FC Amberg starts the district league season with a new coaching duo!

FC Amberg starts the district league season with a new coaching duo!

On Friday evening, July 18, 2025, things will get serious for FC Amberg: The club will start the new season of the District League North. In a highly anticipated opening game, the team will face SG Chambtal under floodlights at 8 p.m. After relegation from the national league last year, there is a lot of motivation to regain our old strength.

The realignment of FC Amberg is primarily characterized by the new coaching duo Mario Zitzmann and Friedrich Lieder. Zitzmann, 34 years old and a former player in the fourth division, is moving from SpVgg Bayreuth II to Amberg. Together with Lieder, who is also 34 years old and previously worked for the Bayern league club DJK Gibbach, FC Amberg should now receive fresh impetus. Both coaches bring a lot of experience, with Zitzmann, who has played around 400 competitive games in the men's division, and Lieder, who brings good knowledge from her time in Bayreuth and Ammerthal. Roman Reinhardt, the sporting director, is pleased with this coaching solution and the common concept that the two bring with them. Zitzmann expresses the desire to be “as successful as possible” and sees potential in the current squad.

Challenges and opportunities

The task is not easy because the competition in the district league is strong. The opponents include the runner-up Weiden II, FC Wernberg, Hahnbach and the newcomers Ursulapoppenricht and Schirmitz. However, FC Amberg has prepared for this challenge. Despite 20 departures, including top performers such as Tim Schreiner and Paul Fischer, the club is happy about some promising new additions. These include Mario Zitzmann, Friedrich Lieder himself, Marko Smodlaka and Houshiar Darwich, who is not yet eligible to play. With these new faces, FC wants to set its sights on promotion again.

Another important player is department head Matthias Schmien, who follows the team's development, while Bernd Wagner, a committed entrepreneur and supporter of the club, believes in the myth of FC Amberg and is confident about the future.

FC Amberg achieved a 2-2 draw in a friendly against ASV Burglengenfeld, which shows that the team is ready to start the new season. The club has repositioned itself and has the clear goal of getting promoted again from the district league. Upper PalatinateECHO reports that the coaching team is striving for promising changes and wants to lead the club into a successful future.

The fans can be excited to see how FC Amberg performs in the new season. The starting signal is given with the game against SG Chambtal, and there is great hope that the club will soon play an important role in Bavarian football again. FuPa.net has also revealed the coaching secret and provides insight into the club's ambitions.