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All 11 players from a German lower league football team were banned for a year by local football authorities on Saturday after the team lost a match 54-1 the previous weekend.
The Cologne authorities ruled that the team, DJK Loewen II, lost deliberately to allow the game winners Rheinkassel-Langel II promotion over rivals Germania Nippes II. The team was also docked 12 points for the next season.
The authorities did not nullify the result as Rheinkassel did not manipulate the outcome.
But Germania were promoted as well at the expense of Loewen's first team, with the soccer officials punishing the whole Loewen club because no one from the club had made an effort to prevent the record-breaking defeat.
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Aha, here's more on the game.
A regional lower league game in the Cologne area of Germany has attracted some attention after Rheinkassel-Langel Reserves beat their final day opponents DJK Loewe Reserves 54-1, and were consequently promoted on goal difference.
Before the final round of games, the team was in third place behind rival Germania Nippes Reserves, but with the same number of points. However, the Nippes goal difference was superior by a margin of 37 goals. This was overturned, despite Nippes winning 10-0 on the road at Ditib-Tuerk's second string, when Rheinkassel-Langen notched 41 times in the course of a free-scoring second half.
Edited by omgukilledkenny 14 Jun `08, 6:42PM
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