NationMaster - Encyclopedia: FC Hansa Rostock

FC Hansa Rostock is a German football club of the 2. Bundesliga, based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. They have emerged as the most successful of the former communist-era East German clubs, ahead of once dominant and history-rich sides from big cities such as Berlin, Dresden, and Leipzig. The team recently ended a 10-year stay in the top-level Bundesliga. Logo of FC Hansa Rostock GNU free license for the GIF.file (I dont think the logo itself is copyrighted by FC Hansa Rostock) This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Rostock is a city in northern Germany. ... This is a list of major football (soccer) stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ... The official Bundesliga logo. ... (Redirected from 2. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... soccer jersey with white sides, solid stripe in middle File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This is a list of football clubs in Germany. ... The 2nd Bundesliga is the Second Division of German soccer. ... Rostock is a city in northern Germany. ... Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a Bundesland (federal state) in northern Germany. ... GDR redirects here. ... Berlin is the capital city and a state of Germany. ... From left to right: BrÃ¼hls Terrace; the Hofkirche and the castle; the Semper Opera House. ... [] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the Federal State (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ... The official Bundesliga logo. ...

History

Early Years and Play in the DDR

The club was founded on December 28, 1965, when the football department of SC Empor Rostock was made independent of their parent sports club under a government sanctioned program that created eleven "focus clubs" that would groom young talent and provide the East German (DDR) national team with a steady supply of highly skilled players. December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... GDR redirects here. ...

SC Empor Rostock originally played as Empor Lauter in a small mining town in Saxony near the Czech border. Lauter was unexpectedly successful and in 1954 drew the attention of politician Harry Tisch who decided his city deserved a decent team to play in the newly completed Ostseestadion and simply ordered the club to Rostock over the futile protests of the locals. This was a common occurrence in East German football as clubs were regularly named and re-named, dismantled or shuffled from city to city at the whim of well-placed communist officials. The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stata Sakska) is at a land area of 18,413 kmÂ² and a population of 4. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harry Tisch was the head of the Free German Trade Union Federation between 1975 and 1989. ...

The footballers made the best of their new circumstances and went on to enjoy some measure of success through the rest of the 50's and on into the 60's. The transplanted side finished as East German vice-champions in three consecutive seasons of the DDR-Oberliga from 1962 to 1964 and made four appearances in the final of the East German Cup. Unfortunately, they were unable to come away with any sort of title. The club was re-named Hansa Rostock after its separation from SC Empor in 1965, in a tribute to the city's historic place in the Hanseatic League of north German port cities. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Carta marina of Baltic Sea (1539). ...

By the 70's the club was consistently finishing in the lower half of the league table and was relegated to the second division DDR-Liga, Staffel A for a single season on three different occasions late in the decade. They returned to form in the 80's and when the football leagues of the two Germanys were merged in 1991 after the re-unification of the country, Rostock won its first national championship in the last ever season of East German football, played out in the transitional NOFV Oberliga Nordost. They would also capture the last ever East German Cup with a 1:0 win over Stahl Eisenhuttenstadt. 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ... FC Stahl EisenhÃ¼ttenstadt is a German football club based in Eisenhuttenstadt, Brandenburg, near the Polish border. ...

United Germany and the Bundesliga

The club's timely success earned them a place in the Bundesliga, expanded from 18 to 20 teams for the 1991-92 season to accommodate two former East German teams, alongside Dynamo Dresden. Hansa was unable to stay up and was relegated after falling just a single point shy of the club ahead of them. Three seasons of tempering in the 2.Bundesliga would return the club to the top flight for the 1995-96 season. In ten years spent in the Bundesliga the team's best result would be a pair of sixth place finishes. In spite of frequent finishes in the bottom half of the league table, they would persist as the only former East German side able to consistently challenge the well-heeled clubs of the west. 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Dynamo Dresden is a German football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Rostock had a very poor first half in the 2004-05 season, earning only a single win and five draws in 17 matches. They were unable to recover and at season's end were relegated, leaving the former DDR without a club in the top flight for the first time since re-unification. Like other East German teams they were the victims of a harsh economic reality as the wealthier, well-established western sides bought up the most talented eastern footballers as their clubs struggled to survive financially: Rostock's Stefan Beinlich and Oliver Neuville were just two players sent west for cash. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stefan Beinlich (born January 13, 1972 in East Berlin) is a German footballer. ... Oliver Neuville (born May 1, 1973) is a striker of the National Football Team of Germany. ...

Honours

Fans

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Stadium

The old Ostseestadion was built in 1954, with the participation of several hundred of the citizens of Rostock who helped for free. In 2001, the stadium was refurbished and can now accommodate 30,000 spectators. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Team Trivia

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Former Players

Hansa Rostock sent 21 players to the East German (DDR) national side, as well as a handful to the national team of a united Germany.

A number of Rostock's best players have been sold to other clubs as they struggle to adjust to rough and tumble capitalist western football.

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2005/06 Squad

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External links

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