Arminia Bielefeld

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DSC Arminia Bielefeld

Full name

Deutscher Sport-Club Arminia Bielefeld

Nickname(s)

Die Arminen

Founded

1905

Ground

Schüco Arena (old name: "Alm"),
Bielefeld
(Capacity 26,601)

Chairman

Manager

League

Bundesliga, 12th





Home colours





Away colours

DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German football club that plays in Bielefeld, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. The side was founded in 1905 as 1. Bielefelder Fussball-Club Arminia and – a year after a failed merger with another local side, Bielefelder Turngemeinde – took on its current name, Deutscher Sportclub Arminia, in 1927. The name Arminia is a feminized version of Arminius or Hermann, the legendary hero of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest which halted the march of Rome into northern Germany.

The team is often referred to as "the elevator crew" as it holds the record for most promotions to the Bundesliga (7 times) and the corresponding mark for the most demotions (6 times; a record they share with 1. FC Nürnberg). They are currently playing in the Bundesliga after their most recent promotion for the 2004-05 season. Their longest turn in the premier league was a five year run from 1980-81 to 1984-85 when they also managed to earn their best finishes (8th in 1982-83 and 1983-84).

Arminia Bielefeld was at the centre of the Bundesliga scandal of 1971 when it was involved in a scheme to bribe players from other teams, including Kickers Offenbach, Hertha BSC Berlin, Schalke 04, and 1. FC Köln, in an attempt to keep its place in the Bundesliga. As a result, Arminia was stripped of all its points and demoted to the Regionalliga West (II). A number of players from various sides were also suspended.

In spite of its apparent ups and downs, Arminia has performed consistently well throughout its history. Early on in the 20's, they enjoyed a string of regional championships. Since the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963, the side has played in the Bundesliga or tier II leagues except for a seven year span from 1988-89 to 1994-95 spent in III division circuits which ended with a Regionalliga West/Südwest title and promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga in 1995.

1 Team trivia
2 Current squad
- 2.1 Squad changes during 2007-08 season
3 External links

Football made its debut on German radio in November 1925 with the broadcast of part of the game between Arminia and Preußen Münster.
In 1998, Arminia became the first German team to recruit players from Iran, namely Ali Daei and Karim Bagheri.
Together with Tasmania 1900 Berlin, Arminia holds the dubious record of 10 consecutive Bundesliga losses.
In 1999, Arminia Bielefeld recruited a player named Josef Ivanovic directly from the Kreisliga, the lowest amateur division in Germany, and he went on to become a fairly successful player in the Second Bundesliga.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mathias Hain (captain)
2	DF	Markus Schuler
4	DF	Petr Gabriel
5	MF	Rüdiger Kauf
6	DF	Markus Bollmann
7	MF	Thorben Marx
8	DF	Tobias Rau
9	FW	Christian Eigler
10	MF	Ioannis Masmanidis
11	MF	David Kobylík
13	MF	Oliver Kirch
14	FW	Jonas Kamper
15	FW	Abdelaziz Ahanfouf
16	DF	Andre Mijatović
17	MF	Umut Koçin
18	FW	Artur Wichniarek

No.	Position	Player
19	DF	Bernd Korzynietz
20	MF	Jörg Böhme
21	DF	Matthias Langkamp
22	FW	Sibusiso Zuma
23	GK	Rowen Fernandez
24	FW	Daniel Halfar
25	MF	Siyabonga Nkosi
27	FW	Leonidas Kampantais
28	GK	Daniel Riemer
29	MF	Stefan Aigner
30	DF	Nils Fischer
31	MF	Radim Kučera
32	MF	Robert Tesche
34	DF	Maik Rodenberg
35	DF	Nils-Christian Schmidt
TBA	FW	José Torrealba