Marie Etta, the first woman to coach a men’s soccer team in one of the major European leagues, witnessed her first loss with the Union Berlin team against Wolfsburg, with a score of 2-1, in the framework of the thirtieth round of the German League on Saturday.
A few days ago, “Etta” wrote her name in the annals of history after the club announced her appointment to lead the first team, succeeding the sacked coach, “Steffen Baumgart,” in a mission aimed at saving the team from relegation to the second division four rounds before the end of the 2025-2026 season.
Wolfsburg opened the scoring with a goal scored by Austrian Patrick Wimmer in the twenty-eighth minute, then Dzenan Pečinovic increased the lead with a second goal in the fifty-fourth minute. Scottish striker Oliver Burke reduced the gap for Union Berlin in the eighty-fifth minute, but there was not enough time for the hosts to adjust the score.
Union Berlin, which has only achieved two victories since the beginning of 2026, remains frozen at 32 points in eleventh place, only six points behind the relegation places. While Wolfsburg raised its score to 24 points, occupying seventeenth place from last.
Etta, who was supervising the under-19 team at the same club, will continue in her temporary role until the end of the season before moving on to coach the women’s team.
