diff --git a/backend/services/pdfParserService.js b/backend/services/pdfParserService.js
index c1c03a3c..db3d37af 100755
--- a/backend/services/pdfParserService.js
+++ b/backend/services/pdfParserService.js
@@ -157,9 +157,14 @@ class PDFParserService {
             let guestFromColumns = null;
             let codeFromColumns = null;
 
-            if (columnSegments && columnSegments.length >= 3) {
-                homeFromColumns = columnSegments[1]?.trim() || null;
-                guestFromColumns = columnSegments[2]?.trim() || null;
+            if (columnSegments && columnSegments.length >= 4) {
+                // In the nuLiga code table the two team columns follow the time.
+                // Do not rely on fixed offsets: the weekday is a separate PDF item.
+                const timeColumnIndex = columnSegments.findIndex((segment) => /\b\d{1,2}:\d{2}\b/.test(segment));
+                if (timeColumnIndex >= 0) {
+                    homeFromColumns = columnSegments[timeColumnIndex + 1]?.trim() || null;
+                    guestFromColumns = columnSegments[timeColumnIndex + 2]?.trim() || null;
+                }
                 const lastSegment = columnSegments[columnSegments.length - 1];
                 if (lastSegment) {
                     const candidateCode = lastSegment.replace(/\s+/g, '').trim();
@@ -255,6 +260,25 @@ class PDFParserService {
                         teamsPart = teamsPart.replace(new RegExp(`${code}$`), '').trim();
                     }
 
+                    // A layout-aware extraction has already identified the team
+                    // columns unambiguously. Use them directly instead of trying
+                    // to reconstruct column boundaries from the flattened text.
+                    // This also preserves names with characters such as "ä".
+                    if (code && homeFromColumns && guestFromColumns) {
+                        matches.push({
+                            date: date,
+                            time: time,
+                            homeTeamName: homeFromColumns,
+                            guestTeamName: guestFromColumns,
+                            code: code,
+                            homePin: null,
+                            guestPin: null,
+                            clubId: clubId,
+                            rawLine: line
+                        });
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
                     if (code || pinMatch) {
                         
                         
@@ -831,8 +855,10 @@ class PDFParserService {
                     return;
                 }
 
-                const [scaleX, , , , x, y] = item.transform;
-                const width = (item.width || 0) * (scaleX || 1);
+                const [, , , , x, y] = item.transform;
+                // PDF.js already reports item.width in page coordinates. Applying
+                // the text scale again turns separate table columns into one line.
+                const width = item.width || 0;
 
                 let targetLine = pageLines.find((line) => Math.abs(line.y - y) < lineTolerance);
                 if (!targetLine) {