Arminia Bielefeld
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.
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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 | Bundesliga | |||
2021–22 | Bundesliga, 17th of 18 (relegated) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Players
Current squad
- 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
- Arminia Bielefeld has never won any major trophies, but they have won some silverware on a minor level.[4]
League titles
- 2. Bundesliga: (II)
- Champions: 1977–78, 1979–80, 1998–99, 2019–20
- 3. Liga: (III)
- Champions: 2014–15
- Regionalliga West/Südwest: (III)
- Champions: 1994–95
- Oberliga Westfalen: (III)
- Champions: 1989–90
Regional titles
- Western German football championship
- Winners: 1922, 1923
Cups
- West German cup winner:
- Winners: 1966, 1974
- Westphalian cup winner:
- Winners: 1908, 1932, 1991, 2012, 2013
Coaches
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
- "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
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