2.liga finished with a whimper. The only “interesting” match was in Sandhausen, where Aue got the win, so Dresden failed to catch them and will have to playoff against 3.Liga contender Osnabruck.

It was a somewhat contraversial goal in Sandhausen that saves Erzgebirge. In the 79th minute, Sub Jan Hochscheidt ran into GK Michael Langer, who already had the ball under control. His header dislodged it and into the net. However the ref allowed the goal to stand and Aue got the late win.

With Aue winning, Dresden’s win was meaningless, since Dynamo had a far worse goal difference going in. Dresden’s effort was surprisingly lame, as they were actually losing at one point, hardly a performance their fans were expecting. Both keepers saved penalties.

Champions Hertha needed a win to set a 2.Liga points record, but settled for a draw with Cottbus in a releatively hard fought Berlin-Brandenburg clash. Energie led most of the way and had a man advantage in the 2nd half, but couldn’t hold off the Hertha pressure.

A hardfought match in Braunschweig, as surprsing FSV Frankfurt battled the promoted hosts to a draw. The home fans didn’t mind though, as they return to the Bundesliga after a 28 year absence.

St.Pauli pissed on Kaiserslautern’s parade, but I doubt FCK cared too much, as they prepare for battle against Hoffenheim for the Bundesliga.

Before the weekend started, 1. FC Köln was stunned when head coach Holger Stanislawski threw in the towel. After a very slow start, he had whipped the Kölners into shape and they actually made a run at the promotion playoff. Hos squad at least sent him off with a win at Ingolstadt.

1860 had a ho-hum win over undermanned Aalen. Duisburg ends on an up note, and Union Berlin wins at Bochum. Nobody really cares, both ex-Bundesligists stunk this season and almost got relegated.

 	
Hertha BSC	       -    Energie Cottbus	 1:1 (0:1)   63,267

                      0:1  Farina (28., Rivic)
                      1:1  Brooks (87., Ronny)

1. FC Kaiserslautern   -    FC St. Pauli	 1:2 (0:2)   46,460

                      0:1  Daube (15., Schindler)
                      0:2  Ginczek (33., Ebbers)
                      1:2  Hoffer (71., Köhler)

1860 München	       -    VfR Aalen	         3:0 (1:0)   23,400

                      1:0  D. Stahl (35., indirect freekick)
                      2:0  Wood (59., Friend)
                      3:0  Lauth (75.)

Eintr. Braunschweig    -    FSV Frankfurt	 2:2 (1:1)   22,100

                      1:0  Kruppke (2., Boland)
                      1:1  M. Görlitz (11., Kapllani)
                      1:2  Kapllani (50., Leckie)
                      2:2  Kruppke (73., direct freekick)

Dynamo Dresden	       -    Jahn Regensburg	 3:1 (0:0)   29,703

                      0:1  Koke (47., Altinay)
                      1:1  Fort (50., Trojan)
                      2:1  Fort (54., Trojan)
                      3:1  Fiel (83., penalty, Ouali)

MSV Duisburg	       -    SC Paderborn 07	 3:2 (1:1)    9,000

                      1:0  Perthel (12.)
                      1:1  Kachunga (20., Saglik)
                      2:1  Bajic (60., penalty)
                      2:2  Vrancic (70., direct freekick)
                      3:2  Brandy (77., Brosinski)

VfL Bochum	       -    1. FC Union Berlin	 1:2 (0:0)   24,244

                      0:1  Özbek (49., Mattuschka)
                      0:2  Skrzybski (55., Özbek)
                      1:2  Kramer (80., Lumb)

FC Ingolstadt 04       -    1. FC Köln	         0:3 (0:0)   12,000

                      0:1  Royer (48., Hector)
                      0:2  Bruno Nascimento (76.)
                      0:3  Ujah (77., penalty, Ujah)

SV Sandhausen	       -    Erzgebirge Aue	 0:1 (0:0)    5,250
	
                      0:1  Hochscheidt (79., Schröder)



 1   Hertha BSC Berlin (A)	34    22  10   2    65:28  +37 	   76 
 2   Eintracht Braunschweig	34    19  10   5    52:34  +18 	   67
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 3   1. FC Kaiserslautern (A)	34    15  13   6    55:33  +22 	   58
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 4   FSV Frankfurt	  	34    16   6  12    55:45  +10 	   54 
 5   1. FC Köln (A)	  	34    14  12   8    43:33  +10 	   54 
 6   1860 München	  	34    12  13   9    39:31  +8 	   49 
 7   1. FC Union Berlin	  	34    13  10  11    50:49  +1 	   49 
 8   Energie Cottbus	  	34    12  12  10    41:36  +5 	   48 
 9   VfR Aalen (N)	  	34    12  10  12    40:39  +1 	   46 
10   FC St. Pauli	  	34    11  10  13    44:47  -3 	   43 
11   MSV Duisburg	  	34    11  10  13    37:49  -12 	   43 
12   SC Paderborn 07	  	34    11   9  14    45:45   0 	   42 
13   FC Ingolstadt 04	  	34    10  12  12    36:43  -7 	   42 
14   VfL Bochum	  	        34    10   8  16    40:52  -12 	   38 
15   Erzgebirge Aue	  	34     9  10  15    39:46  -7 	   37
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16   Dynamo Dresden	  	34     9  10  15    35:49  -14 	   37
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17   SV Sandhausen (N)	  	34     6   8  20    38:66  -28 	   26 
18   Jahn Regensburg (N)	34     4   7  23    36:65  -29 	   19


A = Absteiger just Relegated 
N = Neuling just promoted

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

Final round in an exiciting 3.Liga season.

The two biggest “losers” actually had non-losing results at home. But they might have well lost, because it means ultiate failure. Heidenheim was on the brink of a historic promotion opportunity. But they could not score at home against Offenbach and thus lose out. For Darmstadt, even wirse, a “relegation final” against Stuttgarter Kickers and only a draw – relegation!

Despite having nothing to really play for, Offenbach honored football and played strong defense against a furiously attacking Heidenheim, for whom a win would mean the promotion playoff. But the Kickers refused to give in and for the most part easily fended off the nervous home side. They withstood a last desperate assault in the final 10 minutes and got the deserved draw. Heidenheim looked lame for large stretches, like they didn’t realize that they needed a goal to win everything.

As a result of Heidenheim’s failure, Osnabrück stunningly takes 3rd and will play for the 2.Liga! And that after head coach Claus-Dieter Wollitz actually resigned midweek for his failure to deliver. The hosts of course had an easy time with relegated Aachen, nabged in a few goals and then tried to find out what was going on down south. Good news was the final result.

Darmstadt attacked for most of the match against Kickers Stuttgart, egged on by a large crowd. However with some luck the Kickers defended well their early lead (scored by “Dicklhuber”, certainly the source of unending jokes). The 98ers could not break through until the 84th minute, when da Costa equalized and gave the hosts hope for a desperate 10 minutes or so.
Preußen Münster finishes outside the promotion race, but 4th place has it’s own reward: auto-qualification for the main round of next year’s DFB-Cup. babelsberg needed an unlikely win to perhaps stay up, and they came out quickly in pursuit of it, jumping out on top. But Preußen sooned asserted control and kicked their ass, so the Potsdamers go down.

Nobody may have been watching, but Dortmund B saved themselves with a result at Stuttgart B. The mini-Neons had put together a fine run and with Dramstadt unable to win, they needed a point, but got the win.

Champions Karlsruhe put an exclamation point with a power win at tough Wehen. KSC started the season slow, but once they got rolling, they were marching unstoppable back to the 2.Liga.

Bielefeld was all partied out over their promotion, so they were on vacation already. Burghausen took advantage and gets a nice win to close out a decent season.

A nothing match in Chemnitz, the hosts used the opportunity to practive shooting and ripped Unterhaching’s ass, their worst loss of the season.

A somewhat boring eastern derby between Rostock and Erfurt, each side having the edge in one half.

Halle defeated Saarbrücken, but the main focus was the retirement of popular oldtimer (40) GK Darko Horvat, and a large crowd came out to say good bye.

Total attendance was 89,731 (avg 8,971), with a sellout in Heidenheim.

Preußen Münster	     -   SV Babelsberg 03	 4:1 (2:1)   13,400
Chemnitzer FC	     -   SpVgg Unterhaching	 5:0 (2:0)    2,900
SV Darmstadt 98	     -   Stuttgarter Kickers	 1:1 (0:1)   13,600
Hansa Rostock	     -   Rot-Weiß Erfurt	 0:0 (0:0)   12,000
SV Wehen Wiesbaden   -   Karlsruher SC	         2:4 (0:3)    8,947
1. FC Heidenheim     -   Kickers Offenbach	 0:0 (0:0)   10,000 *
Hallescher FC	     -   1. FC Saarbrücken	 2:1 (0:0)   11,141
VfB Stuttgart II     -   Borussia Dortmund II	 0:1 (0:0)      625
VfL Osnabrück	     -   Alemannia Aachen	 4:0 (3:0)   13,900
Wacker Burghausen    -   Arminia Bielefeld	 1:0 (0:0)    3,200


 1  Karlsruher SC (A)	  	38    23  10   5    69:27  +42 	   79 
 2  Arminia Bielefeld	  	38    22  10   6    59:32  +27 	   76
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 3  VfL Osnabrück	  	38    22   7   9    64:35  +29 	   73
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 4  Preußen Münster	  	38    20  12   6    63:33  +30 	   72 
 5  1. FC Heidenheim	  	38    21   9   8    69:47  +22 	   72 
 6  Chemnitzer FC	  	38    15  10  13    56:47  +9 	   55 
 7  SV Wehen Wiesbaden	  	38    11  18   9    51:51   0 	   51 
 8  Wacker Burghausen	  	38    14   9  15    45:45   0 	   51 
 9  SpVgg Unterhaching	  	38    14   9  15    48:55  -7 	   51 
10  Hallescher FC (N)	  	38    12  10  16    37:50  -13 	   46 
11  1. FC Saarbrücken	  	38    12   9  17    52:62  -10 	   45 
12  Hansa Rostock (A)	  	38    11  11  16    39:52  -13 	   44 
13  Rot-Weiß Erfurt	  	38    11  11  16    44:58  -14 	   44 
14  VfB Stuttgart II	  	38    11  10  17    35:42  -7 	   43 
15  Kickers Offenbach	  	38    11  11  16    41:44  -3 	   42 
16  Borussia Dortmund II (N)	38     9  14  15    39:58  -19 	   41 
17  Stuttgarter Kickers (N)	38    10  10  18    39:48  -9 	   40
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18  SV Darmstadt 98	  	38     8  14  16    32:46  -14 	   38 
19  SV Babelsberg 03	  	38     9  10  19    32:54  -22 	   37 
20  Alemannia Aachen (A)	38     7  10  21    40:68  -28 	   26

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

Aachen and Offenbach deducted two points for financial shenanigans
 

It’s just about all decided. Kaiserslautern has secired the Bundesliga playoff spot, so now only the relegation playoff remains: Aue and Dresden will go into the last day. Aue is away, but they face Sandhausen. Dresden hosts Regensburg, so they should win that. But if Aue wins, Dresden goes into the playoff.

Aue hurt themselves more, as they could have secured their position with a win at home against Ingolstadt. Instead they played crap and deservedly lose. Dresden got thumped in Aalen, falling behind and then throwing everything up front to try and force an equalizer, and of course ended up taking more in the shorts.

Kaiserslautern had a ho-hum win at Regensburg, and it was never in doubt. FCK wasted a ton of chances to make it a rout, but evidently all they cared about was the “W”, which is understandble.

Köln needed a win against leaders Hertha, but despite a strong second half, they were never going to get it, plus news from Regensburg certainly didn’t help.

St.Pauli theoretcially could still get relegated, so they went about their business resolutely against Braunschweig, kicking their ass, inflicting EB’s worst defeat of the season. Long serving forward Marius Ebbers says goodbye to the Reeperbahn (well at least in a footballing capacity) with a late goal.

Paderborn had theoretical relegation chances, but they quickly ended those and easily defeated the toothless 1860 Lions.

FSV Frankfurt will have their best finish ever, and had a relatively easy time with recently tough Bochum. The visitoprs had done the hard work to stay up in previous weeks, and apparently were in a relaxed mood, so FSV had control for most of the match, although they never make it easy.

Cottbus thumped Sandhausen and Union Berlin finally got back on track dumping Duisburg.

 	
1. FC Köln	     -    Hertha BSC	        1:2 (0:1)   49,500

                    0:1  Kobiashvili (36., penalty, Ben-Hatira)
                    0:2  Morales (55., M. Ndjeng)
                    1:2  Clemens (68., Bigalke)

FC St. Pauli	     -    Eintr. Braunschweig	5:1 (2:0)   29,063 *

                    1:0  Ginczek (7., Rechtsschuss, Thy)
                    2:0  Ginczek (11., Rechtsschuss, Bartels)
                    3:0  Bartels (68., Rechtsschuss, Bruns)
                    4:0  Bruns (70., Linksschuss, Bartels)
                    5:0  Ebbers (87., Kopfball, Schachten)
                    5:1  G. Korte (89., Linksschuss)

SC Paderborn 07	     -    1860 München	        2:0 (1:0)    9,160

                    1:0  Saglik (4., Meha)
                    2:0  Kachunga (69., Brückner)

1. FC Union Berlin   -    MSV Duisburg	        2:1 (0:0)   19,556

                    0:1  Wolze (48.)
                    1:1  Quiring (59., Parensen)
                    2:1  Mattuschka (81., penalty, Quiring)

FSV Frankfurt	     -    VfL Bochum	        2:1 (1:0)    7,572

                    1:0  Gaus (22., Y. Stark)
                    1:1  Toski (48., Iashvili)
                    2:1  Verhoek (68., Kapllani)

Energie Cottbus	     -    SV Sandhausen	        3:0 (2:0)    9,407

                    1:0  Bickel (24., direct freekick)
                    2:0  Sanogo (41., Bittroff)
                    3:0  Adlung (77., Sanogo)

Erzgebirge Aue	     -    FC Ingolstadt 04	0:1 (0:0)   11,800

                    0:1  Caiuby (64., P. Groß)

VfR Aalen	     -    Dynamo Dresden	3:0 (1:0)   11,116

                    1:0  Kister (39., Leandro)
                    2:0  Lechleiter (79., Traut)
                    3:0  Leandro (89., penalty, Lechleiter)

Jahn Regensburg	     -    1. FC Kaiserslautern	1:3 (1:2)    8,105

                    0:1  Hoffer (12., Borysiuk)
                    0:2  Idrissou (20., Hoffer)
                    1:2  Ziereis (27.)
                    1:3  Orban (84., Baumjohann)



 1  Hertha BSC Berlin (A)	33    22   9   2     64:27  +37     75 
 2  Eintracht Braunschweig	33    19   9   5     50:32  +18     66
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 3  1. FC Kaiserslautern (A)	33    15  13   5     54:31  +23     58
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 4  FSV Frankfurt	  	33    16   5  12     53:43  +10     53 
 5  1. FC Köln (A)	  	33    13  12   8     40:33  +7 	    51 
 6  Energie Cottbus	  	33    12  11  10     40:35  +5 	    47 
 7  1860 München	  	33    11  13   9     36:31  +5 	    46 
 8  VfR Aalen (N)	  	33    12  10  11     40:36  +4 	    46 
 9  1. FC Union Berlin	  	33    12  10  11     48:48   0 	    46 
10  SC Paderborn 07	  	33    11   9  13     43:42  +1 	    42 
11  FC Ingolstadt 04	  	33    10  12  11     36:40  -4 	    42 
12  FC St. Pauli	  	33    10  10  13     42:46  -4 	    40 
13  MSV Duisburg	  	33    10  10  13     34:47  -13     40 
14  VfL Bochum	  	        33    10   8  15     39:50  -11     38 
15  Erzgebirge Aue	  	33     8  10  15     38:46  -8 	    34
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16  Dynamo Dresden	  	33     8  10  15     32:48  -16     34
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17  SV Sandhausen (N)	  	33     6   8  19     38:65  -27     26 
18  Jahn Regensburg (N)	  	33     4   7  22     35:62  -27     19


A = Absteiger just Relegated 
N = Neuling just promoted

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

It’s mostly over, although the last round has some interesting things going on, as Freiburg and Schalke battle for the Champions League, and the relegation spot is still open.

Bayern was ho-hum in the Bavarian derby with Augsburg, doing just what was necessary to get a comfortable win. Augsburg never really had a chance, but managed to hold out for a long period before the dam broke. However, their eyes are really on the another derby, as they face relegated Greuther Fürth next week at home where a win probably saves them.

Schalke laid a huge egg by losing at home to Stuttgart. Now the Champions League is dubious, as the Blues must travel to Freiburg next week and get a result – and their hosts qualify with a win.

Leverkusen had an easy win against Hannover, ending any 96er hope for Euro play next season.

Wild match in Wolfsburg, where Dortmund pulled out a draw in a desperate end run. Funny story is the BVB coach Jürgen Klopp gave former Dortmund player Ivan Perisic a pair of tickets to the upcoming Champions League final. Valuable present, since over 600,000 Dortmunders have tried to get these rare tickets. However that ingrate Perisic, instead of showing his gratitude by making an own goal or getting his ass sent off early, banged in two goals and had the Neons on the ropes. Exciting match where both sides had really nothing to play for. Well, I guess Perisic won’t be getting any World Cup final tickets from Klopp…

Werder Bremen got the needed result to fend off relegation. Frankfurt still has minute chance of sneaking into the Champions League, but will probably be happy to hold onto a Euroliga spot.

The 2.Liga train has left the Sinsheim station – and Hoffenheim has evidently climbed aboard. The Hoppers needed a win against HSV and instead got kicked in the balls. The home side played hard, but mostly ran around a lot like chickens with their heads cut off. Meanwhile Hamburg was ruthless on counterattack and keeps their Euro hopes alive. Now the Hoffenheimers are reduced to hoping that Jürgen Klopp gives them tickets to a whole Wembley section, as they need to win at Dortmund next week to have any chance.

Mainz has totally collapsed down the stretch and they continued their woeful performance getting reemed at home by Gladbach. Eight matches without a win, and Euro nowhere in sight. Gladbach could still sneak in, but seems unlikely. They’ve been up and down as well, but showed little sympathy with their hosts, preferring instead to kick them when they’re down.

Fürth has completed a memorable record by having no wins at home. However they were trying hard to give one for their home fans, and Freiburg was cooperating, having a hard time figuring them out. In the end SCF finally put it together and grabbed a tough win, setting up a Champions League qualifier against Schalke next week.

Düsseldorf may be going down. Fortuna was outplayed at home by Nürnberg in a suprisingly lame effort for a club that needed something. A win might have kept their Bundesliga status, but they were flat. FCN gifted Düsseldorf a goal, but eventually got things together for a deserved win. Now there’s a good chance that Fortuna has to play the relegation playoff (most likely with Kaiserslautern). They travel to Hannover next week, but they’ll likely need a win, as Augsburg probably figures to beat Fürth at home.

Total attendance 369,042 (avg 41,007), sellouts in München, Schalke, Bremen, Wolfsburg, Mainz, Hoffenheim and Düsseldorf

Bayern München	       -    FC Augsburg	          3:0 (0:0)   71,000 *

                      1:0  T. Müller (69.,Dante)
                      2:0  Shaqiri (82., Ribery)
                      3:0  Luiz Gustavo (88., Ribery)

FC Schalke 04	       -    VfB Stuttgart	  1:2 (0:1)   61,673 *

                      0:1  Ibisevic (24., Traoré)
                      0:2  Ibisevic (66., Gentner)
                      1:2  Niedermeier (90. + 2, own goal, Huntelaar)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen    -    Hannover 96	          3:1 (2:0)   29,904

                      1:0  Hegeler (6., Schürrle)
                      2:0  Kießling (28., Carvajal)
                      3:0  Hegeler (59., L. Bender)
                      3:1  Sobiech (71., H. Sakai)

VfL Wolfsburg	       -    Borussia Dortmund	  3:3 (3:1)   30,000 *

                      0:1  S. Bender (5., Sahin)
                      1:1  Perisic (14., Olic)
                      2:1  Perisic (23.)
                      3:1  Naldo (26., Polak)
                      3:2  Reus (84., Gündogan)
                      3:3  Reus (88., Piszczek)

Werder Bremen	       -    Eintracht Frankfurt	  1:1 (1:0)   42,100 *

                      1:0  de Bruyne (22., Bargfrede)
                      1:1  Lakic (51., Matmour)
 
1899 Hoffenheim	       -    Hamburger SV	  1:4 (0:2)   30,150 *

                      0:1  Son (18., Diekmeier)
                      0:2  Aogo (35., Son)
                      0:3  Jiracek (60., Jansen)
                      1:3  Volland (61., Salihovic)
                      1:4  Rudnevs (88., Badelj)

1. FSV Mainz 05	       -    Borussia M'gladbach	  2:4 (1:1)   34,000 *

                      1:0  S. Parker (12., Pospech)
                      1:1  Hrgota (39., penalty, Hanke)
                      1:2  Hrgota (59.)
                      1:3  Hanke (65., Herrmann)
                      1:4  Hrgota (80., Hanke)
                      2:4  Ivanschitz (90. + 1, penalty)

SpVgg Greuther Fürth   -    SC Freiburg	          1:2 (1:0)   16,735

                      1:0  M. Zimmermann (3., Prib)
                      1:1  Schmid (69., Rosenthal)
                      1:2  M. Kruse (78.)

Fortuna Düsseldorf     -    1. FC Nürnberg	  1:2 (1:0)   53,500 *
	
                      1:0  Balitsch (23., own goal, Lambertz)
                      1:1  Mak (58., Klose)
                      1:2  Plattenhardt (64., direct freekick)



 1  Bayern München	  	33    28   4   1     94:15  +79     88 
 2  Borussia Dortmund (M, P)	33    19   9   5     80:40  +40     66 
 3  Bayer 04 Leverkusen	  	33    18   8   7     64:39  +25     62
 4  FC Schalke 04	  	33    15   7  11     56:49  +7 	    52
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 5  SC Freiburg	  	        33    14   9  10     44:38  +6 	    51 
 6  Eintracht Frankfurt (N)	33    14   8  11     47:44  +3 	    50
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 7  Hamburger SV	  	33    14   6  13     42:52  -10     48 
 8  Borussia M'gladbach	  	33    12  11  10     42:45  -3 	    47 
 9  Hannover 96	  	        33    12   6  15     57:62  -5 	    42 
10  VfL Wolfsburg	  	33    10  12  11     45:50  -5 	    42 
11  VfB Stuttgart	  	33    12   6  15     35:53  -18     42 
12  1. FSV Mainz 05	  	33    10  11  12     40:42  -2 	    41 
13  1. FC Nürnberg	  	33    10  11  12     36:45  -9 	    41 
14  Werder Bremen	  	33     8  10  15     48:63  -15     34 
15  Fortuna Düsseldorf (N)	33     7   9  17     39:54  -15     30
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16  FC Augsburg	  	        33     7   9  17     30:50  -20     30
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17  1899 Hoffenheim	  	33     7   7  19     40:66  -26     28 
18  SpVgg Greuther Fürth (N)	33     4   9  20     25:57  -32     21


M = Meister, defending Champion
P = Pokal, defending Cup winner
N = Neuling, newly promoted

1st line: Champions League
2nd line: Europaliga (+ Cup winner)
3rd line: Playoff with 2.Liga 3rd place
4th line: Relegation to 2.Liga

Promotion for the big sides, but the remaining spot and the relegation battles go to the last day.

Bielefeld gained promotion in front of a soldout crowd in a Westfalen derby against Osnabrück. A tense match, but Arminia looked to be the better side and gets the critical win.

Karlsruhe was somewhat ho-hum, but also got the point they needed to assure promotion. Visitors Rostock played a good game and they got a point that meant their immediate goal was achieved as well: safety from relegation.

Heidenheim all of a sudden is in the drivers seat for the promotion playoff. FCH managed a strong performance and an away win at Saarbrücken, and now control their own destiny,

Preußen Münster was a huge loser this weekend as they got hammered by ho-humming Unterhaching. The mini-Münchenkins had been dicking around and just playing out the season, and Preußen needed a result to remain in charge of 3rd place. haching however had other ideas, and in their final home match played up to their considerable potential (they are the youngest squad in the 3.Liga). They dominated from the start and Münster seemed shell-shocked and got their ass whupped.

Babelsberg was the other big loser this round. The Potsdamers got hammered at home by Burghausen and may have lost hope in remaining up.

Marcus Steegmann was the man-of-the-hour as his hat-trick gave Darmstadt an unexpected win at Erfurt. This allows the 98ers hope of staying up.

Kickers Offenbach finally pput in a decent display and defeated Wehen in a Hessen-derby, which also guarantees the Kickers safety from the drop.

Aachen is going down and into administration, but the squad still put in a good effort to thank their loyal fans by downing Stuttgart II.

Total attendance was 90,670, (avg 9,067), sellout in Bielefeld.

So looking ahead, Heidenheim hosts Offenbach, who now have nothing to play for. FCH win means the promotion playoff. Münster hosts Babelsberg, who need a win to possibly stay up. Probably too big a task, so likely Potsdam is down. Osnabrück gets to win at home against Aachen, but they have to hope that Heidenheim lays an egg. Huge match in Darmstadt, against Stuttgarter Kickers. A 98er win means they stay up, whereas the Kickers could go down with the loss. Should be a raging match. Dortmund II needs a win at Stuttgart II to assure their 3.Liga status, especially if Darmstadt win.

SV Babelsberg 03       -   Wacker Burghausen	 0:4 (0:1)    2,703
Arminia Bielefeld      -   VfL Osnabrück	 1:0 (0:0)   26,500 *
Alemannia Aachen       -   VfB Stuttgart II	 4:2 (1:0)    8,892
Borussia Dortmund II   -   Hallescher FC	 2:2 (1:1)    2,079
1. FC Saarbrücken      -   1. FC Heidenheim	 1:2 (1:2)    4,010
Kickers Offenbach      -   SV Wehen Wiesbaden	 1:0 (0:0)    6,310
Karlsruher SC	       -   Hansa Rostock	 1:1 (0:1)   26,175
Rot-Weiß Erfurt	       -   SV Darmstadt 98	 2:4 (2:2)    5,836
Stuttgarter Kickers    -   Chemnitzer FC	 1:1 (1:0)    5,415
SpVgg Unterhaching     -   Preußen Münster	 3:0 (1:0)    2,750


 1  Karlsruher SC (A)	  	37    22  10   5     65:25  +40     76 
 2  Arminia Bielefeld	  	37    22  10   5     59:31  +28     76
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 3  1. FC Heidenheim	  	37    21   8   8     69:47  +22     71
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 4  VfL Osnabrück	  	37    21   7   9     60:35  +25     70 
 5  Preußen Münster	  	37    19  12   6     59:32  +27     69 
 6  Chemnitzer FC	  	37    14  10  13     51:47  +4 	    52 
 7  SV Wehen Wiesbaden	  	37    11  18   8     49:47  +2 	    51 
 8  SpVgg Unterhaching	  	37    14   9  14     48:50  -2 	    51 
 9  Wacker Burghausen	  	37    13   9  15     44:45  -1 	    48 
10  1. FC Saarbrücken	  	37    12   9  16     51:60  -9 	    45 
11  VfB Stuttgart II	  	37    11  10  16     35:41  -6 	    43 
12  Hansa Rostock (A)	  	37    11  10  16     39:52  -13     43 
13  Rot-Weiß Erfurt	  	37    11  10  16     44:58  -14     43 
14  Hallescher FC (N)	  	37    11  10  16     35:49  -14     43 
15  Kickers Offenbach	  	37    11  10  16     41:44  -3 	    41 
16  Stuttgarter Kickers (N)	37    10   9  18     38:47  -9 	    39 
17  Borussia Dortmund II (N)	37     8  14  15     38:58  -20     38
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18  SV Darmstadt 98	  	37     8  13  16     31:45  -14     37 
19  SV Babelsberg 03	  	37     9  10  18     31:50  -19     37 
20  Alemannia Aachen (A)	37     7  10  20     40:64  -24     29


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

Aachen and Offenbach deducted two points for financial shenanigans
 

Borussia Dortmund II took their chance to make things even tighter at the bottom as they upended Rot-Weiss Erfurt 4-3 in a midweek 3.Liga makeup. This win gives BVB-II a decent chance of escaping, and puts heavier pressure on Darmstadt in the desperate survival battle. With only two matches left, it’s a true free-for-all.

Borussia Dortmund II   -   Rot-Weiß Erfurt    4:3 (1:1)   1,935



 1  Karlsruher SC (A)	  	36    22   9   5     64:24  +40     75
 2  Arminia Bielefeld	  	36    21  10   5     58:31  +27     73 
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 3  VfL Osnabrück	  	36    21   7   8     60:34  +26     70
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 4  Preußen Münster	  	36    19  12   5     59:29  +30     69 
 5  1. FC Heidenheim	  	36    20   8   8     67:46  +21     68 
 6  Chemnitzer FC	  	36    14   9  13     50:46  +4 	    51 
 7  SV Wehen Wiesbaden	  	36    11  18   7     49:46  +3 	    51 
 8  SpVgg Unterhaching	  	36    13   9  14     45:50  -5 	    48 
 9  Wacker Burghausen	  	36    12   9  15     40:45  -5 	    45
10  1. FC Saarbrücken	  	36    12   9  15     50:58  -8 	    45 
11  VfB Stuttgart II	  	36    11  10  15     33:37  -4 	    43 
12  Rot-Weiß Erfurt	  	36    11  10  15     42:54  -12     43 
13  Hansa Rostock (A)	  	36    11   9  16     38:51  -13     42
14  Hallescher FC (N)	  	36    11   9  16     33:47  -14     42 
15  Kickers Offenbach	  	36    10  10  16     40:44  -4 	    38 
16  Stuttgarter Kickers (N)	36    10   8  18     37:46  -9 	    38 
17  SV Babelsberg 03	  	36     9  10  17     31:46  -15     37
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18  Borussia Dortmund II (N)	36     8  13  15     36:56  -20     37 
19  SV Darmstadt 98	  	36     7  13  16     27:43  -16     34 
20  Alemannia Aachen (A)	36     6  10  20     36:62  -26     26


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

Aachen and Offenbach deducted two points for financial shenanigans
 

(More details to follow on Sunday’s matches)

Things tightening up at the bottom, with several desperate clubs.

The marquee match was of course Dortmund and Bayern, but it lost some of it’s luster due to the fact that neither side wanted to show their full hand for the upcoming Champions League final. As a result both squads were not at full strength, but that didn’t mean that it wasn’t a tense match. Under normal circumstances, you’d expect the Neons to go all out to bring the arrogant Bavarians down a notch – despite the fact that the title is long gone. In the opening seconds, “Kuba” Blaszczykowski got a yellow card. Kevin Großkreutz scored early, but was pegged back by Mario Gomez. The “highlight” of the match was probably Manuel Neuer stopping Robert Lewandowski’s penalty kick. So nothing ventured, nothing gained, the two giants will fight it out in Wembley for all the marbles.

Solid away win for Leverkusen at Nürnberg. The Aspirins were really in control the whole match, and they assure Champions League for next season. I’d say that’s merited, as bayer has been pretty consistent this season, and generally played attractive football. FCN disappointed, never really got going in this match.

Schalke has the inside track on the last Champions LEague opportunity, as they came up with an away win at Gladbach. A solid performance overall, but looked to be heading for a draw until Julian Draxler put in the winner. Draxler is bound to be the next hot property of young German players, sort of a Schalke version of Mario Götze. (Let’s hope he doesn’t sign for Bayern).

Mainz and Hannover are fading in the qualification race for Europe, and neither side benefited from this draw. That said, both clubs went out for the needed win, and the fans saw an entertaining match. A split of points is a fair result, but is probably leaving both outside the Euro prizes.

Frankfurt continues to defend their Euro hopes, and the return of Alex Meier was a welcome event. Of course more welcome was the fact that they were hosting Fortuna Düsseldorf, who have been sliding unstoppably towards the 2.Liga. Eintracht dominated the early goings, and although Fortuna showed some life in the 2nd half, Meier’s double was decisive in giving Frankfurt the points. Düsseldorf remains in free-fall, and could be facing a playoff to stay up – or even worse.

Bremen seemed to be getting the critical win needed to end any relegation worries, but they were rudely slapped in the face by desperate Hoffenheim. After an early dubious penalty, Werder followed up with another quick goal, and were dominating and cruising to a win. But they started dicking around and sure enough the Hoppers launched a desperate late run and squared the match, stunning the crowd. Lucky points for Hoffenheim, and Werder’s Thomas Schaaf must be pulling his hair out. Well, he doesn’t have any, but you get the idea.

You have to admire Greuther Fürth, relegated and basically sucky, but they’re still trying. And they ended up biatch-slapping one of the more underachieving sides in the Bundesliga, on the road no less. In fact, the Stuttgarters dominated the match, but they couldn’t be bothered to score a goal. Well, that’s not true, they kicked one into their own net, and the Greuther defended resolutely and were rewarded with a nice away win.

Augsburg had a chance to pass Düsseldorf with a result at Freiburg. SCF has been shaking and needed the points to strengthen their Euro position. The result was a hard fought battle. FCA was giving a strong performance, but lack of talent began to show through, as they couldn’t do much with their chances. Freiburg was more clever and showed why they’re having a fine season as they took their opportunities to get the result. Augsburg still has a good chance to sink Düsseldorf (and both could catch sinking Bremen), but they need to keep an eye on revived Hoffenheim as well.

Hamburg and Wolfsburg split teh points in a Nord-derby. Doesn’t really help either side, but neither is really going anywhere either, so I guess it doesn’t really matter. Should almost put to bed any hopes HSV had of some additional euros from Euro…

Total attendance was 437,769 (avg 48,641), sellouts in Gladbach, Bremen, Dortmund and Freiburg. This is probably the highest of the season.

 	
Borussia M'gladbach    -     FC Schalke 04	    0:1 (0:0)   54,010 *

                      0:1  Draxler (82., Raffael)

VfB Stuttgart	       -     SpVgg Greuther Fürth   0:2 (0:0)   48,300

                      0:1  G. Sakai (51., own goal, Prib)
                      0:2  Azemi (89., Prib)

Hannover 96	       -     1. FSV Mainz 05	    2:2 (1:1)   47,000

                      0:1  N. Müller (25.)
                      1:1  Sobiech (36., Schlaudraff)
                      2:1  M. Diouf (70., Sobiech)
                      2:2  N. Müller (79., S. Parker)

Werder Bremen	       -     1899 Hoffenheim	    2:2 (2:0)   42,100 *

                      1:0  Hunt (2., penalty, Hunt)
                      2:0  de Bruyne (24., Petersen)
                      2:1  Schipplock (85., Salihovic)
                      2:2  Schipplock (90. + 1, Ludwig)

1. FC Nürnberg	       -     Bayer 04 Leverkusen    0:2 (0:1)   40,581

                      0:1  Toprak (26., Castro)
                      0:2  Kießling (62., penalty)

Eintracht Frankfurt    -     Fortuna Düsseldorf	    3:1 (1:0)   51,000
 
                      1:0  Meier (30., Lakic)
                      2:0  Lakic (50., Inui)
                      2:1  Schahin (78.)
                      3:1  Meier (87.)
 	
Borussia Dortmund      -     Bayern München	    1:1 (1:1)   80,645 *

                      1:0  Großkreutz (11., Blaszczykowski)
                      1:1  Gomez (23., Rafinha)


Sunday:
SC Freiburg	       -     FC Augsburg	    2:0 (1:0)   24,000 *

                      1:0  Makiadi (30., Schmid)
                      2:0  Schmid (61., M. Kruse)

Hamburger SV	       -     VfL Wolfsburg          1:1 (1:0)   50,153

                      1:0  Westermann (45., van der Vaart)
                      1:1  Hasebe (65., Perisic)



 1  Bayern München	  	32    27   4   1    91:15  +76 	   85 
 2  Borussia Dortmund (M, P)	32    19   8   5    77:37  +40 	   65 
 3  Bayer 04 Leverkusen	  	32    17   8   7    61:38  +23 	   59
 4  FC Schalke 04	  	32    15   7  10    55:47  +8 	   52
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 5  Eintracht Frankfurt (N)	32    14   7  11    46:43  +3 	   49 
 6  SC Freiburg	  	        32    13   9  10    42:37  +5 	   48
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 7  Hamburger SV	  	32    13   6  13    38:51  -13 	   45 
 8  Borussia M'gladbach	  	32    11  11  10    38:43  -5 	   44 
 9  Hannover 96	  	        32    12   6  14    56:59  -3 	   42 
10  1. FSV Mainz 05	  	32    10  11  11    38:38   0 	   41 
11  VfL Wolfsburg	  	32    10  11  11    42:47  -5 	   41 
12  VfB Stuttgart	  	32    11   6  15    33:52  -19 	   39 
13  1. FC Nürnberg	  	32     9  11  12    34:44  -10 	   38 
14  Werder Bremen	  	32     8   9  15    47:62  -15 	   33 
15  Fortuna Düsseldorf (N)	32     7   9  16    38:52  -14 	   30
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16  FC Augsburg	  	        32     7   9  16    30:47  -17 	   30
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17  1899 Hoffenheim	  	32     7   7  18    39:62  -23 	   28 
18  SpVgg Greuther Fürth (N)	32     4   9  19    24:55  -31 	   21


M = Meister, defending Champion
P = Pokal, defending Cup winner
N = Neuling, newly promoted

1st line: Champions League
2nd line: Europaliga (+ Cup winner)
3rd line: Playoff with 2.Liga 3rd place
4th line: Relegation to 2.Liga

Things remain tight in the relegation zone, but Kaiserslautern may have got a decisive advantage for promotion.

First, to relegation, Sandhausen is now officially down, despite an excellent win over a disinterested Ingolstadt. SVS has had some moments, but they weren’t good enough for this level. Leaders Hertha looked like they were going to rout Aue, but Erzgebirge came storming back and almost salvaged a point. They’ll wish they had, as Dresden has now pulled equal on points, although they are still off on goal difference. 16th spot is a relegation playoff, so nobody wants to be there (well, except Sandhausen and Regensburg might like it). Dynamo defeated Paderborn in a tense match, and GK Ben Kirsten was the hero, as he stopped *two* penalties to give Dresden the critical win. Paderborn fired their coach Stefan Schmidt after the match, essentially blaming him for a disappointing season.

Bochum is relying on the magic of new coach Peter Neururer, and it’s working – 4 straight wins. Another fighting display and Bochum may have sunk 1. FC Köln’s promotion hopes. A rare sellout in Bochum saw both teams go for the jugular, but Bochum wanted it more, and Neururer is close to achieving safety for Bochum, which was quite dubious when he took over.

Kaiserslautern finally decided to seize the chance they were given and they biatch-slapped upstart FSV Frankfurt to control their own destiny. Unless they suck, Lautern will be in the Bundesliga playoff. FCK was clearly superior to a suprisingly crap Frankfurt side, and were rewarded with a thumping win.

Duisburg and St.Pauli played to a scoreless draw, which pretty much ensures the Zebras stay up, but the Paulistas are still in trouble.

Nothing really interesting about 1860 pummeling Union, but Benny Lauth has become the all-time leading 1860 league scorer, with 81 goals, breaking a record held by Bernard Winkler (according to kicker). However, this seems a bit weird since Rudi Bunnenmeier scored something like 139 goals for 1860 between 1960-68. They must be talking about “1860 2.Liga goals”, which is a bit lame if you think about it. Or perhaps they mean “in the Bundesliga era”. Brunnenmeier scored 66 Bundesliga goals and another 73 in the Oberliga Süd in the pre-Bundesliga era.

Braunscwhweig was mostly interested in having a promotion party, so they did nothing against Cottbus. energie could have won if they used their chances, but nobody really cared.

Total attendance 193,930 (avg 21,548), one sellout in Bochum

 	
Hertha BSC	       -   Erzgebirge Aue	3:2 (3:0)   33,157

                      1:0  Ramos (10., Allagui)
                      2:0  Ronny (34., Allagui)
                      3:0  Hubnik (44., Ronny)
                      3:1  Sylvestr (46., Fa. Müller)
                      3:2  Sylvestr (66., penalty, Könnecke)

Dynamo Dresden	       -   SC Paderborn 07	2:1 (1:1)   28,315

                      1:0  Müller (35., Schuppan)
                      1:1  Meha (43., direct freekick)
                      2:1  Müller (70., Ouali)

VfR Aalen	       -   Jahn Regensburg	2:1 (1:1)    5,632

                      1:0  Lechleiter (26., Reichwein)
                      1:1  JP Müller (29., Wießmeier)
                      2:1  B. Hübner (78., Lechleiter)

VfL Bochum	       -   1. FC Köln	        2:1 (0:1)   28,400 *

                      0:1  Chihi (30.)
                      1:1  Dedic (65., Rzatkowski)
                      2:1  Maltritz (79., Rzatkowski)

SV Sandhausen	       -   FC Ingolstadt 04	3:1 (1:1)    2,850

                      1:0  Adler (7., Schauerte)
                      1:1  Eigler (26., F. Heller)
                      2:1  Wooten (58., Danneberg)
                      3:1  Wooten (83., Blacha)

Sunday:	
 	
1. FC Kaiserslautern   -   FSV Frankfurt	4:1 (4:0)   38,792

                      1:0  Bunjaku (27., Idrissou)
                      2:0  Torrejon (40., Baumjohann)
                      3:0  Köhler (45., Idrissou)
                      4:0  Bunjaku (45. + 2, Baumjohann)
                      4:1  Kapllani (85., Teixeira)
 
1860 München	       -   1. FC Union Berlin	3:0 (2:0)   18,100

                      1:0  Lauth (26., Stoppelkamp)
                      2:0  Stoppelkamp (45. + 2, D. Halfar)
                      3:0  Lauth (63., Vallori)

MSV Duisburg	       -   FC St. Pauli  	0:0 (0:0)   18,239

Monday:	
Eintr. Braunschweig    -   Energie Cottbus	0:0 (0:0)   20,445
 	


 1  Hertha BSC Berlin (A)	32    21   9   2     62:26  +36     72 
 2  Eintracht Braunschweig      32    19   9   4     49:27  +22     66
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 3  1. FC Kaiserslautern (A)	32    14  13   5     51:30  +21     55
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 4  1. FC Köln (A)	  	32    13  12   7     39:31  +8 	    51 
 5  FSV Frankfurt	  	32    15   5  12     51:42  +9      50 
 6  1860 München	  	32    11  13   8     36:29  +7 	    46 
 7  Energie Cottbus	  	32    11  11  10     37:35  +2 	    44 
 8  VfR Aalen (N)	  	32    11  10  11     37:36  +1 	    43 
 9  1. FC Union Berlin	  	32    11  10  11     46:44  -1 	    43 
10  MSV Duisburg	        32    10  10  12     33:45  -12     40 
11  SC Paderborn 07	  	32    10   9  13     41:42  -1 	    39 
12  FC Ingolstadt 04	  	32     9  12  11     35:40  -5 	    39 
13  VfL Bochum	  	        32    10   8  14     38:48  -10     38 
14  FC St. Pauli	  	32     9  10  13     37:45  -8 	    37 
15  Erzgebirge Aue	  	32     8  10  14     38:45  -7 	    34
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16  Dynamo Dresden	  	32     8  10  14     32:45  -13     34
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17  SV Sandhausen (N)	  	32     6   8  18     38:62  -24     26 
18  Jahn Regensburg (N)	  	32     4   7  21     34:59  -25     19


A = Absteiger just Relegated 
N = Neuling just promoted

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

Can’t get more exciting than this, battles at both ends of the table.

Karslruher SC stayed on top thanks to a direct free kcik in the penultimate minute by their super talent Hakan Calhanoglu at Darmstadt. A big crowd had shown up at the Böllenfalltor to cheer on the 98ers, who fought hard against the leaders. But KSC was not content to split points, and launched a late assault against teh desperate Darmstadters. The win gives KSC the league lead and puts them within 1 point of promotion. For Darmstadt, things remain red hot in relegation.

Osnabrück was a huge winner as they hold 3rd with Münster getting stunned at home and Heidenheim getting held as well. It just shows how desperate teams can sometime bring forth massive efforts that you didn’t think they had in them. Neverthless, Osnabrück had a rough time against defensively solid Burghausen, controlling the ball but not able to break down the visitors. They did get a penalty and that was all that was eventually needed, but their were some nervous moments.

Preußen Münster was absolutely stunned at home bu Stuttgarter Kickers. The Preußen hadn’t lost at home in 18 matches, and dominated from the start. However the Kickers were defensively engaged and occasionally launched counters. The Eagles were getting increasing desperate as the match went on, and then were laid out by a counterpunch.

Bielefeld is on top pending Karlsruhe’s match. The Arminen had a tough match at Stuttgart-B, but were efficient, whereas their host wasted chances.

Heidenheim has had a rogh time with Dortmund-II, having lost in the first leg. And this one looked like another defeat, as BVB-II was playing FCH equal and grabbed a lead. The home side was able to salvage a point, but this a critical dropped opportunity. For the Dortmund Bubis, it’s a great away point, but they remain in the relegation zone, as rivals are grabbing points as well.

Massive win for Babelsberg, as they dumped Unterhaching. Overall a deserved win, both sides playing for the win. Oddly enough, both teams missed penalties, but the Potsdamers did a littel more to get critical points.

Rostock might have just got enough points to stay up, but looked to have the win wrapped up against Offenbach. But teh Kickers desperately need points as well, and they stormed back to grab a point to keep their head just above water.

Erfurt won a derby at Chemnitz, and pending disaster, they look to be safe.

Wehen has been playing quite well lately, I believe 5 wins in their last 6, a turn in form for the draw kings. They outplayed a Saarbrücken squad that has mostly disapointed this season and been a non-factor.

Halle upended Aachen to officially send Alemannia down. Not that it wasn’t happening anyway, as the Aacheners had decided to declare insolvency and accept voluntary relegation anyway. However you have to give them some credit, as they have largely played hard in every match, whereas they could have just had all their matches annulled and gone on vacation.

 	
VfB Stuttgart II     -    Arminia Bielefeld	  0:1 (0:1)    1,000
SV Wehen Wiesbaden   -    1. FC Saarbrücken	  3:1 (1:1)    3,758
VfL Osnabrück	     -    Wacker Burghausen	  1:0 (1:0)   10,100
SV Babelsberg 03     -    SpVgg Unterhaching	  3:1 (2:1)    2,213
Preußen Münster	     -    Stuttgarter Kickers	  0:1 (0:0)   12,245
Chemnitzer FC	     -    Rot-Weiß Erfurt	  1:2 (0:1)    5,850
Hansa Rostock	     -    Kickers Offenbach	  2:2 (1:0)    8,100
1. FC Heidenheim     -    Borussia Dortmund II	  2:2 (1:1)    8,600
Hallescher FC	     -    Alemannia Aachen	  1:0 (1:0)    7,166

Sunday:
SV Darmstadt 98	     -    Karlsruher SC	          0:1 (0:0)   12,300


 1  Karlsruher SC (A)	  	36    22   9   5     64:24  +40     75
 2  Arminia Bielefeld	  	36    21  10   5     58:31  +27     73 
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 3  VfL Osnabrück	  	36    21   7   8     60:34  +26     70
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 4  Preußen Münster	  	36    19  12   5     59:29  +30     69 
 5  1. FC Heidenheim	  	36    20   8   8     67:46  +21     68 
 6  Chemnitzer FC	  	36    14   9  13     50:46  +4 	    51 
 7  SV Wehen Wiesbaden	  	36    11  18   7     49:46  +3 	    51 
 8  SpVgg Unterhaching	  	36    13   9  14     45:50  -5 	    48 
 9  Wacker Burghausen	  	36    12   9  15     40:45  -5 	    45
10  1. FC Saarbrücken	  	36    12   9  15     50:58  -8 	    45 
11  VfB Stuttgart II	  	36    11  10  15     33:37  -4 	    43 
12  Rot-Weiß Erfurt	  	35    11  10  14     39:50  -11     43 
13  Hansa Rostock (A)	  	36    11   9  16     38:51  -13     42
14  Hallescher FC (N)	  	36    11   9  16     33:47  -14     42 
15  Kickers Offenbach	  	36    10  10  16     40:44  -4 	    38 
16  Stuttgarter Kickers (N)	36    10   8  18     37:46  -9 	    38 
17  SV Babelsberg 03	  	36     9  10  17     31:46  -15     37
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18  SV Darmstadt 98	  	36     7  13  16     27:43  -16     34 
19  Borussia Dortmund II (N)	35     7  13  15     32:53  -21     34 
20  Alemannia Aachen (A)	36     6  10  20     36:62  -26     26


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

Aachen and Offenbach deducted two points for financial shenanigans
 

Not unexpected after the first leg, the Champions League will witness it’s first ever all-German final. Borussia Dortmund played a decent match in Madrid, and had several chances to finish off the Spaniards. They wasted them, and Real managed two very late goals to create some nervous moments in injury time. But Borussia advances…

The Camp Nou witnessed a clear changing of teh guard. Barcelona got ripped 0-3 by Bayern in another forceful Bundesliga display. Pretty amazing that Barcelona failed to score even a single goal.

Bayern will be the favorite at Wembley, but the Neons have actually faired very well well in direct matches with bayern over the last few years, so it should be a pretty even match.

In more important news, a massive 3.Liga relegation 6 pointer: Babelsberg and Borussia Dortmund-II played a 1-1 draw that helps neither as much as they would have liked. However each get another point so that a win lifts them out of relegation. (BVB-II still has a makeup game against Erfurt as well).