Overview
- Club officials said the decision was taken at a board meeting on Monday evening and is effective immediately.
- Assistant coach Marcus Wolf was also released, with U19 coach Jan Effner moving up to the senior staff.
- The season opened with six straight defeats and later a brief run of three home wins, leaving 13 points from 17 matches.
- Sporting director Gregor Schoenecker praised Alipour but said the team needs a fresh impulse to safeguard its survival target.
- Alipour pointed to narrow losses and injuries in his farewell remarks, and the next match at Hertha Zehlendorf on Wednesday is framed as a relegation test after a 1–2 loss at FC Magdeburg II.