Skenderović to join Jena on loan

There's always something happening at TSG – whether it's on or off the pitch. In our "Box-to-box" series, we bring you exciting and interesting stories from the first team, the U23s, the academy and the women's team.

Sunday

Skenderović to join Jena on loan

TSG Hoffenheim have agreed to send Meris Skenderović out on loan to third-tier club FC Carl Zeiss Jena for the entirety of the 2019/20 season. The 21-year-old attacking player first came to Hoffenheim in 2008, moving his way up the ranks of the academy. He spent the second half of last season out on loan at Austrian Bundesliga side TSV Hartberg. Skenderović currently represents Montenegro at U21 level.

Africa Cup of Nations: Adams and Ghana draw 0-0 with Cameroon

Kasim Adams and his Ghana side have picked up their second point of the Africa Cup of Nations. After drawing 2-2 with Benin in their opening match, Saturday night saw the Ghanains play out a 0-0 draw with Cameroon. The TSG star played the full 90 minutes at centre-back. In their third and final group match on Tuesday, second-placed Ghana will go head-to-head with bottom-placed Guinea-Bissau. The top two teams in each group automatically qualify for the last 16, with the four best third-placed sides across the six groups also going through.

Thursday

Training to recommence on Saturday in Zuzenhausen

This Saturday (29 June), TSG will get their preparations for the 2019/20 season underway with an open training session. Head coach Alfred Schreuder and his team will step out on to the training pitches at the club's Zuzenhausen complex at 14:30 CET. With the exception of the players currently out on international duty (Nadiem Amiri, Stefan Posch, Christoph Baumgartner, Steven Zuber and Kasim Adams), the entirety of the first team squad will be present, including new signings Ihlas Bebou, Konstantinos Stafylidis, Sargis Adamyan and Philipp Pentke. The side's first friendly match of pre-season, against Eintracht Braunschweig, will take place on 13 July (15:30 CET) and will be held at the home ground of SV Sattelbach.

The full pre-season schedule can be accessed here.

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Wednesday

Adams provides assist at Africa Cup of Nations

Kasim Adams got his Africa Cup of Nations campaign underway with a draw on Tuesday evening. The TSG star's Ghana side shared the spoils with Benin in a match that finished 2-2. It was Adams who provided the assist for his side's second goal of the match, scored by Jordan Ayew in the 42nd minute, which gave the Black Stars a temporary 2-1 lead. Next on the agenda for Ghana is their upcoming encounter with Cameroon, which will take place on Saturday at 19:00 CET. Cameroon made a successful start to the tournament by beating Guinea-Bissau 2-0 in their opening match. The Africa Cup of Nations is taking place in Egypt from 21 June to 19 July.

Monday

"kicker" names Belfodil in "international class"

High praise for Hoffenheim's Ishak Belfodil, who features in eighth place in "kicker" magazine's "German Football Ranking List" for the position of striker and makes the "international class" category. No players made it into the "world-class" category. "kicker" named Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski in top spot, followed by former TSG man Kevin Volland in second.

In total, eight TSG senior players made it into the "kicker" ranking list: Kevin Vogt, Pavel Kaderabek, Nico Schulz, Florian Grillitsch, Nadiem Amiri, Kerem Demirbay, Andrej Kramaric and Ishak Belfodil.