderful win against United You are in great form right now - I hope you can keep it up. How is Klarer doing?

Loving your tactical ideas and the explanations coming with them! Looking good from the start here in Chile🙂

I feel you. Had that on my Dortmund save all the time... sometimes you just have to change locations to be happy again 😀 P.S. Oh and thank you for being a teacher. A much needed and underappreciated job nowadays.

The Lilies April & May 2025 Results Talk about near misses. We finished on a record 8th place in the Bundesliga and we reached the final of the DFB Pokal. We won´t complain. The cup semi final was tougher than expected and we needed extra time against Magdeburg to progress to the final. We most probably were still tired 3 days later when Stuttgart trashed us. This was followed by draws at Augsburg and at Hannover before we finally recorded a league match victory again against Bochum. Bayern took out their anger about losing the title on us and then we lost at home against our DFB Pokal final opponent. At least we could win our last league match at Heidenheim. And to wrap up this season, we also lost the DFB Pokal final. Bundesliga Table We should be quite happy with that final league position. But if we only had faced Dortmund in the DFB Pokal final... Youth Sadly, our U19 was relegated from the National Youth League South. I am sure they will bounce back in the future. Youth Intake It was even worse than last year. No player really stands out. Season Stats Strangely, only one player got an average rating over 7 and thats from only one game. Nevertheless, the team did very well and the new signings helped reaching our goals. Nice to see the young players progress. Both veterans Kempe and Holland will leave the club after the season due to their advanced age. We will need replacements for them.

The Lilies February & March 2025 Results Mixed feelings. We lost at home against potential champions Leipzig, snatched a draw at Mainz and then won the DFB Pokal quarter final against Werder after a penalty shootout. Even better - we will play 2. Bundesliga outfit Magdeburg in the semis at home! With that confidence boost, we went on to beat Gladbach and Freiburg. Then Dortmund came to visit and took all 3 points, as did Cologne in Cologne. We were able to pick ourselves up a bit with the win against St. Pauli but then lost again against Wolfsburg. Bundesliga Table We should have avoided relegation with 41 points. Now what?

The Lilies January 2025 Transfers Hollerbach was complaining about playing time so we sent him out on loan. Our scouts spotted a great winger talent in Venezuela: Yerson Chacon. We signed him right away. Additionally, we promoted youngster Kalberlah to the 1st team. Results A decent start for us into the new year. We beat Heidenheim in a game that we should never have won but we did thanks to perfect counter attacks. Then Leverkusen had the upper hand on us, before Schalke was beaten in a dominant match. Bundesliga Table We still stick to our season expectations of not getting relegated.

The Lilies November & December 2024 Results The year could have ended better. We bored our fans to death with a goalless draw against Wolfsburg, then hammered Stuttgart away at their place when everything came together once again, then managed only a draw against Augsburg and finally beat Hannover to end the November. December started well, with us qualifying for the DFB Pokal quarter final after beating Stuttgart and then also luckily beating Bochum. Then we played Bayern and our rivals Frankfurt and lost both games. Bundesliga Table The aim is STILL to avoid relegation.

Welcome to the thread, mate Let´s hope our form doesnt drop!

The Lilies September & October 2024 Results This looks better than last season. Only 2 defeats in 2 months for us. We started September with a nice convincing win against Mainz, then had a very bad game against Gladbach but bounced back against Freiburg in a somehow lucky win, where our keeper Schuhen saved us. In October, Dortmund made short work of us, but we were able to beat Cologne in the next game and then drew at promoted team St. Pauli. To top the month off, we made the next round of the DFB Pokal after beating Gladbach. We will now face Stuttgart at home at the beginning of December. Bundesliga Table Remember: The aim is to avoid relegation. Club News Now it is about time, as our facilities do not look great.

Thanks I certainly hope so for him!

The Lilies August 2024 Results We let our benchers play against Amateurs Freialdenhoven in the DFB Pokal and they did the job. Our opponent in the 2nd round will be Gladbach and we will be playing at home. Then we drew away at newly promoted Schalke after a hard fight. I expected more of Leverkusen when they visited us but it ended in a rather easy win for us. In Leipzig, Timo Werner scored a brace to sink us. Bundesliga Table A decent start to the new season.

The Lilies July 2024 Transfers The most prominent name here are central defender Zimmermann and midfielder Muller, but they wanted to leave so we let them. We also got rid of Hornby who got no place here anymore. Ontiveros and Dierchx are much needed wingers who can play on both sides, Scholz and Adams are both strong central defenders, Papela bolsters our central midfield, Hollerbach provides depth on our right wing. Bredlow will become our backup keeper and Undav will be our new main striker. Akhamrich is a good talented winger. The Team Goalkeepers Schuhen is our first choice keeper. Then Bredlow. Then Wendt. Key Player: Marcel Schuhen Defenders We added quality on the central defender position. Key Player: Christoph Klarer Rising Talent: Clemens Riedel Midfielders More options on the wings now for us. Key Player: Tobias Kempe Attackers Undav will be the number one striker. Key Player: Deniz Undav Tactics We changed our tactics to be more attacking. Board Expectations This looks reasonable. Finances Just to show what this club has to deal with. Pre-Season Friendlies We had to get used to the new tactics but now it sees to work smoothly.

True 🙂

Thanks mate It really was damn close !

The Lilies April & May 2024 Results It was close. Damn close. But we made it. We avoided relegation, despite collecting only 3 points in the last 7 games. But those proved to be vital for our survival. Bo Svensson and Mainz had their revenge on us, then our keeper Schuhen saved us a point in the home draw against Freiburg, we were unlucky in Cologne in the next game, but against Heidenheim we were the lucky ones once more. These ups and downs continued against Wolfsburg, Hoffenheim and finally against Dortmund. Bundesliga Table One point. But it was enough to secure us another season in the top flight. Union lost against St. Pauli in the promotion/relegation playoffs. Youth Our U19 won the Regional Youth League and got promoted to the National Youth League South. Well done boys! There are quite some talents in that team. Youth Intake A rather underwhelming intake. But you can´t have world class intakes every day. Erdl looks promising though. Season Stats Not the most overwhelmingly good stats. But let´s see the positives: Stojilkovic managed to score 10 goals, Manu scored 6 and assisted 6 and Youngster Riedel made 18 appearances. A lot of players will leave after the season and the team will look different next year. We will have to change our approach to progress further.

The Lilies February & March 2024 Results Hard times. We lost 3 games in a row (4 if you include last months defeat) and the games against Leverkusen, Gladbach and Stuttgart were really bad as we really did not have a chance in them. The only positive was that we were able to keep the scoreline decent. Lots of changes were made to the starting lineup, we gave the younger players a chance and so we won in Bremen. This gave us a huge morale bost which we carried into the game against Augsburg and won it too. Confidence was growing again and so we were even able to grab a point in Leipzig despite having 30 shots against us. We expected a defeat against Bayern and thats exactly what happened. Then we went to Bochum and brought home another valuable point. Bundesliga Table Seven points to the relegation zone. Seven games to go.

Nice to see your adventure going to Chile Wishing you all the best there!

The Lilies January 2024 Transfers We had to get rid of some players. Most of which were complaining about playing more and we loaned them out or sold them. We also promoted 3 players from our U19s: Goalkeeper David Zimmer, central defender Philipp Christoph and winger Mateo Zelic. They got loads of potential and will train with the 1st team. Results What a result! We really defeated big Borussia! The game was somehow typical for us when all goes well: After boring them with short defensive passes, we suddenly broke away and scored a brace just before half time and another one just after it to shut them off and they could only manage a comeback with 2 goals which was not enough. I would have hoped for a win in the Hessian Derby against Frankfurt at home, but a draw is ok. And to end the month, we lost to Union. Not a good showing from us. We need points! Bundesliga Table Still looking good, but now the important weeks are ahead of us.

The Lilies November & December 2023 Results 2 months, 2 wins in the league. What looks pityful on first sight is actually okay in connection with the 4 draws during that time. In the first game of the month we needed penalties to defeat Heidenheim at home in the 2nd round of the DFB Pokal. We drew Bayern in the next round, at least a home tie. Next we played Bochum at home, a seemingly "easy" game but it wasn´t. We were not able to score and so it ended in a boring goalless draw. The Mainz manager Bo Svensson was trying to play mind games with me before the match, labelling us "not good enough to survive" in the Bundesliga. Well, we taught them a lesson. The away game in Freiburg was nothing special but we came away with a point. Then came our best match of the season: We trashed Cologne in a rare moment of excellent finishing with Braydon Manu getting away with a 10. Next was DFB Pokal time - we played Bayern and we lost. No big story here. We could not find better form for the rest of the year as we drew away at Heidenheim, which counts as a success, lost to Wolfsburg at home and snatched a point at Hoffenheim which somehow made the end of the year somehow okayish for us. Bundesliga Table 7 points to the relegation zone. We had a good first half of the season.