The time is edging ever-closer to the Energie Cottbus vs RB Leipzig DFB-Pokal game which is rapidly nearing kick-off, and the players are in.
We can reveal that the starting XI for Energie Cottbus which is confirmed as follows:
Energie Cottbus
Marius Funk
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 88kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Anderson Lucoqui
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Angola
Place of birth: Zweibrücken, Germany
King Samuel Manu
Defender
Height: 1.95m
Weight: 83kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Düsseldorf, Germany
Henry Rorig #3
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Langenhagen, Germany
Merveille Biankadi #37
Forward
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Munich, Germany
Justin Butler #31
Forward
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 24
Nationality: USA
Place of birth: Augsburg, Germany
Moritz Hannemann
Forward
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Tolcay Ciğerci #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Turkey
Place of birth: Nordenham, Germany
Dominik Pelivan #5
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Berlin, Germany
Axel Borgmann #20
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Nyamekye Awortwie-Grant #23
Defender
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Tübingen, Germany
The starting line-up for RB Leipzig has also been confirmed as follows:
RB Leipzig
Maarten Vandevoordt #26
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Belgium
Place of birth: Sint-Truiden, Belgium
David Raum #3
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Willi Orbán #4
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Hungary
Place of birth: Kaiserslautern, Germany
El Chadaille Bitshiabu #5
Defender
Height: 1.96m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 23
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France
Ridle Baku #17
Defender
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Mainz, Germany
Ezechiel Banzuzi #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 20
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Zwijndrecht, Netherlands
Nicolas Seiwald
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Austria
Place of birth: Austria
Christoph Baumgartner
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Austria
Place of birth: Horn, Austria
Antonio Nusa
Forward
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 20
Nationality: Norway
Place of birth: Ski, Norway
Johan Bakayoko #9
Forward
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Belgium
Place of birth: Overijse, Belgium
Rômulo José Cardoso da Cruz #40
Also known as Rômulo
Forward
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Marialva, Brazil
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