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Chemnitzer FC
Full nameChemnitzer Fußballclub e.V.
Nickname(s)Die Himmelblauen(Sky Blues)
Founded15 January 1966;58 years ago(1966-01-15)
GroundStadion an der Gellertstraße
Capacity15,200[contradictory][citation needed]
ManagerMichael Reichardt[citation needed]
CoachChristian Tiffert
LeagueRegionalliga Nordost
2022–238th of 18
WebsiteClub website

Chemnitzer Fußballclub e.V.is aGerman association football clubbased inChemnitz,Saxony. The club competes inRegionalliga Nordost,the fourth tier of German football.

The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 1933, following the financial collapse of former Chemnitzer BC 1899.

History[edit]

Main article:Chemnitzer BC

The club was initially formed by students fromMittweidaas Chemnitzer SC Britannia on 2 December 1899.

On 28 January 1900, Chemnitzer SC Britannia was afounding memberof theGerman Football Association(DFB) inLeipzig.[citation needed]During April the same year, the club changed its name toChemnitzer BC 1899.

On 8 August 1903, the club became a founding member of the Verband Chemnitzer Fußball-Vereine (VCFV).[citation needed]This local federation was included into the Verband Mitteldeutscher Fußball-Vereine (VMBV), the great regional federation of Central Germany, two years later.

Until 1933, Chemnitzer BC were a strong side of the VMBV leagues.[according to whom?]They took part in the WMBV's final round fifteen times, reaching the final once in 1927.[citation needed]Despite a 0–4 defeat againstVfB Leipzig,Chemnitz qualified for the1927 German football championshipas vice-champions, where they lost in the first round against eventual champions1. FC Nürnberg,1–5.

In 1933, Chemnitzer BC 1899 came into financial difficulties.[vague]Despite a merger with local rivals SC Sachsen 1909 Chemnitz, bankruptcy andliquidationcould not be avoided.[citation needed]The side was then immediately re-formed under the name Chemnitzer BC 1933, which assumed the history of the old club.[citation needed]CBC 1933 were part of theGauligaSaxony until the end ofWorld War II.

FC Karl-Marx-Stadt[edit]

Historical chart of Chemnitzer FC league performance

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 before, as it was common inEast Germanfootball at the time, undergoing a number of name changes, from BSG Fewa Chemnitz in 1948 to BSG Chemie Chemnitz in 1951.[citation needed]Upon the renaming of the city ofChemnitzto Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1953, the club followed suit and assumed the new city name as well. In 1956, the football club was attached to the larger centralized sports club SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt, which was in turn renamed SC Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1963.[citation needed]The football department was then once again separated from the sports club asFC Karl-Marx-Stadtin 1966, under a government plan to establish a number offootball clubsas 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, the team followed suit to become Chemnitzer FC.

After joining theDDR-Oberligafor the1962–63 season,the club generally[vague]earned uninspiring[according to whom?]results, most often finishing in the lower half of the league table.[citation needed]They managed a surprising[tone]East German championship win at the end of the1966–67 season,and were runners-up in the East German Cup (FDGB Cup) in 1969, 1983 and 1989.[citation needed]The club enjoyed[tone]its best international turn in 1989, advancing through two preliminary rounds to the Round of 16 of the1989–90 UEFA Cupbefore being knocked out againstJuventus.[citation needed]In the same season the team finished as runners-up in the East German championship, second toDynamo Dresdenon goal differential.

AfterGerman reunificationin 1990, Chemnitzer FC qualified for the2. Bundesligaat the end of the1990–91 NOFV-Oberliga.Beginning with the1991–92 season,Chemnitz spent five years in the second tier of German football until being relegated to the then third-tierRegionalligain 1996, and also advanced to the semi-final of the1992–93 DFB-Pokalduring this time. Since then, the importance of the club has faded.[according to whom?]The following four years were evenly split between the Regionalliga and the 2. Bundesliga, before eventually being relegated back to the Regionalliga (III) in 2001, and subsequently to theNOFV-Oberliga Süd(IV) in 2006. The last couple of years,[when?][vague]however, saw the club slowly rising through the German league system once again with promotions to the now fourth-tier Regionalliga in 2008 and the3. Ligain 2011. In 2018, the club was relegated to the fourth league.[1][2]

The club was at the centre of a controversy after the club, some of its players and fans paid tribute to Thomas Haller, a prominentfar-rightactivist before kick-off againstVSG Altglienickeat home on 9 March 2019. Haller, who provided security for the club and co-foundedHooNaRa(Hooligans-Nazis-Racists) in the 1990s received a minute's silence, while a picture of Haller was displayed on a large screen at the stadium.[3]Chemnitzer FC forwardDaniel Frahnheld up a shirt honouring Haller and other "local hooligans". The club's chief executive Thomas Uhlig resigned as a result of the controversy, and Sparkasse Chemnitz said it would no longer sponsor the club after the end of that season.[4]

In August 2019, the club sacked its captain,Daniel Frahn,after he was accused of "openly displaying" his sympathy for neo-Nazi groups among the club's supporters.[vague][5]

Honours[edit]

League[edit]

Cup[edit]

Regional[edit]

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

As of 1 February 2024[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules.Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK GermanyGER David Wunsch
3 DF GermanyGER Marius Schreiber
4 DF GermanyGER Niclas Walther
5 DF AustriaAUT Stefan Pribanovic
6 MF GermanyGER Niclas Erlbeck
7 MF GermanyGER Jannick Wolter
8 MF GermanyGER Nils Lihsek
9 MF GermanyGER Max Roscher
10 FW GermanyGER Stephan Mensah
11 FW GermanyGER Dejan Božić
13 FW GermanyGER Leon Damer
14 FW GermanyGER Kinglsey Alison Akindele
16 MF GermanyGER Manuel Reutter
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF FinlandFIN Yanick Abayomi
18 MF GermanyGER Stanley Keller
20 MF GermanyGER Leon Ampadu
21 DF GermanyGER Robert Zickert
22 DF KazakhstanKAZ Robert Berger
23 DF GermanyGER Felix Müller
24 DF GermanyGER Jan Koch
25 DF GermanyGER Roman Eppendorfer
26 MF GermanyGER Lukas Stagge
29 FW United StatesUSA Davis Smith
32 GK GermanyGER Stanley Birke
33 GK GermanyGER Clemens Boldt
38 MF GermanyGER Tobias Müller

Coaches[edit]

Recent seasons[edit]

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[1][2]

Year Division Tier Position
1999–00 2. Bundesliga II 11th
2000–01 2. Bundesliga 18th ↓
2001–02 Regionalliga Nord III 6th
2002–03 Regionalliga Nord 11th
2003–04 Regionalliga Nord 11th
2004–05 Regionalliga Nord 15th
2005–06 Regionalliga Nord 19th ↓
2006–07 NOFV-Oberliga Süd IV 2nd
2007–08 NOFV-Oberliga Süd 2nd ↑
2008–09 Regionalliga Nord 7th
2009–10 Regionalliga Nord 3rd
2010–11 Regionalliga Nord 1st ↑
2011–12 3. Liga III 6th
2012–13 3. Liga 9th
2013–14 3. Liga 12th
2014–15 3. Liga 5th
2015–16 3. Liga 6th
2016–17 3. Liga 8th
2017–18 3. Liga 19th ↓
2018–19 Regionalliga Nordost IV 1st ↑
2019–20 3. Liga III 17th ↓
2020–21 Regionalliga Nordost IV 10th
2021–22 Regionalliga Nordost 5th
Key
↑Promoted ↓Relegated

Reserve team[edit]

Theclub's reserve team,Chemnitzer FC II,most recently[when?]played in the tier fiveNOFV-Oberliga Süd.It first played at this level from 1993 to 1998 with a runners-up finish in 1996 as its best result. After relegation and an absence of thirteen seasons the team returned to the Oberliga in 2010.[1][7]The club announced that it would withdraw its reserve team at the end of the 2014–15 season.[8]

The team also made a losing appearance in the 1996Saxony Cupfinal.[citation needed]

Stadium[edit]

Chemnitzer FCplays in the club-ownedStadion an der Gellertstraßewhich has a capacity of 16,061 spectators (~540 seats).[contradictory][citation needed]Until 1990, the facility was officially known as "Dr. Kurt-Fischer-Stadion", or locally as the "Fischerwiese".[when?]During its2. Bundesligaseasons, the club also made use of the largerChemnitzer Sportforum,which has a capacity of over 19,000.[when?]

References[edit]

  1. ^abc"Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv"(in German).Retrieved8 October2017.
  2. ^ab"Chemnitzer FC".Fussball.de(in German).Retrieved8 October2017.
  3. ^Chemnitz football club fires staff over neo-Nazi tribute
  4. ^"Chemnitzer FC: Far-right tribute taints German football club".BBC News.11 March 2019.Retrieved16 November2023.
  5. ^Oltermann, Philip (5 August 2019)."Chemnitzer FC sack captain for 'openly displaying' sympathy for neo-Nazi groups".The Guardian.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved5 August2019.
  6. ^"1. Mannschaft - Team".chemnitzerfc.de.
  7. ^"Chemnitzer FC II".Fussball.de(in German).Retrieved8 October2017.
  8. ^"Rückzugswelle der U23 Teams?".fupa.net(in German). 30 March 2015.Retrieved8 October2017.

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