diff --git a/backend/services/autoFetchMatchResultsService.js b/backend/services/autoFetchMatchResultsService.js
index b0f3eda5..4915b90f 100644
--- a/backend/services/autoFetchMatchResultsService.js
+++ b/backend/services/autoFetchMatchResultsService.js
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ class AutoFetchMatchResultsService {
       // Find all users with auto-updates enabled
       const accounts = await MyTischtennis.findAll({
         where: {
-          autoUpdateRatings: true, // Nutze das gleiche Flag
-          savePassword: true // Must have saved password
-        },
-        attributes: ['id', 'userId', 'email', 'savePassword', 'encryptedPassword', 'accessToken', 'expiresAt', 'cookie']
+          autoUpdateRatings: true,
+          savePassword: true
+        }
+        // No attributes restriction — all fields needed for session handling and re-login
       });
 
       devLog(`Found ${accounts.length} accounts with auto-updates enabled for match results`);
@@ -68,30 +68,18 @@ class AutoFetchMatchResultsService {
 
       // Check if session is still valid
       if (!account.accessToken || !account.expiresAt || account.expiresAt < Date.now() / 1000) {
-        devLog(`Session expired for ${account.email}, attempting re-login`);
-        
-        // Try to re-login with stored password
-        const password = account.getPassword();
-        if (!password) {
-          throw new Error('No stored password available for re-login');
+        devLog(`Session expired for ${account.email}, attempting re-login via verifyLogin (incl. Playwright fallback)`);
+        // verifyLogin handles CAPTCHA via Playwright and persists the session to DB.
+        await myTischtennisService.verifyLogin(account.userId);
+        // Reload the account to get the fresh session data written by verifyLogin.
+        const refreshed = await MyTischtennis.findOne({ where: { userId: account.userId } });
+        if (!refreshed?.cookie) {
+          throw new Error('Re-login via verifyLogin did not produce a valid session');
         }
-
-        const loginResult = await myTischtennisClient.login(account.email, password);
-        if (!loginResult.success) {
-          if (loginResult.requiresCaptcha) {
-            throw new Error(`Re-login failed: CAPTCHA erforderlich. Bitte loggen Sie sich einmal direkt auf mytischtennis.de ein, um das CAPTCHA zu lösen.`);
-          }
-          throw new Error(`Re-login failed: ${loginResult.error}`);
-        }
-
-        // Update session data
-        account.accessToken = loginResult.accessToken;
-        account.refreshToken = loginResult.refreshToken;
-        account.expiresAt = loginResult.expiresAt;
-        account.cookie = loginResult.cookie;
-        account.savePassword = true; // ensure flag persists when saving
-        await account.save();
-
+        account.accessToken = refreshed.accessToken;
+        account.refreshToken = refreshed.refreshToken;
+        account.expiresAt = refreshed.expiresAt;
+        account.cookie = refreshed.cookie;
         devLog(`Successfully re-logged in for ${account.email}`);
       }
 
diff --git a/backend/services/myTischtennisService.js b/backend/services/myTischtennisService.js
index 8a10cfc8..e427a90d 100644
--- a/backend/services/myTischtennisService.js
+++ b/backend/services/myTischtennisService.js
@@ -111,9 +111,6 @@ class MyTischtennisService {
         account.expiresAt = loginResult.expiresAt;
         account.cookie = loginResult.cookie;
         account.userData = loginResult.user;
-        if (loginResult.storageState) {
-          account.playwrightStorageState = loginResult.storageState;
-        }
         
         // Hole Club-ID und Federation
         const profileResult = await myTischtennisClient.getUserProfile(loginResult.cookie);
@@ -130,6 +127,11 @@ class MyTischtennisService {
       }
       
       await account.save();
+
+      // Save Playwright storage state separately so a missing DB column never breaks the main save.
+      if (loginResult?.success && loginResult.storageState) {
+        await this._savePlaywrightStorageState(account, loginResult.storageState);
+      }
     } else {
       // Create new
       const accountData = {
@@ -147,9 +149,6 @@ class MyTischtennisService {
         accountData.expiresAt = loginResult.expiresAt;
         accountData.cookie = loginResult.cookie;
         accountData.userData = loginResult.user;
-        if (loginResult.storageState) {
-          accountData.playwrightStorageState = loginResult.storageState;
-        }
         
         // Hole Club-ID
         const profileResult = await myTischtennisClient.getUserProfile(loginResult.cookie);
@@ -166,6 +165,10 @@ class MyTischtennisService {
         account.setPassword(password);
         await account.save();
       }
+
+      if (loginResult?.success && loginResult.storageState) {
+        await this._savePlaywrightStorageState(account, loginResult.storageState);
+      }
     }
 
     return {
@@ -296,9 +299,6 @@ class MyTischtennisService {
       account.expiresAt = effectiveLoginResult.expiresAt;
       account.cookie = effectiveLoginResult.cookie;
       account.userData = effectiveLoginResult.user;
-      if (effectiveLoginResult.storageState) {
-        account.playwrightStorageState = effectiveLoginResult.storageState;
-      }
       
       // Hole Club-ID und Federation
       const profileResult = await myTischtennisClient.getUserProfile(effectiveLoginResult.cookie);
@@ -312,6 +312,11 @@ class MyTischtennisService {
       }
       
       await account.save();
+
+      // Save Playwright storage state separately so a missing DB column never breaks the main save.
+      if (effectiveLoginResult.storageState) {
+        await this._savePlaywrightStorageState(account, effectiveLoginResult.storageState);
+      }
       
       return {
         success: true,
@@ -432,6 +437,22 @@ class MyTischtennisService {
       console.error('Error logging update attempt:', error);
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Saves the Playwright browser storage state to the account.
+   * Runs in its own try-catch so a missing DB column never blocks the main session save.
+   */
+  async _savePlaywrightStorageState(account, storageState) {
+    try {
+      account.playwrightStorageState = storageState;
+      await account.save({ fields: ['playwrightStorageState'] });
+      console.log('[myTischtennisService] Playwright storage state saved (session cached for future logins)');
+    } catch (err) {
+      // Column likely missing on this server — run:
+      // ALTER TABLE my_tischtennis ADD COLUMN playwright_storage_state LONGTEXT NULL;
+      console.warn('[myTischtennisService] Could not save playwright_storage_state (DB column missing?):', err.message);
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 export default new MyTischtennisService();
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/TeamManagementView.vue b/frontend/src/views/TeamManagementView.vue
index 4459015b..9f068d9c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/TeamManagementView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/TeamManagementView.vue
@@ -1176,6 +1176,7 @@ export default {
       myTischtennisSuccess.value = '';
       
       try {
+
         const startResponse = await apiClient.post('/mytischtennis/fetch-team-data/async', {
           clubTeamId: teamToEdit.value.id
         });