Dienstag, 17. Juli 2012

Karlsruher SC Season Preview



After one of the weakest season in KSC history they had to go down in 3.Bundesliga. Maybe this was a big cut now for them but they are absolutely focused to get back according to their management. Are they strong enough in a league where many surprises happen, in order to limit the damage.






Review
After 14 of May Karlsruhe was relegated and this was also their second time that they had to go down in 3rd league. It was deserved because of to many failure from coaches or management as well. They started with Coach Scharinger but after 10 rounds winless he was sucked and new one on the line Jörn Andersen took over but also without any big success. It was never some atmosphere of departure in the club and around their supporters. In March Andersen was sucked too and fromer coach and youth coordinator Kauczinski came. The mood and atmosphere changed a lot then and it was a big solidarity there now. All together now, this was their signal to catch up. They did a great job and finished on 16. place where they had to matches against 3rd league team Regensburg to remain in 2.Bundesliga but they got only 2 draws and were relegated only due to goal rule like European matches. But not the last two matches was the key, the whole season they had some terrible stats and records as well. They lost to many matches with 19 and away from home they were absolutely harmless with collected 6 points beside 27 at home. Also their defense was a disaster and conceded 60 goals. All in all these are numbers for a relegation team.
 
The Squad
One league lower they have to rebuild all and start absolutely new because of many players leaving the club, some are important, some are only squad players and their budget should be not such high as for 2.Bundesliga.
The following players are gone: Elias Charalambous, Luis Robles, Moses Lamidi, Patrick Milchraum, Christian Timm, Klemen Lavric, Simon Zoller, Bogdan Müller, Timo Staffeldt, Alexander Stolz, Thorben Stadler, Guiseppe Aquaro, Marcus Piossek, Delron Buckley, Louis Ngwat-Mahop, Marco Terrazzino, Pascal Groß, Andrei Cristea, Thomas Konrad, Matthias Cuntz, Stefan Müller, Alexander Iashvilli, Ionut Rada, Bakary Soumare, Makhtar Thioune, Boubacar Fofane. Additional some teams are focused to sign midfielder and top talent Chalhanoglu. Werder Bremen is very interested about him and want pay some Mios. It’s not absolutely sure so far but it’s more likely he leaves.
On the other side manager Kreuzer could sign some players as well with Jan Mauersberger (Osnabrück), Phillip Klingmann (Hoffenheim), Christoph Sauter (VfR Aalen), Simon Brandstetter (SC Freiburg), Patrick Dulleck und Kevin Akpoguma (beide eigene U19), Silviano Vernhagen (eigene U23), Selcuk Alibaz (Jahn Regensburg), Elia Soriano (Eintrach Frankfurt II), Karim Benyamina (FSV Frankfurt), Danny Blum (SV Sandhausen), Martin Stoll (Dynamo Dresden), Rouwen Hennings (FC St. Pauli), Daniel Gordon ( FSV Frankfurt), Manuel Bölstler (Hapoel Kfar Saba), Denis Cagara (FSV Frankfurt).
 
Coach
Kauczinski came back as coach last March and although he got relegated with the team he get the confidence to work with the new build team. His favor 4-4-2 where he can play with 2 strikers upfront maybe Benyamina and Hennings both a very quick and should create some danger. Also he knows the club very well and should be able to bring some success back.
 
Prediction
KSC have the biggest budget in 3.Bundesliga with 4 Mio. and their aim is to get straight back into 2.Bundesliga. Promotion is almost a must for them. The quality and strength should be in their new build squad additional. In this case I predict KSC will promote directly.


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