Turbine Halle

Turbine hall is a German sports club in the Halle district Giebichenstein. With about 1,000 members in the departments of athletics, football, speed skating, table tennis, fist ball, aerobics, disabled sports and gymnastics it is one of the biggest clubs in the city hall.

The association is known primarily for its football department, whose team as Sports Association (SPA) Turbine Hall in the season 1951/1952 won the only championship for Hall in the GDR Oberliga. After the involuntary inclusion of the league team in the newly established sports club hall chemistry - Leuna turbine hall was downgraded in the District League Hall, 1954. The SC Chemie Halle- Leuna and its successor club to the present Halleschen FC have taken the championship title of the BSG Turbine Hall for their own history to complete although only the majority of 1.Mannschaft, but by no means the entire football department had converted.

Club history and Sports Development

Historical Outline

The pre-war period - FC Wacker 1900 Hall

Turbine Hall is the legal successor of the most successful football clubs in the Halle prewar history. The Halle football club Wacker was 1900 eV was founded in 1900. Among other associations, such as the VfL ​​Halle 1896, Borussia or the sports hall friends, Wacker played for years around the central German championship. 1921 and in 1928 succeeded to the title and to qualify for the final round of the German Cup. In this Wacker came in 1921 before the semi-finals. However, 12,000 spectators witnessed in the stadium at the Dessauerstrasse a 1:5 defeat to the later German masters, 1.FC Nuremberg. 1928 was already in the quarter-final stage. 10,000 fans saw a 0-3 against Bayern Munich. One last time, Wacker qualified as a master of Gauliga mid 1933/34, for the final round, but did not as a group over the last preliminary round addition. After 45 years the time being ended the story of Wacker with the dissolution in 1945. Several players from Wacker contributed but a few years later the jersey of BSG Turbine Hall.

The postwar period - Previous clubs

From the bourgeois FC Wacker Hall went after the war produced the sports community (SG ) Hall - Glaucha which two years later was renamed SG free Imfelde hall. 1948 was free Imfelde hall in the final of the first Ostzonenmeisterschaft. The path to the final formerly headed over several elimination rounds. After qualifying matches against Altstedt and Köthen the south of Halle was in the quarterfinals against the Mecklenburg Master SG Wismar South, which was defeated 3-1. After a 5-2 semifinal victory over the SG Meerane hall itself had to admit defeat in front of 40,000 spectators with 0:1 in Leipzig Probstheidaer Stadium SG Planitz. In April 1949, the footballers of free Imfelde the zsg Union Hall joined. In the second Ostzonenmeisterschaft 1949, the legendary SG Dresden- Friedrichstadt ( successor of the Dresdner SC) in front of 30,000 spectators in Halle Kurt Wabbel stadium was defeated 2-1 in the quarterfinals. After a 3-0 victory over Eintracht Stendal The Halle Elf stood again in the final. 50,000 spectators were in Dresden Ostragehege witnessed the first Halle Cup success, as Fortuna Erfurt was defeated 4-1. In the same year the zsg Union Hall was a founding member of the new DDR - Oberliga.

The foundation of the turbine hall - DDR Champion title

The establishment of the Sports Association turbine took place on 15 July 1950 by a group of 120 fistball and football players, with the support of the first carrier operating energy Kombinat West. From the season 1950/51 The Halle Team launched under its new name in the championship. On average, more than 21,000 spectators flocked to the first season to Kurt Wabbel Stadium, which ended with the 6th place. The most successful season in the history of football should Halle 1951/52 follow. Turbine Hall distinguished himself under coach Alfred Schulz, father of the Supervisory Board member of Werder Bremen, Hans Schulz, by a sophisticated play with a strong midfield line. After a slow start of the season turbine wintered at the top. Again, the Halle started laboriously in the second half. But 19:1 points in a row made ​​sure that with three games left in the season on April 20, 1952, the decision in the championship game at Turbine Erfurt should fall. Thousands Halle accompanied their team that made ​​it a long time exciting. After the Erfurt leadership were Gerhard Kulitze and Otto Knefler with a double strike in the 76th and 80th minute, which secured the championship title. In a league with 19 teams to turbine prevailed as the most consistent team in the end. The supports of the team Herbert Rappsilber, Otto Knefler, Otto foreman Horst flowering and Karl Gola had already heard the Ostzonenmeister Union Hall of 1949. The deserved reward in addition to the league: A three-week trip to the Baltic Sea and a new suit for each player. The championship was followed by an unexplained drop in performance in 1953. With just one point ahead of relegated ASG Vorwärts Leipzig, the descent was prevented at the last match against motor Jena. Also 1953/54, the season remained patchy and turbine finished the game ranked eighth year Unbroken nevertheless remained the spectators rush. Unmatched 24,000 spectators on average attended 1953/54, the home games of the turbine hall at Kurt Wabbel Stadium. It should be the last season of league turbine hall. Sports Political decisions and the establishment of sports clubs as centers of excellence ended the era of " turbine in the GDR Oberliga ".

Political decisions - the descent into the district football

On 1 September 1954, the Sports Club Chemicals Leuna - Halle was founded, which was intended as the power center of the district town. The football section of the BSG Turbine should change with their league team for the new club. In 34 sessions the players told not to want to leave the BSG. The prospects continue to play league football, but eventually led to the fact that the majority of players the SC Chemie Halle- Leuna joined. Still on Matchday 1 joined the team under the name of Turbine Hall. Already on Matchday 2 were played under the new name SC Chemie Halle- Leuna. Even the newcomers there were problems to convince the football club from the crossing, which was the only way to be East German champion. The persuasion should be worth it. The B- youth of the club in 1955, masters of their age group.

The political unrest in connection with the 1953 uprising and the better sporting opportunities meant that in 1953 the first players went into the Federal Republic. First left coach Alfred Schulz hall and went to Werder Bremen. He was followed until 1955 Erich Haase, Günter Heise, Horst Ebert and Otto Knefler. Heinz grinding went to Leverkusen and later left Herbert Rappsilber city on the Saale in the direction of FSV Frankfurt.

The BSG Turbine Hall was incorporated with its former 2nd team in October 1954 during the ongoing gaming operation as an additional 13th team in the district league hall. In the 1960s and 1970s, the team played at times with the tip and moved sometimes to four-digit numbers of visitors. In 1964, the football section of the former East German second division club HSG Science Hall was disbanded and incorporated into the football section of the BSG Turbine Hall. This allowed the turbine, first time in 1963 crashed in the district class, 1964/65 still compete again in the district league. After a few years in mediocrity followed by seven years from 1981, in which turbine the predicate " lift team " earned. A descent was followed by return of the comeback. In 1986, however, came to the final descent into the district class, the 4th league in GDR football operation. After German reunification, the former carrier operating withdrew financial support from the Sports Association and remained had to be converted into a civic association.

The club today

Since 1993, Turbine Hall belongs to the city league hall. The mid-1990s even threatened the crash in the circle class. Later turbine had been established in the league and played a few years to move up with. By winning the league championship city succeeded in the game of 2008 /09, then finally the re-emergence into the national class.

In addition to the first team a 2nd and 3rd team in the city league or 1.Stadtklasse are active. In recent years, the youth department was expanded again. All, with 11 junior teams turbine hall has the Hallescher FC and VfL Halle in 1896 the third largest youth football clubs of all the city hall behind. In 2006, Turbine Hall hosted the E -CUP central Germany, in which 32 regional E- junior teams acting out the Soccer World Cup 2006.

The Venue - The "Rock "

Before the " demotion " in the district league turbine hall wore out their home games at Kurt Wabbel Stadium, now home of the Halle FC. Since then, the club is located on the so-called "rock" in the Halle district Giebichenstein. Named after the Heinrich -Heine- rock that extends high above the Saale, heard the sports grounds probably the finest sports facilities in the town hall. Built in the 1930s, offered the former stadium about 12,000 visitors. In 1999, the old General Admission trusses were demolished and grassed. At the same time it is a modern athletics track, which has national competition capability. The sports area also includes a hard court with floodlighting and a number of mini-pitches.

National players

A total of three East German national team presented Turbine Hall 1952-1953. During the first international match of a GDR national team on 21 September 1952 in Warsaw against Poland (1:2) was Günter Imhof in the lineup. When 1:3 against Romania in Bucharest contributed Günter and Hans Imhof Speth two players the turbine colors. Erich Haase was then the last turbine player in a team. 0:0 It stood at the end in Dresden on June 14, 1953 against Bulgaria.