| 2018–19 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Iliya Gruev (until 1 October) Torsten Lieberknecht (from 1 October)  | |||
| 2. Bundesliga | 18th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Third round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League:  Kevin Wolze (9) All: Kevin Wolze (9)  | |||
| Highest home attendance | 26,500 (vs Hamburg, 14 December 2018)  | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 11,096 (vs Regensburg, 29 September 2018)  | |||
| Average home league attendance | 15,385 | |||
| 
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The 2018–19 MSV Duisburg season was the 119th season in the club's football history. In 2018–19 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football.[1][2]
With a loss on 12 May 2019, Duisburg was relegated to the 3. Liga.[3]
Team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
Out
| N | 
Pos. | 
Nat. | 
Name | 
Age | EU | 
Moving to | 
Type | 
Transfer window  | 
Transfer fee  | 
Source | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Mark Flekken | 25 | EU | SC Freiburg | Transfer | Summer | €800,000 | SC Freiburg | |
| 5 | DF | Branimir Bajić | 38 | EU | Retired | Retired | Summer | Kicker | ||
| 10 | FW | Kingsley Onuegbu | 32 | Non-EU | End of contract | Summer | Free | Nea Salamis Famagusta FC | ||
| 19 | MF | Nico Klotz | 31 | EU | TuS Mündelheim | End of contract | Summer | WAZ | ||
| 22 | GK | Daniel Zeaiter | 23 | EU | Alemannia Aachen | End of contract | Summer | Free | Alemannia Aachen | |
| 27 | DF | Dan-Patrick Poggenberg | 26 | EU | SG Sonnenhof Großaspach | End of contract | Summer | Free | SG Sonnenhof Großaspach | |
| 29 | MF | Tuğrul Erat | 26 | EU | SV 19 Straelen | End of contract | Summer | SV 19 Straelen | ||
| 31 | DF | Marius Krüger | 19 | EU | Rumelner TV | End of contract | Summer | WAZ | ||
| 1 | GK | Daniel Davari | 30 | Non-EU | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | Transfer | Winter | Free | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | |
| 18 | DF | Thomas Blomeyer | 22 | EU | Sportfreunde Lotte | Loan | Winter | Free | Sportfreunde Lotte | |
| 19 | FW | Richard Sukuta-Pasu | 28 | EU | Transfer | Winter | Free | Reviersport | 
New contracts
| Number | Position | Player | Contract length | Contract end | Date | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | FW | Stanislav Iljutcenko | 2 years | 2020 | 9 May 2018[4] | 
| 18 | DF | Thomas Blomeyer | |||
| 7 | MF | Andreas Wiegel | 30 May 2018[5] | ||
| 16 | MF | Lukas Fröde | 1 year | 13 July 2018[6] | 
Friendlies
| 27 June 2018 1 | Hülser SV | 0–12 | MSV Duisburg | Krefeld | 
| 19:00 | Report | 
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Attendance: 1,000 | 
| 30 June 2018 2 | MSV Duisburg | 6–1 | Duisburg City Allstars | Duisburg | 
| 13:00 | 
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Report | Namoni  | 
Attendance: 624 | 
| 3 July 2018 3 |  MSV Duisburg  | 1–2 |   | Altenberge | 
| 18:45 | Wolze  | 
Report | Attendance: 400 Referee: Bastian Börner  | 
| 5 July 2018 4 | VfB Günnigfeld | 0–10 | MSV Duisburg | Bochum | 
| 19:00 | Report | 
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Attendance: 250 Referee: Turan Alabas  | 
| 8 July 2018 5 | FC Brünninghausen | 0–3 | MSV Duisburg | Herne | 
| 14:30 | Report | 
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| Note: The match will be played over 2x30 minutes | ||||
| 8 July 2018 6 | Hertha BSC | 1–0 | MSV Duisburg | Herne | 
| 18:00 | Duda  | 
Report | ||
| Note: The match will be played over 2x30 minutes | ||||
| 12 July 2018 7 | Borussia Dortmund II | 0–3 | MSV Duisburg | St. Johann | 
| 18:00 | Report | 
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| 15 July 2018 8 | Werder Bremen | 1–0 | MSV Duisburg | Zell am Ziller | 
| 13:00 | J. Eggestein  | 
Report | 
| 18 July 2018 9 |  Wacker Innsbruck II  | 0–3 |   | Jenbach | 
| 18:00 | Report | 
| 19 July 2018 10 |  Al Sadd  | 1–4 |   | St. Johann | 
| 19:00 | Hamroun  | 
Report | 
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| 28 July 2018 11 |  MSV Duisburg  | 0–0 (2–4 p)  |   | Duisburg | 
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 5,518  | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| Note: The match will be played over 45 minutes | ||||
| 28 July 2018 12 |  MSV Duisburg  | 1–1 |   | Duisburg | 
| 18:00 | Souza  | 
Report | Rico  | 
Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 5,518  | 
| Note: The match will be played over 45 minutes | ||||
| 17 October 2018 13 | MSV Duisburg | 7–0 | GSV Moers | Duisburg | 
| 14:00 | 
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Report | Stadium: Westender Straße Attendance: 650  | 
| 16 November 2018 14 | MSV Duisburg | 1–1 | VfL Osnabrück | Duisburg | 
| 14:00 | Iljutcenko  | 
Report | Krasniqi  | 
Stadium: Westender Straße Attendance: 600 Referee: Robin Braun  | 
| 11 January 2019 15 |  MSV Duisburg  | 1–1 |   | Duisburg | 
| 15:00 | Engin  | 
Report | Balk  | 
Stadium: Westender Straße Referee: Martin Ulankiewicz  | 
| 16 January 2019 16 |  MSV Duisburg  | 1–1 |   | Almancil | 
| 15:30 | Bomheuer  | 
Report | Stadium: Estádio Algarve | 
| 21 January 2019 17 |  MSV Duisburg  | 3–2 |   | Albufeira | 
| 16:00 | Report | 
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Stadium: Estádio da Nora | 
| 21 January 2019 17 |  FC Utrecht  | 6–0 |   | Utrecht | 
| 16:00 | 
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Report | Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0  | |
| Note: The match was played bahind closed doors, with no attendance. | ||||
| 24 April 2019 18 |  MSV Duisburg  | 2–0 |   | Duisburg | 
| 18:30 | Report | |||
| Note: The match was cancelled after 45 minutes due a thunder storm. | ||||
Results
Times from 1 July to 27 October 2018 and from 31 March to 30 June 2019 are UTC+2, from 28 October 2018 to 30 March 2019 UTC+1.
Overview
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| 2. Bundesliga | 6 August 2018 | 18 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 65 | −26 | 17.65 | 
| DFB-Pokal | 18 August 2018 | 5 February 2019 | Round 1 | Round 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 66.67 | 
| Total | 37 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 44 | 68 | −24 | 21.62 | ||||
Last updated: 19 May 2019
Source: Soccerway
2. Bundesliga
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 40 | |
| 15 | SV Sandhausen | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 38 | |
| 16 | FC Ingolstadt (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 35 | Qualification to relegation play-offs | 
| 17 | 1. FC Magdeburg (R) | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 53 | −18 | 31 | Relegation to 3. Liga | 
| 18 | MSV Duisburg (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 65 | −26 | 28 | 
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | 
| 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 65 | −26 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 
Last updated: 19 May 2019.
Source: DFB
Result round by round
Matches
| 6 August 2018 1 | Dynamo Dresden | 1–0 | MSV Duisburg | Dresden | 
| 20:30 | Röser  | 
Report | Stadium: Stadion Dresden Attendance: 28,733 Referee: Daniel Siebert  | 
| 11 August 2018 2 | MSV Duisburg | 0–2 | VfL Bochum | Duisburg | 
| 13:00 | Report | Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 20,541 Referee: Christian Dingert  | 
| 24 August 2018 3 | Darmstadt 98 | 3–0 | MSV Duisburg | Darmstadt | 
| 18:30 | Report | Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,170 Referee: Robert Hartmann  | 
| 1 September 2018 4 | MSV Duisburg | 0–1 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Duisburg | 
| 13:00 | Report | Mohr  | 
Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 12,070 Referee: Florian Heft  | 
| 14 September 2018 5 | Union Berlin | 2–2 | MSV Duisburg | Berlin | 
| 18:30 | Report | 
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Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 20,329 Referee: Michael Bacher  | 
| 23 September 2018 6 | MSV Duisburg | 1–2 | Erzgebirge Aue | Duisburg | 
| 13:30 | Wolze  | 
Report | Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 13,119 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck  | 
| 26 September 2018 7 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 3–3 | MSV Duisburg | Magdeburg | 
| 18:30 | Report | 
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Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 18,696 Referee: Daniel Schlager  | 
| 29 September 2018 8 | MSV Duisburg | 1–3 | Jahn Regensburg | Duisburg | 
| 13:00 | Gyau  | 
Report | Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 11,096 Referee: Alexander Sather  | 
| 8 October 2018 9 | 1. FC Köln | 1–2 | MSV Duisburg | Cologne | 
| 20:30 | Hector  | 
Report | Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 49,600 Referee: Florian Badstübner  | 
| 22 October 2018 10 | MSV Duisburg | 0–1 | FC St. Pauli | Duisburg | 
| 20:30 | Report | Allagui  | 
Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 20,130 Referee: Pascal Müller  | 
| 28 October 2018 11 | FC Ingolstadt | 1–1 | MSV Duisburg | Ingolstadt | 
| 13:30 | Matip  | 
Report | Matip  | 
Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 6,564 Referee: Thorben Siewer  | 
| 3 November 2018 12 | MSV Duisburg | 2–0 | SC Paderborn | Duisburg | 
| 13:00 | Report | Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 13,161 Referee: Florian Heft  | 
| 9 November 2018 13 | SV Sandhausen | 0–0 | MSV Duisburg | Sandhausen | 
| 18:30 | Report | Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Referee: Christof Günsch  | 
| 23 November 2018 14 | Arminia Bielefeld | 0–1 | MSV Duisburg | Bielefeld | 
| 18:30 | Report | Engin  | 
Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 14,766 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus  | 
| 2 December 2018 15 | MSV Duisburg | 0–4 | Holstein Kiel | Duisburg | 
| 13:30 | Report | Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 12,320 Referee: Florian Badstübner  | 
| 8 December 2018 16 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 4–1 | MSV Duisburg | Heidenheim | 
| 13:00 | 
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Report | Wolze  | 
Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,250 Referee: Patrick Alt  | 
| 14 December 2018 17 | MSV Duisburg | 1–2 | Hamburger SV | Duisburg | 
| 18:30 | Nauber  | 
Report | Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 26,500 Referee: Christian Dietz  | 
| 23 December 2018 18 | MSV Duisburg | 1–3 | Dynamo Dresden | Duisburg | 
| 13:30 | Souza  | 
Report | Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 14,836 Referee: Florian Heft  | 
| 29 January 2019 19 | VfL Bochum | 2–1 | MSV Duisburg | Bochum | 
| 18:30 | Report | Nielsen  | 
Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 17,810 Referee: Daniel Schlager  | 
| 1 February 2019 20 | MSV Duisburg | 3–2 | Darmstadt 98 | Duisburg | 
| 18:30 | 
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Report | Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 11,213 Referee: Thorben Siewer  | 
| 9 February 2019 21 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 1–0 | MSV Duisburg | Fürth | 
| 13:00 | Keita-Ruel  | 
Report | Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 8,635 Referee: Harm Osmers  | 
| 16 February 2019 22 | MSV Duisburg | 2–3 | Union Berlin | Duisburg | 
| 13:00 | Report | Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 12,316 Referee: Timo Gerach  | 
| 24 February 2019 23 | Erzgebirge Aue | 0–0 | MSV Duisburg | Aue | 
| 13:30 | Report | Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Deniz Aytekin  | 
| 1 March 2019 24 | MSV Duisburg | 1–0 | 1. FC Magdeburg | Duisburg | 
| 18:30 | Hajri  | 
Report | Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 13,416 Referee: Patrick Alt  | 
| 9 March 2019 25 | Jahn Regensburg | 1–1 | MSV Duisburg | Regensburg | 
| 13:00 | Al Ghaddioui  | 
Report | Wolze  | 
Stadium: Continental Arena Attendance: 10,141 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck  | 
| 29 March 2019 26 | FC St. Pauli | 0–0 | MSV Duisburg | Hamburg | 
| 18:30 | Report | Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Bastian Dankert  | 
| 6 April 2019 27 | MSV Duisburg | 2–4 | FC Ingolstadt | Duisburg | 
| 13:00 | 
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Report | Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 14,127 Referee: Robert Kempter  | 
| 10 April 2019 28 | MSV Duisburg | 4–4 | 1. FC Köln | Duisburg | 
| 18:30 | 
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Report | Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 25,675 Referee: Daniel Schlager  | |
| Note: The match was scheduled to take place on 17 March but was postponed due to an unplayable field.[8] | ||||
| 13 April 2019 29 | SC Paderborn | 4–0 | MSV Duisburg | Paderborn | 
| 13:00 | 
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Report | Stadium: Benteler-Arena Attendance: 11,111 Referee: Florian Badstübner  | 
| 20 April 2019 30 | MSV Duisburg | 2–2 | SV Sandhausen | Duisburg | 
| 13:00 | Report | Wooten  | 
Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 13,295 Referee: Timo Gerach  | 
| 29 April 2019 31 | MSV Duisburg | 2–2 | Arminia Bielefeld | Duisburg | 
| 20:30 | 
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Report | Voglsammer  | 
Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 13,340 Referee: Michael Bacher  | 
| 5 May 2019 32 | Holstein Kiel | 0–2 | MSV Duisburg | Kiel | 
| 13:30 | Report | Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 12,122 Referee: Christian Dietz  | 
| 12 May 2019 33 | MSV Duisburg | 3–4 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Duisburg | 
| 15:30 | 
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Report | Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 14,392 Referee: Thorben Siewer  | 
| 18 May 2019 34 | Hamburger SV | 3–0 | MSV Duisburg | Hamburg | 
| 15:30 | 
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Report | Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 51,147 Referee: René Rohde  | 
DFB-Pokal
| 18 August 2018 Round 1 | TuS Dassendorf | 0–1 | MSV Duisburg | Hamburg | 
| 15:30 | Report | Tashchy  | 
Stadium: Stadion Sander Tannen Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Alexander Sather  | 
| 31 October 2018 Round 2 | Arminia Bielefeld | 0–3 | MSV Duisburg | Bielefeld | 
| 20:45 | Report | 
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Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 19,143 Referee: Arne Aarnink  | 
| 5 February 2019 Round 3 | MSV Duisburg | 1–3 | SC Paderborn | Duisburg | 
| 20:45 | Souza  | 
Report | 
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Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 12,509 Referee: Sven Jablonski  | 
Statistics
Squad statistics
Last updated: 19 May 2019
Source: Soccerway
- † Players who left the club mid-season.
 
Goals
| Rank | Player | Position | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total[9] | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DF | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | MF | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | FW | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| FW | 4 | 0 | |||
| 5 | MF | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 6 | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| MF | 1 | 1 | |||
| MF | 2 | 0 | |||
| FW | 2 | 0 | |||
| 10 | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | |||
| MF | 1 | 0 | |||
| DF | 1 | 0 | |||
| DF | 1 | 0 | |||
| MF | 0 | 1 | |||
| FW | 1 | 0 | |||
| FW | 0 | 1 | |||
| Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Total | 40 | 5 | 45 | ||
Clean sheets
| Rank | Name | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total[9] | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 4 | 0 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
Disciplinary record
| N | P | Nat. | Name | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total | Notes | ||||||
| 16 | MF | Lukas Fröde | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | DF | Enis Hajri | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 14 | MF | Tim Albutat | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 17 | DF | Kevin Wolze | 10 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||
| 7 | DF | Andreas Wiegel | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||
| 10 | MF | Fabian Schnellhardt | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
| 11 | FW | Stanislav Iljutcenko | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| 15 | FW | John Verhoek | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| 6 | DF | Gerrit Nauber | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| 4 | DF | Dustin Bomheuer | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| 33 | MF | Moritz Stoppelkamp | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 9 | MF | Ahmet Engin | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 19 | FW | Richard Sukuta-Pasu | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 23 | DF | Yanni Regäsel | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 24 | FW | Borys Tashchy | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 36 | MF | Joe Gyau | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | DF | Joseph Baffo | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 20 | MF | Cauly Oliveira Souza | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 29 | DF | Sebastian Neumann | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Last updated: 19 May 2019
Source: Soccerway
Ordered by 
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 and ![]()
 = Number of bookings; 
 = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; 
 = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
References
- ↑ "4:1! Zebras feiern den Klassenerhalt". reviersport.de. 29 April 2018.
 - ↑ "Start am 24. Juni: So läuft unsere MSV-Vorbereitung". msv-duisburg.de. 16 May 2018.
 - ↑ "Dorsch beendet Achterbahnfahrt und schickt Duisburg in Liga drei". kicker.de. 12 May 2019.
 - ↑ "Zebras verlängern Verträge mit Iljutcenko und Blomeyer". msv-duisburg.de. 9 May 2018.
 - ↑ "Andreas Wiegel bis 2020 beim MSV: "Eine grosse Aufgabe und Ehre"". msv-duisburg.de. 30 May 2018.
 - ↑ ""Ein tolles Zeichen": Zebras verlängern mit Lukas Fröde". msv-duisburg.de. 13 July 2018.
 - ↑ "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 1 July 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
 - ↑ "Zweitliga-Spiel Duisburg gegen Köln abgesagt". kicker.de. 16 March 2019.
 - 1 2 Soccerway
 
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