Energie Cottbus is betting everything on staying in the league: Lemke urges you to hurry!

Energie Cottbus is betting everything on staying in the league: Lemke urges you to hurry!

Energie Cottbus is ready for the new season! After a strong last season in which the team narrowly missed promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga, President Sebastian Lemke is clearly focusing on staying in the league for the coming season. Lemke emphasizes the need to establish professional football in Cottbus and admits that the challenge is great. The club experienced a radical change, with nine new additions and 14 departures, but the budget has not yet been exhausted thanks to solid economic planning. This financial flexibility could enable Cottbus to sign up to four more players.

A look at the team composition shows that those responsible value experience and quality. The return of Can Mustafa, who scored an impressive twelve goals in just eight friendly games after a loan deal with Rot-Weiß Ahlen, is particularly promising. The coaching team sees great potential in him and is not planning any further loan.

The goal for the season: staying in the league

Energie Cottbus is currently in first place with 48 points after 25 match days in the third division. Although the team has already achieved the official goal of staying in the league, their ambitions for the rest of the season have grown. An unfortunate 0-2 defeat against the second representative of VfB Stuttgart was the last damper after eleven unbeaten games. The next challenge for the team is a home game against VfL Osnabrück, where they want to prove their skills again.

Historically, for promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga, around 67 points have to be collected for third place and around 71 points for second place. Cottbus currently has a four point lead over the relegation place and an eight point buffer over the first non-promotion place. The last promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga dates back to the 1996/97 season, when the team was promoted from the Regionalliga.

A look at the competition

In the third division, the other clubs' chances of promotion are also exciting. The1. FC Saarbrücken and Dynamo Dresden are considered the top candidates for promotion with 38.5 percent. For FC Erzgebirge Aue the probability is 11.3 percent, while 1860 Munich, after a defeat, has a probability of 12.1 percent. Alemannia Aachen, who started with an emotional victory, have a 10 percent chance of promotion.

The tension in the league remains high, and Energie Cottbus will put all its energy into promoting promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga, while at the same time laying the foundation for a future establishment in the top division.

For further information on the current developments surrounding FC Energie Cottbus, readers can League 3 Online and RBB24 visit. There is also a detailed overview of promotion opportunities and statistics Fussballdaten.de to find.