Chemnitzer FC

Full name	Chemnitzer Fussball-Club e.V.
Nickname(s)	Die Himmelblauen (Sky Blues)
Founded	1920
Ground	Stadion an der Gellertstrasse
Capacity	12,680
Chairman
Manager
League	Oberliga NOFV Süd (IV)
2005-06	Regionalliga Nord (III), 19th, (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

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History

After the re-organization of German football into sixteen Gauliga, or top flight divisions, under the Third Reich, PSV Chemnitz played in the Gauliga Sachsen. The club performed well, generally finishing in the upper half of the league table and capturing their division in 1935 and 1936. In 1942 the club was re-named SG Ordnungspolizei Chemnitz. World War II eventually took a toll as the team fell out of first division play after a ninth place finish in 1943 and the country's football descended into chaos as it was overtaken by the war. Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...

In the aftermath of the conflict most organizations in Germany, including sports and football clubs, were dissolved by the Allied occupation authorities. The side was re-established in 1945 as SG Chemnitz Nord and then, as was common in East German football at the time, it underwent a number of name changes: BSG Fewa Chemnitz (1948); BSG Chemie (1951); and BSG Chemie Karl-Marx-Stadt (1953), in step with the change of the city's name under the communist government. In 1956 the football club was attached to the larger centralized sports club SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt, which was in turn re-named SC Karl-Marx-Stadt (1963). The football department was once again separated from the sports club as FC Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1966 under a government plan to establish a number of centres throughout the country intended to identify and develop talent in support of a strong national side. When the city re-claimed its original name in 1991 the team followed suit to become Chemnitzer FC. 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... GDR redirects here. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After joining the DDR-Liga in 1963 the club generally earned uninspiring results, most often finishing in the lower half of the league table. It managed a surprising East German championship win in 1967, and were losing finalists in the East German Cup (FDGB Cup) in 1969, 1983 and 1989. The club enjoyed its best turn internationally in 1989 advancing through two preliminary rounds to the quarter final of the UEFA Cup where it went out 1:2, 0:1 against Juventus. In 1990 the team finished as East German vice-champions, second to Dynamo Dresden on goal differential. After German re-unification in 1990, Chemnitz was seeded into the 2.Bundesliga beginning with the 1992 season and played there until being relegated in 1997. The team advanced to the semi-final round of the German Cup in 1993. It played in the Regionalliga (III), was promoted to the 2.Bundesliga in 1999. Since then the importance of a club has faded. It was relegated back to Regionalliga (III) in 2001 and to IV division in 2006. 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The FDGB Cup (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Pokal or Free German Trade Union Federation Cup) was an elimination football tournament held annually in the former East Germany. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... UEFA Cup logo The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams. ... Juventus F.C. (Latin for Youth) is one of Italys oldest and most successful football clubs, based in Turin. ... This article is about the year. ... Dynamo Dresden is a German football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. ... German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) refers to the reunification of Germany from its constituent parts of East Germany and West Germany under a single government on October 3, 1990. ... The official Bundesliga logo. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The German Cup trophy The German Cup (official German name: DFB-Pokal, after Deutscher Fußball Bund Pokal or German Football Association Cup) is an elimination football (soccer) tournament held annually. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Honours

• East German champions: 1967
• East German vice-champions: 1990
• East German Cup (FDGB Cup) finalists: 1969, 1983, 1989
• German Cup semi-finalist: 1993
• Saxon Cup (Sachsenpokal) champions: 1997, 1998

Notable players

• Eberhard Vogel, 74 DDR caps, 1962-76
• Rico Steinmann, 23 DDR caps, 1986-90
• Michael Ballack, came up through Chemnitz's junior system and debuted with the 1998 Kaiserslautern side that claimed the Bundesliga title in the same year that it returned from relegation – the only club to ever accomplish the feat

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Team roster

As of February 1, 2006

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Stadium

Chemnitzer FC plays in the club-owned Stadion an der Gellertstraße which has a capacity of 12,680 spectators (~540 seats). Until 1990 the facility was officially known as "Dr. Kurt-Fischer-Stadion", or locally as the "Fischerwiese". During its 2.Bundesliga seasons the club also made use of the larger Chemnitzer Sportforum, which has a capacity of over 19,000.

External links

• Official website
• The Abseits Guide to German Soccer
• CFC Fanpage
• CFC Fans