Overview

• After a hearing lasting more than five hours, the DFB sport court found both former VfL Osnabrück coaches guilty of attempting to influence the May 24 cup final lineup.
• The court deemed staffer Tim Schütte a credible witness and said the attempt was chiefly initiated by head coach Marco Antwerpen.
• According to the findings, a staff member was urged to persuade Lohne’s loanee Bernd Rießelmann not to play, including suggesting he feign injury, but he played and scored.
• The Kontrollausschuss had sought harsher penalties and fines, yet the court imposed shorter bans and no monetary sanctions.
• Antwerpen and Döpper deny wrongdoing, have one week to appeal to the DFB Federal Court, and are pursuing separate labor claims over their May dismissals.