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To achieve this, BVB will need to be among the top four teams in Group D (opponents: Leipzig, Karlsruher SC, Union Berlin, FSV Mainz 05, SpVgg Unterhaching). <br>\n<\/p>\n<p>The German Championship is being played in this format for the first time, after 21 years of the final round being preceded by four Under-19 Bundesligas. The league reform is one of the most important strategic changes which the former BVB youth coach Hannes Wolf has initiated in his role as DFB Director for Youth, Training and Development. <br>\n<\/p>\n<p>From this weekend, 24 teams which reached League A via eight preliminary round groups will be split into four groups and will play to determine the 16 teams that go through to the normal knockout round of the German Championship. The Dortmund lads have some long journeys ahead of them, as well as some exciting matches, some of which will be against teams which no BVB Under-19s team has played in a competitive match before (Karlsruhe, Union Berlin, Unterhaching). The following teams will be Borussia’s opponents:<br>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Leipzig<\/b> (First match 1. February, 12:00 CET; Second match in Dortmund 9. March, 11:00 CET)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\ »margin-left: 40.0px;\ »>The team from Saxony, coached by Sebastian Heidinger, finished second in preliminary round group B behind Chemnitzer FC, but ahead of favourites Hertha BSC Berlin. The team’s solid defense is what makes it stand out. The most well-known player is striker Robert Ramsak, who became European and world champion with the German Under-17s national team. Other current DFB national players are Nuha Jatta (Under-19s), Fernando Dickes and Viggo Gebel (both Under-18s). The team from Leipzig finished 32nd in the UEFA Youth League table with only one win against FC Liverpool (3-1), and were eliminated. <br>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Karlsruher SC <\/b>(First match in Dortmund Saturday, 8. February, 11:00 CET; Second match 23. March, 11:00 CET)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\ »margin-left: 40.0px;\ »>The biggest surprise of the strong preliminary round group D came when the Under-19s squad of the second league team secured first place in the table, charging ahead with 35 points and a goal difference of 42-11, ahead of Eintracht Frankfurt (28 points) and the equally highly rated FSV Mainz 05 (26). "This cohort had already won nine of 13 games last year in the second half of the Bundesliga South, and that made them realise that as a young cohort, they can beat more experienced teams," said coach Ralf Kettemann, explaining the success of his very homogenous squad. KSC also reached the semi-final of the DFB Cup, beating Bayern Munich, Hertha BSC and Union Berlin. The outstanding players on the team are striker Fanol Lutolli (10 goals in the league) and Louey Farhat (9), as well as defender Rafael Pedrosa, who has already played in the second Bundesliga, and Under-19s national player Mateo Kritzer. <br>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Union Berlin <\/b>(First match 16. February, 12:00 CET; Second match in Dortmund 30. March, 11:00 CET)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\ »margin-left: 40.0px;\ »>The "iron men" were beaten in preliminary group round D only by VfL Wolfsburg (31 points), and finished second in the table with 27 points, ahead of Hamburg SV (23). Coach Marco Grote (formerly Werder Bremen, VfL Osnabrück, and others) has put together a physically robust team with a few stand-out individuals, including DFB national player Levi Prince Asanji, who was Union’s highest goalscorer in the previous round with seven goals scored. <br>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>FSV Mainz 05 <\/b>(First match 22. February, 12:00 CET; Second match in Dortmund 6. April)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\ »margin-left: 40.0px;\ »>BVB doesn’t have good memories of the team from Rhine-Hesse, who won the final of the German Championship in 2023 4-2 with extra time. At the time, Borussia’s ex-coach Benjamin Hoffmann, who now coaches the Under-23s, was still on the bench for Mainz. His successor, former first team player for Mainz Jan Kirchhoff, led the newly formed team to third place in the preliminary round group D, behind Karlsruhe and Frankfurt. With Raul König and Luke Rahmann, the squad has two former Dortmund youth players. Before the start of the winter break, the Mainz players also made their mark with a 3-1 win away to Eintracht Frankfurt. <br>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>SpVgg Unterhaching <\/b>(First match in Dortmund 9. March; Second match 12. April, 13:00 CET)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\ »margin-left: 40.0px;\ »>The team from Unterhaching couldn’t get past Bayern Munich, who were the clear winners of preliminary group round G, but they celebrated finishing second in the table ahead of their great rivals Munich 1860 as a prestigious victory. They won their two matches against the "lions" 2-1 and 3-0. Coach Andreas Haidl has at his disposal a balanced squad which is hard to play and excellently schooled in tactics. The highest goalscorer is Cornelius Pfeiffer, who scored eight of the 31 Unterhaching goals in the previous round. Current national co-coach Sandro Wagner laid the foundations for the rise of the Under-19s when he started his career as a coach in the youth department of the team from the suburbs of Munich.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><i>(wiwi)<\/i><\/p>\n », »title »: »Text », »multiValue »:false, »value »: »<p>The team, captained by Robin Lisewski, is aiming to qualify for the knockout round of the German Championship. To achieve this, BVB will need to be among the top four teams in Group D (opponents: Leipzig, Karlsruher SC, Union Berlin, FSV Mainz 05, SpVgg Unterhaching). <br>\n<\/p>\n<p>The German Championship is being played in this format for the first time, after 21 years of the final round being preceded by four Under-19 Bundesligas. The league reform is one of the most important strategic changes which the former BVB youth coach Hannes Wolf has initiated in his role as DFB Director for Youth, Training and Development. <br>\n<\/p>\n<p>From this weekend, 24 teams which reached League A via eight preliminary round groups will be split into four groups and will play to determine the 16 teams that go through to the normal knockout round of the German Championship. The Dortmund lads have some long journeys ahead of them, as well as some exciting matches, some of which will be against teams which no BVB Under-19s team has played in a competitive match before (Karlsruhe, Union Berlin, Unterhaching). The following teams will be Borussia’s opponents:<br>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Leipzig<\/b> (First match 1. February, 12:00 CET; Second match in Dortmund 9. March, 11:00 CET)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\ »margin-left: 40.0px;\ »>The team from Saxony, coached by Sebastian Heidinger, finished second in preliminary round group B behind Chemnitzer FC, but ahead of favourites Hertha BSC Berlin. The team’s solid defense is what makes it stand out. The most well-known player is striker Robert Ramsak, who became European and world champion with the German Under-17s national team. Other current DFB national players are Nuha Jatta (Under-19s), Fernando Dickes and Viggo Gebel (both Under-18s). The team from Leipzig finished 32nd in the UEFA Youth League table with only one win against FC Liverpool (3-1), and were eliminated. <br>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Karlsruher SC <\/b>(First match in Dortmund Saturday, 8. February, 11:00 CET; Second match 23. 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The outstanding players on the team are striker Fanol Lutolli (10 goals in the league) and Louey Farhat (9), as well as defender Rafael Pedrosa, who has already played in the second Bundesliga, and Under-19s national player Mateo Kritzer. <br>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Union Berlin <\/b>(First match 16. February, 12:00 CET; Second match in Dortmund 30. March, 11:00 CET)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\ »margin-left: 40.0px;\ »>The "iron men" were beaten in preliminary group round D only by VfL Wolfsburg (31 points), and finished second in the table with 27 points, ahead of Hamburg SV (23). Coach Marco Grote (formerly Werder Bremen, VfL Osnabrück, and others) has put together a physically robust team with a few stand-out individuals, including DFB national player Levi Prince Asanji, who was Union’s highest goalscorer in the previous round with seven goals scored. <br>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>FSV Mainz 05 <\/b>(First match 22. February, 12:00 CET; Second match in Dortmund 6. 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