FC Erzgebirge Aue incurs losses of 150,000 euros per ghost game.
Floodplain – Now it’s time to get down to business again for professional football! From November 2nd, spectators will be banned from the stadiums for at least a month. This has far-reaching consequences – also for him FC Erzgebirge.
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After every ghost game, FCE managing director Michael Voigt has to post a minus of 150,000 euros. But he is even more worried about the future of the offspring in view of the new lockdown. © Picture Point / Sven Sonntag
“Our club incurs a loss of 150,000 euros for each ghost game,” says FCE managing director Michael Voigt.
In any case, the home game against Darmstadt (November 22nd) falls victim to the new Corona decisions.
Against Kiel, another 500 spectators are allowed on Saturday.
So far, the chum club has managed to get through the corona crisis by means of cost-cutting measures for the first team and all other areas of the club, such as the office.
Now, after the break in the game, the second lockdown is imminent.
In order to be prepared for this, the management floor puts their heads together.
They cannot and do not want to rely in the Loessnitz Valley on aid loans alone, as politicians have already suspended.
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500 “Veilchen” fans were allowed into the stadium against 1. FC Heidenheim. © Picture Point / Sven Sonntag
Voigt: “We have to watch how we minimize losses and pay for the remaining expenses.”
League opponents Bochum suffered economic damage of over nine million euros as a result of the corona pandemic, as the club recently announced at its digital general meeting.
The Revierklub therefore took out a loan of six million euros from the state-owned KfW Bank.
This route is not (yet) taken in Aue. “So far we have managed to get by without loans of this magnitude, and it should remain so.
After all, it doesn’t fight the cause, “says Voigt.
The FCE is also concerned about the effects on the youngsters.
Voigt warns: “The entire training operations in the junior division and all other departments will come to a standstill and there will be many crying faces.”
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