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Aue (AP) - President Helge Leonhardt sees regional cohesion as a recipe for success for the second division soccer team Erzgebirge Aue.
“We bet on the region, we didn't want the one big white knight as a sponsor from somewhere.
Nothing fell into our laps, we munched, ”said Leonhardt to the“ kicker ”(Thursday).
Although the conditions are better in locations such as Dresden, Rostock or Magdeburg, the 62-year-old now sees the FCE as a beacon of the new federal states.
«We are a figurehead of the East.
Every season of the 2nd division is like the championship title for Bayern for us. "
As a city, Aue has just 16,000 inhabitants, but the FCE currently has almost 10,000 members on its 75th birthday.
As the only eastern club in the 2nd Bundesliga, the team is clearly on course to stay in class, and is in ninth place after 23 match days.
On Saturday, Aue will play its 500th second division game against Hanover.
© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210304-99-682368 / 2
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