Chemnitzer FC

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Chemnitzer FC is a Germany football (soccer) List of football clubs in Germany based in Chemnitz, Saxony. The origins of Chemnitzer FC go back to its establishment as Polizei-Sportverein Chemnitz in 1920.

History

After the re-organization of German football into sixteen Gauliga, or top flight divisions, under the Third Reich, PSV Chemnitz played in the Gauliga Sachsen. Chemnitzer FC performed well, generally finishing in the upper half of the league table and capturing their division in 1935 and 1936. In 1942 Chemnitzer FC was re-named SG Ordnungspolizei Chemnitz. World War II eventually took a toll as Chemnitzer FC fell out of first division play after a ninth place finish in 1943 and the country's football descended into chaos as it was overtaken by the war.

In the aftermath of the conflict most organizations in Germany, including sports and football clubs, were dissolved by the Allied occupation authorities. The side was re-established in 1945 as SG Chemnitz Nord and then, as was common in East Germany football at the time, it underwent a number of name changes: BSG Fewa Chemnitz (1948); BSG Chemie (1951); and BSG Chemie Karl-Marx-Stadt (1953), in step with the change of the city's name under the communist government. In 1956 the football club was attached to the larger centralized sports club SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt, which was in turn re-named SC Karl-Marx-Stadt (1963). The football department was once again separated from the sports club as FC Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1966 under a government plan to establish a number of Football club (GDR) as centres throughout the country intended to identify and develop talent in support of a strong national side. When the city re-claimed its original name in 1991 Chemnitzer FC followed suit to become Chemnitzer FC.

After joining the DDR-Oberliga in 1962 Chemnitzer FC generally earned uninspiring results, most often finishing in the lower half of the league table. It managed a surprising East German championship win in 1967, and were losing finalists in the East German Cup (FDGB Cup) in 1969, 1983 and 1989. Chemnitzer FC enjoyed its best turn internationally in 1989 advancing through two preliminary rounds to the quarter final of the UEFA Cup where it went out 1:2, 0:1 against Juventus Turin. In 1990 Chemnitzer FC finished as East German vice-champions, second to Dynamo Dresden on goal differential. After German re-unification in 1990, Chemnitz was seeded into the Bundesliga (football) beginning with the 1992 season and played there until being relegated in 1997. The team advanced to the semi-final round of the German Cup in 1993. It played in the Regionalliga (III), was promoted to the 2.Bundesliga in 1999. Since then the importance of a club has faded. It was relegated back to Regionalliga (III) in 2001 and to IV division in 2006. In 2008 however, Chemnitzer FC successfully returned as 2nd to the fourth tier of German football, the Regionalliga, and intends to eventually play again in one of the three professional leagues of German football. Chemnitzer FC finished 7th North (Nord) Group of Regionaliga in 2008-2009 season.

Honours

- East German champions: 1967
- East German vice-champions: 1990
- East German Cup (FDGB Cup) finalists: 1969, 1983, 1989
- German Cup semi-finalist: 1993
- Saxony Cup: 1997, 1998, 2006, 2008
- Gauliga Sachsen champions: 1935, 1936
- NOFV-Oberliga Süd runner-ups: 2008
- Central German football championship: 1932

Notable players

- Antonio Ananiev
- Michael Ballack
- Torsten Bittermann
- Brian Bliss
- Mario Fillinger
- Henri Fuchs
- Heiko Gerber
- Torsten Gütschow
- Sebastian Hähnge
- Lars Hermel
- Steffen Heidrich
- Ingo Hertzsch
- Olaf Holetschek
- Steffen Karl
- Peer Kluge
- Rainer Krieg
- Nebojša Krupniković
- Thomas Laudeley
- Hendrik Liebers
- Ulf Mehlhorn
- Silvio Meißner

- Jens Melzig
- Karsten Oswald
- Andrej Panadic
- Jan Seifert
- Kujtim Shala
- Ervin Skela
- Rico Steinmann
- Eberhard Vogel
- Jörg Weißflog
- Lutz Wienhold
- Ernest Wilimowski
- 1952 to 1953
- Heinz Hartmann - 1953 to 1955
- Rolf Kukowitsch - 1955
- Walter Fritzsch - 1956 - 1957
- Fritz Wittenbecher – February 1958 to May 1958
- Hans Höfer – May 1958 to December 1960
- Siegfried Seifert – September 1960 to February 1961
- Heinz Werner (footballer born 1916) - 1 March 1961 to 1963
- Horst Scherbaum - 1963 to 1968
- Bringfried Müller - 1968 to 1970
- Heinz Weber - 1970 to 30 June 1971
- Gerhard Hofmann - 1 July 1971 to December 1974
- Dieter Erler - Dezember 1974 to 1976
- Herbert Naumann - 1976 to 31 March 1976
- Manfred Kupferschmied - 1 April 1976 to 1980
- Manfred Lienemann - 1981 to 1985
- Heinz Werner (footballer born 1935) - 1985 to 1988
- Hans Meyer (football) - 1988 to 30. June 1993
- Reinhard Häfner - 1 July 1993 to 15 May 1996
- Christoph Franke - 15 May 1996 to 7 September 2000
- Josip Kuze - 7 September 2000 to 29 November 2000
- Manfred Lienemann - 29 November 2000 to 10 December 2000
- Dirk Karkuth - 11 December 2000 to 24 August 2001
- Matthias Schulz - 24 August 2001 to 31 October 2002
- Dirk Barsikow - 31 October 2002 to 11 November 2002
- Joachim Müller - 11 November 2002 to 18 June 2003
- Frank Rohde - 18 June 2003 to 18 September 2004
- Dirk Barsikow - 18 September 2004 to 4 March 2005
- Dietmar Demuth - 5 March 2005 to 15 December 2005
- Joachim Müller - 15. December 2005 to 7 April 2007
- Tino Vogel – 10 April 2007 - 21 April 2008
- Christoph Franke - 21 April 2008 to 30 June 2008
- Gerd Schädlich - since 1 July 2008
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Stadium

Chemnitzer FC plays in the club-owned Stadion an der Gellertstraße which has a capacity of 12,680 spectators (~540 seats). Until 1990 the facility was officially known as "Dr. Kurt-Fischer-Stadion", or locally as the "Fischerwiese". During its 2.Bundesliga seasons Chemnitzer FC also made use of the larger Chemnitzer Sportforum, which has a capacity of over 19,000.

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