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Forbes
24-05-2025
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- Forbes
VfB Stuttgart End Bielefeld's Fairytale Run To Win The DFB Pokal
Head coach Sebastian Hoeneß has guided VfB Stuttgart to the club's fourth DFB Pokal triumph (Photo ... More by Tom Weller/picture alliance via Getty Images) Arminia Bielefeld's fairytale run in the DFB Pokal is over. On Saturday, Bielefeld lost 4-2 to Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart in front of 75,000 fans at a fully packed Olympiastadion. The goalscorers were Nick Woltemade (15'), Enzo Millot (22' & 66'), and Deniz Undav (28') in front of 75,000 fans at a fully packed Olympiastadion in Berlin. Julian Kania (83') and Josha Vagnoman (85' OT) scored for Bielefeld. It could have been all very different, though. In the 12th minute, Noah Joel Sarenren Bazee received the ball inside the box. His shot beat Stuttgart keeper Alexander Nübel but hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced back into the field. 'We were lucky to not be behind at this stage,' Stuttgart head coach Sebastian Hoeneß said. Three minutes later, Stuttgart star striker Woltemade broke through Bielefeld's backline and scored the opener. It was the first of three goals for the Bundesliga club in the first half. 'Too be honest, Stuttgart was the better team,' Bielefeld head coach Mitch Kniat said after the tame. 'We had a good chance to start the game. Perhaps if that one goes in. The result would have been a bit different. Stuttgart was coldblooded with their chances.' Indeed, it was impressive how Stuttgart decoded a Bielefeld side that had eliminated one 2. Bundesliga, and four Bundesliga clubs are on their way to the German Cup final. The first victim was second-division side Hannover. Then followed first-division clubs Union Berlin (2-0), SC Freiburg (3-1), Werder Bremen (2-1), and last year's champions Bayer Leverkusen (2-1). In Freiburg and Leverkusen, Bielefeld beat two teams that finished in the Bundesliga's top six this season. Freiburg, in fact, only just about missed out on finishing in the Champions League spots. For Arminia Bielefeld, the DFB Pokal run ended in disappointment. (Photo by Sebastian ... More Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images) 'I want to voice my respect towards Bielefeld,' Stuttgart left-back Maximilian Mittelstädt said. 'They didn't play like a third division side. It was a worthy final.' Playing against those top teams, Bielefeld, coached by Kniat, didn't rely on luck. Instead, Bielefeld outplayed their Bundesliga opponents. The result against Leverkusen could have been much bigger than just a 2-1 victory. Against Stuttgart, too, Bielefeld controlled much of the ball, ending the game with 59% possession. The 3. Liga team also played (463 vs 332) and completed more passes (381 vs 259), but it felt like Stuttgart was doing this by design. Unlike the previous Bundesliga opponents, Stuttgart boss Hoeneß seemed to have decoded Bielefeld a bit. The Swabians were happy handing over the ball and hitting Bielefeld with the counters that made Die Arminia dangerous in the previous cup rounds. Still, it was a fine line that Stuttgart walked. What if the early Sarenren Bazee chance had gone in? What could have been possible for the third division side was highlighted in the last ten minutes when first Kania and then Vagnoman halved the lead. For a few minutes, Stuttgart seemed to be on the brink of a late collapse. With the Bielefeld fans in their backs, Die Arminia pushed and pushed, but the third goal that would have probably seen Stuttgart collapse didn't come. So, there was no Pokal sensation in the final round. Still, Bielefeld's performance this season is sensational. Two years ago, the club was on the edge of financial collapse after being relegated to the 3. Liga, but it is now back in the 2. Bundesliga after impressively winning the 3. Liga. Despite the DFB Pokal defeat to VfB Stuttgart, Bielefeld head coach Mitch Kniat can look back to a ... More successful campaign. (Photo by Tom Weller/picture alliance via Getty Images) 'We are very proud of what we have achieved,' Kniat said. 'Of course, tomorrow, when we are being welcome in the cityhall, pride about what we have achieved will gloss over everything. But today is tricky.' Furthermore, as chief commercial officer Christoph Wortmann outlined in a recent interview, Bielefeld's run to the semifinal earned the club €7.5 million ($8.5 million). Reaching the final guarantees another €2.88 million ($3.27 million). That money will be a significant boost for the club ahead of the 2025/26 2. Bundesliga campaign. Head coach Kniat and CFO Wortmann can now use those resources to build a competitive second division team. 'This season is motivation for us,' Kniat said. 'It is motivation to do it again next season but this time to win the cup. It drives us every day.' As for Stuttgart, the Pokal campaign rescues a somewhat disappointing season in the Bundesliga and the Champions League. Although the club reached the minimum goal of finishing in the top half of the table, ninth place after finishing second the year prior. In the Champions League, Stuttgart failed to reach the knockout stages. The Pokal helps to crown a mediocre domestic campaign. More importantly, it also secures the club a spot in Europe. 'We have won it,' Hoeneß said. 'Let's just conclude that it was a great season.' Although the Europa League is a significant step down from the Champions League financially, playing in Europe will help with recruitment and should help convince star players and in-demand head coach Hoeneß to stick around.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
🏆 Stuttgart lift DFB-Pokal: hit four past Bielefeld, first title since 2007
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here. The DFB Pokal delivered excitement all the way to the final. All the big teams were out, and in the last act, even a third-division club, Arminia Bielefeld, faced Stuttgart. Advertisement In the final (broadcast on OneFootball), however, fairy tales found no place: the red and whites coached by Sebastian Hoeneß asserted their strength by winning the trophy with a clear 2-4 victory, returning to title-winning ways 18 years after their last success in the Bundesliga. For Stuttgart, ninth in the league, this means access to the Europa League. The match, in fact, was never in doubt. Stuttgart took a 3-0 lead after just 28 minutes, settling the matter and setting a new competition record: never before in the history of the German league cup final had there been so many goals in such a short time. A match that provided a spectacle at the Olympiastadion and, as certified by the data, was played openly by the fairytale Bielefeld, who could do nothing against Stuttgart. Fourth success for Stuttgart, who hadn't won the Cup since 1997. 📸 ODD ANDERSEN - AFP or licensors
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
📊 Stuttgart hit Pokal milestone during first-half blitz in Berlin
Stuttgart will count their lucky stars in Berlin after Die Schwaben may have placed one hand on a piece of silverware as they lead 3-0 in the capital at the halftime a night when Sebastian Hoeneß and company look to secure their first major honour since 2006/07, star striker Nick Woltemade made no mistake in the penalty area when he cooly finished past Jonas Kersken to set Stuttgart away inside the opening 15 minutes. But it could have all been different thus far at the Olympiastadion when Bielefeld's Noah-Joel Sarenren-Bazee struck the crossbar with the goal gaping from inside six yards after a storming run from Joel Grodowski. Soon after Woltemade's opener, Stuttgart broke freely through Deniz Undav before he squared to Enzo Millot to double their advantage. 28 - VfB Stuttgart led 3-0 after 28 minutes - never before had a club scored three goals so early in a DFB Cup final. Kickstart. #DSCVfB #DFBPokalfinale — OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) May 24, 2025 Just minutes later, Undav would get his name on the scoresheet after being slipped through on goal by Angelo Stiller to pad the scoreline inside 30 minutes, making Stuttgart the first club to score three goals in a Pokal final in such rapid fashion. Can Hoeneß's troops see out the result for a much-needed trophy haul? 📸 TOBIAS SCHWARZ - AFP or licensors
Yahoo
23-05-2025
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- Yahoo
DFB Pokal Final Preview: Arminia Bielefeld vs Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart will look to lift their first DFB Pokal for the first time since 1997, but they will have to overcome 3. Liga side Arminia Bielefeld who are enjoying a fairytale season. After winning the 3. Liga and gaining promotion back into the 2. Bundesliga, Arminia – who have knocked out Bundesliga opposition in the last four rounds – will look to trouble Sebastian Hoeneß' Stuttgart. After beating Hannover 2-0, Michél Kniat's Arminia – captained by American Mael Corboz – eliminated Union Berlin (2-0), Freiburg (3-1), Werder Bremen (2-1) and last season's Bundesliga and German Cup winners, Bayer Leverkusen (2-1). Advertisement Stuttgart meanwhile beat Preußen Münster (5-0), Kaiserslautern (2-1), Jahn Regensburg (3-0), Augsburg (1-0) and RB Leipzig (3-1) to reach their first German Cup final since 2013, where they lost to Jupp Heynckes Bayern Munich (3-2). Arminia Bielefeld vs VfB Stuttgart Team News Bielefeld have been without Nassim Boujellab (Knee) for their last eight league games and the Moroccan midfielder will miss Saturday's clash against Stuttgart, who will be without their own midfield maestro Angelo Stiller (Ankle). The German – who is being courted by Europe's top clubs – suffered an injury in the penultimate matchday of the Bundesliga season. Arminia Bielefeld vs VfB Stuttgart Likely Line-ups Arminia Bielefeld: Kersken – Schneider, Russo, Großer – Hagman, Schreck, Corboz (c), Oppie – Sarenren Bazee, Wörl – Grodowski. VfB Stuttgart: Nübel – Jeltsch, Chabot, Hendriks – Vagnoman, Karazor (c), Millot, Mittelstädt – Leweling, Undav – Woltemade. GGFN | Daniel Pinder
Yahoo
07-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Elversberg target young Stuttgart talent Jarzinho Malanga
An away win over Nürnberg this weekend leaves 2. Bundesliga outfit Elversberg very much in the promotion hunt. The rapidly rising Saarland club reportedly seeks to obtain one of VfB Stuttgart's rapid risers on loan. Sky Germany claims Jarzinho Malanga is on Elversberg's wish list. Elversberg turn their attention to a league that they themselves not long ago played in. Malanga has served as one of the brighter spots for the Stuttgart reserves during a disappointing 3. Liga campaign. Advertisement VfB II earned promotion to the German third division last season, but appear likely to be relegated back to the Regionalliga. Malanga, meanwhile, has scored two goals and contributed four assists in 29 3. Liga appearances. The 18-year-old attacker has also gotten a taste of Champions League action as part of VfB head coach Sebastian Hoeneß' UCL squad. Malanga made three brief UCL relief appearances and also featured briefly for Hoeneß in the Pokal. Elversberg have garnered a reputation for helping promising youngsters further their development. Nick Woltemade, Paul Wanner, Fisnik Asllani, Muhammed Damar and Elias Baum have all refined their game at Elversberg in recent years. GGFN | Peter Weis
