Arminia Bielefeld

association football club in Germany

DSC Arminia Bielefeld (pronounced [ˌdeːʔɛsˈtseː ʔaʁˈmiːni̯a ˈbiːləfɛlt]; full name: Deutscher Sportclub Arminia Bielefeld e.V. [ˈdɔʏtʃɐ ˈʃpɔʁtklʊp ʔaʁˈmiːni̯a ˈbiːləfɛlt]; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (German pronunciation: [aʁˌmiːnia ˈbiːləfɛlt] (audio speaker iconlisten)), also known as Die Arminen [diː ˈʔaʁmiːnən] or Die Blauen [diː ˈblaʊən]), or just Arminia (pronounced [aʁˌmiːnia] (audio speaker iconlisten)), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating, and cue sports. The club has 12,000 members and the club colours are black, white and blue.[2] Arminia's name comes from the Cheruscan chieftain Arminius, who defeated a Roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

Arminia Bielefeld
Full nameDeutscher Sport-Club Arminia Bielefeld
Nickname(s)Die Arminen, Die Blauen (The Blues)
Founded3 May 1905; 119 years ago (1905-05-03) as 1. Bielefelder FC Arminia
GroundBielefelder Alm (SchücoArena)
Capacity27,300
PresidentHans-Jürgen Laufer[1]
Head coachFrank Kramer
League3. Liga
2023–243. Liga, 14th of 20
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Players

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Current squad

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As of 22 February 2022[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   Germany Stefan Ortega (vice-captain)
2 DF   Germany Amos Pieper
3 DF   Portugal Guilherme Ramos
4 DF   Sweden Joakim Nilsson
5 DF   Denmark Jacob Barrett Laursen
7 MF   Germany Gonzalo Castro
8 MF   Austria Alessandro Schöpf
9 FW   Germany Fabian Klos (co-captain)
10 FW   France Bryan Lasme
11 MF   Japan Masaya Okugawa
13 GK   Greece Stefanos Kapino
15 DF   Belgium Nathan de Medina
16 MF   Germany Fabian Kunze
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   Turkey Burak İnce
18 FW   Germany Florian Krüger
19 MF   Austria Manuel Prietl (co-captain)
20 MF   Austria Patrick Wimmer
21 FW   Germany Robin Hack
23 FW   Germany Janni Serra
24 DF   United States George Bello
27 DF   Switzerland Cédric Brunner
30 DF   Panama Andrés Andrade (on loan from LASK)
35 GK   Germany Arne Schulz
37 MF   Russia Vladislav Cherny
39 MF   Greece Sebastian Vasiliadis

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   Sweden Oscar Linnér (at GIF Sundsvall until 30 June 2022)
DF   Netherlands Mike van der Hoorn (at FC Utrecht until 30 June 2022)
MF   Germany Jomaine Consbruch (at Eintracht Braunschweig until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   Austria Christian Gebauer (at Ingolstadt until 30 June 2022)
MF   Germany Noel Niemann (at TSV Hartberg until 30 June 2022)
FW   Germany Sebastian Müller (at Eintracht Braunschweig until 30 June 2022)

Honours

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  • Arminia Bielefeld has never won any major trophies, but they have won some silverware on a minor level.[4]

League titles

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Regional titles

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  • West German cup winner:
    • Winners: 1966, 1974
  • Westphalian cup winner:
    • Winners: 1908, 1932, 1991, 2012, 2013

Coaches

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Coach Nationality from to Significant events
František Zoubek
 
1922 1923 West German Champion 1923
Gerd Wellhöfer
 
1923 1924 Westfalen Champion 1924
František Zoubek
Gerd Wellhöfer
 
 
1924 1925 Westfalen Champion 1925
Gerd Wellhöfer
 
1925 1926 Westfalen Champion 1926
František Zoubek
 
1926 1933 Westfalen Champion 1923, 1933
Westfälischer Cup Winner 1932
Qualification to the Gauliga Westfalen 1933
Otto Faist
 
1933 1935 Relegation from Gauliga 1934
Karl Willnecker
 
1935 1938 Promotion to Gauliga 1938
Erich Brochmeyer
 
1938 1939
Ferdinand Swatosch
 
1939 1940 Vice Champion of the Gauliga
Otto Kranefeld[5]
 
1940 1942
Karl Wunderlich
 
1942 1945
Erich Brochmeyer
 
1945 1946 Relegation to the Landesliga
Ferdinand Swatosch
 
1946 1947
Karl Wunderlich
 
1947 1948 Promotion to the Landesliga
Alois Münstermann
 
1948 1949 Promotion to the Oberliga
Friedrich Otto
 
1949 1950 Relegation to the 2. Liga West
Fritz Kaiser
 
1950 1951
Hellmut Meidt
 
1951 1953
Donndorf
 
1953 1955 Relegation to the Landesliga 1954
Otto Westphal
 
1955 1958
Arthur Gruber
 
1958 19 March 1961 first Coach sacking
Josef Rasselnberg
 
20 March 1961 1961
Jakob Wimmer
 
1961 April 1963 Promotion to the 2. Liga West 1962
Hellmut Meidt
 
April 1963 1965 Qualification to the Regionalliga 1963
Robert Gebhardt
 
1965 1966 Westdeutscher Cup Winner
Westfälischer Cup Winner
Hans Wendlandt
 
1966 November 1969
Egon Piechaczek
 
November 1969 December 1971 Promotion to the Bundesliga 1970
Hellmut Meidt
 
January 1972 January 1972
Jan Notermans
 
February 1972 October 1972 Relegation to the Regionalliga
Willi Nolting
 
October 1972 February 1973
Norbert Lessle
 
February 1973 September 1973
Karl-Heinz "Harry" Garstecki
 
September 1973 October 1973
Willi Nolting
 
October 1973 Januar 1974
Rudi Faßnacht
 
January 1974 1974 Qualification to the 2. Bundesliga
Westfälischer Cup Winner
Erhard Ahmann
 
1974 1976
Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
 
1976 1978 Promotion to the Bundesliga
Milovan Beljin
 
1978 October 1978
Otto Rehhagel
 
October 1978 October 1979 Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga 1978
Willi Nolting
 
October 1979 October 1979
Hans-Dieter Tippenhauer
 
October 1979 September 1980 Promotion to the Bundesliga
Willi Nolting
 
September 1980 December 1980
Horst Franz
 
December 1980 1982
Horst Köppel
 
1982 1983 Place 8 in the Bundesliga
Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
 
1983 March 1984
Gerd Roggensack
 
March 1984 February 1986 Place 8 in der Bundesliga 1984
Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga 1985
Horst Franz
 
February 1986 November 1986
Fritz Fuchs
 
November 1986 December 1987
Joachim Krug
 
December 1987 April 1988
Ernst Middendorp
 
April 1988 October 1990 Relegation to the Oberliga 1988
Champion of the Oberliga Westfalen 1990
Franz Raschid
 
October 1990 1991
Fritz Grösche
 
1991 1992
Ingo Peter
 
1 July 1992 1 February 1994
Theo Schneider
 
2 February 1994 30 June 1994 Qualification for the Regionalliga West/Südwest
Wolfgang Sidka
 
1994 September 1994
Ernst Middendorp
 
September 1994 16 August 1998 Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga 1995
Promotion to the Bundesliga 1996
Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga
Thomas von Heesen
 
17 August 1998 1999 Promotion to the Bundesliga
Hermann Gerland
 
1999 October 2000 Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga
Benno Möhlmann
 
October 2000 16 February 2004 Promotion to the Bundesliga
Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga
Thomas von Heesen
 
17 February 2004 29 February 2004
Uwe Rapolder
 
1 March 2004 10 May 2005 Promotion to the Bundesliga
Frank Geideck
 
11 May 2005 2005
Thomas von Heesen
 
2005 11 February 2007
Frank Geideck
 
11 February 2007 13 March 2007
Ernst Middendorp
 
14 March 2007 9 December 2007
Detlev Dammeier
 
10 December 2007 31 December 2007
Michael Frontzeck
 
1 January 2008 17 May 2009
Jörg Berger
 
19 May 2009  – Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga
Thomas Gerstner
 
24 June 2009 11 March 2010
Frank Eulberg & Jörg Böhme
 
11 March 2010 26 May 2010
Christian Ziege
 
26 May 2010 6 November 2010
Ewald Lienen
 
7 November 2010 30 June 2011 Relegated to the 3. Liga
Markus von Ahlen
 
1 July 2011 20 September 2011
Stefan Krämer
 
21 September 2011 23 February 2014 Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga
Norbert Meier
 
24 February 2014 10 June 2016 Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga
semi-final in the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal season
Rüdiger Rehm
 
15 June 2016 22 October 2016
Carsten Rump
 
23 October 2016 15 November 2016
Jürgen Kramny
 
15 November 2016 14 March 2017
Jeff Saibene
 
19 March 2017 10 December 2018
Uwe Neuhaus
 
10 December 2018 1 March 2021 Promotion to the Bundesliga
Frank Kramer
 
2 March 2021 Present

References

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  1. "Laufer neuer DSC-Präsident" (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. 21 August 2013. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  2. "Arminia" (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  3. "Das Team 2019/2020". DSC Arminia Bielefeld (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  4. "Daten & Statistik" (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
  5. als Playercoach

Other websites

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