By Chris Ives Last updated: 12th January 2009
Mitreski: Loaned out
Energie Cottbus defender Igor Mitreski has joined Belgian outfit Germinal Beerschot on loan.
The 29-year-old, who has struggled for first-team football at Stadion der Freundschaft after openly criticising coach Bojan Prasnikar in November, will initially move to Belgium on a six-month loan deal.
Beerschot have also secured an option to make the deal permanent should the Macedonian stopper impress this spring.
Mitreski, who is contracted to Cottbus until 2010, has made a total of 63 Bundesliga appearances for the eastern German club.

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| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Saturday 21st November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Wolfsburg 2 - 3 Nurnberg | |
| VfB Stuttgart 1 - 1 Hertha Berlin | |
| Cologne 0 - 4 TSG Hoffenheim | |
| Schalke 04 2 - 0 Hannover 96 | |
| SC Freiburg 0 - 6 Werder Bremen | |
| Borussia Dortmund 0 - 0 Mainz | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - 2 Borussia M'gladbach | |
| Sunday 8th November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Hannover 96 2 - 2 Hamburg | |
| Hertha Berlin 0 - 1 Cologne | |
| Werder Bremen 1 - 1 Borussia Dortmund | |
| Saturday 7th November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Bayern Munich 1 - 1 Schalke 04 | |
| TSG Hoffenheim 1 - 2 Wolfsburg | |
| Borussia M'gladbach 0 - 0 VfB Stuttgart | |
| VfL Bochum 1 - 2 SC Freiburg | |
| Mainz 1 - 0 Nurnberg | |
| Friday 6th November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Bayer Leverkusen 4 - 0 Eintracht Frankfurt | |
| Sunday 1st November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| SC Freiburg 0 - 1 TSG Hoffenheim | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt 2 - 1 VfL Bochum | |
| Saturday 31st October | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Wolfsburg 3 - 3 Mainz | |
| VfB Stuttgart 0 - 0 Bayern Munich | |
| Pos | Team | P | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Werder Bremen | 13 | 26 |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | Schalke | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | Hoffenheim | 13 | 23 |
| 5 | Hamburg | 12 | 23 |
| 6 | 1.FSV Mainz 05 (A) | 13 | 22 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 13 | 21 |
| 8 | Bayern Munich | 12 | 20 |
| 9 | Borussia Dortmund | 13 | 18 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 13 | 16 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 13 | 16 |
| 12 | Borussia Monchengladbach | 13 | 15 |
| 13 | SC Freiburg | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | FC Nurnberg | 13 | 12 |
| 15 | Cologne | 13 | 12 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 13 | 11 |
| 17 | Bochum | 12 | 8 |
| 18 | Hertha Berlin | 13 | 5 |
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