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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SV Darmstadt 98 (N) 27 12 12 3 36:19 +17 48 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 FC St. Pauli 27 6 7 14 30:44 -14 25 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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