FC Energie Cottbus

FC Energie Cottbus
Full name	FC Energie Cottbus
Nickname(s)	Energie or Die Laussitzer
Founded	31 January 1966
Ground	Stadion der Freundschaft
Capacity	22,528
Chairman	Ulrich Lepsch
Manager	Claus-Dieter Wollitz
League	Regionalliga,Germany
2022/23	1st
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

FC Energie Cottbus is a German football club from Cottbus. They are also known as ´´Energie`` or ´´Die Lausitzer``.

Thery have been switching between the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga (second division) several times. Currently, they play in the 2nd division as they got relegated by 1.FC Nuremberg.

History[change | change source]

Energie Cottbus was founded in 1966 but the team had a lot of other names. The history goes back to 1919 where the club was originally founded by coal miners as FSV Glückauf Brieske-Senftenberg. From 1924 to 1933 the club was called SV Sturm Grube Marga. In 1933 the club was banned by the Naziparty.

In 1949 the club was refounded as BSG Franz Mehring Grube, becoming BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost in 1950.The club was re-named SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg in 1954 and played in the DDR-Oberliga and was in the midfield of the table.In the early 1960s the club was relegated till Cottbus Bezirksliga. One squad formed a new team in 1963 SC Energie Cottbus, the reserve team formed BSG Aktivist Senftenberg. The club still exists as FSV Glückauf Brieske-Senftenberg today.

After the German reunification Energie Cottbus was one of the few teams which played successfully in the German professional football.

Recent seasons[change | change source]

Season	Division	Position
1999–00	2. Bundesliga (II)	3rd (promoted)
2000–01	Bundesliga (I)	14th
2001–02	Bundesliga	13th
2002–03	Bundesliga	18th (relegated)
2003–04	2. Bundesliga (II)	4th
2004–05	2. Bundesliga	14th
2005–06	2. Bundesliga	3rd (promoted)
2006–07	Bundesliga (I)	13th
2007–08	Bundesliga	14th
2008–09	Bundesliga	16th (relegated)
2009–10	2. Bundesliga	9th
2010–11	2. Bundesliga	6th
2011–12	2. Bundesliga	14th
2012–13	2. Bundesliga	8th
2013–14	2. Bundesliga	18th(relegated)
2014–15	3.Liga	7th
2015–16	3.Liga	19(relegated)
2016–17	Regionalliga Nordost	2nd
2017–18	Regionalliga Nordost	1st(promoted)
2018–19	3.Liga	19th(relegated)
2019–20	Regionalliga Nordost	3rd
2020–21	Regionalliga Nordost	9th
2021–22	Regionalliga Nordost	3rd
2022–23	Regionalliga Nordost	1st

Current squad[change | change source]

As of 21 January 2011 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	Germany	Thorsten Kirschbaum
3	DF	Germany	Kolja Afriyie
4	DF	Canada	Adam Straith
5	DF	Germany	Robert Zickert
6	MF	Germany	Nils Miatke
7	DF	Japan	Takahito Soma
8	MF	Brazil	Roger
9	FW	Romania	Emil Jula
10	MF	Germany	Daniel Adlung
11	MF	Austria	Markus Obernosterer (on loan from FC Wacker Innsbruck)
12	GK	Germany	René Renno
13	MF	Germany	Julian Börner
15	DF	Germany	Alexander Bittroff
16	MF	Germany	Marco Kurth
17	DF	Germany	Daniel Ziebig


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	Germany	Marc-André Kruska
19	FW	Germany	Marc Zimmermann
20	MF	China	Shao Jiayi
21	DF	Germany	Uwe Hünemeier
22	MF	Germany	Heiko Schwarz
23	FW	Serbia	Velimir Jovanović
24	MF	Slovenia	Rok Kronaveter
25	DF	Germany	Markus Brzenska
26	FW	Germany	Nils Petersen
28	MF	Germany	Clemens Fandrich
29	MF	Denmark	Dennis Sørensen
30	GK	Germany	Marvin Gladrow
32	FW	Brazil	Leonardo Bittencourt
34	MF	Netherlands	Jules Reimerink