In the U23s' first friendly – against 1. Göppinger SV, who occupy third spot in the Oberliga – coach Marco Wildersinn's charges drew 1-1 (0-1) on the artificial pitch at the Academy Arena in Zuzenhausen. After falling behind in the 19th minute when a penalty was awarded for a foul and subsequently converted by Kevin Dicklhuber, TSG levelled the score in the second period through Chinedu Ekene.
The U19s faced their final friendly in Gelsenkirchen before league action gets underway against Stuttgarter Kickers next week. Marcel Rupp's side lost 4-2 (2-1) against FC Schalke 04, who occupy second spot in the A-Youth Bundesliga West. Tobias Heiland and Bleart Dautaj got the goals for TSG.
As for the U17s, they recorded their second friendly win in as many games against 1860 Munich. The TSG B-Youth Bundesliga team claimed a 4-2 (1-1) win. Marvin Weiß netted a hat-trick, with Maximilian Beier scoring the other.
The TSG women have two friendlies on the agenda before the second half of the Allianz Women's Bundesliga season starts. On Sunday (12:00 CET), they will host SC Sand at the St. Leon training ground. "We've just had a weekend without a match and weren't able to train on the pitch on several occasions this week due to the weather conditions," said head coach Jürgen Ehrmann prior to the meeting with league rivals SC Sand. "That's why we first want to get a feeling for the right spaces once again, and everyone needs to get some minutes under their belt too."
The two friendlies that were scheduled for the U20s this week against 1. FFC Niederkirchen (Thursday) and SC Freiburg II (Sunday) will be cancelled. Instead, Siegfried Becker and Lena Forscht's team will play a friendly at the weekend against a junior side.
At the invitation of the German federal ministry for economic cooperation and development (BMZ), representatives from TSG Hoffenheim were in attendance at green week in Berlin.
TSG staff took to the stage to report on the club's engagement in southern Africa, which encompasses sports and environmental education projects as well as the sustainable production of clothing. TSG was represented at the event by Sebastian Bacher, educational director at the club's academy, as well as Stefan Wagner, leader of the newly formed ''Business Development'' department.
Due to the adverse weather conditions (frost), the open training session scheduled to take place on Tuesday morning (10:00 CET) unfortunately could not take place as planned. We apologise for cancelling the session at short notice.
Nico Schulz has been rewarded by "kicker" with a place in the Team of the Round following his performance in the 3-1 defeat against Bayern Munich. The 25-year-old scored his first goal of the season against the German record champions.
