Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl

The Eisenhüttenstädter FC Steel is a football club from ironworks town in Brandenburg.

• 3.1 East German football
• 3.2 In the DFB - play operation
• 3.3 Women's Team of the EFC Stahl

Historical Development

BSG steel Furstenberg

As 1952, the district league Frankfurt / O. newly established the operation of gambling as a third league in GDR football resumed, was among the twelve participating teams, the Sports Association " steel " from the eastern Brandenburg town of Fürstenberg. The BSG was founded after the Second World War due to the dissolution of all existing before the war clubs on 27 November 1950. Carrier operation was the former Rheinmetall factory; the football players made the most successful section of the BSG.

Steel Stalin City / Eisenhüttenstadt

In May 1950, decided the III. Party Congress, the state party of the GDR to build with attached living city Eisenhüttenkombinat near Fürstenberg. The Eisenhüttenkombinat East in 1951 to run on in 1953 received the residential town the status of a separate urban district and the name of Stalin city. On March 8, 1953, the Eisenhüttenkombinat took over the sponsorship of the ESR steel Furstenberg, who henceforth bore the name " Stalin Steel City". After the city had been renamed as part of de-Stalinization on 13 November 1961 in ironworks city, even the BSG Stahl took to that name. Also under the auspices of the ironworks combine the football section was the most successful part of the BSG.

Eisenhüttenstädter FC steel

After the economic and social changes as a result of the political changes of 1989 and the reunification of Germany the system of company sports teams could not continue to maintain, at their place, civic associations under federal German law. The members of the football section of the ESR steel ironworks town founded on 19 May 1990 registered association " Eisenhüttenstädter Football Club Steel".

Stadium

The EFC is the stadium " sports complex forest road " (former stadium of the hut -yourself) in the northwestern district Schönfließ available. Was built sports facility for the sports community Schönfließ in 1928. The steelworks Furstenberg built the system in 1950 to a stadium of which was expanded in 1969 to mark the league rise of ESR steel to a capacity of 10,000 spectators. The stadium currently has four grass courts and one hard court. There are 2,600 seats and 250 seats in the stands available ( as of 2007).

Development of football

East German football

Already in its second District League season was the BSG Steel 1954 district champion and qualified for the second-rate DDR -Liga. Since the DDR -Liga was reduced from 1956 by three seasons in a season, which reached in the season 1954/55 9th place for the league was not sufficient, so the team in 1956 after switching from the sporting events to the calendar year in the newly established II. GDR League had to make. Thanks to their top scorer Georg Eiermann and Hary Nosal, who had achieved with twelve hits 50% of the steel gates, steel BSG won the first place in the relay northern and got back on the I. DDR -Liga. This time, it was enough to re- descent into the DDR II league for two seasons, after an 8th place in 1957 meant rank 13 after the season 1958. There, the team did in 1959 with No. 8 hard at first, but in 1960, the steelworkers won after winning season and successful promotion round again a place in I. DDR -Liga. Under the new name Eisenhüttenstadt footballers proved in the following years, more quality and improved from year to year.

At the end of the league season in 1968/69, the BSG was steel ironworks city # 1 in the League Season North and had qualified for the DDR - Oberliga. With the financial support of the potent carrier operation succeeded to increase the team's personnel, so that the two former East German coaches selection Manfred Fuchs and Hans Studener had for the league season 1969/70 squad following are available:

• Goal: Holger Keipke (19 years ), Walter Reschke (27 )
• Defense: Heinz Bashan (25 ), Matthias Jahn (21 ), Horst coat (27 ), Peter Krzikalla (28 ), Lothar Reidock (28 )
• Midfielders: Klaus Schendzielorz (28 ), Hans- Joachim Stein Furth (30 ), Franz -ray (25 )
• Attack: Egon David (30 ), Klaus Grebasch (22 ), Karl- Heinz Pauser (20 ), Lothar Wagner (28 ), Gerhard Weidhas (27 ), Armin Wiegel (26 ), Benno Woit (29 )

Ultimately, however, it was not enough to satisfy the requirement of the league. With just five wins from 26 matches and a goal difference of 21:36 closed steel Eisenhüttenstadt the season as Table and relegated.

On August 23, 1970, the BSG Stahl acquired the project promotion back to attack, but did unexpectedly heavy with the 1-2 defeat at Post Neubrandenburg, but was able to rehabilitate a week later with a 3-0 over the TSG Wismar. In the meantime, however, the Law Commission of the GDR Football Association had initiated communications to high payments to players and coaches for a method. The BSG steel was identified as a repeat offender, because already in the season 1966/67, it was because of unauthorized game education (DDR- language rules for poaching ) been sentenced to a 4- point deduction. On September 4, 1970 draconian sanctions were pronounced. The SPA was retroactively downgraded in the district league, the Section's Secretary Siegfried Nowka, as well as the coach Manfred Fuchs and Hans Studener were banned for two years. Players Matthias Jahn, Hartwig Köpcke, Peter Pauser and Gerhard Weidhas, all of which were brought to ironworks town in 1969, received a match suspension until the end of the season. The verdict reads as follows:

" From local, selfish reasons, the principles of our socialist society and our socialist sports organization were the players of the first league team, the coaches and gives unjustified material advantages over the other sections in football ironworks town in gross violation. It ... financial resources of different funds of the company were unjustified expended for non-sporting purposes. There were unjustified paid contributions and thus grossly the financial resources of the working people and negligently misused partly for personal purposes. " ( Baingo / way " The history of the GDR Oberliga " )

Until the suspended players the steel team completed the 1970/71 season in the district league Frankfurt / O., was district champion and got back on to the DDR -Liga. There they spent the next 18 years, before she again managed to 1989 the rise in the GDR Oberliga. The 43 -year-old coach Günther Reinke was the start of the league season 1989/90 the following 22 - man squad available:

• Goalkeepers: Andreas Hawa (30 years ), Harald Leppin (32 ), Kai Wehner (18 )
• Defense: Olaf Backasch (24 ), Frank Bartz (24 ), Olaf Bitzka (27 ), Jörg Dobritz (23 ), Manfred Hirsch ( 27 ), Tom Kühling (23 ), Thomas Kluge ( 23 ), Uwe Szangolies (27 )
• Midfielder Torsten Froehling (23 ), Heiko Lahn (25 ), Frank Neupert (24 ), Frank Pippig (25 ), Maik Schulz ( 21)
• Attack: Frank Lindemann (28 ), Olaf Lace (23 ), Karsten Schulz ( 24), Torsten Richert ( 24), Timo Loehnert (20 ), Dirk concerts (21 )

Eight players had already league experience, including Lahn (55 x for Union Berlin ), Lindemann ( 45 x for Vorwärts Frankfurt and Energie Cottbus ), Schulz ( 43 x for forward Frankfurt), Bitzka ( 39 x for forward Frankfurt) and Hawa (34 x for Union Berlin). With this good mix succeeded ironworks city to compete as opposed to 1970 in the league. This, however, only because of the goal difference against veteran bismuth Aue and the season record of 14 draws ( with only two wins ). In the season 1990/91, which was at the German Football Association DFB already below that of the communications port, it was a matter to qualify for the 1st or 2nd Bundesliga. Reinforced by the East German goalkeeper Bodo Rudwaleit and the 163- fold league players Axel Wittke the Eisenhüttenstädter recorded the race to professional football. In the end it was enough, however, with 9th place for the meantime to Eisenhüttenstädter FC steel converted club only for the then third-rate Oberliga Nordost. In addition, the Eisenhüttenstädter could still achieve a partial success. In the last competition for the East German soccer cup ironworks city came after five victories in the final, subject, however, there Hansa Rostock 0:1. Since the Rostock master had become to steel had qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup (see section " The DFB game mode").

In the DFB - play operation

The Eisenhüttenstädter FC Steel launched its first DFB 1991 season by participating in the DFB - Supercup on which the champion and cup winner of the DFV and the DFB participated. The EFC had to face Werder Bremen in the semifinals and was eliminated after a 0-1 defeat from. The next highlight of the season was the European Cup games against Galatasaray. Again, the Eisenhüttenstädter not arrived after two defeats (1:2 and 0:3) beyond the first round. In Oberliga - daily life of the EFC came at the end of the season in the season North 6th place after the league reform played ironworks city from 1994 to 1999 in the Regionalliga West, but then failed to qualifying for the double-track Regional and climbed into the then fourth-rate Oberliga Nordost from. In the years 1992, 1993 and 2002, the club won the Brandenburg's Cup and came to a total of five games in the main round of the DFB Cup. In September 2004, the club went bankrupt and withdraw his team from the game operation of the league after the fifth point game. In the season 2006/ 07 the EFC rose as Table from the fifth division from and played a year in the national league Brandenburg, Relay South. 2008 back in the Bundesliga in the Brandenburg League, 2013, the EFC rose again into the national league.

In youth football, the EFC made ​​from 2004 to the first FC Union match Furstenberg.

Women's Team of the EFC Stahl

The EFC Stahl had from 2005 to 2009 and a women's team. In three seasons the district champion title was (2006, 2007, 2008 ) and brought the Cup circuit in the years 2006, 2007 and 2009 are obtained. Due to lack of players, the women's team disbanded at the end of the season 2008 /09.

Football players of particular importance

• Arthur Bialas, came in 1962 from SC Empor Rostock, where 132 league games
• Standards Elsner, since 2002 the EFC, achieved in March 2004 from the center circle by only 3.52 seconds game time the fastest goal in Germany. It was voted the goal of the month later.
• Erich Hamann, from 1966 to 1968 in ironworks town, then at Vorwärts Berlin / Frankfurt, three-time East German national team
• Steffen Menze, 1990/91 in ironworks city, after 164 second-division games, among others for Hanover and Zwickau
• Florian Mueller, to 2001 young players at the EFC, then at Union Berlin, Bayern Munich, FC Magdeburg first, second division Alemannia Aachen ( second division games), U -19 and U-20 national team
• Marcel Rath, to 1995 in ironworks town, later 52 Bundesliga games for Cottbus and St. Pauli
• Bodo Rudwaleit, 1989-1991 in ironworks city, previously 313 league games for the BFC Dynamo, 33 -fold GDR national team
• Olaf Backasch, played until 2001 for the EFC and stood in the meantime for Tennis Borussia Berlin in the Bundesliga 2 on the lawn