1. FC Magdeburg
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| Full name | 1.Fussballclub Magdeburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | December 22, 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ground | Ernst Grube Stadion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 25,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Volker Rehboldt |
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| Manager | Bernd Hofmann |
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| League | Regionalliga Nord | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Oberliga Nordost-Süd, 1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1.FC Magdeburg is a German football club playing in Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt. The club has its origins in Soviet-occupied post-World War II East Germany. In 1945 players from the disbanded clubs Magdeburger SC Prussia 1899 and Cricket Viktoria Magdeburg formed Sportgruppe (SG) Sudenburg. This club and SG Lemsdorf came together as the sports club BSG Eintracht Sudenburg, which in turn merged with SAG Krupp Grusson in 1950. The next year the club was re-named BSG Stahl Magdeurg, and then in 1952, became Motor Mitte Magdeburg. Half way through the 1957 season the football team left MMM and joined Sportclub Aufbau Magdeburg. In 1965, the club was renamed SC Magdeburg and on December 22, 1965 the football team left the sports club to found a football-only club named 1. FC Magdeburg.
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The club began a gradual ascent to the DDR-Oberliga in the late 50s and managed to stay in the top flight of East German football for most of the next three-and-a-half decades. Magdeburg captured three East German Cups in the 60s as a prelude to an even more successful decade to come. They won their first national championship in 1972 beginning a four-year-long string of triumphs that included a fourth East German Cup in 1973, a national championship and 2:0 win over AC Milan in the European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1974, and a third national title in 1975. They finished out the decade with East German Cups in 1978 and 1979. The club's last national honour was yet another East German Cup in 1983 – their seventh win in seven Cup final appearances.
Re-unification in 1990 also brought the merger of the football leagues of the two Germanys. 1. FC Magdeburg found themselves out of first division play in the Oberliga Nordost-Mitte/Regionalliga Nordost (III). That did not keep the side from putting on a memorable German Cup performance in 2000 by knocking out 1. FC Köln, Bayern Munich and Karlsruher SC before being put out themselves by a narrow 0:1 margin in a quarter final match against FC Schalke 04. Financial problems in 2002 drove them to fourth division Oberliga Nordost-Süd. However, they have continued to enjoy a measure of success at this level with a handful of Sachsen-Anhalt Cup wins, the latest in 2006.
[edit] Honours
- European Cup Winners Cup: 1974
- East German Champions: 1972, 1974, 1975
- East German U21-Champions: 1963, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1989
- East German U18-Champions: 1966, 1968, 1980
- East German Cup Winners: 1964, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1983
- East German U21-Cup Winners: 1970, 1984
- State Cup Winners of Saxony-Anhalt: 1993, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006
- German F.A. A-Juniors Cup Winners: 1999
| Preceded by: A.C. Milan |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Winner 1974 Runner up: A.C. Milan |
Succeeded by: Dynamo Kiev |
[edit] Players
[edit] Current Squad
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[edit] Notable players
- Jürgen Sparwasser, 57 DDR caps (1969-77), a hero in the east for his goal against West Germany in the '74 World Cup
- Martin Hoffmann, 66 DDR caps
- Jürgen Pommerenke, 57 DDR caps
- Joachim Streich, 98 DDR caps
- Wolfgang Steinbach, 28 DDR caps
- Dirk Stahmann, 46 DDR caps
[edit] External links
| German Regionalliga Nord Football Clubs (2006-07) |
| Rot-Weiß Ahlen | Hertha BSC Berlin II | 1. FC Union Berlin | Werder Bremen II Borussia Dortmund II | Dynamo Dresden | Fortuna Düsseldorf | BSV Kickers Emden FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Hamburger SV II | Holstein Kiel | Bayer Leverkusen II VfB Lübeck | 1. FC Magdeburg | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | VfL Osnabrück FC St. Pauli | SV Wilhelmshaven | Wuppertaler SV Borussia |
