Though Funkel had previously announced his retirement, he has repeatedly returned as an emergency solution. He rescued Cologne in 2021, managed Kaiserslautern in 2024, and returned to Cologne in ...

SV Elversberg, representing a subdistrict of just 7,500 residents near the French border, will face Bundesliga side Heidenheim in a two-legged relegation playoff on May 22 and 26, with a place in ...