SSV Jeddeloh II will host Hertha BSC in the DFB-Pokal on Wednesday, shifting their home fixture twenty minutes away to the Marschweg-Stadion in Oldenburg because their local ground in the Moor-Kolonie is too small, spiegel.de reported.
Total Hype in the Village
The small locality of Jeddeloh II has a population of just 1,287 residents, yet roughly 600 of them hold active memberships in the local sports club, creating an engagement rate that Petra Knetemann called “an extraordinarily high quota that one can be proud of.” With all tickets sold out ahead of Wednesday’s cup clash, Knetemann noted that “generally in the village there is of course the total hype” as the community rallies behind the fourth-tier Regionalliga side.
Moving to Oldenburg
Because the club’s home ground in Jeddeloh II lacks the capacity for a major fixture against a historic club like Hertha BSC, the match moves to Oldenburg’s Marschweg-Stadion. Goalkeeper Moritz Onken described the venue as the squad’s “small second home” as preparations continue. “Those are moments you don’t experience often in life,” the 23-year-old said. “That is what we started playing football for and what is fun. Because the whole family is there, many friends are there, and also strangers who cheer for you over 90 minutes, over 120 if it goes longer.”
Chasing the Upset
“For us it will be about passion, but for us it will be about coming together through the community and then trying to annoy the old lady for as long as possible,” Bahar said, adding that just thinking about the match gives him goosebumps.
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