2023-12-04 15:34:06
1. FC Saarbrücken is the favorites in the DFB Cup. This brings the third division club more than just sporting fame.
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Bayern-Schreck 1. FC Saarbrücken could massively improve its financial situation with another coup in the DFB Cup.
“If we win against Frankfurt, that would be a third of our planned budget for this season,” said press spokesman Peter Müller of the German Press Agency. If they win the round of 16 against Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday (6 p.m.), the third division club will receive a bonus of a good 1.7 million euros from the German Football Association.
There is also the spectator revenue: 40 percent of this goes to the home and visiting teams, and 20 percent goes to the DFB. On November 1st, 16,000 spectators saw Saarbrücken bring record cup winners FC Bayern Munich to their knees 2-1. If they had won against Frankfurt, the traditional club, once a founding member of the Bundesliga, would have earned a total of over three million euros in this round. According to the club, this gives the club the option to strengthen the team and invest in sustainable development.
In the first round, the FCS had already knocked the second division team Karlsruher SC out of the competition. The Saarbrücken team were sensational in 2020 and were the first fourth division team ever to reach the semi-finals of the DFB Cup, where they then failed at Bayer Leverkusen. At that time they collected a total of six million euros. “That got us through the Corona crisis without any accidents. The 3rd league is not blessed with a lot of television money,” explained Müller. (dpa)
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