As the calendars winds to and end some Bayern Munich loanees finished their final matches before their break, while some were already finished. Nübel had maybe the best match of this season, but it came in a loss. Wanner picked up a yellow card in both matches Heidenheim played this week and although they are sitting in a relegation battle in the Bundesliga, they qualified for the knockout round of the Conference League. See who was in action this week and everyone’s current status going into the Winter break.
FC Bayern Munich
There are nine players on loan from the first team.
Germany – Bundesliga
There are five players on loan in the German Bundesliga: Alexander Nübel, Franz Krätzig, Paul Wanner, Armando Sieb, and Gabriel Vidovic.
Alexander Nübel – VfB Stuttgart
Nübel started in goal for Stuttgart at home against St. Pauli. He had perhaps the best game of his season so far — conceding just one goal, saving a penalty attempt, and recording four saves. He also completed 92% of his passes. Unfortunately, his team could not score, and the lone St. Pauli goal was the winner. Nübel was the highest rated player on his team and was only outrated by his counterpart who kept the shut out for the away team.
Stuttgart sits in tenth place on the Bundesliga table with 23 points going into the Winter break. They are also in 26th place of the Champions League table. They must finish 24th or higher in the league phase to make it to the knockout round playoff.
Franz Krätzig – VfB Stuttgart
Krätzig was on the bench for the 1-0 loss against St Pauli but did not make it onto the pitch. He has not played in over a month, and that was for the second team. We would not be surprised if he was either back in Munich or loaned to another team in January.
Paul Wanner – 1.FC Heidenheim
Wanner started for Heidenheim in both matches this week. The first was a home game against St Gallen of Switzerland in the Conference League. He played the full 90 minutes and recorded four shots — two blocked, one that missed the target, and one that hit the post from short distance. He also created one chance for his teammates to shoot. The match ended in a 1-1 draw. He also picked up a yellow card in the second half — most likely from minor conflict with an opponent.
Wanner started again for Heidenheim in their return to league play on the road to last place Bochum. Bochum scored two early goals and Wanner could not help his team counter. He was unable to even get a shot off. Like the midweek match, he received yellow card — this time for a bad foul. Wanner was subbed off at halftime and Heidenheim fell 2-0 after the early Bochum goals.
Heidenheim sit in 16th place, four points behind the current safety line. The finished the Conference League league phase in 16th place and will play FC Copenhagen in February in two legs of a knockout playoff to go to the round of 16.
Armindo Sieb – 1. FSV Mainz 05
Sieb started for Mainz on the road against Eintracht Frankfurt. He did not attempt any shots, nor did he create any chances for his teammates to shoot. He only attempted six shots but completed five of them. Although he did not directly affect the match, Mainz still won 3-1 despite playing down a man for most of the match.
With two wins in a row against top four teams, Mainz have moved into sixth place going into the break. With this being the only competition Mainz is still competing in, they could make a run in the Spring.
Gabriel Vidović – 1. FSV Mainz 05
Vidović is listed on the injury report with an ankle injury and will be out late February.
Spain – LaLiga
Bryan Zaragoza is the only player on loan to Spain’s LaLiga.
Bryan Zaragoza – CA Osasuna
Zaragoza is out until early February after his recent surgery.
Osasuna currently sit in tenth place in the La Liga table. They will continue to play through the winter, and we will monitor Zaragoza’s progress.
Austria – Bundesliga
Lovro Zvonarek is the only player from the first team on loan to the Austrian Bundesliga.
Lovro Zvonarek – Sturm Graz
Sturm Graz sits atop the Austrian Bundesliga and are still alive in the Austrian Cup, but only have three points in the Champions League, where they sit in 29th place. Although not mathematically eliminated, it would probably take a miracle for them to advance with just two matches left.
Germany – 2. Bundesliga
Maurice Krattenmacher is the only player from the first team on loan to the 2. Bundesliga
Maurice Krattenmacher – SSV Ulm 1846
Krattenmacher started for Ulm away to Preussen Münster on Saturday. He had one shot from outside the box after a fast break that required a save. He was subbed off in the 84th minute with the score still level at 0-0. Neither team found a goal in the final minutes and the two teams split the points.
Ulm currently sits in 16th place — the relegation playoff spot — with 14 points. They have their work cut out for them after the break.
Germany – 3. Liga
Gibson Nana Adu is the only player on loan from the first team in the 3. Liga.
Gibson Nana Adu – Unterhaching
For the second straight week, Adu was not in the matchday squad for Unterhaching. They ended the calendar year with a 3-0 home loss to league leaders Dynamo Dresden.
Unterhaching sits in last place in the 3. Liga and are four spots and six points away from safety.
FC Bayern Munich II
There are twelve players on loan from the second team.
Germany – 2. Bundesliga
Hyun-ju Lee is the only player from the second team loaned out to the 2. Bundesliga
Hyun-ju Lee – Hannover 96
Lee started for Hannover on Sunday at home against Hertha BSC. He only had one shot — which went over the bar from a few feet inside the box — but completed 93% of his passes, misplaying just one. A teammate of his received a red card in the 58th minute and Lee was subbed off shortly after to adjust the lineup accordingly. The match ended at 0-0.
Although Hannover sits in seventh place, they are just four points from first place. First through twelfth place are all within ten points.
Germany – 3. Liga
Max Scholze is the only player from the second team on loan to the 3. Liga
Max Scholze – SC Verl
Scholze was on the bench for Verl’s 1-1 home draw against Osnabrück, but did not make it onto the pitch.
Verl sit in 12th place on the 2. Bundesliga table.
Germany – Regionalliga
There are six players Regionalliga teams: Lukas Schneller and Marko Popoic in Regionalliga Bayern, Luka Parkadge and Robert Deziel Jr in Regionalliga Nordost, and Yousef Qashi and Benedikt Wimmer in Regionalliga West.
Lukas Schneller – Schweinfurt 05
Schweinfurt have not played since last writing. Schweinfurt sit in first place of the Regionalliga, just one point ahead of Bayern II.
Marko Popović – Türkgücü München
Türkgücü München have not played since last writing. They are currently in last place with just 13 points. They sit seven points behind potential safety and ten points behind a guaranteed safe spot.
Luka Parkadze and Robert Deziel Jr – Altglienicke
Altglienicke have also not played since last time. They are in ninth place in the Regionalliga Nordorst — more than ten points from relegation spots but twenty points from the league leaders.
Yousef Qashi and Benedikt Wimmer – Wuppertaler SV
Wuppertal have not played in a few weeks. They also sit at about mid-table in 11th place with 24 points.
Austria – Bundesliga
Matteo Pérez Vinlöf is the only player on loan to the Austrian Bundesliga from the second team.
Matteo Pérez Vinlöf – Austria Wien
The Austrian Bundesliga are well into their Winter break. They won the last five matches to put themselves in second place right behind Zvoornek’s Sturm Graz — whom they will play in the Cup and league respectively to restart the competitive fixtures.
Austria – 2. Liga
Tom Hülsmann is the only player on loan to the Austrian 2. Liga from the second team
Tom Hülsmann – SKN St. Pölten
St Pölten sit in eighth place with 25 points, they are almost 20 points ahead of the relegation zone, but 13 points away from the league leaders.
Netherlands – Kampioen Divisie
David Jonathans is the only player on loan to the Dutch Kampioen Divisie.
David Jonathans – FC Den Bosch
Johnathans was on the bench for Den Bosch’s final match of the calendar year. Den Bosch won 3-0 on the road to FC Emmen.
Den Bosch currently sit in fourth place with 33 points, which would qualify for the promotion playoffs. They are six points from second place and guaranteed promotion and seven points from the top of the table. They will return to play mid-January.
Portugal – Liga Portugal
Taichi Fukui is the only player on loan in Liga Portugal.
Taichi Fukui – FC Arouca
Fukui began the match on the bench for Arouca on the road against Casa Pia AC. He came into the match in the 71st minute with his team down 2-1. He had just 12 touches but completed all 11 passes that he attempted. He did not have a shot nor create a shot for his teammates to shoot. Not only was his team unable to find a goal in the dying minutes of the match, but they conceded another goal and fell 3-1.
Arouca sit in 18th place with just 11 points. They will have to fight their way out of last place and get to 16th place for the relegation playoff or 15th for guaranteed safety. Luckily 12th through 18th places are separated by just three points. Arouca will continue to play through the winter. We will recap Fukui’s performances in about a month when the majority of the leagues have restarted.
FC Bayern Frauen
There are five players on loan from FC Bayern’s Frauen team.
Germany — Frauen-Bundesliga
Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir is the only player on loan in the Frauen-Bundesliga.
Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir – Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Leverkusen sit in fourth place, just one spot out of Champions League qualification and three points from the top of the table.
England – Women’s Super League
Jill Baijings is the only player on loan to the Women’s Super League.
Jill Baijings – Aston Villa
Baijings is still fighting a back injury and has not yet debuted for Aston Villa. Villa currently in seventh place — four points away from relegation and 19 points from the top of the table.
Spain – Primera División Femenina
Natalia Padilla is the only player on loan to the Primera División Femenina.
Natalia Padilla – FC Sevilla
Padilla was on the bench to begin Sevilla’s match at Granada in the Copa de la Reina. She came into the match in the 64th minute with Granada leading 2-1. Within minutes it would get ugly for Sevilla as Granada scored two more goals in five minutes to go up 4-1. Sevilla pulled one back in the 75th minute but was unable to find any more goals. They crash out of the cup with a 4-2 loss.
Now that they are out of the cup, Sevilla can focus on the league. They currently sit in 13th place with just four-point cushion from the relegation zone. They will take a short Winter break until mid-January.
Italy – Serie A
Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir is the only player on loan to Serie A
Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir – Inter Milan
Inter played the final match of 2024 last week. They sit in second place, seven points behind league leaders Juventus. They return to league play mid-January.
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