Energie Cottbus starts the season with a historical coat of arms and 8 new additions!

Energie Cottbus starts the season with a historical coat of arms and 8 new additions!

In Cottbus something is happening! FC Energie Cottbus starts the 3rd league season 2025/26 with a fresh vigor. Led by a historic coat of arms from 1966 and eight new players in the squad, the Lausitzer return to the big stage. The main goal is clear: In the anniversary season, which honors the 60th anniversary of the association, the players want to show what they are made of.

starting shot is on June 22, 2025 at 1 p.m. when the team keeps the first public training session in Parcelstrasse. The emblematic coat of arms is officially used for a year to return to the origin of the association. This is a significant step from the new tradition back to the old to emphasize the sense of community and the club's history. [Luzerner Zeitung] (https://www.lr-online.de/energie-cottbus/energie-cottbus-3-liga-training start-with-historical coat of arms-and-eight-neuzugaen-78127958.html) reports that this coat of arms is presented in its original form, without changes and without frills.

The new squad

The team's rejuvenation cure is also evident through the commitments of new players. Among the new additions are:

• Can Moustfa (LR Ahlen, loan)
• Jannis Boziaris (Astoria Walldorf)
• nyamekye Awortwie-Grant (Stuttgart Kickers)
• Lukas Michelbrink (Hertha BSC, loan)
• Finn Heidrich (own youth)
• Theo Ogbidi (Lok Leipzig)
• Moritz Hannemann (Würzburger Kickers)
• ted Tattermusch (Carl Zeiss Jena)

With these talents, FC Energie wants to recapture the space in the sun after the last season was completed with a solid fourth place in the 3rd division.

test games and preparation

The preparatory weeks are full of test games that are intended to get in the mood for the new season. The following games are given:

• 27. June 2025, 6:30 p.m.: Wacker Schönwalde - FC Energie Cottbus
• 28. June 2025, 3 p.m.: SpVgg Finsterwalde - FC Energie Cottbus
• 29. June 2025, 4 p.m.: Blau-Weiss Wittichenau-FC Energie Cottbus
• 4. July 2025, 2 p.m.: FC Energie Cottbus - VSG Altglienicke (in Disschen)
• 5. July 2025, 2 p.m.: FC Energie Cottbus - TSG Neustrelitz (in Herzberg)
• 9. July 2025, 2 p.m.: FC Energie Cottbus - Greifswalder FC

The promotion to the 3rd league is special for the club, after five season in the Regionalliga Nordost. A look back shows that FC Energie has already celebrated greater successes. In 2000 the promotion to the Bundesliga managed and even FC Bayern Munich could be defeated. But the past is not everything: new records will be set in the future. [rbb24] (https://www.rbb24.de/sport/Bebtrag/2024/fussball-energie-cottbus- Regionalliga-diga-bundesliga-vortional-momente-s-ekorde-erfehr).

This season is expected with a special spirit of optimism. FC Energie Cottbus has the opportunity not only to look into the past, but also to shape a new, successful future. Let's go, energy!