Today, for the first time since December, FC Magdeburg’s first team was involved in a competitive match. Since that 1-2 defeat in Cottbus, a number of things have changed in the club.
First of all, a new manager was put in charge, Paul Linz of Trier fame. Three new players were brought in, two forwards and [...]

I’m lagging a bit in updating, anywy, here goes.
On Saturday, FC Magdeburg played SV Babelsberg 03. Freshly promotoed, Babelsberg had been struggling since the start of the season and have now changed their manager, new at the helm is Dietmar Demuth. He once asked his players (when at FC St. Pauli) to wear down the [...]

And that is all the positive things I have to say about today’s cup match versus Preussen Magdeburg. Jarakovic scored the sole goal for FCM in the 49th, but Preussen equalised with 6 minutes left on the clock. Frank Gerster also put a penalty kick onto the bar before it was goalkeeper Marian Unger’s moment [...]

Yesterday, while Germany celebrated its national holiday (Day of German Unity, read about it here), several of the football associations that are part of the German FA used the opportunity to play their respective cup tournaments.In Saxony-Anhalt, it is called Lotto-Pokal, and the record winners are 1. FC Magdeburg. As a Regionalliga side they had [...]

I’m a tad lost for words right now, as Magdeburg have lost their last three matches, largely due to incompetence and lack of power in the attack.
RW Ahlen - FCM 3-1FCM - BVB II 0-2Kickers Emden - FCM 1-0
Let’s see what happens in the FSA-Cup next week when FCM travel to Wernigerode on Wednesday, while [...]

but alas, it was not enough. In the past years, Magdeburg had usually gone out on penalties, against Duisburg in 2003 and last year against Paderborn. This time, we didn’t even get that far. But we were better. In front of a sell-out crowd Magdeburg lost 1-4 to Bundesliga side Dortmund today - but the [...]

Why could it not have been the other way round?
Anyway, FC Magdeburg youth team will meet VfB Oldenburg in the play-off for promotion to the Youth Bundesliga on the 17th and 24th of June.