Rot-Weiß Frankfurt
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Rot-Weiß Frankfurt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Sportgemeinschaft Rot-Weiss 01 Frankfurt e.V. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Die Roten | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | November 11, 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stadion am Brentanobad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 6,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Holger Trimhold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Landesliga Hessen-Süd (V) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SG Rot-Weiß Frankfurt 01 is a German football club from Frankfurt am Main, Hesse. The association was founded on November 11, 1901 as FV Amicitia 1901 Bockenheim in what is today the city district of Bockenheim.
Contents |
[edit] History
[edit] Early years
The Frankfurt side played under a number of different names in the decades before World War II. They were known as Frankfurter FV Amicitia from 1909 to 1919, then playing as VfR 1901 Frankfurt after World War I until 1926. Between 1926 and 1935 they were called SC Rot Weiß Frankfurt. The team enjoyed some success in the early 30s, advancing to the final of the South German league in 1930 and 1931.
In 1933, German football was re-organized into sixteen top-flight divisions and Rot-Weiß appeared in the Gauliga Südwest for three seasons between 1938 and 1941. In 1941 the division was split into the Gauliga Westmark and the Gauliga Hessen-Nassau where the club played another three years as Reichsbahn TSV Rot-Weiß Frankfurt. Their best result was a divisional vice-chamionship in '41.
[edit] Postwar
After the war occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of all organizations in Germany, including sports and football associations. In late 1945 the club was re-constituted as SG Bockenheim and in 1947, once again named Rot-Weiß, played a single season in the first division Oberliga Süd before being relegated. The club set an attendance record that still stands to this day when they played 1. FC Nürnberg before 27,000 fans.
Rot-Weiß competed as a third tier side in the Amateurliga Hessen through most of the 60s and 70s with a single season cameo in the Regionalliga Süd (II) in 1968-69. The club then slipped to the Landesliga Hessen-Süd in 1979 where they played for five of the next seven seasons. From the late 80s to the mid-90s they were once again a third division side and captured the Oberliga Hessen championship in 1990. Participation in the subsequent promotion round for the 2. Bundesliga ended in failure. Under mounting financial pressure the team's performance slipped and by the mid-90s they were playing fourth and fifth division football. Rot-Weiß currently play in the Landesliga Hessen-Süd (V) and the primary focus of the club has shifted to its youth sides.
[edit] Stadium
The club plays its home matches in the Stadion am Brentanobad (capacity 6,000) built in 1940 and re-furbished in 1998.
[edit] Honours
- Oberliga Hessen champions: 1990
- Hessen Cup: 1971, 1974, 1989, 1992
