A recap of the last four weeks and a look at where each team sits going into the final weeks of the European seasons.
It has been awhile, but we are back with another edition of Bavarian Football Works. Although I was away travelling, the Bayern Munich loanees remained busy as ever as most of their seasons begin to wind down and races for championships, promotion, European qualification, and even relegation heat up. This edition will contain a little less detail on individual performances and will mostly catch you up on the last 3-4 weeks of results and then where each of the loanee’s teams are in their respective leagues.
FC Bayern Munich
There are eleven players on loan from the first team.
Germany – Bundesliga
There are four players on loan in the German Bundesliga: Alexander Nübel, Franz Krätzig, Paul Wanner, and Armando Sieb.
Alexander Nübel – VfB Stuttgart
Nübel and Stuttgart are winless in the last five matches. Nübel continues to start in goal for Stuttgart. On March 8, they drew 2-2 at Hoffenheim, lost 4-3 Leverkusen (after leading at home late), and then lost yesterday at Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0. Stuttgart sits in 11th place after 27 matches.
Nübel also travelled with the German national team for their two matches against Italy, but he did not play in either match.
Stuttgart will host RB Leipzig on Wednesday in the DFB-Pokal. They will travel to face Bochum in league play on Saturday.
Franz Krätzig – 1.FC Heidenheim
In the past four weeks, Krätzig started twice for Heidenheim, and was on the bench once for the match against Hoffenheim. He played 90 minutes against Holstein Kiel and recorded an assist in a 3-1 win. He played 78 minutes in the 1-0 win on Saturday at Wolfsburg.
Paul Wanner – 1.FC Heidenheim
Wanner made two appearances for Heidenheim — 20 minutes in the Hoffenheim draw and 12 minutes in the win against Wolfsburg. He was not even on the bench for the match against Holstein Kiel.
After sitting in dead last, Heidenheim is finally picking up points and are currently in 15th place with 22 points. They are three points behind St. Pauli in the last safe spot and just two points above Bochum in the automatic relegation spot.
Heidenheim will host Leverkusen on Saturday.
Armindo Sieb – 1. FSV Mainz 05
Sieb has only played five minutes for Mainz this entire month. He made just three minutes in a 3-1 road win against Monchengladbach and two minutes in Sunday’s 3-1 loss against BVB Dortmund. He was on the bench, but did not make it into a 2-2 draw against Freiburg on March 15. He did not statistically impact either of the matches.
Mainz sits in fourth place with 45 points. They sit three points behind Frankfurt and two points ahead of Gladbach for the last Champions League spot.
Mainz will host Holstein Kiel on Saturday.
England – Premier League
Mathys Tel is the only player on loan to England’s Premier League
Mathys Tel – Tottenham Hotspur
Tel has had limited playing time in the last weeks. He played the second half of the first leg of their Europa League knockout matchup against AZ Alkmaar, in which Spurs lost 1-0 in the Netherlands. He was on the bench for a 2-2 draw against AFC Bournemouth and the 3-1 win return leg against Alkmaar, but did not make it into the match in either match. He returned to the starting lineup against Fulham and he played 77 minutes in their 2-0 loss. Spurs have not played since March 16.
Tottenham sits in 14th place of the Premier League table with 34 points. They are clear from the relegation zone by 17 points with nine matches left, so they are fairly safe. They are also in the Quarter-final of the Europa League and will face Eintracht Frankfurt over two legs next month.
Spurs travel crosstown to South London to face Chelsea on Thursday. They will also host Southampton on Sunday.
Spain – LaLiga
There are two players on loan to Spain’s La Liga: Bryan Zaragoza and Adam Anzou
Bryan Zaragoza – CA Osasuna
Zaragoza started against Getafe and played 86 minutes in a 2-1 home loss on March 16, but has not played since. He was listed out with a hamstring injury for a 3-0 road loss to Barcelona and a scoreless draw against Athletic Club, but could be coming back soon.
Osasuna sits in 14th place with 34 points. They are seven points ahead of the relegation spots.
Osasuna will not play again until Monday, April 7 on the road against Leganes.
Adam Anzou – Real Valladolid
Real Valladolid has not won since Anzou has arrived on loan. This month he has started three matches in a row. He went 71 minutes in a 2-1 loss, 90 minutes against Celta Viga in a 1-0 loss, and 90 minutes this weekend against Real Sociedad in a 2-1 loss. He was also called up to the Moroccan National Team for World Cup Qualifiers, but did not make it into either game.
Real Valladolid is currently in last place with only 16 points. They are 11 points from safety, with just ten matches to go.
Real Valladolid will host Getafe on Sunday.
Italy – Serie A
Arijon Ibrahimović is the only player on loan to Italy’s Serie A
Arijon Ibrahimović – Lazio
Ibrahimović finally made his league debut for Lazio, but it was only for 7 minutes in a 5-0 loss at Bologna. He picked up a muscle injury in the week after and is listed out until mid-April.
Lazio sits in seventh place with 51 points. They are one point out of the Conference League space, four points away from Europa League qualification, and five points away from a return to the Champions League. They can also still qualify by winning the Europa League. They are in the quarter-finals against Bod0/Glint in April.
Lazio hosts Torino on Monday and then will travel to face Atalanta on Sunday — both in league play.
Austria – Bundesliga
Lovro Zvonarek is the only player from the first team on loan to the Austrian Bundesliga.
Lovro Zvonarek – Sturm Graz
Zvonarek has not played for Sturm Graz since March 2. In the three matches since, they won two matches and drew one.
Sturm Graz finished the first part of the season in first place with 46 points — level with Austria Wien. Austria splits the league into the top 6 and the bottom 6 and halves the points before each team plays each other in their group to finish the season. With the draw this weekend, Graz fell into second place.
Graz will host Rapid Wien on Friday.
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 appeared in each of Ulm’s last three matches. He made an appearance off the bench and played 27 at home in a 1-0 loss against Köln, started and played 75 minutes in a scoreless draw on the road against Darmstadt (where he also received a yellow card, and played just one minute against Darmstadt in a 2-1 win this weekend.
Ulm sits in 17th place — second from last — with 23 points. They are just one point away from the relegation playoff spot and four points from safety.
Ulm will travel to face Schalke on Sunday.
Germany – 3. Liga
Gibson Nana Adu is the only player on loan from the first team in the 3. Liga.
Gibson Nana Adu – Unterhaching
Adu has not played for Unterhaching since December.
Unterhaching is in last place with 19 points. They will have to make up 18 points to avoid relegation.
Unterhaching will travel to face Viktoria Köln.
FC Bayern Munich II
There are thirteen players on loan from the second team.
Germany – 2. Bundesliga
There are two players from the second team loaned to the 2. Bundesliga: Hyun-ju Lee and Noel Aseko
Hyun-ju Lee – Hannover 96
Lee has made an appearance in the last three matches. He played the second half of the 1-1 draw against Eintracht Braunschweig, started and played 57 minutes in the 2-1 road win against Schalke, and came off the bench for four minutes in this weekend’s scoreless draw at home against Magdeburg.
Hannover sits in sixth place with 43 points, but they are just three points away from the promotion playoff spot and six points behind the automatic promotion spot.
Hannover will travel to face Karlsruhe SC on Friday.
Noel Aseko – Hannover 96
Aseko has been playing for Hannover’s second team in the 3. Liga over the last couple months. He has made four straight starts. He played the full 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss against II, 90 minutes in a 2-2 road draw at Cottbus, 79 minutes in a 3-2 road win against Wehen Wiesbaden, and 89 minutes this weekend in another 2-2 road draw against Bielefeld.
Hannover II is in 19th place — second to last — and is ten points from reaching safety.
Hannover II will host Dynamo Dresden
Germany – Regionalliga
There are six players Regionalliga teams: Lukas Schneller and Marko Popović 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
Schneller started in goal for the two recent matches. They won both — 2-0 at home and 5-2 away.
Schweinfurt are still in first place with 55 points. They have a nine-point lead over second place and a ten-point lead over Bayern II in fourth place.
Schweinfurt will host SpVgg Ansbach on Saturday.
Marko Popović – Türkgücü München
Popović was on the bench for a 2-0 road win on March 8, came off the bench for two minutes in a 3-2 loss two weeks later, and then missed this weekend’s match entirely.
Türkgücü München sits in last place. They are five points out from the playoff spots and 13 points out of guaranteed safety.
Türkgücü München will travel to face Hankofen-Hailing on Tuesday. They will also host Bayreuth on Saturday.
Luka Parkadze – Altglienicke
Altglienicke is undefeated in March and is climbing in the table. Parkadze has proven to be a hero a few times. In the Berlin cup he scored a goal against a much lower division team to go up 2-0 late, but somehow they scored twice in stoppage time to force extra time, then Spandau took the lead. Parkadze has to score again to force penalties. He ended up scoring the fifth and deciding penalty when he stepped in. He followed up his performance with another goal the next week against Hertha Berlin II.
Robert Deziel Jr – Altglienicke
Deziel Jr continues to be a quiet contributor on defense, starting each match as Altglienicke has an amazing month of March.
Even with the amazing month, Altglienicke only find themselves in eighth place in the Regionalliga Nordost table. They are also still alive in the Berliner Pokal.
Altglienicke will travel to face fellow Berlin team, BFC Dynamo on Saturday in league play.
Yousef Qashi – Wuppertaler SV
Qashi was not in the matchday squad for Wuppertal’s last three matches.
Benedikt Wimmer – Wuppertaler SV
Wimmer started for Wuppertaler SV in the first match against Schalke II and played the full match. He scored the goal to make it 2-0 over Rödinghausen the next week, but they conceded two goals and the matched ended in a 2-2 draw at home. He also started and played the full match this weekend in another draw against 1. FC Bocholt.
Wuppertaler SV sit in 17th place, which is last place besides a team that forfeited the season before it began. They have 21 points and are just one point away from safety.
Wuppertaler SV host 1. FC Düren on Saturday.
Austria – Bundesliga
Matteo Pérez Vinlöf is the only player on loan to the Austrian Bundesliga from the second team.
Matteo Pérez Vinlöf – Austria Wien
Vinlöf has started the last three matches for Austria Wien and played at least 83 minutes or longer in each match. He did not score a goal in any of the matches, but has a yellow card for his troubles from the match against Klagenfurt on March 9.
Austria Wien ended the regular season level on points with Sturm Graz before they split the teams into the top and bottom six and halved the points. Their 2-0 win this weekend put them two points ahead of Sturm Graz, who only drew in their first week of the Championship Group.
Austria Wien will host Hartberg on Wednesday in the Austrian Cup. They will also host Wolfsberger AC on Sunday in league play
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
Hülsmann started the last three matches in goal for St Pölten and recorded a 3-1 win, a 3-3 draw, and a 1-1 draw in those matches.
St Pölten sit in fourth place in the 2. Liga table and are 11 points away from first place and the only promotion spot available.
St Pölten will host Voitsberg on Sunday.
Netherlands – Kampioen Divisie
David Jonathans is the only player on loan to the Dutch Kampioen Divisie.
David Jonathans – FC Den Bosch
Jonthans was on the bench for FC Den Bosch’s last three matches — two losses and a win — but never made it onto the pitch in any of those matches.
Den Bosch sit in ninth place, just one spot and four points out of a playoff position for promotion.
This week, Den Bosch will travel to face Jong PSV on Monday and then will host FC Eindhoven on Sunday.
Switzerland – Super League
There are two players on loan to the Swiss Super League: Nestory Irankunda and Grayson Dettoni.
Nestory Irankunda – Grasshopper Club Zurich
Irankunda started the last three matches. He played 68 minutes in a 3-1 loss to St Gallen, 82 minutes in a 1-1 draw at home against Sion, and 63 minutes in a 2-1 home loss to FC Zürich this weekend. He received yellow cards in each of the first two matches.
Grayson Dettoni – Grasshopper Club Zurich
Of the matches above, Dettoni was only on the bench for the match against Sion, but did not make it onto the pitch.
Grasshopper sit in 11th place with four matches until the Swiss league splits like Austria does. They will be playing the Relegation group and will have to fight to stay up once that split takes place.
Grasshopper will travel to take on Basel on Sunday.
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 continue to be one of the surprise teams of the Frauen-Bundesliga this season. Vilhjálmsdóttir came off the bench for the first two matches and had an an assist in each. They beat Jena on the road 2-0 and Bremen at home 6-0. Their hot streak ended when they faced Bayern in Munich this weekend. Vilhjálmsdóttir started against her parent club and played 66 minutes, but Bayern came out on top 2-0.
Leverkusen sit in fourth place and are five points behind third place and a chance to qualify for the Champions League.
Leverkusen will host Köln on April 14, after the international break.
England – Women’s Super League
Jill Baijings and Sam Kerr are both on loan to the Women’s Super League.
Jill Baijings – Aston Villa
Baijings started against Crystal Palace and played the full 90 minutes in a 3-1 road loss. She also started and played 60 minutes against Manchester United in a 4-0 home loss. This weekend, she came off the bench in a 2-1 road win over Kerr’s Liverpool. After missing the first half of the season, it is good to see her get consistent playing time.
Villa sit in 11th place with 13 points. This is four points ahead of last place Crystal Palace and the only relegation spot.
Aston Villa’s next match is April 20 against Tottenham.
Sam Kerr – Liverpool
Kerr started against Manchester United and Arsenal going 90 minutes in back to back matches. Liverpool beat United 3-1 and Kerr had her first assist of the season, before getting beat 4-0 by the formidable Arsenal. She was on the bench against Aston Villa, but did not get to play against her fellow loanee.
Liverpool sit in sixth place with 21 points. They should be plenty safe from relegation, but are 21 points out of third place and Champions League qualification
Liverpool will face Chelsea on April 13 in the FA Cup semifinal in London.
Spain – Primera División Femenina
Natalia Padilla is the only player on loan to the Primera División Femenina.
Natalia Padilla – FC Sevilla
In the last four matches for Sevilla, Padilla was on the bench for the entirety of a 4-0 home loss to Madrid, started and played 76 minutes in a 1-0 away win, started and played 78 minutes in a 2-0 home loss, and started and played the full 90 minutes this weekend in a scoreless draw on the road.
Sevilla sit in ninth place with 28 points. They should be safe from relegation, but do not have a chance to qualify for Champions League.
Italy – Serie A
Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir is the only player on loan to Serie A
Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir – Inter Milan
Rúnarsdóttir started all four of Inter’s recent matches. They fell 2-1 against Roma, drew 3-3 against AC Milan, lost 1-0 against Fiorentina, and then beat Juventus 3-2 this weekend with two stoppage time goals.
Inter are in second place with 42 points. They are seven points behind league leaders, Juventus, and one point ahead of Roma in third. They have a seven point cushion in the overall race for a Champions League spot.
Inter will host Roma on April 19.
USA – NWSL
Ana María Guzmán is the only player on loan to the NWSL.
Ana María Guzmán – Utah Royals FC
The Royals are three matches into their season, but unfortunately Guzmán has had a thigh injury that has prevented her from making her NWSL debut. She was not called into the Colombian national team for this window, so hopefully she can rest and get fit for a debut after the break.
Very early in their season, the Utah Royals only have one point after a home draw and two road losses.
After the international break, the Royals will look for their first win — and hopefully a Guzmán debut — on April 11th against the Portland Thorns.
