Cologne is, for all intents and purposes, promoted. St. Pauli needs this game much more--it is, for them, close to a must-win game.
Cologne clinches promotion if they win (12 pts gap with 4 games to play, but Mainz and Frankfurt meet next weekend)
yep, i had my worries. but 2-0 half time = money well spent. hopefully st pauli will fall to bits. sorry if you follow them!
Köln make a triumphant return to the top flight. Great news. Hopefully they can stay up there consitantly and eventually return to the glory days of years past. The fan base is rejuvinated again after showing their devotion throughout the year. The remodeled stadium should be finished by the beginning of the '04 season. Things are looking up in German Hollywood. By the way there should probably be an [R] in the title.
They were already pretty active for the next season; new will be: Stefan Wessels, Bayern's backup goalie Mustafa Dogan, central defender, returning to Germany from Fenerbahce Sebastian Schindzielorz, defensive mid from Bochum Andrej Voronin, top striker of BL2 from Mainz, Ukrainian national player Marius Ebbers, good BL2 forward from Duisburg
good, judging by their performance in the Cup against Bayern they need some new players if theuy want to avoid going back down again next year.