Overview

• Anfang’s first outing brought a 3–1 friendly win at Heracles Almelo after an early deficit, with goals from Matthias Zimmermann, Moritz Heyer and Zan Celar.
• Christian Rasmussen was injured in the warm‑up and Tim Oberdorf scored an own goal to put Heracles ahead before Düsseldorf turned the match around.
• Captain Florian Kastenmeier said Anfang makes a good impression and emphasized the need to score more while keeping defensive focus.
• Fortuna are 13th in the 2. Liga after a 2–3 defeat to Nürnberg, well short of preseason ambitions to fight for promotion.
• CEO Alexander Jobst and sporting director Klaus Allofs said the coaching change was to provide new impulses toward promotion, noting a summer overhaul of 13 signings that Anfang must unite.