20 years after relegation from the Bundesliga, SpVgg Unterhaching is back in fourth class.
The 0: 2 against Mannheim sealed the relegation.
Father and son Schwabl relentlessly take stock.
Unterhaching - The unsuccessful coach Arie van Lent accepted the final whistle with a stoic expression, father and son Schwabl then spoke plainly. At 8:51 p.m. on Wednesday evening, the bitter relegation of SpVgg Unterhaching from the 3rd football league was sealed - and that on the 35th matchday. 0: 2 against Waldhof Mannheim was emblazoned in huge letters on the scoreboard. The team that Markus Schwabl led as captain had given up before then.
“Unfortunately, the table doesn't lie in the end,” said the 30-year-old in the empty Hachinger Sportpark. "If you are last and you are relegated three game days before the end, then not only was luck missing, but also the quality," commented Schwabl junior. He could "list a hundred more things" that would have been missing to avert the deep fall into fourth class. "If you go down, then everything is missing," summed up Markus Schwabl relentlessly.
His father Manfred Schwabl, the president and successful ex-professional, looked similarly depressed at the present, but also dared to look into a better future again.
“Maybe we needed the waders so that we can really focus on our own strengths.
That means young talent, that means solidarity, everyone pulling together, ”said the 55-year-old original Bavarian, who played for 1. FC Nürnberg, FC Bayern and 1860 Munich.
Mannheim's Rafael Garcia promoted the Hachinger with a double pack from professional football.
"Our chances were not good before the game, but as long as it is mathematically possible, you try everything," said coach van Lent: "In the end it was not enough." Not with him, not with the team, not even with the club .
Manfred Schwabl has been president since 2012.
The goal was always to return to the 2nd Bundesliga.
When Corona stopped football in spring 2020, the Hachingers were still in third place with good prospects.
One of the building blocks for advancement should be the IPO at precisely this difficult time.
The Haching share was launched for eight euros, shot up to almost 15 euros, and has since collapsed.
The calculation didn't work out - regional league nightmare instead of second division dreaming.
In 2015 Manni Schwabl experienced a relegation from the 3rd division.
It took two years to return.
The president's route should now again be to rely more on the use of “well-trained, young, hungry, strong-character players” from their own youth training center.
