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DSC Arminia Bielefeld ( pronounce [ ˌdeːʔɛsˈtseː ʔaʁˈmiːni̯a ˈbiːləfɛlt ] ; full name : Deutscher Sportclub Arminia Bielefeld e.V. [ ˈdɔʏtʃɐ ˈʃpɔʁtklʊp ʔaʁˈmiːni̯a ˈbiːləfɛlt ] ; besides known as Die Arminen [ diː ˈʔaʁmiːnən ] or Die Blauen [ diː ˈblaʊən ] ), or just Arminia, is a german sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, sphere field hockey, figure skate and discriminative stimulus sports. The club has 12,000 members and the club colors are black, white and blue. [ 2 ] Arminia ‘s diagnose derives from the Cheruscan headman Arminius, who defeated a roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. The club is most normally known for its professional football team that play in the Bundesliga and largely played in the first or second grade of the german football league system, among them 17 seasons in the 1. Bundesliga, to which they have recently returned. Arminia ‘s most successful years were the 1920s, the early 1980s and the middle 2000s. In 1947 and in the 1950s Arminia had sunk down to a team play in a quite local area in the third base tier ( later third tiers covered larger areas ).

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Arminia has been playing their home games at the Bielefelder Alm Stadium since 1926. Since 2004 the stadium has been named SchücoArena through a sponsorship deal .

history [edit ]

1. FC Arminia Bielefeld. Logo of founding side Arminia Bielefeld was founded on 3 May 1905 as 1. Bielefelder FC Arminia. [ 3 ] The fourteen men who founded the club were from the local middle class. Two weeks later, the club played its first equal against a team from Osnabrück. Neither the diagnose of the adversary nor the resultant role are known. The golf club was admitted to the German Football Association in the like class and started to play in a league ( in one consisting entirely of Arminia and three teams from Osnabrück, at first ) in 1906. [ 4 ] In 1907, local rivals FC Siegfried joined Arminia, a go which strengthened Arminia ‘s squad. [ 5 ] soon other clubs from Bielefeld joined League football. After playing on assorted grounds, Arminia moved to a new home at the Pottenau in 1910. Their first big accomplishment came in 1912, when they won the Westphalian championship after a 5–1 winnings over BV 04 Dortmund in the final. [ 6 ] The outbreak of World War I interrupted Arminia ‘s ascent to the top. In 1919, Arminia merged with Bielefelder Turngemeinde 1848 to form TG Arminia Bielefeld. however, the two merged teams dissolved the fusion in 1922 and both rear clubs were formed again .
Arminia won the west german championship in 1922. in the first place, they were charge on points with Kölner BC 01, but Köln fielded an ineligible player in one match. Arminia played for the inaugural time in the german Championships but were eliminated in the quarter-finals after losing 0–5 to FC Wacker München. In 1923, Arminia won their second west german championship in a dramatic way. They trailed TuRU Düsseldorf 1–3 at half fourth dimension of the concluding, but came from behind to win 4–3 after extra meter. Arminia faced Union Oberschöneweide in the quarter-finals of the german championships. The equal ended scoreless, so a replay was held. Arminia led 1–0 and suffered the equalizer in injury meter. The Berlin side won the match after supernumerary clock time. [ 7 ] Walter Claus-Oehler became Arminia ‘s first musician to win a cap in the german national team. Arminia won further Westphalian titles from 1924 to 1927 but were unable to repeat their success in the west german Championships. A match between SC Preußen Münster and Arminia in November 1925 was the inaugural football pit to be broadcast on german Radio. [ 8 ] On 30 January 1926, the golf club took its current name Deutscher Sportclub Arminia Bielefeld. Their following while of silverware was won in 1932 with a wallow in the Westphalian cup. In 1933, Arminia qualified for the Gauliga Westfalen, [ 9 ] from which they were relegated after the inauguration season. Three attempts of gaining promotion failed before their return to the top flight was won in 1938. Their best performance in the Gauliga was the 1939–40 political campaign, where Arminia finished second. Two years subsequently, Arminia was one of only two teams to win a couple at Schalke 04. On 25 July 1943 Arminia merged with local anesthetic rivals VfB 03 Bielefeld. The amalgamation finished the 1943–44 season in last station .

Post World War II [edit ]

diachronic chart of Arminia Bielefeld league performance after WWII After World War II, a new league with all teams who competed in the Gauliga Westfalen was formed. Arminia were relegated and failed to win re-promotion. In 1947–48, Arminia were a third base division slope for the first gear clock time in their history. After a predominate season in the Bezirksklasse, Arminia was docked 14 points because they fielded an ineligible actor. [ 10 ] The following season was already under direction when the Landesliga ( II ) was expanded by two teams. Arminia took their gamble, won the league and gained promotion to the Oberliga West. [ 11 ] The ambition lasted for only a year. Arminia beat Schalke 04 4–2 at base but finished only second base from the bottom. [ 12 ] In 1954, Arminia were even relegated to the third base grade, the “ Landesliga Westfalen, Gruppe Ostwestfalen ”, a league merely covering the north-eastern share of Westphalia. In 1956, Arminia qualified for a new third tier, the “ Verbandsliga Westfalen, Gruppe Ostwestfalen ”, which encompassed a slenderly larger area. lone in 1962, Arminia became a second class side again ( then : 2. Liga West, covering the wholly of North Rhine-Westphalia ). In 1962–63, they struggled to finish in seventh place to secure a spot in the newly formed Regionalliga West, which was situated immediately below the raw Bundesliga. [ 13 ] Arminia finished their first seasons in mid-table, but became one of the better Regionalliga teams late on. In 1966, Arminia beat Alemannia Aachen to claim the west german Cup for the foremost prison term. A year late, fore Ernst Kuster joined the team and went on to become the club ‘s all-time run finish scorer. A 0–1 loss to Wuppertaler SV on the last day of the 1966–67 season stopped Arminia entering the Bundesliga forwarding play-offs. [ 14 ] Arminia were runner-up in the 1969–70 season and won their first promotion to the Bundesliga after a 2–0 gain at Tennis Borussia Berlin in the play-offs .

1970–71 Match Fixing scandal [edit ]

The team had a poor start in their first Bundesliga season, but results improved and they finally finished 14th. however, near the end of the season it was discovered that Arminia had engaged in match-fixing ; three of the ten-spot Bundesliga games which were proven to have been manipulated through bribery directly involved Arminia. Two players at the club were banned from football for life ( Waldemar Slomiany and Jürgen Neumann ). Arminia was allowed to play the 1971–72 season in the Bundesliga, but were mechanically relegated to the Regionalliga as a penalty. Arminia struggled in the trace seasons, but were well enough to be appointed to the newly formed 2. Bundesliga in 1974 .

recovery, brilliant early 80s and down into the Oberliga [edit ]

After two seasons in mid-table, Arminia had estimable chances of returning to the Bundesliga in 1976–77 but they finished alone as runner-up behind FC St. Pauli. They faced TSV 1860 München in a two-legged play-off whose winner would win forwarding to the lead fledge. Arminia won the first equal at home 4–0, but lost the irregular leg in Munich 0–4. A third match had to be played in Frankfurt which Munich won 2–0. [ 15 ] The team was shocked but bounced spinal column to win promotion in 1977–78. Arminia started well and on 10 March 1979, they won 4–0 at Bayern Munich. [ 16 ] however, Arminia were hit by a decline and were relegated again. The club managed to keep the team in concert and bounced back after a record-breaking year. They won 30 of 38 matches, scored 120 goals, had a 28 match unbeaten streak and set a league record by beating Arminia Hannover 11–0. [ 17 ] Arminia struggled to avoid relegation and managed to stay in the Bundesliga for five years, including two finishes in one-eighth place in 1982–83 and 1983–84 seasons. furthermore, Arminia took depart in the UEFA Intertoto Cup three times. An atrocious event shocked Germany when Werder Bremen defender Norbert Siegmann slashed Ewald Lienen ‘s right second joint during a match. [ 18 ] The success on the pitch did not prevent the club from suffering declining attendances which enlarged the fiscal problems. In 1984–85, Arminia finished third gear from the bottomland and lost the delegating play-offs against 1. FC Saarbrücken. The team failed to gain forwarding and in the fall of 1987, Arminia had debts of 4.5 million Marks. The result was a last seat finish in 1987–88. Ernst Middendorp became the new coach and assembled a young team for the new season. Arminia led the room in the Oberliga Westfalen but finished merely second in 1988–89. They won the Oberliga a year subsequently, but failed in the forwarding play-offs to VfB Oldenburg and TSV Havelse. Four blue years followed in which the team started well but were unable to compete for the championship. In 1991, Arminia won the Westphalian Cup, a cup for Westphalian teams not playing in the First or Second Bundesliga, and beat FSV Mainz 05 in the first round of the DFB-Pokal .

From Regionalliga to yo-yo-team to five consecutive seasons in the Bundesliga again [edit ]

In the spring of 1994, Arminia created a relatively large media buzz by signing seasoned Bundesliga players like Thomas von Heesen, Armin Eck and Fritz Walter. Arminia struggled at inaugural but went on the become champions of the newly formed Regionalliga West/Südwest and runner-up in the 1995–96 2. Bundesliga. Arminia signed Stefan Kuntz for the 1996–97 Bundesliga temper, their first gear in 11 years and finished in 14th position. The club wrote german football history by signing irani players Ali Daei and Karim Bagheri along with the SK Brann icon Geirmund Brendesæter, who enjoyed a brief spell with the club in 1997. however, after a poor run after the winter break, Arminia were relegated shortly after Brendesæter had left the club. They bounced back by winning the 1998–99 season. Bruno Labbadia became the league ‘s top scorekeeper with 28 goals. The club suffered from fiscal problems and entered the 1999–2000 season with a smaller budget. delegating followed again after the team became the third team in Bundesliga history to lose ten matches in a row. Arminia struggled against relegation again the future season and avoided to drop into the Regionalliga in cheeseparing season. Their fortunes turned about and Arminia won their sixth promotion to the Bundesliga in 2001–02 with Artur Wichniarek scoring 18 goals. Arminia were about saved the following year but a slump with only two points out of the last six matches sealed delegating again. The team bounced back again in 2003–04 after ghanaian striker Isaac Boakye scored 14 goals in his debut season to end as the club ‘s top goalscorer and help them go back to the Bundesliga. [ 19 ] They were able to stay in the acme flight until 2009. In 2004–05, Patrick Owomoyela became Arminia ‘s raw commemorate national player. Furthermore, Arminia reached the semi-finals of the DFB-Pokal in 2005 and 2006. In both seasons, Arminia besides kept off from the relegation zone about the wholly time ( except the season ‘s beginnings ). In those years the effigy campaign “ Aktion 5000 + ” let the number of members rise above 10,000. In 2007, many Arminia fans were sad to see the old East Stand being torn down ( then the last non-seater stand in the Bundesliga not being placed behind one of the goals ) [ 20 ] and besides far commercialize attempts alienated the fans from the Club ‘s Management Board. From 2007 onwards, managerial sackings became more and more common and avoid delegating became more and more unmanageable .

depressed into the 3. Liga [edit ]

Arminia played their one-fifth straight Bundesliga season in 2008–09. They finished last and were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga. however, after finishing one-seventh in the 2009–10 temper, their adjacent temper was fraught with managerial sackings and fiscal difficulties. After a inadequate season, picking up alone 16 points and winning lone four games, Bielefeld were relegated to the 3. Liga. After a hapless begin, they ended the 2011–12 season in 13th place. They besides won the Westphalia Cup in a final against arch rival SC Preußen Münster. By reaching the concluding, they besides qualified for the 2012–13 DFB-Pokal, where they beat SC Paderborn 07, a team toy in the 2. Bundesliga, but lost in the moment round in a stopping point match against Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a Europa League player. On 11 May 2013, Bielefeld beat VfL Osnabrück 1–0 to guarantee a top two finish and promotion second to the 2. Bundesliga for the 2013–14 season. That season began quite hopeful : Arminia qualified for the second round of the DFB-Pokal again and at the 8th matchday they had even climbed up to the 3rd membership in the league table. But after a black fall and a mediocre winter Arminia fell toss off onto the seventeenth rank and file and the popular coach Stefan Krämer had to leave. His successor Norbert Meier at first had alone little more success : Arminia finished 16th in the 2. Bundesliga, and lost a playoff against SV Darmstadt 98 on away goals after a 122nd minute ( extra time ) goal gave Darmstadt the victory. Arminia had to go back into the 3. Liga. But the adjacent season could wipe out the bitterness of that calamity : In the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal, as a 3. Liga baseball club, Arminia reached the semi-finals by defeating three Bundesliga teams ( Hertha BSC, SV Werder Bremen and VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach ). They besides were the top team in the 3. Liga ( after a bad beginning with entirely four points from the beginning four matches ) for most character of the temper. After the personnel casualty against VfL Wolfsburg in the semi-final of the DFB-Pokal, Arminia seemed to have lost their ability to win their matches in the 3. Liga as well. even the reservation for the 2. Bundesliga seemed to become doubtful, but was secured after a 2–2 draw against SSV Jahn Regensburg, the last team in the league mesa, at the 37th matchday. Liberated from the pressure of a possible non-qualification, they besides won the 3. Liga with a final 1–0 victory at the final matchday .

late history, 2020 promotion to Bundesliga [edit ]

A stable season with a frustration in the first round of the DFB-Pokal, a lot of trace in the league ( specially in the beginning : eight out of ten matches ; in the end Arminia reached a record of 18 ) and only identical few goals scored at home ( merely eight until the thirtieth matchday ) followed therefore that the 4–2 over Greuther Fürth at the 31st matchday which secured Arminia ‘s staying up was only Arminia ‘s third winnings at home. That temper ‘s highlights probably were the draws against all three top teams aside. In the league mesa Arminia never went deeper than rank 14 and finished 12th. After the temper, the coach Norbert Meier was bought by SV Darmstadt 98. A unmanageable 2016–17 season with two director sackings followed. Arminia found themselves among the lowest four teams in the league table from the one-fourth matchday onwards, largely on the 16th or 17th rank. On the early hand, Arminia reached the quarter final in the DFB-Pokal. They avoided delegating as they finished in 15th after a 6–0 acquire over promotion campaigner Eintracht Braunschweig and a 1–1 against Dynamo Dresden at the last two matchdays. The 2017–18 season turned out easier. Having gathered 10 points out of the first four matches, Arminia hardly always left the upper berth half of the league mesa ( only at the 19th matchday : rank and file 10 ) and finished on the 4th absolute – though in that season ‘s very close league postpone this never meant a lot. In that season, Arminia besides made a big measure in lowering its debts through an alliance of sponsors. [ 21 ] In November 2018, Arminia were much absolve of debt but had to sell its stadium. [ 22 ] The team faced a more unmanageable situation when December started : receive gained less than one compass point per pit on average, only the failing of the competing relegation candidates kept them up and they were already out of the DFB-Pokal after a 0–3 kill at home against MSV Duisburg – another relegation campaigner – in the moment round. therefore, the popular coach Jeff Saibene was replaced by Uwe Neuhaus who managed to bring back Arminia back into mid table within four matchdays and into seventh place by the last matchday. The 2019–20 temper would turn out even better. When Arminia had climbed on the 3rd social station of the league table after a 2–0 victory away against Hannover 96 – who were in the first place regarded as a forwarding candidate – at the 6th matchday, barely anyone guessed they would stay in the promotion area of the league table for the rest of the season. They had just reached the 2nd rank of the league table when they met FC Schalke 04 in the 2nd round off of the DFB-Pokal on 29 October. In cattiness of Schalke intelligibly dominating the match in the first 70 minutes, Arminia thrilled the supporters in the last 20 minutes by scoring two goals and entirely closely missing extra meter. [ 23 ] They finished the 15th matchday on 1 December on the first base rank of the league table where they would stay for the rest of the season in hurt of competing with Hamburger SV and VfB Stuttgart who were originally estimated as independent promotion candidates. After Arminia ‘s 1–1 draw in Stutgart on 9 March 2020 ( 25th matchday ) the season was interrupted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. even this break did n’t affect them : they finished the season with 68 points – 10 points more than VfB Stuttgart who finished 2nd. [ 24 ]

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In the 2020–21 season, their first season back in the Bundesliga, a 2–0 succeed over VfB Stuttgart on the final matchday secured their spot in the 2021–22 Bundesliga .

Colours and crown [edit ]

Arminia took the club colours aristocratic, white and black upon their foundation garment in 1905. The colours have n’t changed though the stream baseball club color are black, whiten and blue sky. Despite this, Arminia played their first match in an orange kit. Arminia ‘s home kit out was blue for most of the time while their shorts and socks were flannel. The team that won promotion to the Bundesliga in 1970 wore a bluing shirt with dense white stripes. The off kit was largely all white while green shirts were worn in the 1990s. The crest consists of a sag with the baseball club ‘s colours black, white and blue from left to right. The white part of the flag includes the letter A for Arminia. The flag is surrounded by a wreath of oak .

stadium [edit ]

The new easterly stand. Arminia played their first family matches at the Kesselbrink in downtown Bielefeld. They moved to a modern ground at the Kaiserstraße ( today : August-Bebel-Straße ) in 1907 and to the Pottenau in 1910. In 1926, Arminia leased a grate from a farmer named Lohmann. The land did n’t look like a football gear. The club penis Heinrich Pahl said that the area looks like an Alm ( german for alpine grassland ). The stadium was known as the Alm. Arminia played its first base equal against Victoria Hamburg on 1 May 1926. The first gear grandstands were constructed in 1954. When Arminia won promotion to the Bundesliga in 1970, the Alm undergo a general development. A main stand with seats was built and the northern and eastern stands were enlarged. The Alm had a capability of 30,000 and floodlights were installed. In 1978, a roof was added to the main stands and the early stands were enlarged again. The stadium had a capacity of 35,000 then. When Arminia was relegated to the Oberliga in 1988, the northern and the southerly stall were torn polish because both stands did n’t match the new condom regulations. The eastern stand was besides made smaller and a roof was added. The capacity was reduced to about 15,000. After Arminia won promotion to the Bundesliga in 1996, the main and northern stands were demolished and completely rebuild. The like happened to the confederacy base in 1999. In 2004, Arminia signed a sponsorship deal with Schüco and the stadium was named SchücoArena. The latest renovation saw the easterly Stand being rebuilt in 2008. The Bielefelder Alm has a capacity of 27,300, including 20,381 seats. [ 25 ] Bielefelder Alm was a candidate to host matches of the 2011 FIFA Women ‘s World Cup .

Supporters [edit ]

Arminia supporters backing their team during an away game at Millerntor-Stadion Arminia have a bombastic number of patriotic supporters. even in 2011–12, Arminia had an average attendance of 8,930 which was the highest in the 3. Liga. In 2014–15, Arminia had an average attendance of 14,540 which was the moment highest in that 3. Liga temper. The numbers besides show the resurrect popularity of the 3. Liga. Arminias matches during the 2013–14 2. Bundesliga were attended by 16,890 on average. [ 26 ] These numbers only count league matches. Arminia ‘s matches in the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal were attended by 21,763 on average. The core of the fans can be found on the terraces of the Southern Stand. Arminia ‘s fans come chiefly from the Ostwestfalen-Lippe area with a catchment sphere of about 100 kilometers around Bielefeld. There are around 140 fanclubs, by and large from Ostwestfalen-Lippe. however, there are fanclubs in Berlin, Stuttgart, London, Birmingham, Taunton, Austria and the Netherlands. There is a traditional competition with SC Preußen Münster. The match against them in March 2012 which was the foremost one taking place in Bielefeld after about 20 years was attended by 21,203 spectators. No other meet in the 3. Liga had such a senior high school attendance. One class by and by the stadium was closely sold out in that bowler hat. An earlier rival was VfB 03 Bielefeld from the east of Bielefeld, but the competition lessened and nowadays friendly matches between Arminia and VfB Fichte Bielefeld, as the club nowadays is called, take set every year. Another rival is VfL Bochum, specially since the recently 90s, and there were “ fashion rivalries ” with other clubs from the Ruhr, because that area besides belongs to Westphalia. [ 27 ] besides the matches against VfL Osnabrück are a small bowler hat. Some SC Paderborn 07 supporters seem to consider Arminia as their main equal, but Arminia fans are improbable to feel the lapp about them. [ 28 ] There are friendly relations to the supporters of the Hamburger SV with both clubs sharing the same color ( black, white and aristocratic ) resulting in the chant “Schwarz, weiß, blau – Arminia und der HSV” ( Black, white, blue – Arminia and HSV ) among supporters of both clubs. For many fans this friendship besides involves friendly ties to Hannover 96, whose fans contribution a friendship with Hamburg vitamin a well. All three clubs are sometimes dubbed the “ Nordallianz ” ( Northern Alliance ), despite the fact that Bielefeld ( early than Hamburg and Hannover ) is not located in what is considered Northern Germany .

Players [edit ]

stream team [edit ]

As of 29 December 2021[29]

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Out on loan [edit ]

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Women ‘s team [edit ]

100 year team [edit ]

To celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the baseball club ‘s formation, a winnow poll was taken to determine the club ‘s greatest starting xi, deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as seven substitutes and a director. The come players were chosen : [ 30 ]

Honours [edit ]

Arminia Bielefeld has never won any major trophies, but they have won some silverware on a minor level.[31]

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