Cologne's Fortuna before a decisive duel against Lotte! Fight for the top three!

On March 8, 2025, Fortuna Köln welcomes Sportfreunde Lotte in the Regionalliga West. A victory could strengthen the top three position.
On March 8, 2025, Fortuna Köln welcomes Sportfreunde Lotte in the Regionalliga West. A victory could strengthen the top three position. (Symbolbild/ANAG)

Cologne's Fortuna before a decisive duel against Lotte! Fight for the top three!

On March 8, 2025, the 25th matchday in the Regionalliga West is on the program for the SC Fortuna Cologne team. Fortuna welcomes the Sportfreunde Lotte at 2:00 p.m. in the southern Stadium. This duel is not only a long -awaited home game, but also an opportunity for Fortuna to assert itself in the title race.

After a disappointing 0-2 defeat against MSV Duisburg, the team showed a significant increase in performance in the past cup game against Eintracht Hohkeppel and secured the semi-finals of the state cup with a 1-0 victory. There was a special fact in this game: assistant coach Hamdi Dahmani made his debut as a responsible trainer because Matthias Mink was at short notice due to an illness. Stipe Batarilos scored the decisive goal, while Robin Afamefuna was on the pitch and his contract has already been secured for the coming season.

A look at the table

Currently Fortuna Cologne is one point behind the sports fans Lotte, who have established themselves in the upper third. Fortuna also has a gap of eight points to the leaders MSV Duisburg. A victory against Lotte could not only consolidate the position in the top three of the table, but also strengthen the morale of the team.

  • opponent: Sportfreunde Lotte
  • League: Regionalliga West 2024-2025
  • kick -off: March 8, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.

Unfortunately, Fortuna has to do without the blocked players Julius Biada and Adrian Stanilewicz, which could be a challenge for the team. Nevertheless, the hope is high that the progress developed in the cup game will also bear fruit in the league and the team can convince under the new coaching of Dahmani on the square.

For fans who cannot follow the game live in the stadium, a live ticker is made on Eurosport Further information on table, results and goal scorers.

With a look into the future, possible opponents of SC Fortuna Cologne could be in the semi -finals of the Viktoria Cologne State Cup, Alemania Aachen and Teutonia Weiden. However, the focus is initially on the upcoming duel against Lotte, which could not only be decisive for the table, but also for morality and team spirit.

Rundschau online Connection to the top of the table not to lose.

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