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Energie Cottbus

August 2, 2007
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Energie Cottbus come off their best season ever, having secured their place in the first division with relative ease. But they were raided this summer by Wolfsburg, who cherry-picked both of the small eastern German club's top goal getters, Romanians Sergiu Radu and Vlad Munteanu.

Those two were unusual bargains, and Cottbus will need a lot of luck for any of their new arrivals to replace them. Energie has also lost the heart and soul of their defense, Kevin McKenna.

Coach Petrik Sander is a hard-as-nails skipper who tolerates nothing but 100 percent effort from his charges. But even that may not be enough, given the meager talent at his disposal.

"We are still absolutely one of the candidates for relegation," Sander has admitted. "Nothing has changed there."

Cottbus will likely go down fighting.

Coach: Petrik Sander

Acquisitions: Michael Lerchl (Dynamo Dresden), Toni Wachsmuth (Carl Zeiss Jena), Martin Männel (Cottbus amateurs), Kristijan Ipsa (Varteks Varazdin), Dimitar Rangelov (Racing Straßburg), Ovidiu Burca (National Bucarest), Efstathios Aloneftis (AE Larisas), Stanislav Angelov (Levski Sofia), Christian Bassila (AE Larisas), Dennis Sörensen (Midtjylland)

Departures: Lawrence Aidoo, Lars Jungnickel, Benjamin Schöckel (Wehen), André Thoms, Christof Neumann, Kevin McKenna (Cologne), Sergiu Radu, Vlad Munteanu (Wolfsburg), Daniel Gunkel (Mainz), Sidney (Kickers Offenbach), Marcus Hoffmann (Carl Zeiss Jena)

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Energie Cottbus 2007-08 team photo taken in Cottbus on July 13. Back row (left to right): Timo Rost, Zoltan Szelesi, Kristian Ipsa, Vragel da Silva, Sebastian Schuppan, Francis Kioyo, Mario Cvitanovic, Toni Wachsmuth and Steffen Baumgart. Middle row (left to right): Scout Franklin Bittencourt, Fitness coach Dirk Keller, Physiotherapist Mathias Heinrich, Team director Detlef Irrgang, Daniel Ziebig, Mariusz Kukielka, Przemyslaw Trytko, Christian Bassila, Dennis Sörensen, Goalkeeper coach Thomas Köhler, Assistant coach Thomas Hoßman, Coach Petrik Sander and Manager Steffen Heidrich. Front row (left to right): Michael Lerchl, Stanislav Angelov, Dimitar Rangelov, Igor Mitreski, Stiven Rivic, Tomislav Piplica, Gerhard Tremmel, Lukasz Kanik, Marco Küntzel, Tomasz Bandrowski, Efstathios Aloneftis and Ervin Skela.Image: picture alliance / dpa