German BundesLiga 2009/2010

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بعد از رد پيشنهاد مربيگري توسط ماگات و سامر

دال سرمربي بروسيا دورتموند شد


توماس دال، مربي سابق تيم هامبورگ آلمان ناجي تيم بروسيا دورتموند شد.



به نقل ازسايت كيكر، *اين مربي 40 ساله كه چندي قبل از سرمربيگري هامبورگ به خاطر كسب نتايج ضعيف از كار بركنارشد،* بعد از عزل يورگن روبر،* مربي بركنار شده تيم دورتموند، زمام امور اين تيم را برعهده مي گيرد.

به همين خاطر باشگاه دورتموند اعلام كرد، روز سه شنبه ( امروز ) با برپايي كنفرانس مطبوعاتي، دال به عنوان سرمربي جديد اين تيم بطور رسمي معرفي و مشغول به كار خواهد شد.

دال در حالي زمام امور اين تيم بحران زده را بر عهده مي گيرد كه قبل از او، دورتموند به فليكس ماگات، سرمربي سابق بايرن و ماتياس سامر، مدير فني فدراسيون فوتبال آلمان پيشنهاد داد*؛ اما اين دو بنا به عللي اين مسئوليت را نپذيرفتند.

به اين ترتيب دال بعد از برت ون مارويك هلندي و يورگن روبر آلماني، سومين مربي فصل جاري تيم زرد پوش اين تيم محسوب مي شود.

بروسيا دورتموند در حال حاضر با 28 امتيازدر رتبه سيزدهم قراردارد.

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Ottmar Hitzfeld revealed on Thursday that he will coach Bayern Munich for another season in a dramatic u-turn from his previous insistance that he would quit the German giants at the end of the season.

The 58-year-old only returned to Bayern in February on a short-term basis after Felix Magath was sacked following a run of bad results and Hitzfeld, who led Bayern to their 2001 Champions League triumph, repeatedly stressed he would only stay till June.

But Bayern have flourished under his leadership and having dumped Real Madrid out of the Champions League, captain Oliver Kahn and club president Franz Beckenbauer both urged Hitzfeld to reconsider - with obvious success.

Hitzfeld has signed a contract until June 2008 and has plenty of work to do if his side are to close the six-point gap on Bundesliga leaders' Schalke 04 as well as take on AC Milan in the Champions League quarter-finals next month.

"I didn't think I would be doing this six weeks ago," said Hitzfeld, who coached Bayern from 1998 until he resigned in 2004, having won the Bundesliga four times and two German cup twice.

"The past few weeks have reminded me how much I enjoy coaching and I believe the team and I can still achieve a lot. That was an important reason to stay at Bayern.

"I am glad the subject is now closed," added 'the General'.

"Initially the fact that I took over the team during the season was an experiment, but I have developed something that I want to continue. Things are going well, there is a lot of trust around the squad."

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نشريه اشپورت بيلد نوشت: رضا فاضلي مشاور ورزشي مهدي مهدوي كيا، علي كريمي بازيكنان ايراني بوندسليگا و "يلدريراي باشتورك" بازيكن ترك باشگاه برلين به اختلاس مالياتي در آلمان متهم شده است.

اين نشريه آلماني روز پنجشنبه افزود: فاضلي متهم است كه در سال ۲۰۰۰ ميلادي براي تمديد قرارداد باشتورك ۲۰۰هزار مارك دريافت كرده اما باشگاه "فا.اف.ال بوخوم " اين مبلغ را بطور غيرقانوني به فاضلي پرداخت كرده است.

باشتورك كه از ۱۹۹۷تا ۲۰۰۱ميلادي عضو بوخوم بوده نيز ۳۰۰هزار مارك دريافت كرده است.

اشپورت بيلد با استناد به "برند بينيوسك " دادستان عالي بوخوم نوشت: بر اساس برنامه كنوني، رضا فاضلي محاكمه مي*شود و اظهارنظرها در دادگاه فاضلي تعيين*كننده و مهم خواهند بود.

اين نشريه افزود: اين در حاليست كه فاضلي از موضع*گيري در مورد اين اتهامات خودداري مي*كند.

اشپورت بيلد نوشت: فاضلي بايست هم اكنون ۲۵۹هزار و ۴۴۹يورو ماليات براي سال*هاي ۱۹۹۹و ۲۰۰۰ميلادي پرداخت كند و در صورتيكه در دادگاه به خاطر صورت حساب*هاي صوري محكوم شود، جريمه ديگري به آن اضافه خواهد شد.

اين نشريه افزود: با توجه به اينكه فاضلي مشاور ۲۰بازيكن در آلمان و خارج است، سوال اين است كه آيا احتمالا صورت حساب*هاي صوري ديگري نيز براي ديگر بازيكنان بوندسليگا ارايه كرده است؟
اشپورت بيلد با اشاره به اينكه اين معاملات غيرقانوني از طريق يك شركت صوري در دبي انجام شده نوشت: باشگاه بوخوم در دفتر حساب خود براي مبلغ ۲۰۰هزار و ۳۰۰هزار مارك دريافتي فاضلي و باشتورك يك صورتحساب شركت صوري در دبي را در سپتامبر ۲۰۰۰ميلادي ثبت كرده است.

اشپورت بيلد نوشت: اين موضوع معاملات غيرقانوني در سطح بوندسليگا را افشاء و برملا كرده و يك اختلاس مالياتي روشن محسوب مي*شود.

اين نشريه افزود: طبق حكم دادگاه اداري بوخوم، " كلاوس هيلپرت" مدير سابق باشگاه بوخوم كه بين ۱۹۹۸و ۲۰۰۲ميلادي در ۱۰مورد اختلاس مالياتي انجام داده نيز بايد ۶۰هزار يورو جريمه نقدي پرداخت كند.

اشپورت بيلد با استناد به "ورنر آلته گور" مدير باشگاه بوخوم نوشت: طبيعي است كه ما نسبت به روشن شدن اين پرونده بسيار علاقمند هستيم و تا جاييكه بتوانيم از كار دادستاني حمايت خواهيم كرد.

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Andriy Voronin scored with a deflected shot a minute into injury time as Bayer Leverkusen moved into a UEFA Cup berth with Sunday's 1-0 German Bundesliga victory over rock-bottom visitors Borussia Monchengladbach.

Michael Skibbe's Leverkusen is fifth in the standings with 39 points after improving its run to just one defeat in six games. Gladbach remained at the bottom with 24 points, five adrift of relegation.

Voronin, who will join Liverpool at the end of the season, popped up to hit the winner in the closing seconds. After a s***mish in front of Kasey Keller's goal, the ball popped out to Voronin, who fired in via a deflection off Sebastian Svard's back to claim three lucky points for the hosts.

Leverkusen had the best chance of the first half with Voronin's effort from 25 yards on 19 minutes, but Keller parried to safety.

Gladbach had a golden chance in the 59th minute from a corner kick, but Nando Rafael's header sailed just over Rene Adler's goal. Five minutes later, Keller blocked Simon Rolfes' shot directly into the path of Stefan Kiessling, but the striker hit the right upright when alone in front of the empty goal.

In Sunday's only other game, Werder Bremen kept pace with Bundesliga leaders Schalke with a 2-0 home victory in the sleet over Mainz.

Jurica Vranjes opened the scoring in the 60th minute and Diego secured the victory two minutes into injury time as Thomas Schaaf's team remained in second place, three points behind Schalke.

Bremen had struggled coming into the match, collecting just one victory in their last six games. Mainz came in with six wins and one draw in eight games since the winter break.

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Roy Makaay and Hasan Salihamidzic scored to keep Bayern Munich's Bundesliga title hopes alive with a 2-0 win against leader Schalke.

Schalke leads with 53 points, with Werder Bremen at 51 and VfB Stuttgart at 49. Bayern is fourth with 47 and has a good chance of gaining one of the league's three Champions League berths.

Makaay scored his 100th Bundesliga goal in the third minute in front of 69,000 at Bayern Allianz Arena. After two quick Bayern passes, he finished with a sidefooted shot over Schalke goalkeeper Manuel Neuer. In the 79th, Lucio found an unmarked Salihamidzic in the area and the Bosnian chipped under the bar for 2-0.

Schalke retained its lead because Bremen tied Energie Cottbus 0-0, but the performance will increase speculation the team is about to surrender its league lead late in the season for the third time in six years.

A depleted Stuttgart beat Alemannia Aachen 3-1, and Bayer Leverkusen ran its streak to four wins and a draw with a 3-1 victory against Mainz 05. Sergei Barbarez scored twice and Bernd Schneider added the third.

FC Nuremberg beat Hertha Berlin 2-1 while Borussia Moenchengladbach and Eintracht Frankfurt drew 1-1.

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Theofanis Gekas continued his impressive scoring run to help Bochum out of the German Bundesliga relegation zone with a 2-0 home victory over Hannover on Sunday.

Greek international Gekas scored his 14th goal of the season to move to the top of the Bundesliga scoring charts. Joel Epalle doubled the lead shortly before halftime to ease Bochum to victory.

With their second victory in three games, Bochum moved out of the bottom three, moving up to 14th place with 30 points.

Hannover has hit something of a wall with a five-game winless stretch. Dieter Hecking's team no longer can think about fighting for an UEFA Cup spot.

Hannover failed to put together any serious attacks after the break. The teams played out the final 15 minutes with little energy and no serious chances.

In Sunday's only other game, Hamburg remained solid defensively in collecting a 1-0 home victory over Wolfsburg to put more room between itself and the relegation zone.

Mehdi Mahdavikia scored the game's only goal at the hour mark for Hamburg, which has given up just one goal in its last seven games.

Huub Stevens' team has five victories and two draws in that stretch, improving to 32 points, three points from the drop zone. The team was in last place before its current upward trend.

The Dutchman decided to coach his side despite his wife being seriously ill in his homeland. Stevens missed most of training during the week and returned to northern Germany on Saturday.

Wolfsburg suffered just its second loss in nine games but dropped to 11th place, also with 32 points.

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راديو آلمان / دويچه*وله/ روز سه*شنبه نوشت حضور " وحيد هاشميان " در ديدار تيم هانوفر مقابل تيم بوخوم نيز مانع از شكست تيم هانوفر نشد.

دويچه*وله اعلام كرد هفته بيست و هفتم رقابت*هاي فوتبال قهرماني دسته اول باشگاه*هاي آلمان /بوندس ليگا/ روز گذشته با انجام دو ديدار به پايان رسيد.

در نخستين ديدار دو تيم بوخوم و هانوفر به مصاف هم رفتند.

بوخوم كه تا قبل از اين ديدار با كسب تنها ۲۷امتياز در رتبه*ي شانزدهم جدول قرار داشت در حالي به مصاف هانوفررفت كه سايه*ي سنگين سقوط به دسته*ي دوم بر سرش سنگيني مي*كرد.

اما هانوفر به*رغم شكست هفته*ي قبل همچنان با كسب ۳۵امتياز در رتبه*ي هفتم جدول قرار داشت. در اين ديدار هانوفر با نتيجه*ي ۲بر صفر مغلوب شد و ورود وحيد هاشميان در دقيقه*ي چهل و ششم اين ديدار نيز نتوانست تغييري در نتيجه*ي بازي ايجاد كند.

بوخوم با اين پيروزي و كسب ۳۰امتياز بخاطر تفاضل گل برتر نسبت به ماينز در رتبه*ي چهاردهم جدول قرار گرفت و از مرحله*ي سقوط به دسته*ي دوم خارج شد.

اما هانوفر نيز با اين شكست تغييري در وضعيت*اش ايجاد نشد و همچنان در رتبه*ي هفتم جدول باقي ماند. ياران هاشميان چنين وضعيتي را مديون تيم*هاي تعقيب*كننده ي هانوفر هستند. زيرا دو تيم "هرتا" از برلين، كه اكنون با كسب ۳۴امتياز در رتبه*ي هشتم جدول قرار دارد، و همچنين "آلمانيا" آخن كه با كسب ۳۳امتياز در رتبه*ي نهم جدول قرار گرفته، در مقابل حريفان مغلوب شدند و نتوانستند از هانوفر پيشي گيرند.

با اين حال چنين وضعيتي كه در رتبه*هاي هفتم تا دوازدهم جدول وجود دارد، چندان ادامه نخواهد يافت. بغير از تيم*هاي هانوفر، برلين و آخن كه هركدام بين ۳۳تا ۳۵امتياز دارند، سه تيم هامبورگ، ولفسبورگ و كوتبوس نيز هر كدام با كسب ۳۲امتياز از توانائي صعود به رده*هاي بالائي جدول برخوردار هستند.

در دومين ديدار دو تيم هامبورگ و ولفسبورگ در مقابل هم قرار گرفتند.

هامبورگي*ها پس از آغاز به كار هوب استيونس، مربي هلندي اين تيم در شش ديدار گذشته، روي شكست را به خود نديدند و تا قبل از آغاز ديدار دو تيم با كسب ۳۱امتياز در رتبه*ي چهاردهم جدول قرار داشتند.

هامبورگي*ها اما از بخت بد، بعلت بيماري همسر هوپ استيونس امكان تمرين با مربي خود را نداشتند. با اين حال در مقابل ولفسبورگ كنترل بازي را در اختيار گرفتند و حتي سه بار هم تيرهاي افقي و عمودي، دروازه*ي ولفسبورگ را نجات داد تا اينكه بالاخره در دقيقه*ي شصت و يكم مهدي مهدوي كيا از فرصت استفاده كرد و با تك گل خود دروازه*ي حريف را بازكرد.

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Schalke remained clear of the chasing pack in the race for the German Bundesliga title with Saturday's 2-0 victory over bottom club Borussia Monchengladbach.

Gerald Asamoah opened the scoring for Mirko Slomka's team in the 57th minute and Kevin Kuranyi doubled the lead in the 71st for the league leaders.

The win keeps the Gelsen***chen club atop the Bundesliga with 56 points, four more than Stuttgart and five up on Werder Bremen, which plays Nurnberg on Sunday.

In a game of two red cards and six goals, Stuttgart kept itself in the race with a 4-2 victory over Hamburg at the AOL Arena.

Armin Veh's held a 4-0 lead in the 50th minute on goals from Cacao, Sami Khedira, Roberto Hilbert and Fernando Meira.

The game was over as a contest long before David Jarolim and substitute Ivica Olic scored consolation goals for the beleaguered hosts, who are still not safe from the drop zone. Hamburg's Anis Ben-Hatira and Stuttgart's Thomas Hitzlsperger both saw red before the break.

Bayern Munich remained alive in the title race, six points off the pace after a 2-1 come-from-behind victory at Hannover.

After Arnold Bruggink gave Hannover the lead in the 44th minute, Martin Demichelis equalized in the 53rd. German international Bastian Schweinsteiger gave the defending champions victory in the 70th minute while Hannover was depleted by the sending-off of Frank Fahrenhorst.

Borussia Dortmund pulled itself out of the drop zone as three goals in eight second-half minutes gave them a fine 4-1 victory over fellow strugglers Alemannia Aachen.

Hertha Berlin remained winless in its last seven games and needed a second-half header from Patrick Ebert to snatch a 1-1 draw against Arminia Bielefeld.

Radim Kucera nodded the visitors into a 19th minute lead before Ebert's 71st minute equalizer, a goal that might just have saved embattled Hertha coach Falko Gotz his job.

Energie Cottbus eased their relegation fears with a 3-1 victory at fellow strugglers Eintracht Frankfurt which lifted it five points clear of the drop zone.

Second-half goals from Sergiu Radu and Vlad Munteanu and an own goal from Christoph Preuss moved Petrik Sander's side up to eighth in the table and put daylight between itself and the bottom three.

Alexander Meier had equalized just after the hour mark for Frankfurt, which slipped to 14th, one point above relegation.

Wolfsburg claimed an important 3-2 victory over struggling Mainz, which twice took the lead through Mohamed Zidan around a goal from Diego Klimowicz. Two late goals from Marcelinho sealed the victory for the Wolves.

Bremen could trim Schalke's lead to two points Sunday. Bayer Leverkusen meets Bochum.

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Markus Rosenberg climbed off the bench to score the only goal against Nurnberg and keep Werder Bremen's Bundesliga title challenge on track with a home victory Sunday.

The Swedish international replaced Jurica Vranjes with 20 minutes to go. Five minutes later, he netted the winner to keep Bremen within two points of leaders Schalke, which defeated Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday.

The defeat is a blow to Nurnberg's hopes of playing in Europe next season. Hans Meyer's men remain sixth, a point behind Bayer Leverkusen with six games to go.

The breakthrough eventually came with 15 minutes to go. Naldo's long ball picked out Almeida, whose shot came back off the post. Rosenberg was on hand to fire home the rebound.

Nurnberg pressed forward late on in the hope of snatching a point, but Leandro Glauber nodded wide and Gerald Sibon's free kick was saved by Tim Wiese.

In Sunday's only other match, Bayer Leverkusen's miserable week continued after a dire defensive display saw Michael Skibbe's men hammered at home by Bochum, 4-1. - Coming off a 3-0 UEFA Cup defeat against Osasuna on Thursday, Leverkusen slipped to their second loss at the BayArena in three days. It is fifth in the Bundesliga after Nurnberg's loss.

Karim Haggui's own goal inside the first 10 minutes set the visitors on their way to their biggest road win of the season. Strikes by Antar Yahia and Theofanis Gekas made it three by halftime.

Stefan Kiessling pulled one back for the hosts just after the hour mark, only to be sent off 10 minutes from the end for dissent. Bochum wrapped up the win at the death when Gekas added his second of the game.

The victory lifted Bochum from the drop zone to the relative safety of 11th place, three points above the bottom three.

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A last-minute goal by substitute Paolo Guerrero gave Hamburg a 1-0 victory over Borussia Monchengladbach on Friday night.

The loss at Borussia Park Stadium practically condemns the Foals to relegation to the second division with five games remaining. Hamburg rose to seventh and is five points clear of the bottom three.

In a tight game, a draw was the likely outcome until the Peruvian struck just seconds after coming on and just seconds into stoppage time.

Gladbach knew it needed to pick up at least a point against fellow strugglers Hamburg. It made a bright start, with Marcell Jansen providing the first chance of the game for Federico Insua, who was beaten to the Germany international's cross by a Hamburg defender.

The same pair combined again just before halftime, with Insua striking his shot against the crossbar and Peer Kluge failed to convert the ball as it rebounded out.

Both sides were equally cautious at the start of the second half until the game burst into life in the final 10 minutes.

Again, it was the home side who came closest, with substitute Oliver Neuville heading Jansen's cross straight at Frank Rost and Eugen Polanski almost reaching Michael Delura's pull-back.

Hamburg had its best chances in the last five minutes, when Rafael van der Vaart shot just wide and had another effort tipped round the post by Kasey Keller.

Up stepped Guerrero, whose first and second touches of the game were all required to give Hamburg the three points. He received the ball in the middle and distributed it to Mehdi Mahdavikia on his right. The Iranian returned the ball into the centre where the Peruvian sidefooted it past Keller from close range.

Referee Markus Merk soon blew the full-time whistle, condemning Gladbach to its 16th defeat of the season. With at least six points to make up between now and the end of the season, it is close to being confirmed as the first team to go down from the Bundesliga this season.

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Miroslav Klose finally ended his domestic goalscoring drought to help Werder Bremen to a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund on Sunday and keep up the pressure on Bundesliga leaders Schalke.

The German international striker netted for the first time in nine league games to give Werder a 28th-minute lead before Diego made certain of the win 11 minutes later.

It was Bremen`s third victory in four matches and moved them back up to second ahead of Stuttgart and just two points behind pacesetters Schalke.

Dortmund, however, find themselves deep in the relegation mire after just one win in their last seven matches, with the club two points above the drop zone.

Freshly eliminated from the Champions League, Bayern Munich took a step towards qualifying for next year's competition with a 2-1 victory against Bayer Leverkusen that keeps their title challenge alive.

Mark van Bommel opened the scoring for Bayern in the 30th minute and fellow Dutchman Roy Makaay doubled the lead two minutes after the break.

Andriy Voronin got Leverkusen back into the game with his goal in the 61st minute but the equalizer proved elusive.

Bayern moved to 53 points - just two points behind Stuttgart in the race for third place and a spot in the Champions League qualification round - while they are six points behind leaders Schalke with five matches to play.

In Saturday`s matches, Schalke continued their march towards a maiden league title with a convincing 3-0 win at relegation-threatened Mainz.

Goals from Kevin Kuranyi, Gerald Asamoah and Lincoln gave Mirko Slomka's side the spoils at the Bruchweg Stadium.

Ten-man Stuttgart kept their championship challenge alive with a battling 2-1 win over Hannover.

Roberto Hilbert opened the scoring for the hosts after just two minutes, but Steven Cherundolo pulled Hannover back on level terms in the 61st minute.

Luck was on Stuttgart's side however as a 74th-minute own goal from Dariusz Zuraw once more turned the match in their favour, and they held on despite the late dismissal of Arthur Boka.

Hertha Berlin fought back to beat struggling Bochum 3-1 in Karsten Heine's first Bundesliga game as new boss of the capital club.

Bochum went ahead in the second minute through the Bundesliga's leading scorer Theofanis Gekas who took his tally for the season to 17.

However, Christian Gimenez equalized for Berlin in the 58th minute and Gilberto gave Hertha the lead eight minutes later.

Chinedu Ede sealed the win with a goal in the 90th minute.

Chhunly Pagenburg scored the only goal in Nurnberg's 1-0 win over Alemannia Aachen, who had Sascha Rosler sent off at the death.

Energie Cottbus had to hang on for a 3-2 win at home to Wolfsburg after racing into a 3-0 lead with strikes from Sergiu Radu, Vlad Munteanu and Francis Kioyo.

Isaac Boakye and Cedrick Makiadi put the Wolves back in the game but the equaliser would not come.

Eintracht Frankfurt won 4-2 in their basement battle at Arminia Bielefeld.

Ioannis Amanatidis scored twice and Aleksander Vasovski and substitute Marcel Heller once each for Frankfurt, while Radim Kucera and Christian Eigler were on the mark for Arminia.

The action had begun on Friday night, when a last-minute goal by Hamburg substitute Paolo Guerrero gave the north Germany side a 1-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach.

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Schalke restored their two-point lead at the top of Germany's Bundesliga with a 2-0 win over Energie Cottbus.

Werder Bremen beat lowly Alemannia Aachen 3-1 on Friday evening to move into pole position, but, after a goalless first half, an own goal from Timo Rost and a further strike from Marcelo Bordon gave the points and the advantage in the title race to Mirko Slomka's side.

Stuttgart are still in the hunt for a league and cup double after a 2-0 win over defending champions Bayern Munich.

Goals either side of half-time from Cacau earned Armin Veh's side the win, which leaves them five points off the top.

With four games to go and a gap to the leaders of nine points, the defeat has all but ended the Bavarians' title defence.

At the other end of the table, Arminia Bielefeld clambered out of the drop zone on goal difference with a vital 3-2 win at fellow strugglers Wolfsburg.

Heiko Westermann's opener for the visitors was cancelled out by Marcelinho before Isaac Boakye put the home side ahead.

But strikes from Christian Eigler and substitute Artur Wichniarek late on won the points for Arminia.

Borussia Dortmund put two points between themselves and the bottom three with a 1-0 win at Hertha Berlin thanks to a second-half goal from Markus Brzenska.

Bochum took a sizeable step towards securing their Bundesliga future with a 3-0 victory at Eintracht Frankfurt.

Theofanis Gekas opened the scoring in the first half, before two from Joel Epalle sealed the points.

Lying four points off the drop zone, Frankfurt will not consider themselves safe.

In Saturday's other game, a Bernd Schneider brace ensured Bayern Leverkusen won 2-0 against Nurnberg, to leapfrog their opponents into the second UEFA Cup spot.

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Borussia Monchengladbach finds itself all but relegated from the German Bundesliga after losing, 1-0, Sunday at Hannover in a must-win match.

Arnold Jan Bruggink's goal in the 31st minute sealed the deal for Hannover and make it four defeats in five games for Jos Luhukay's team, which is eight points from safety with four games to go.

In Sunday's other contest, Hamburg failed to pull away from the relegation battle gaining just a 2-2 home draw against Mainz, which remained in the bottom three.

Mohamed Zidan continued his fine form with the opening goal in the 12th minute for Mainz. Juan Pablo Sorin equalized for the hosts in the 23rd minute with a penalty kick.

Mainz regained the lead in the 59th minute through Fabian Gerber but saw Jose Paolo Guerrero even things again in the 83rd minute.

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Stuttgart capitalized on Schalke's surprise loss on Friday by winning at Borussia Monchengladbach, but Bayern Munich were dealt another hammer blow with defeat at home to Hamburg.

League leaders Schalke lost 2-1 at Bochum, giving the chasing pack renewed hope of catching them. But only Armin Veh's team took advantage, and moved to within a point with a 1-0 victory at Borussia-Park.

Roberto Hilbert's 53rd-minute strike secured the win for Stuttgart, while Gladbach finished the match with 10 men following the late dismissal of Steve Gohouri.

It marked a fifth successive league win for the visitors and keeps them a point above Werder Bremen, who can move to the top if they beat Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday.

In contrast, Gladbach are now eight points adrift of safety, with three matches remaining.

In Munich, Bayern lost their second successive Bundesliga game 2-1 against 10-man Hamburg and will need a miracle to play in the Champions League next season.

Ottmar Hitzfeld's side were never at their best, despite taking a 1-0 lead into the break thanks to Claudio Pizarro's 35th-minute goal.

Hamburg levelled with a wonder-strike from Rafael van der Vaart in the 71st minute before super sub Paolo Guerrero crushed his former side with the winner 13 minutes from time.

There was a red card for Thimothee Atouba in the last minute, but Bayern could not salvage a draw as the northerners held on for a win which practically assures their safety.

Borussia Dortmund earned three critical points in their fight against relegation as Alexander Frei's brace downed Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0.

Frei struck in the 39th and 66th minutes to earn a win which sees Thomas Doll's team climb five points clear of the drop zone.

Hertha Berlin revived their UEFA Cup chances in emphatic fashion, claiming a 4-0 victory at Alemannia Aachen to climb seventh - four points adrift of the qualifying places.

A sixth-minute goal by Gilberto gave the capital team a 1-0 half-time lead, with further goals from Christian Gimenez (4, Marko Pantelic (77) and Yildiray Basturk (80) adding further woe to Aachen's survival aspirations.

Defeat now means that Michael Frontzeck's team, who spurned a 16th-minute penalty through Laurentiu Reghecampf, remain in the bottom three on goal difference from Arminia Bielefeld, who have a game in hand, with just five matches remaining.

Struggling Mainz slipped closer towards the second division after mid-table Hannover condemned them to their fifth defeat in six games.

A goal in each half from Arnold Bruggink (27) and Chavdar Yankov (50) helped the visitors secure a 2-1 win to leave Mainz two points from safety with three games of the season left.

Egyptian striker Mohamed Zidan pulled one back for the home side nine minutes from time.

The win lifts Hannover up to eighth, four points behind fifth-placed Nurnberg, and keeps alive their slim hopes of qualifying for the UEFA Cup.

Finally on Saturday, Andreas Wolf's first-half equalizer salvaged a 1-1 draw for Nurnberg against Wolfsburg and moved them into the UEFA Cup zone.

With 25 minutes gone, Ivan Saenko's corner evaded everyone and found defender Wolf unmarked in the box to head home from close range.

Midfielder Jacek Krzynowek had given Wolfsburg a 17th-minute advantage.

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Werder Bremen wasted a chance to take the Bundesliga lead with three rounds to go, losing 3-2 Sunday at Arminia Bielefeld.

Bremen charged back twice to even the score against the demotion-threatened team. But a misunderstanding in the 79th minute between goalkeeper Andreas Reinke and defender Naldo allowed Bielefeld's Christian Eigler to put the winner into an open goal.

Schalke, which lost 2-1 to Bochum on Friday, has 62 points, with Stuttgart at 61 and Bremen at 60.

"A handful of players can't deal with the pressure," Bremen manager Klaus Allofs said. "There is no other way of explaining it."

Bielefeld's win means last-place Borussia Moenchengladbach is demoted. Energie Cottbus made sure it will stay in the league with a 2-1 win against sixth-place Bayer Leverkusen. That was a big step for the Bundesliga's poorest team and the only one from the former East Germany.

"We deserve a memorial," Gunkel said. "To stay in the league with the smallest budget is almost a miracle."