Am grünem Tisch (“on the green table”) the Germans like to say – especially in situations where officials and courts make rulings off the pitch. And once again, the effects have hit home.
VfR Aalen was punished by the DFB for not meeting financial requirements. The club had been ordered to increase their inside capital by 5% as a condition of being granted a license for these season, but despite repeated warnings, the result has not been achieved. So the federation decided to subtract 2 points from the Aaleners. The club apparently is planning an appeal, but the deduction dropped them to dead last, despite a decent result against Karlsruhe.

Other than that, the most significant result this weekend was St.{Pauli showing life and ripping Düsseldorf, which allows the Paulistas to jump out of auto-drop zone. And things are now pretty much over for Fortuna, promotion has got to be off the table. 20 year old South Korean Kyoung-Rok Choi made his debut with two goals and an assist.

Total attendance 156,496 (avg 17,388), 57.4% capacity, sellout in Hamburg

Round 27, Apr 4-5
 	
SpVgg Greuther Fürth  -   Eintr. Braunschweig	1:2 (1:1)   10,280

                     1:0  Zulj (28., K. Przybylko)
                     1:1  Thesker (31., own goal, Nielsen)
                     1:2  Reichel (79., Kessel)

1. FC Kaiserslautern  -   1. FC Heidenheim	4:0 (2:0)   32,135

                     1:0  Orban (5., Klich)
                     2:0  Matmour (42., Stöger)
                     3:0  Klich (77.)
                     4:0  P. Hofmann (86., Matmour)
 
1860 München	      -   Erzgebirge Aue	0:1 (0:1)   20,300

                     0:1  Kortzorg (5., Mugosa)

FC Ingolstadt 04      -   FSV Frankfurt	        2:0 (1:0)    9,926

                     1:0  B. Hübner (22., P. Groß)
                     2:0  Hinterseer (58., Pledl)

VfR Aalen	      -   Karlsruher SC	        2:2 (0:1)    8,474

                     0:1  Hennings (2., Micanski)
                     1:1  J. Gjasula (54., penalty, Ludwig)
                     1:2  Micanski (63., Torres)
                     2:2  J. Gjasula (65., Steinhöfer)

SV Sandhausen	      -   1. FC Union Berlin	1:1 (1:0)    5,318

                     1:0  Trimmel (6., own goal, Kübler)
                     1:1  Achenbach (51., own goal, Parensen)

RasenBallsp. Leipzig  -   1. FC Nürnberg	2:1 (0:1)   30,479

                     0:1  G. Burgstaller (29., Kerk)
                     1:1  Reyna (46., Klostermann)
                     2:1  D. Kaiser (76.)

SV Darmstadt 98	      -   VfL Bochum	        2:0 (1:0)   16,000

                     1:0  Bregerie (22., Heller)
                     2:0  Balogun (77., Kempe)

FC St. Pauli	      -   Fortuna Düsseldorf	4:0 (3:0)   23,584 *

                     1:0  Choi (9., Daube)
                     2:0  Choi (16.)
                     3:0  Sobota (40., Verhoek)
                     4:0  Buballa (51., Choi)


 1  FC Ingolstadt 04	  	27   14  10  3 	  	 42:22  +20 	  52 
 2  1. FC Kaiserslautern 	27   13  10  4 	  	 38:23  +15 	  49
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 3  SV Darmstadt 98 (N) 	27   12  12  3 	  	 36:19  +17 	  48
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 4  Karlsruher SC	  	27   11  12  4 	  	 36:21  +15 	  45 
 5  Eintracht Braunschweig (A) 	27   12  5   10 	 34:30  +4 	  41 
 6  RasenBallsport Leipzig (N) 	27   10  10  7 	  	 31:21  +10 	  40 
 7  Fortuna Düsseldorf	  	27   10  9   8 	  	 40:39  +1 	  39 
 8  VfL Bochum 	  	        27    7  14  6 	  	 43:41  +2 	  35 
 9  1. FC Union Berlin	  	27    9  8   10 	 32:43  -11 	  35 
10  1. FC Heidenheim (N) 	27    9  7   11 	 35:35   0 	  34 
11  FSV Frankfurt 	  	27    9  7   11 	 35:42  -7 	  34 
12  1. FC Nürnberg (A) 	  	27   10  4   13 	 32:40  -8 	  34 
13  SV Sandhausen 	  	27    8  9   10          25:31  -6 	  33 
14  SpVgg Greuther Fürth 	27    6  11  10 	 26:32  -6 	  29 
15  1860 München 	  	27    6  8   13 	 35:41  -6 	  26
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16  FC St. Pauli 	  	27    6  7   14 	 30:44  -14 	  25
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17  Erzgebirge Aue 	  	27    6  7   14 	 22:38  -16 	  25 
18  VfR Aalen 	  	        27    5  10  12 	 23:33  -10 	  23



1st line: Promotion to Bundesliga
2nd line: Playoff with 16th Bundesliga
3rd line: Playoff with no.3 of 3.Liga
4th line: Relegation to 3.Liga

A = Absteiger just relegated 
N = Neuling just promoted

Round 31, Apr 4-5

Mainz-II had a big day, as the Bundesliga U23s managed to knock off Erfurt, thereby leaping out of the drop zone. Bottom clus are fighting to stay alive, and although for a while Mainz looked like they were done, they’ve roared back and have a solid chance. Erfurt had been hoping perhaps to sneak back into the promotion race, but that train has no definitely left the station.

Bielefeld is back in control as they ripped Cottbus. The most interesting thing is all of Arminia’s goals were scored by ex-Cottbusers.

Stuttgarter Kickers jumped into 3rd place with a hard fought win over Dortmund-II. Since VfB is upholding their part of the bargain by getting relegated from the Bundesliga, it may be up to Kickers to make the Stuttgart derby become reality next season. Meanwhile, BVB-II looks like they’re about done

Großaspach held Kiel to a draw, and actually might have won. After giving up an early goal, the Sonnenhofer neutralized Holstein for the rest of the way, and eventually climbed back.
It’s too late, but Regensburg was impressive in thumping Wehen. Actually, it was probably more that Wehen sucked, but Jahn played a decent match and deserved the win.

“Münster gets ass ripped” could have been the alternative byline. Preußen showed little of a contender, and were thoroughly pushed around by Halle, who are often flabby at home.

Chemnitz romped over Dresden in an eastern derby, watching Dynamo continue to crash and burn – 8 losses out of nine now. The match was a sellout, although artificially reduced due to security concerns.

Osnabrück dumped Unterhaching, who have now fallen into relegation. The Mini-Münch(en)kins were actually the better team in the 2nd half, but then gave up a goal and compounded things by a couple of red cards a few minutes later.

Total attendance 69,190 (avg 6,919), 41.3% capacity, sellout in Chemnitz

 	
Fortuna Köln	     -   VfB Stuttgart II	0:1 (0:0)    1,885
Stuttgarter Kickers  -   Borussia Dortmund II	2:0 (0:0)    5,550
Jahn Regensburg	     -   SV Wehen Wiesbaden	3:0 (2:0)    2,827
SG S-hof Großaspach  -   Holstein Kiel	        1:1 (1:1)    1,500
1. FSV Mainz 05 II   -   Rot-Weiß Erfurt	3:1 (3:0)      881
Hallescher FC	     -   Preußen Münster	3:0 (1:0)    7,498
Chemnitzer FC	     -   Dynamo Dresden	        2:0 (2:0)   10,000 *
Arminia Bielefeld    -   Energie Cottbus	3:0 (2:0)   15,814
MSV Duisburg	     -   Hansa Rostock	        2:2 (1:1)   15,689
VfL Osnabrück	     -   SpVgg Unterhaching	1:0 (0:0)    7,546


 1  Arminia Bielefeld (A) 	31   19  5  7 	  63:33  +30 	  62 
 2  Holstein Kiel	  	31   15  11 5 	  41:20  +21 	  56
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 3  Stuttgarter Kickers 	31   15  10 6 	  51:37  +14 	  55
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 4  MSV Duisburg 	  	31   14  11 6     49:34  +15 	  53 
 5  Preußen Münster 	  	31   14  9  8 	  45:36  +9 	  51 
 6  Energie Cottbus (A)	  	31   13  9  9 	  39:37  +2 	  48 
 7  Hallescher FC   	        31   13  7  11 	  43:40  +3 	  46 
 8  Rot-Weiß Erfurt 	  	31   13  7  11 	  42:42   0 	  46 
 9  SV Wehen Wiesbaden 	  	31   13  6  12 	  46:37  +9 	  45 
10  Chemnitzer FC   	        31   12  7  12 	  32:29  +3 	  43 
11  VfL Osnabrück 	  	31   12  6  13 	  43:47  -4 	  42 
12  Dynamo Dresden (A) 	  	31   11  8  12 	  36:38  -2 	  41 
13  VfB Stuttgart II 	  	31   11  7  13 	  39:44  -5 	  40 
14  Fortuna Köln (N) 	  	31   10  8  13 	  32:34  -2 	  38 
15  Hansa Rostock 	  	31    9  8  14 	  46:57  -11 	  35 
16  SG Sonnenhof Großaspach (N) 31    8  10 13 	  32:52  -20 	  34 
17  1. FSV Mainz 05 II (N) 	31    8  8  15 	  35:46  -11 	  32
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18  SpVgg Unterhaching 	  	31    8  7  16 	  41:55  -14 	  31 
19  Borussia Dortmund II	31    4  14 13 	  28:43  -15 	  26 
20  Jahn Regensburg 	  	31    7  4  20 	  35:57  -22 	  25


A = Absteiger just relegated 
N = Neuling just promoted

1st line: Promotion to 2.Liga
2nd line: Promotion Playoff with 2.Liga 16th place 
3rd line: Relegation to Regionalliga