Arminia Bielefeld
Full name | Deutscher Sport-Club Arminia Bielefeld | |||
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Nickname(s) | Die Arminen, Die Blauen (The Blues) | |||
Founded | 3 May 1905 | as 1. Bielefelder FC Arminia|||
Ground | Bielefelder Alm (SchücoArena) | |||
Capacity | 27,300 | |||
President | Hans-Jürgen Laufer[1] | |||
Head coach | Frank Kramer | |||
League | 3. Liga | |||
2023–24 | 3. Liga, 14th of 20 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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DSC Arminia Bielefeld (pronounced [ˌdeːʔɛsˈtseː ʔaʁˈmiːni̯a ˈbiːləfɛlt]; full name: Deutscher Sportclub Arminia Bielefeld e.V. [ˈdɔʏtʃɐ ˈʃpɔʁtklʊp ʔaʁˈmiːni̯a ˈbiːləfɛlt]; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (German pronunciation: [aʁˌmiːnia ˈbiːləfɛlt] (listen)), also known as Die Arminen [diː ˈʔaʁmiːnən] or Die Blauen [diː ˈblaʊən]), or just Arminia (pronounced [aʁˌmiːnia] (listen)), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating, and cue sports. The club has 12,000 members and the club colours are black, white and blue.[2] Arminia's name comes from the Cheruscan chieftain Arminius, who defeated a Roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
Players
[change | change source]Current squad
[change | change source]- As of 22 February 2022[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Honours
[change | change source]- Arminia Bielefeld has never won any major trophies, but they have won some silverware on a minor level.[4]
League titles
[change | change source]- 2. Bundesliga: (II)
- 3. Liga: (III)
- Champions: 2014–15
- Regionalliga West/Südwest: (III)
- Champions: 1994–95
- Oberliga Westfalen: (III)
- Champions: 1989–90
Regional titles
[change | change source]- Western German football championship
- Winners: 1922, 1923
Cups
[change | change source]- West German cup winner:
- Winners: 1966, 1974
- Westphalian cup winner:
- Winners: 1908, 1932, 1991, 2012, 2013
Coaches
[change | change source]Coach | Nationality | from | to | Significant events |
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František Zoubek | 1922 | 1923 | West German Champion 1923 | |
Gerd Wellhöfer | 1923 | 1924 | Westfalen Champion 1924 | |
František Zoubek Gerd Wellhöfer |
1924 | 1925 | Westfalen Champion 1925 | |
Gerd Wellhöfer | 1925 | 1926 | Westfalen Champion 1926 | |
František Zoubek | 1926 | 1933 | Westfalen Champion 1923, 1933 Westfälischer Cup Winner 1932 Qualification to the Gauliga Westfalen 1933 | |
Otto Faist | 1933 | 1935 | Relegation from Gauliga 1934 | |
Karl Willnecker | 1935 | 1938 | Promotion to Gauliga 1938 | |
Erich Brochmeyer | 1938 | 1939 | ||
Ferdinand Swatosch | 1939 | 1940 | Vice Champion of the Gauliga | |
Otto Kranefeld[5] | 1940 | 1942 | ||
Karl Wunderlich | 1942 | 1945 | ||
Erich Brochmeyer | 1945 | 1946 | Relegation to the Landesliga | |
Ferdinand Swatosch | 1946 | 1947 | ||
Karl Wunderlich | 1947 | 1948 | Promotion to the Landesliga | |
Alois Münstermann | 1948 | 1949 | Promotion to the Oberliga | |
Friedrich Otto | 1949 | 1950 | Relegation to the 2. Liga West | |
Fritz Kaiser | 1950 | 1951 | ||
Hellmut Meidt | 1951 | 1953 | ||
Donndorf | 1953 | 1955 | Relegation to the Landesliga 1954 | |
Otto Westphal | 1955 | 1958 | ||
Arthur Gruber | 1958 | 19 March 1961 | first Coach sacking | |
Josef Rasselnberg | 20 March 1961 | 1961 | ||
Jakob Wimmer | 1961 | April 1963 | Promotion to the 2. Liga West 1962 | |
Hellmut Meidt | April 1963 | 1965 | Qualification to the Regionalliga 1963 | |
Robert Gebhardt | 1965 | 1966 | Westdeutscher Cup Winner Westfälischer Cup Winner | |
Hans Wendlandt | 1966 | November 1969 | ||
Egon Piechaczek | November 1969 | December 1971 | Promotion to the Bundesliga 1970 | |
Hellmut Meidt | January 1972 | January 1972 | ||
Jan Notermans | February 1972 | October 1972 | Relegation to the Regionalliga | |
Willi Nolting | October 1972 | February 1973 | ||
Norbert Lessle | February 1973 | September 1973 | ||
Karl-Heinz "Harry" Garstecki | September 1973 | October 1973 | ||
Willi Nolting | October 1973 | Januar 1974 | ||
Rudi Faßnacht | January 1974 | 1974 | Qualification to the 2. Bundesliga Westfälischer Cup Winner | |
Erhard Ahmann | 1974 | 1976 | ||
Karl-Heinz Feldkamp | 1976 | 1978 | Promotion to the Bundesliga | |
Milovan Beljin | 1978 | October 1978 | ||
Otto Rehhagel | October 1978 | October 1979 | Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga 1978 | |
Willi Nolting | October 1979 | October 1979 | ||
Hans-Dieter Tippenhauer | October 1979 | September 1980 | Promotion to the Bundesliga | |
Willi Nolting | September 1980 | December 1980 | ||
Horst Franz | December 1980 | 1982 | ||
Horst Köppel | 1982 | 1983 | Place 8 in the Bundesliga | |
Karl-Heinz Feldkamp | 1983 | March 1984 | ||
Gerd Roggensack | March 1984 | February 1986 | Place 8 in der Bundesliga 1984 Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga 1985 | |
Horst Franz | February 1986 | November 1986 | ||
Fritz Fuchs | November 1986 | December 1987 | ||
Joachim Krug | December 1987 | April 1988 | ||
Ernst Middendorp | April 1988 | October 1990 | Relegation to the Oberliga 1988 Champion of the Oberliga Westfalen 1990 | |
Franz Raschid | October 1990 | 1991 | ||
Fritz Grösche | 1991 | 1992 | ||
Ingo Peter | 1 July 1992 | 1 February 1994 | ||
Theo Schneider | 2 February 1994 | 30 June 1994 | Qualification for the Regionalliga West/Südwest | |
Wolfgang Sidka | 1994 | September 1994 | ||
Ernst Middendorp | September 1994 | 16 August 1998 | Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga 1995 Promotion to the Bundesliga 1996 Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga | |
Thomas von Heesen | 17 August 1998 | 1999 | Promotion to the Bundesliga | |
Hermann Gerland | 1999 | October 2000 | Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga | |
Benno Möhlmann | October 2000 | 16 February 2004 | Promotion to the Bundesliga Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga | |
Thomas von Heesen | 17 February 2004 | 29 February 2004 | ||
Uwe Rapolder | 1 March 2004 | 10 May 2005 | Promotion to the Bundesliga | |
Frank Geideck | 11 May 2005 | 2005 | ||
Thomas von Heesen | 2005 | 11 February 2007 | ||
Frank Geideck | 11 February 2007 | 13 March 2007 | ||
Ernst Middendorp | 14 March 2007 | 9 December 2007 | ||
Detlev Dammeier | 10 December 2007 | 31 December 2007 | ||
Michael Frontzeck | 1 January 2008 | 17 May 2009 | ||
Jörg Berger | 19 May 2009 | – | Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga | |
Thomas Gerstner | 24 June 2009 | 11 March 2010 | ||
Frank Eulberg & Jörg Böhme | 11 March 2010 | 26 May 2010 | ||
Christian Ziege | 26 May 2010 | 6 November 2010 | ||
Ewald Lienen | 7 November 2010 | 30 June 2011 | Relegated to the 3. Liga | |
Markus von Ahlen | 1 July 2011 | 20 September 2011 | ||
Stefan Krämer | 21 September 2011 | 23 February 2014 | Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga | |
Norbert Meier | 24 February 2014 | 10 June 2016 | Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga semi-final in the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal season | |
Rüdiger Rehm | 15 June 2016 | 22 October 2016 | ||
Carsten Rump | 23 October 2016 | 15 November 2016 | ||
Jürgen Kramny | 15 November 2016 | 14 March 2017 | ||
Jeff Saibene | 19 March 2017 | 10 December 2018 | ||
Uwe Neuhaus | 10 December 2018 | 1 March 2021 | Promotion to the Bundesliga | |
Frank Kramer | 2 March 2021 | Present |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Laufer neuer DSC-Präsident" (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. 21 August 2013. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
- ↑ "Arminia" (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ↑ "Das Team 2019/2020". DSC Arminia Bielefeld (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ↑ "Daten & Statistik" (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
- ↑ als Playercoach