First thing on my mind when i first took over was to find out where are the weakness of team and how to improve the team. I inherited a good core of players, good left winger in soren Bertram who according to the coach is leading 2.Bundesliga player, Daniel Steininger AF who is decent, goalkeeper in Alexander Burnst who is decent for this level and also Dustin Bonnheur DC who is decent for this level but is inured. We were weak in right back, centre back, right wing, centre midfield. To solve the problems, i brought in Regasel RB, Brian Behrendt DC loan, Burak Camoglu who can play right wing, Erkan Eybil BBM on loan from senior Affiliate Mainz . For the strikers, promoted Daniel Steininger from Magdeburg 2. Sold Rother for £1m to red bull salzburg and Chahed to Almeria for £94k. Changed the coaching team with 1 physio brought in. Media expectation for the team before season start was 4th place. With transfers brought in, we are 5th in season preview. Arranged some friendlies and with sale of 2 players to boost our bank balance from £3.8m to £5.8m when first game begin.
League Campaign
It was a consistent campaign with Zwickau and FC Kaiserslautern the challengers. Game 19, i was 1st with 47 points, 9 points ahead of 2nd Kaiserslautern and 11 points ahead of 3rd Wurzburg. DUring the business end of season after game 28, we were still 1st with 72 points, 16 points ahead of Zwickau and 18 points ahead of 3rd Kaiserslautern. We went unbeaten for 30 games but lost to Wurzburg away on 31st. We won the title after game 33 with 82 points, 18 points ahead of Zwickau and 19 ahead of Kaiserslautern. End of season, we are first with 97 points, 24 points ahead of 2nd Kaiserslautern, 27 points ahead of 3rd zwickau. Zwickau failed to get promoted losing to 16th 2.Liga Greuther Furth. We broke the league no of points, no of goals scored.
Cups
Exceed the board expectations with DFB Pokal Third round loss at home against Pladerborn which is a Bundesliga side.
Finances
With the DFB Pokal cup run, we got money of £2.4m which £1m is prize money and £1.4m is tv revenue. Paid out £300k as bonus for 3.Liga, leaving us £5.5m in the black.
Next Season
We aim to survive in 2.Liga. Board announced transfer budget of £1.28m and £105k/wk in wages.
Career Overview
Season League Position DFB Pokal Achievements (Notes)
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Very interesting. What tactics did you use?
did you change backroom staff at all?