ASG Vorwärts Dessau

The ASG Vorwärts Dessau is a German football club based in Dessau in Saxony- Anhalt.

History and athletic career

After the season of 1973/74 the second-rate football DDR League the Army Sports Association decided to forward the relocation of the existing league representative forward Leipzig to Dessau. Subsequently, the Army Community ( ASG) forward Dessau was founded on September 4, 1974. She took over at the start of season 1974/75 the East German league the Leipzig. The Dessau Army team played from 1974 to 1991 continuously in the DDR -Liga and sparked local rivals motor Dessau for many years as a leading football team from the city. Forward played with over the entire period of the GDR - League affiliation in the upper third of the table and had an army sports community a surprisingly high average attendance.

In the years 1976 and 1984, the Dessau took as a relay winner of the DDR -Liga part in the promotion round to the highest class football DDR - Oberliga, but failed to qualify both times. In the promotion round of the season 1975/76 the Dessau occupied behind the later climbers Hansa Rostock and 1 FC Union Berlin, as well as motor Werdau and motor Suhl only the last place and failed in the promotion round 1984 behind Stahl Brandenburg in third place just barely.

In the GDR Cup Competition ( fdgb Cup ) 1975/76 the forward crew came up against in the quarter-finals. After victories over MAB Schkeuditz (2-0), locomotive east of Leipzig ( 7:1), Locomotive Cottbus ( 7:2 ) and the Oberliga Chemie Leipzig (1:0, 1:2 ), she met the second- Oberliga Dynamo Dresden. The Dessau had no chance this time in both games and documents clearly with 0:3 and 1:4. In the two games, forward coach Werner Eilitz offered on the following teams:

In the summer of 1989, the sporting location forward Dessau was dissolved and transferred to the sports sections in the civilian sports community Dessau 89. On 20 June 1990, the General Assembly of the SG to rename the association football club Anhalt Dessau decided. Sporty acted Dessau until 1998 in the Oberliga West in 1992 was won by FC Anhalt the District Cup. In the years 1992, 1994 and 1999, the Dessauer reached the final of the National Cup, but had to bow to each higher category teams. The descent from 1998 in the League Association Saxony -Anhalt, due to numerous players disposals could be offset by the chances of promotion, even after re- descent in the 2001/ 02 season succeeded the immediate resurgence.

In subsequent years, the financial conditions deteriorated dramatically in December 2003 had to be filed for bankruptcy, the club did not start in the second half of the current season. After the dissolution of the Society of Steel Construction SV Dessau took over the football team and let them first in the 2004/05 season playing as a second team. Their successful performance led during the winter break to a cadre change, so that the former FC -Anhalt players finished the season as the SV Steel Structures I and were promoted to the first class circuit.

Despite this success, there were disagreements within the SV steel construction, so a lot of the football players on 12 April 2005 established its own association to which they gave the well-known name " ASG Vorwärts Dessau ". However, the references ASG no longer stands for " Army Community " but for " Anhaltische sports community." By eliminating the SV Anhalt to a game mode in the first Kreisklasse the ASG could take over their League place. Already in the first season 2005/ 06 forward Dessau managed the climb in the county league. In the 2008 /09 season, the ASG Vorwärts Dessau district champion and rose to the country class.

Statistics

League Selection

Achievements

• Eternal Table of DDR League: Rank 4
• Saxony- Anhalt- Cup: Finalist in 1992, 1995, 1999
• National champion Saxony- Anhalt: 1999, 2002

Persons of particular importance

• Werner Eilitz, 1974-1978 coach at forward Dessau, eight times the GDR national team
• Otto Fräßdorf, 1978-1984 coach at forward Dessau, 33 times in the GDR national team
• Marco Gebhardt, from 1992 to 1994 players at FC Anhalt, later league player in Frankfurt, Cottbus
• Henry Lesser, 1982-1984 youth players in forward Dessau, four-time East German national team
• Harro Miller, 1998-2000 coach at FC Anhalt, among other things, previously coach of the 1st FC Locomotive Leipzig ( GDR Cup Winner )
• Jürgen Piepenburg, 1984-1988 coach at forward Dessau, previously 236 league games for Vorwärts Berlin / Frankfurt / O.