Overview
- Finance chief Klaus Filbry presented the audited result at the members’ meeting, reporting consolidated revenue of €142.7 million versus €145.6 million a year earlier.
- The shortfall was driven chiefly by a €17.9 million drop in transfer income after the prior year’s windfall from Niclas Füllkrug’s sale to Borussia Dortmund.
- Equity declined to €14.9 million, down from €22.0 million following the regional investor consortium’s entry in the previous year.
- Media rights and sponsorship revenues increased slightly, while TV distributions were still reduced by the five-year coefficient, which will ease next fiscal year when weaker seasons drop out.
- The team finished eighth without European qualification and still incurred placement bonuses, and the meeting featured fan-club complaints over the transparency of the supervisory-board election that officials defended.