With 1. FC Magdeburg, Amara Condé has been promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. Now the ex-player of Rot-Weiss Essen has been appointed captain

In 1. FC Magdeburg’s promotion season, Amara Condé played an important role in Christian Titz’s team, missing only one of 38 games. And the 25-year-old midfielder is also planned as a central figure in the 2nd Bundesliga. This is made clear by a recent decision at FCM: Condé will lead the team onto the field as captain in the coming season. The club made the announcement on Thursday. He will be supported by attacker Baris Atik.

In addition to the duo, Alexander Bittroff, Andreas Müller and Malcolm Cacutalua will be part of the Saxony-Anhalt squad. Previous captain Tobias Müller has left the club for SC Paderborn. Now Condé, who moved to the east a year ago from Rot-Weiss Essen, takes over.

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And it won’t be long before Condé wears the armband for the first time in a competitive match. On Saturday evening (8.30 pm), Magdeburg kick off their second league season. Fortuna Düsseldorf will be the first team to play. More than 20,000 tickets have already been sold by the 1st FC.

The regional capital had “scored well and consistently in the second half of the season”, coach Titz emphasised in a media round before the clash. “We expect a running, compact and strong playing team.” In general, the league is “enormously balanced,” according to Titz. The past has shown that anyone can beat anyone. There are many teams that have high quality.”

Two players who will not help Magdeburg this season: Heinz Mörschel and Sercan Sararer. On Thursday, the FCM announced that it would not sign the two trialists. Mörschel last played for Dynamo Dresden and before that for KFC Uerdingen. Sararer played for Türkgücü München in the pre-season