Football Season Guide

Bundesliga II
Germany
Bundesliga II
2021/2022
Paderborn
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Paderborn

In


Chris Fuhrich (mid) Borussia Dortmund II; Jonas Carls (def) Schalke; Marcel Mehlem (mid) Union SG; Marco Schuster (mid) SV Waldhof Mannheim; Felix Platte (att) SV Darmstadt; Jannis Heuer (def) VFL Wolfsburg II; Luca Marseller (mid) Unterhaching; John Iredale (att) Wolfsburg II; Fabrice Hartmann (mid) RB Leipzig - on loan; Jasper van der Werff (def) RB Salzburg - on loan; Pascal Steinwender (mid) VFB Lubeck - end of loan; Adrian Oeynhausen (mid) Rot Weiss Ahlen - end of loan; Jesse Edem Tugbenyo (def) Sportfreunde Lotte - end of loan; Antony Evans (mid) Crewe Alexandra - end of loan;

Out


Sebastian Schonlau (r) (def) Hamburger SV; Sebastian Vasiliadis (r) (mid) Arminia Bielefeld; Christopher Antwi-Adjei (r) (mid) Bochum; Rifet Kapic (mid) released; Jayden Bennetts (sp) (mid) released; Marcel Heller (sp) (mid) released; Marco Terrazzino (sp) (mid) released; Chima Okoroji (sp) (def) SC Freiburg - end of loan; Svante Ingelsson (r) (mid) Udinese - end of loan; Aristote Nkaka (sp) (mid) RSC Anderlecht - end of loan; Nicolas Burgy (sp) (def) BSC Young Boys - end of loan; Chadrac Akolo (sp) (mid) Amiens SC - end of loan;

Paderborn initially struggled last season after dropping down from the top flight, however, they did improve, eventually finishing just inside the top half of the table. There have been some big changes at the club over the summer with manager Steffen Baumgart leaving the club for Koln after five years in charge. Captain Schonlau has also moved on, as well as regulars Antwi-Adjei and Vasiliadis. Lukas Kwasniok is the new man in charge and joins the club after a successful spell at third-tier Saarbrucken. The Polish born coach has been busy bringing in some new faces over the close season as he looks to start fresh, as many as 10 players have been brought in so expect a completely different looking Paderborn this coming season. Among the new faces are talented attacker Platte from Darmstadt, defensive midfield duo Schuster and Mehlem and promising left-back Carls from Schalke. They have also secured the services of winger Fuhrich on a permanent deal from Dortmund. It is difficult to know what to expect from Paderborn this season but they could again start slowly as Kwasniok and his new look squad take time to settle. There is every chance they will be competitive in the division and you would expect them to improve as the season progresses.

Target


Top half. The aim has to be another top half finish for Paderborn as they look to rebuild the squad again. They could ultimately go either way, depending on how quickly the team can gel.