FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt

Full name	Fußball-Club Rot-Weiß Erfurt e. V.
Founded	January 26, 1966
Ground	Steigerwaldstadion (Capacity: 19,000)
Chairman	Rolf Rombach
Manager	Henri Fuchs
League	3rd Liga (III)
2008-09	3rd Liga, 10th
Home colours Away colours

FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt is a German football club based in Erfurt, Thuringia.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Foundation to WW2 1.2 Post WW2 era 1.3 1960s, 70s & 80s 1.4 Reunification to present 2 Honors 2.1 League competitions 2.2 Cup competitions 3 References 4 Recent seasons 5 Current squad 6 Managers 7 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Foundation to WW2

The club has roots that go back to a cricket club founded in 1895. As they broadened their interests they came to be called Sport Club Erfurt. The club was a founding member of the Deutscher Fussball Bund (DFB or German Football Association) in 1900 and in 1904 they joined the Verband Mitteldeutscher Ballspielvereine (Central German Football League). The side won the league championship in 1908-09 and advanced as far as the semi final of the national round where they lost to the eventual champion. While Erfurt did manage to play for a number of seasons in the premier level Gauliga Mitte, formed after 1933, they failed to earn any honours.

[edit] Post WW2 era

In the aftermath of World War II the Allies banned all organizations, including sport and football clubs. In 1946, the Soviet occupation authorities permitted the organization of five district sports clubs in Erfurt. SG Erfurt West encompassed the area of the city once served by SC Erfurt 1895 and VfB Erfurt and drew footballers who had played for these clubs. Success came quickly with an appearance in the 1948 Thueringer final, followed by a title in 1949. A quick series of name changes went hand-in-hand with a series of failed cup and final appearances: as Fortuna Efurt in 1949, KWU Erfurt in 1950, and BSG Turbine Erfurt in 1951. In 1954 and 1955, Turbine captured consecutive East German national titles, but then slipped back into the pack and out of tier I for the first time in 1959. The team was up and down between the first and second divisions through the 60s, being relegated three times, but always winning immediate promotion. Like other East German clubs at the time they suffered as the best players were routinely plucked to play for favoured clubs with politically powerful sponsors.

[edit] 1960s, 70s & 80s

East German football underwent major changes in 1965 with the creation of "pure" football clubs in the place of broadly generalized sports clubs. The number one football sides of SC Turbine Erfurt and BSG Optima Erfurt were merged in 1966 and revived the name FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt, while the more junior sides stayed with their original clubs. Rot-Weiss was unusual for its time in that the club did not have a name that honoured some socialist virtue. In 1980 Rot-Weiss appeared in the East German Cup final, losing to Carl Zeiss Jena (3:1).

[edit] Reunification to present

German re-unification and the merger of the leagues of East and West Germany in the early 90's brought exciting times to Rot-Weiss. A third place finish in the NOFV-Oberliga Nordost in 1990-91 earned them a spot in the 2. Bundesliga for the next season, as well as a turn in the UEFA Cup 1991–92 where they went out against eventual winner AFC Ajax Amsterdam in the second round. That effort made them the last side to appear internationally for East Germany.

Through the 90s and into the new millennium Rot-Weiss remained a tier III side. They had a close call in 2001 when they avoided relegation only because SSV Ulm 1846 was denied a license because of its financial difficulties. During this time the club went to the league final seven times and came away as Thuringian champion each time. Unfortunately, they were never able to make it past this point and were always subsequently put out in the first round of the German Cup. In 2004, the club made its way back into 2.Bundesliga, but finished dead last and so currently plays in Regionalliga Nord (III). In 2008, Erfurt finished in 7th place in Regionalliga Nord and so qualified for the new 3rd Liga.

[edit] Honors

[edit] League competitions

• DDR-Oberliga: 2
  • Winners: 1953-54, 1954-55
  • Runners-up: 1950-51

• Soviet Zone championship: 1
  • Runners-up: 1948-49

• Verband Mitteldeutscher Ballspiel-Vereine: 1
  • Champions: 1908-09

• Thuringian Gau championship: 12
  • Winners: 1902-03, 1903-04, 1904-05, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1916-17, 1918-19, 1919-20

• Northern Thuringia Gau championship: 9
  • Winners: 1910-11, 1911-12, 1913-14, 1916-17, 1917-18, 1923-24, 1926-27, 1931-32, 1932-33

• Thüringian championship: 1
  • Winners: 1948-49

[edit] Cup competitions

• FDGB-Pokal: 0
  • Runners-up: 1949-50, 1979-80
• Thuringia Cup: 8
  • Winners: 1993-94, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05^[1], 2007-08
  • Runners-up: 1995-96, 1996-97, 2003-04

[edit] References

^[1]

[edit] Recent seasons

Year	Division	Position
1999-2000	Regionalliga Nordost (III)	7th
2000-01	Regionalliga Süd (III)	15th
2001-02	Regionalliga Süd	5th
2002-03	Regionalliga Süd	9th
2003-04	Regionalliga Süd	2nd (promoted)
2004-05	2. Bundesliga (II)	18th (relegated)
2005-06	Regionalliga Nord (III)	14th
2006-07	Regionalliga Nord	11th
2007-08	Regionalliga Nord	7th
2008-09	3. Liga (III)	10th
2009-10	3. Liga

[edit] Current squad

As of 28 July 2009 (2009 -07-28)^[update]

No. Position Player 1 GK Dirk Orlishausen 2 DF Manuel Bölstler 3 DF Norman Loose 4 DF Dennis Malura 5 DF Martin Pohl 6 MF Samil Cinaz 7 FW Chhunly Pagenburg 8 MF Sebastian Becker 9 FW Massimo Cannizzaro 10 MF Thiago Rockenbach 11 FW Petr Smisek 13 MF Julien Humbert 14 MF Fabian Stenzel

No. Position Player 15 DF Christopher Handke 16 MF Matthias Peßolat 17 MF Gianluca Simari 18 MF Martin Hauswald 19 GK Andreas Sponsel 20 FW Tino Semmer 21 DF Jens Möckel 22 FW Fabian Montabell 24 DF Bastian Pinske 25 GK Jonas Heidrich 26 MF Thomas Ströhl 27 FW Carsten Kammlott 29 MF Matti Langer

[edit] Managers

1964–1966: Helmut Nordhaus 1966–1970: Martin Schwendler 1970–1971: Gerhard Bäßler 1971–1973: Siegfried Vollrath 1973–1978: Gerhard Bäßler 1978–1982: Manfred Pfeifer 1982–1984: Siegmar Menz 1984–1987: Hans Meyer 1987–1988: Manfred Pfeifer 1988–1989: Wilfried Gröbner 1990–1991: Lothar Kurbjuweit 1991–1991: Rüdiger Schnuphase 1991–1992: Josip Kuže 1992–1995: Klaus Goldbach 1995–1995: Horst Kiesewetter

1995–1997: Frank Engel 1997–1997: Hans-Günter Schröder 1997–1997: Rudi Gores 1997–2000: Jürgen Raab 2000–2000: Frank Engel 2000–2001: Hans-Ulrich Thomale 2001–2002: Jens Große 2002–2003: Michael Feichtenbeiner 2003–2003: Alois Schwartz 2003–2005: René Müller 2005–2005: Ján Kocian 2005–2008: Pavel Dotchev 2008–2008: Heiko Nowak 2008–2009: Karsten Baumann 2009: Henri Fuchs

2009–present: Rainer Hörgl

[edit] External links

• Official website
• RWE-Community
• Abseits Guide to German Soccer

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