FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen

The FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen is a football club in the city, in the south of Saxony -Anhalt industrial town Bitterfeld -Wolfen.

History

From real tennis club Sports Association

After 1909 in Wolfen film Agfa factory was founded, the city took a rapid ascent that after the First World War also had the foundation of the Wolfen Ball Game Clubs consequence. He later called himself in VfL Wolfen and IG Farben sports club. When, after 1945, all sports clubs had to be dissolved and in East Germany the sport in so-called company sports teams (BSG ) has been reorganized, the BSG the Agfa plant founded on December 15, 1948 Chemicals Agfa Wolfen. Especially the football section made ​​the BSG DDR widely known.

Football in the GDR

The Wolfen football team rose in 1950 to the national league Saxony -Anhalt, then the third highest division in the GDR football. In their first national league season, the team came at the end of a remarkable sixth place, and a year later was Wolfen national champion Saxony -Anhalt. Thus, the ESR had qualified chemistry for the DDR -Liga. In the second-highest DDR game class, could the chemist from 1957 without the addition of Agfa, hold until 1964. The season 1963/64, was completed with the 16th and last place, that meant a descent into the district league hall. In 1966, the district championship was missed with 0-0 and 0-1 against motor Ammendorf, two years later, but it was enough for the championship. In the subsequent promotion round chemistry Wolfen took 2nd place and thus qualified again for the DDR -Liga. After a 3rd place in the 1970/71 season to Wolfen seemed to have re-established in the second division, but then hit the excommunication of the East German Football Association BSG. Because illegal poaching of players and "illicit financial contributions " the football team was demoted in the district league. Although the team managed the immediate resurgence, but came with a 10 and 1974 does not go beyond a 11th place and found himself again for season 1974/75 in the district league again. Between 1977 and 1981, followed by another four years in DDR -Liga, after another year in the district league and 1982-1985 again three second-class league season. In the 1983/84 season chemicals Wolfen had a good year, which ended with the 3rd place in the East German league. Coach Klaus Reißig offered back in the 22 league matches the following starting eleven on:

The successful season drew an average of 1,600 spectators in the then 10,000-seat stadium at the Jahn road. The GDR football game operation ended Chemistry Wolfen from 1985 with another five years in the district league hall. The team was district champion again in 1989, but missed a third in the promotion round the DDR -Liga.

In the GDR cup competition came chemistry Wolfen 1956 most. In the second round, the team won the championship medalists SC Lok Leipzig surprising 2-1. Only in the quarter-finals came the cup exit after a 1-2 home defeat against the league 6 ASK Vorwärts Berlin.

Another major trophy success was the victory in the second round against the main Oberliga Sachsenring Zwickau, who took in Wolfen on October 14, 1978, East German national goalkeeper Jürgen Croy. A goal by Klaus Kaluza assisted by Uwe Nicksch won maintained by Werner " Holdi " Welzel Wolfener 1-0. In an interview Fuwo Welzel called his goalkeeper Hans Eisenbarth and striker Peter Kubern as the essential pillars of the former team.

Leagues affiliation

FC Grün-Weiß

With the economic changes as a result of the political changes of 1989 the further promotion of sports accounted for by the film factory. In response, the company sports club walked around in the SG chemical Wolfen. Four years later, the football department became independent and founded on 21 January 1994 FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen. The first men's team since 1990, has already played in the Landes-/Verbandsliga Saxony -Anhalt and this class could also claim in the subsequent period ( from 1994 5 league). The women's team also has been playing in the 5th league. Also, due to the financial support of the main sponsor Q -Cells was in the 2007 /08 solely to the advancement of the goal FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen. Already with four games left in the season created the first men's team of the football club end of season promotion to the Oberliga fifth rate. After the climb was presented with Rastislav Hodul and René Tretschok a new management team. Both are former Wolfener players Hodul became head coach, Tretschok Manager. After a poor start to the season with only one win from eight games and for long-term, injury -related failures, the Green-White- makers decided to make a comeback Tretschoks. Gameday On 9 against the SSV Markranstadt the former Bundesliga player was back on the court, but was unable to prevent a 0-2 defeat. During the winter break of 2008 /09 the team was in the basement table. By the end of the season, this could not be improved, so that the descent was sealed. Shortly before the end of the season coach Hodul was replaced by assistant coach Lutz Weidner and goalkeeping coach Rene Block. In the summer of 2009, then finally Tretschok, who joined as a youth coach at Hertha BSC adopted. He remained the club but as a Advisory Board to the Supervisory Board. For Association league season 2009/10 Torsten Rennert took over the coach position. The first half of the season 2010/ 11 was led by coach Alexander Janke, who was on leave prior to the start of the season. As an interim solution, the previous assistant coach Lutz Weidner again took over the care of the team. Since 1 July 2011, the longtime Goalkeeper René Block has taken over the post of the head coach, Lutz Weidner is again an assistant coach. By winning the regional RBE Supercup the new coaching duo succeeded in preparing a first success.

Insolvency

On 29 November 2011, the FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen presented at the district court Dessau application for the opening of insolvency proceedings in respect of threatened insolvency. As a result of the insolvency proceedings, the first team a game operation, and it stands as the first relegated the Association League Season 2011 /12. The second team was withdrawn from the league in the local class.

Women's Soccer

More successful than the men was in GDR times, the football team Wolfener of women. She was one of the pioneers in the GDR women's football. When carried out from 1979 so-called best determine the women from Wolfen were represented until 1982 and occupied positions 4, 3, 2 ​​and 5 is Today's women's soccer team of Green-White Wolfen but only regional importance.

Former Players & Coaches

• As a coach, worked Werner Welzel (until 1981 ), 1 A ' game, 156 league games in Dessau, Berlin ( ASK) and Hall
• Klaus Urbanczyk (1984 /85), 34 A- internationals, 250 league games for Chemistry Hall

• Klaus Büchner, was until 1955 and 1957-59 in Wolfen, 1955-57 at SC Chemie Halle, 1959-61 at Gera bismuth, bismuth 1961-62 at SC Karl- Marx-Stadt (2 league games) and from 1962 again in bismuth Gera, 9 junior internationals
• Matthias Lieber, 1996 came from VfB Leipzig, 321 league games for Lok Leipzig, 25 Bundesliga appearances for Stuttgart, 59 A- international matches for the GDR
• René Tretschok 1984 went as a teenager to Chemistry Hall (81 league games), later 180 Bundesliga appearances for Dortmund, Cologne and Berlin
• Roland Wawrzyniak, came in 1984 by Chemie Halle ( 184 league games)
• Petr Dragoun, Erstligaeinsätze in the Czech Republic for FK Teplice and second division operations in the Netherlands for RBC Roosendaal
• Frank Berger, 2007/2008 and again since 1 July 2011, 30 games in the Bundesliga 2 for Erzgebirge Aue