Hallescher FC

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Hallescher FC

Full name

Hallescher Fußball-Club e.V.

Nickname(s)

Chemie

Founded

26 January 1966

Ground

Kurt-Wabbel Stadion
(Capacity 23,860)

Manager

Sven Köhler

League

Regionalliga Nord (IV)

2007-08

NOFV-Oberliga Süd, 1st





Home colours





Away colours

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

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 sides from their parent sports clubs all across East Germany 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. Theyed 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 Hallesher teams over the years.