The third match at Bismarckstraße in the 2021/22 season marks the start of this year’s Europa League campaign. The team under head coach Gerardo Seoane are looking to start with a win also because the club competition has undergong a number of fundamental changes to its format.
From this season, the winners of the group stage will directly qualify for the Round of 16 while the second-placed clubs in the groups will join with the third-placed clubs in the Champions League for an additional round to decide progress to the 16. “This change will have an influence over the course of the group stage,” said Seoane. “All in all, this reform will definitely increase the attraction of the competition.”
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The successor to Sergi Runge as head coach of the Bayer 04 U19 team has been decided. Following the Spaniard's appointment to Kasper Hjulmand's first team coaching staff, the current U17 head coach Kevin Brok (photo) will be responsible for the U19s until the end of the season. As a result, Benjamin Adam will also move up a year and will now coach the U17s instead of the U16s, also until the end of the season. The structure of the coaching and support staff will remain unchanged.
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