Hallescher FC

Hallescher FC

Full name	Hallescher Fußball-Club e.V.
Nickname(s)	Chemie
Founded	26 January 1966
Ground	Stadion im Bildungszentrum (Capacity: 5,010)
Manager	Sven Köhler
League	Regionalliga Nord (IV)
2009–10	Regionalliga Nord, 4th
Home colours Away colours

Hallescher FC is a German association football club based in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.

History

HFC Chemie team photo, Oberliga-season 1983.

The club's roots are in the 1946 formation of SG Glaucha in Soviet-occupied East Germany around the core of Hallescher Fußball-Club Wacker which was founded in 1900. Wacker had participated in the playoff rounds for the German championship in 1921, 1928, and 1934, when it won the Gauliga Mitte.

As was common in the East at the time, the club would undergo frequent name changes, the first one was to SG Freiimfelde Halle in 1948. In the following year they won the eastern championship as ZSG Union Halle and repeated this success in 1952.

A succession of further name changes followed: BSG Turbine Halle (1953); SC Chemie Halle-Leuna (1957); SC Chemie Halle (1958); and FC Chemie Halle (1966).

The last name change reflects the separation of football departments from their parent sports clubs all across East Germany, forming football clubs, as sports bureaucrats strove to build a powerful national football team. As BSG Turbine Halle the side won its first East German Cup in 1956, and a second one in 1962, this time as SC Chemie Halle. The club played in the premier DDR-Oberliga as a middling side, with the occasional lapse that would drop them to the second tier DDR-Liga. Their best result in this period was third place Oberliga finish in 1970–71 that earned them a first-round UEFA Cup appearance.

With German reunification in 1990, and the merger of the country's eastern and western leagues, the club entered the 2.Bundesliga as Hallescher FC. A steady decline followed that saw the club in Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt (V) by the 1995–96 season. They play in NOFV-Oberliga Süd (IV) and promoted to Regionalliga Nord (IV) in 2007–2008 as champions.

Frequent name changes have been accompanied by frequent changes to the team logo. These are just some of the crests worn by Halle teams over the years.

Current squad

As of 7 November 2011 (2011 -11-07)^[update]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Jürgen Rittenauer 2 DF Jan Benes 3 DF Steven Ruprecht 4 MF Steve Finke 5 DF Patrick Mouaya 6 MF Toni Lindenhah 7 MF Marco Stier 9 FW Michael Preuß 10 MF Anton Müller 11 FW Andis Shala 13 GK Darko Horvat

No. Position Player 15 DF David Kamm Al-Azzawe 16 FW Dennis Mast 17 MF Nico Kanitz 19 DF Tom Butzmann 20 MF Telmo Teixeira-Rebelo 21 FW Dennis Wegner 22 DF Marco Hartmann 23 MF Benjamin Boltze 26 MF Maik Wagefeld 27 FW Pavel David 28 DF Sören Eismann

Notable former players

The following players represented the East Germany national football team whilst playing for Hallescher FC.

• Jens Adler
• Bernd Bransch
• Erich Haase
• Günter Imhof
• Erhard Mosert
• Frank Pastor
• Werner Peter
• Dieter Strozniak
• Klaus Urbanczyk
• Horst Walter
• Dariusz Wosz

Honours

• East German Champions: 1948, 1952
• East German Cup: 1956, 1962
• Saxony-Anhalt Cup: 1994, 2002, 2008, 2010
• NOFV-Oberliga Süd Champions: 2008
• Central German champions: 1921, 1928
• Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt (As fifth tier) Champions: 1997, 2000

External links

• Official website (German)
• Abseits Guide to German Soccer