Arminia Bielefeld - Wikipedia

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DSC Arminia Bielefeld ( marked [ ˌdeːʔɛsˈtseː ʔaʁˈmiːni̯a ˈbiːləfɛlt ] ; wax mention : Deutscher Sportclub Arminia Bielefeld e.V. [ ˈdɔʏtʃɐ ˈʃpɔʁtklʊp ʔaʁˈmiːni̯a ˈbiːləfɛlt ] ; besides known as Die Arminen [ diː ˈʔaʁmiːnən ] or Die Blauen [ diː ˈblaʊən ] ), or precisely Arminia, is a german sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, plain ice hockey, name skating and prompt sports. The golf club has 12,000 members and the club color are bootleg, white and blue. [ 2 ] Arminia ‘s name derives from the Cheruscan captain Arminius, who defeated a roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. The club is most normally known for its master football team that play in the Bundesliga and by and large played in the first or moment tier 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 sphere in the one-third tier ( late third tiers covered larger areas ).

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Arminia has been playing their base 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 belated, the club played its first match against a team from Osnabrück. Neither the name of the opposition nor the result are known. The club was admitted to the German Football Association in the lapp year 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 move which strengthened Arminia ‘s team. [ 5 ] soon early 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 backing after a 5–1 win over BV 04 Dortmund in the final. [ 6 ] The outbreak of World War I interrupted Arminia ‘s rise 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 level on points with Kölner BC 01, but Köln fielded an ineligible musician in one couple. Arminia played for the first 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 moment west german championship in a dramatic way. They trailed TuRU Düsseldorf 1–3 at half time of the final, but came from behind to win 4–3 after excess time. Arminia faced Union Oberschöneweide in the quarter-finals of the german championships. The match ended scoreless, so a play back was held. Arminia led 1–0 and suffered the counterweight in injury time. The Berlin english won the match after extra time. [ 7 ] Walter Claus-Oehler became Arminia ‘s first player to win a ceiling 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 first football peer to be broadcast on german Radio. [ 8 ] On 30 January 1926, the clubhouse took its current name Deutscher Sportclub Arminia Bielefeld. Their following man of silverware was won in 1932 with a exuberate 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 refund to the top flight was won in 1938. Their best operation in the Gauliga was the 1939–40 campaign, where Arminia finished second. Two years later, Arminia was one of only two teams to win a equal at Schalke 04. On 25 July 1943 Arminia merged with local rivals VfB 03 Bielefeld. The fusion finished the 1943–44 season in last set .

Post World War II [edit ]

diachronic graph 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 one-third division side for the first time in their history. After a ascendant season in the Bezirksklasse, Arminia was docked 14 points because they fielded an ineligible player. [ 10 ] The following season was already under manner when the Landesliga ( II ) was expanded by two teams. Arminia took their luck, won the league and gained promotion to the Oberliga West. [ 11 ] The pipe dream lasted for only a year. Arminia beat Schalke 04 4–2 at home but finished merely second from the bottom. [ 12 ] In 1954, Arminia were even relegated to the third gear tier, the “ Landesliga Westfalen, Gruppe Ostwestfalen ”, a league entirely covering the north-eastern part of Westphalia. In 1956, Arminia qualified for a new third tier, the “ Verbandsliga Westfalen, Gruppe Ostwestfalen ”, which encompassed a slightly larger area. only in 1962, Arminia became a second gear division side again ( then : 2. Liga West, covering the wholly of North Rhine-Westphalia ). In 1962–63, they struggled to finish in seventh topographic point to secure a spotlight in the newly formed Regionalliga West, which was situated directly below the newfangled Bundesliga. [ 13 ] Arminia finished their first base 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 first time. A year late, forward Ernst Kuster joined the team and went on to become the club ‘s all-time leave goal scorer. A 0–1 loss to Wuppertaler SV on the last day of the 1966–67 temper stopped Arminia entering the Bundesliga promotion play-offs. [ 14 ] Arminia were runner-up in the 1969–70 season and won their inaugural promotion to the Bundesliga after a 2–0 acquire at Tennis Borussia Berlin in the play-offs .

1970–71 Match Fixing scandal [edit ]

The team had a poor originate 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 take after seasons, but were good enough to be appointed to the newly formed 2. Bundesliga in 1974 .

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

After two seasons in mid-table, Arminia had adept 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 achiever would win promotion to the exceed flight. Arminia won the first match at home 4–0, but lost the second leg in Munich 0–4. A one-third pit had to be played in Frankfurt which Munich won 2–0. [ 15 ] The team was shocked but bounced bet on to win forwarding 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 slump and were relegated again. The club managed to keep the team together and bounced back after a record-breaking year. They won 30 of 38 matches, scored 120 goals, had a 28 peer 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 separate in the UEFA Intertoto Cup three times. An atrocious consequence shocked Germany when Werder Bremen defender Norbert Siegmann slashed Ewald Lienen ‘s right thigh during a match. [ 18 ] The success on the pitch did not prevent the clubhouse from suffering declining attendances which enlarged the fiscal problems. In 1984–85, Arminia finished third from the bottom and lost the relegation play-offs against 1. FC Saarbrücken. The team failed to gain promotion and in the fall of 1987, Arminia had debts of 4.5 million Marks. The leave was a last place finish in 1987–88. Ernst Middendorp became the new coach and assembled a young team for the new temper. Arminia led the way in the Oberliga Westfalen but finished only moment in 1988–89. They won the Oberliga a year late, but failed in the promotion 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 backing. 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 beginning round of the DFB-Pokal .

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

In the jump of 1994, Arminia created a relatively large media buzz by signing veteran Bundesliga players like Thomas von Heesen, Armin Eck and Fritz Walter. Arminia struggled at first gear 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 season, their first in 11 years and finished in 14th stead. 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 abbreviated spell with the clubhouse in 1997. however, after a poor rivulet after the winter break, Arminia were relegated shortly after Brendesæter had left the baseball club. They bounced back by winning the 1998–99 temper. 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. relegation 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 adjacent temper and avoided to drop into the Regionalliga in close 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 future year but a decline 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 crown goalscorer and help them go back to the Bundesliga. [ 19 ] They were able to stay in the lead flight until 2009. In 2004–05, Patrick Owomoyela became Arminia ‘s fresh record national actor. Furthermore, Arminia reached the semi-finals of the DFB-Pokal in 2005 and 2006. In both seasons, Arminia besides kept away from the relegation zone about the wholly time ( except the season ‘s beginnings ). In those years the image 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 market attempts alienated the fans from the Club ‘s Management Board. From 2007 onwards, managerial sackings became more and more common and invalidate relegation became more and more difficult .

down into the 3. Liga [edit ]

Arminia played their fifth consecutive Bundesliga season in 2008–09. They finished survive and were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga. however, after finishing seventh in the 2009–10 season, their future season was fraught with managerial sackings and fiscal difficulties. After a poor season, picking up only 16 points and winning lone four games, Bielefeld were relegated to the 3. Liga. After a poor start, they ended the 2011–12 season in 13th home. They besides won the Westphalia Cup in a final against arch rival SC Preußen Münster. By reaching the final, they besides qualified for the 2012–13 DFB-Pokal, where they beat SC Paderborn 07, a team play in the 2. Bundesliga, but lost in the moment round in a close couple against Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a Europa League participant. On 11 May 2013, Bielefeld beat VfL Osnabrück 1–0 to guarantee a top two stopping point and promotion back to the 2. Bundesliga for the 2013–14 season. That season began quite aspirant : Arminia qualified for the second attack of the DFB-Pokal again and at the 8th matchday they had even climbed up to the 3rd rate in the league table. But after a black fall and a mediocre winter Arminia fell down onto the seventeenth rank and the popular coach Stefan Krämer had to leave. His successor Norbert Meier at beginning had only little more success : Arminia finished 16th in the 2. Bundesliga, and lost a playoff against SV Darmstadt 98 on away goals after a 122nd moment ( supernumerary time ) goal gave Darmstadt the victory. Arminia had to go back into the 3. Liga. But the next temper could wipe out the bitterness of that disaster : In the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal, as a 3. Liga 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 begin with alone four points from the first four matches ) for most part of the season. After the passing 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 qualification for the 2. Bundesliga seemed to become doubtful, but was secured after a 2–2 pull against SSV Jahn Regensburg, the death team in the league table, 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 last matchday .

late history, 2020 promotion to Bundesliga [edit ]

A stable season with a frustration in the first gear round of the DFB-Pokal, a bunch of draw in the league ( specially in the begin : eight out of ten matches ; in the goal Arminia reached a record of 18 ) and lone identical few goals scored at home ( only eight until the thirtieth matchday ) followed so that the 4–2 over Greuther Fürth at the 31st matchday which secured Arminia ‘s staying up was only Arminia ‘s third base gain at home. That season ‘s highlights probably were the draws against all three crown teams away. In the league table Arminia never went deeper than rank 14 and finished 12th. After the season, the bus Norbert Meier was bought by SV Darmstadt 98. A unmanageable 2016–17 season with two coach sackings followed. Arminia found themselves among the lowest four teams in the league table from the fourth matchday onwards, by and large on the 16th or 17th rank. On the other hand, Arminia reached the draw final in the DFB-Pokal. They avoided relegation as they finished in 15th after a 6–0 succeed 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 barely ever left the upper half of the league table ( only at the 19th matchday : rank 10 ) and finished on the 4th absolute – though in that season ‘s identical finale league mesa this never meant much. In that season, Arminia besides made a big pace in lowering its debts through an alliance of sponsors. [ 21 ] In November 2018, Arminia were practically rid of debt but had to sell its stadium. [ 22 ] The team faced a more difficult position when December started : have gained less than one point per match 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 dwelling against MSV Duisburg – another relegation campaigner – in the irregular round. frankincense, the democratic coach Jeff Saibene was replaced by Uwe Neuhaus who managed to bring back Arminia back into mid table within four matchdays and into seventh position by the last matchday. The 2019–20 season would turn out even better. When Arminia had climbed on the 3rd rank of the league mesa after a 2–0 victory away against Hannover 96 – who were primitively regarded as a forwarding campaigner – 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 and file of the league table when they met FC Schalke 04 in the 2nd rung of the DFB-Pokal on 29 October. In malice 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 only closely missing extra fourth dimension. [ 23 ] They finished the 15th matchday on 1 December on the inaugural social station of the league table where they would stay for the remainder of the temper in malice of competing with Hamburger SV and VfB Stuttgart who were primitively estimated as main 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. flush this interruption did n’t affect them : they finished the temper with 68 points – 10 points more than VfB Stuttgart who finished 2nd. [ 24 ]

Colours and crest [edit ]

Arminia took the club colours gloomy, white and black upon their initiation in 1905. The colours have n’t changed though the current club colors are black, white and blue. Despite this, Arminia played their foremost match in an orange kit. Arminia ‘s home kit was blue for most of the time while their shorts and socks were blank. The team that won promotion to the Bundesliga in 1970 wore a blue sky shirt with thick white stripes. The away kit was largely all white while green shirts were worn in the 1990s. The crest consists of a iris 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 eastern stand. Arminia played their first home plate matches at the Kesselbrink in business district Bielefeld. They moved to a raw ground at the Kaiserstraße ( today : August-Bebel-Straße ) in 1907 and to the Pottenau in 1910. In 1926, Arminia leased a crunch from a farmer named Lohmann. The flat coat did n’t look like a football sales talk. The baseball club member 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 match against Victoria Hamburg on 1 May 1926. The first 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 capacity of 30,000 and floodlights were installed. In 1978, a roof was added to the independent stands and the other 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 southern point of view were torn down because both stands did n’t match the new safety regulations. The eastern stand was besides made smaller and a roof was added. The capacity was reduced to about 15,000. After Arminia won forwarding to the Bundesliga in 1996, the main and northern stands were demolished and completely rebuild. The same happened to the south stand in 1999. In 2004, Arminia signed a sponsorship deal with Schüco and the stadium was named SchücoArena. The latest renovation saw the eastern Stand being rebuilt in 2008. The Bielefelder Alm has a capacity of 27,300, including 20,381 seats. [ 25 ] Bielefelder Alm was a campaigner 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 big phone number of firm 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 second highest in that 3. Liga temper. The numbers besides show the rise 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 effect of the fans can be found on the terraces of the Southern Stand. Arminia ‘s fans come chiefly from the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region with a catchment area of about 100 kilometers around Bielefeld. There are around 140 fanclubs, largely 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 meet against them in March 2012 which was the first one taking rate in Bielefeld after closely 20 years was attended by 21,203 spectators. No other match in the 3. Liga had such a high attendance. One year subsequently the stadium was about sold out in that bowler hat. An earlier equal 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 place every class. Another equal is VfL Bochum, particularly since the late 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 little bowler hat. Some SC Paderborn 07 supporters seem to consider Arminia as their chief 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 lapp color ( black, white and blue ) 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 share a friendship with Hamburg ampere well. All three clubs are sometimes dubbed the “ Nordallianz ” ( Northern Alliance ), despite the fact that Bielefeld ( other than Hamburg and Hannover ) is not located in what is considered Northern Germany .

Players [edit ]

stream team [edit ]

As of 1 January 2022[29]

bill : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on lend [edit ]

note : Flags indicate home team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

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 golf club ‘s greatest starting eleven, vitamin a well as seven substitutes and a director. The adopt 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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