FC Helmstedt: Change of coach and relegation worries shake the club!

FC Helmstedt: Change of coach and relegation worries shake the club!

Helmstedt, Deutschland - FC Helmstedt is in a critical situation in the Landesliga because the team is facing relegation. According to the reporting of the Braunschweiger Zeitung will no longer protrude coach René Cassel after this season. He already informed the club and the team in winter. Interestingly, his decision is not the result of the current negative series, which includes three defeats with a goal difference of 1:21. Rather, it is personnel bottlenecks and structural problems that Cassel moved from his coaching duties.

This season FC Helmstedt has to deal with injuries and departures. A total of seven players left the club in winter, which significantly tightened the squad situation. Currently, coaches Cassel are only 14 field players and three goalkeepers when everyone is fit. In one of the games, the replacement goalkeeper even had to be used as a field player. Cassel describes the past two years as a turbulent, emotional and demanding after taking FC Helmstedt in the summer of 2023.

Current table situation and outlook

fupa.net Helmstedt is currently with 16 points on the 14th place in the Landesliga and hibernated on a relegation zone. In the five games before the winter break, the team was able to collect nine points. Coach Cassel comments on the season so far and is dissatisfied with the placement, but notes that positive results can give hope for relegation. The preparation for the second half of the season begins on January 18, 2025, whereby a test game against Lupo Martini Wolfsburg I is planned as a highlight.

While Cassel looks back on the challenges of the past two years, he sees the sudden death of the club chairman Ralf Burgdorf as another stressful factor. However, he also describes the two years in the Landesliga as a maximum success for the association. His contract expires on June 30th, and with his openness about the reasons for his farewell, he would also like to set an example.