1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig (2003)

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1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
Logo lok leipzig.png
society
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Surname 1. Lokomotive
Leipzig e. V.
Seat Leipzig , Saxony
founding December 10, 2003
Colours Blue yellow
Members 2,759 (07/15/2020)
president Thomas the Lion
Website lok-leipzig.com
Football company
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Surname 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig Spielbetriebsgesellschaft mbH
Shareholder 100%: e. V.
executive Director Martin Mieth
Lars Schauer
First team
Head coach Almedin Civa
Venue Bruno Plache Stadium
Places 15,600 (currently limited to 10,900)
league Regionalliga Northeast
2019/20 1st place
home
Away

The 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig , just 1. FC Lok or Lok Leipzig , is a football club from the Leipzig district Probstheida . It is the unofficial successor club to the club of the same name, founded in 1966, and to VfB Leipzig, which went bankrupt in 2004 . After the re-establishment in 2003, the club rose to the Oberliga Nordost within four years. After the club played two seasons in the Regionalliga between 2012 and 2014, it has been playing in the Regionalliga Nordost since the 2016/17 season. The team, which is often called the Loksche , plays its home games in the Bruno Plache Stadium . The first men's team's match operations were spun off to 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig Spielbetriebsgesellschaft mbH on July 1, 2015 , of which the club is the sole shareholder.

history

2003–2004: Foundation of the association

When VfB Leipzig again filed for bankruptcy , 13 VfB Leipzig fans founded 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig on December 10, 2003 , using the name of the VfB predecessor club founded in 1966. The eleven founding members elected former VfB fan representative Steffen Kubald as the club's chairman.

The new 1. FC Lok took over the successful junior teams and the women's football department of VfB. Some of the youngsters were bought by FC Sachsen Leipzig , which, with the help of the city, founded a Leipzig youth center. The city of Leipzig made efforts to bundle the competencies of Leipzig football and thus increase the interest of potential investors. However, this attempt quickly failed due to the strong, historical rivalries between the two club management and fan camps. VfB Sachsen Leipzig or 1. FC Union Leipzig were discussed as possible club names .

2004–2008: march through to the top league

season league space Points
2004/05 3rd district class Leipzig 01 78
2005/06 District class Leipzig 01 79
2006/07 District League Leipzig 01 73
2007/08 State League Saxony 02 68

While the junior and women's teams could remain in their divisions, the men's team had to start playing in the lowest league, the 3rd district class . The trainer Rainer Lisiewicz (league player at Lok from 1968 to 1978) had to put together a new men's team before the start of the 2004/05 season. Over 100 VfB fans applied for screening training, from which he selected 25 players for the 11th league. The new club quickly became a cult club among former VfB fans. Because of the large number of spectators for the lowest division, the media reported across Germany, which attracted even more visitors to the Bruno-Plache Stadium. In the medium term, the club wanted to play again where its predecessor VfB last ran, in the NOFV Oberliga . In order to shorten the time at the district level (11th to 8th league), the club tried to merge with clubs from the fifth-class regional league of Saxony and sixth-class regional league Leipzig in 2004 . Only the third attempt at merger brought the merger with SSV 52 Torgau . Two teams from Torgau had previously decided to merge, which freed up a place in the seventh-class Leipzig district class. Both sides found the merger to be fair, 1. FC Lok kept its name and venue, in return it supported the new Torgau club financially with 48,000 euros.

In his first season in 2004/05, Lok Leipzig became champions of the 3rd district class without losing points, after 26 games the goal difference was 316-13. Lok also won the Leipzig City Cup, defeating the third team of SSV Markranstädt, which played three leagues higher, 2-0 in the final . On October 9, 2004, the club set a record for the Guinness Book of Records when 12,421 spectators came to the central stadium for the match against Eintracht Großdeuben II . It means world record number of viewers in a point game in the lowest national division. In addition, Lothar Matthäus made his comeback at Lok for a game in the City Cup semi-finals. In addition, the then 62-year-old Henning Frenzel and Heiko Scholz ran again for Loksche in the 11th division.

In the district class Leipzig Season 2, the club was the first to be promoted to the district league in 2006 and qualified for the Sachsenpokal 2006/07 with a 3-1 win against Bornaer SV . Another highlight of the season was the friendly match against English club FC United of Manchester in front of an officially 7,426 spectators, it was also the first international game of 1. FC Lok since the re-establishment. A second leg in England was agreed, but did not materialize. After an exciting three-way battle in 2006/07, the Loksche was again champion and thus managed direct promotion to the State League Saxony . In the district league season, the games in the Saxon State Cup were special highlights, in which Lok was the only sixth division team to reach the quarter-finals after three rounds, but was eliminated 3-0 against the later finalist, the second representative of Erzgebirge Aue. The average number of spectators at point games was just under 2,800, the top games in championship or cup competitions often saw more than 5,000 visitors.

Before the 2007/08 season in the Landesliga Sachsen there were considerable doubts about the renewed march through and a further rise, as the team was little changed compared to the previous year. At the end of the season, however, they were in second place, which entitled to playoffs for promotion to the league . This succeeded against the second in the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania regional league FC Schönberg 95 after a 2-1 away win and a 0-1 home defeat on June 22, 2008. After four consecutive ascents and a merger, the club made the leap from the lowest League in the upper league - the unofficial predecessor club VfB Leipzig played there until it was dissolved due to insolvency.

  • Team from 2005/06

  • Team from 2006/07

2008–2011: Establishment in the top league

season league space Points
2008/09 Oberliga Nordost 03 56
2009/10 Oberliga Nordost 12 33
2010/11 Oberliga Nordost 08th 39

Even before the 2008/09 season, the team was not reinforced. The most important new addition was certainly Torsten Jülich , who came back to Probstheida from 1. FC Saarbrücken and was supposed to give the defense more stability. To everyone's surprise, the team did not play against relegation, as feared before the championship, but had established themselves in the top field of the league until the winter break. Shortly before the end of the season, in April 2009, it was announced that the club would part with its long-time coach Rainer Lisiewicz at the end of the season. On May 12, 2009, he was given early leave. Lisiewicz led the club to four consecutive promotions; his successor was Jörg Seydler, who previously worked in the club's youth departments. On November 29, 2009 Seydler resigned. For the last first round game of the 2009/2010 season, Uwe Trommer , who had been working as assistant coach until then, took over the league team on an interim basis with the support of team manager Peter Milkau. At the end of the 2008/09 season, the team finished third in the table.

The 2009/10 season led to a drop in performance. After the end of the first half of the season, the club finished in a disappointing 11th place. An even worse second half led to 12th place with only 33 points. From July 2010 Achim Steffens was head coach. The 2010/11 season began with a game loss (local derby against FC Sachsen Leipzig ). However, this should not remain an isolated case. By the winter break, only ten out of 15 games could be played, from which only 8 points were scored. For the first time 1. FC Lok was in a league on a relegation zone. In addition, head coach Steffens fell seriously ill at the end of 2010 and was represented by Mike Sadlo. At an early general meeting in February 2011, the long-time chairman Steffen Kubald was elected from office. Michael Notzon became the new president. In terms of sport, Lok was able to consolidate himself in the current season and finished eighth in the table.

Since 2011: Between the Oberliga and the Regionalliga

season league space Points
2011/12 Oberliga Nordost 06th 42
2012/13 Regionalliga Northeast 11 36
2013/14 Regionalliga Northeast 15th 32
2014/15 Oberliga Nordost 04th 56
2015/16 Oberliga Nordost 01 74
2016/17 Regionalliga Northeast 10 47
2017/18 Regionalliga Northeast 06th 53
2018/19 Regionalliga Northeast 06th 50
2019/20 Regionalliga Northeast 01 47 / 2.14

With the redesign and expansion of the regional leagues in 2012, Lok Leipzig managed to qualify for the new north-east relay. At the end of January 2013 it became known that the club was in financial distress. According to Vice President Bernd Wickfelder, there was a gap of around 300,000 euros in the seasonal budget. The association then initiated, among other things, a program for small sponsors to avert the impending bankruptcy.

As part of an extraordinary general meeting called by the association members in spring 2013, the previous association presidium was voted out by the members and replaced by a new presidium under the leadership of long-time locomotive fans Heiko Spauke and René Gruschka. On October 7, 2013, Heiko Scholz signed a contract with 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig until the end of the season and extended it beyond that. The 2013/14 season ended with relegation from the Regionalliga Nordost. In autumn 2014 the club called on its fans to create an anniversary logo, which was used in the 50th anniversary year.

The general meeting in November 2014 decided to spin off the first men's team into a GmbH. From February 1, 2015 to April 2016, the former national soccer player Mario Basler was Managing Director Sport.

In the 2015/16 season, he was promoted back to the regional league. For the 2017/18 season, the previous President Jens Kesseler resigned from office for professional reasons and the previous Vice President Thomas Löwe was appointed as his successor.

Since 2016, 1. FC Lok has been trying to merge with VfB Leipzig, which is insolvent but still officially in existence, in order to build on its tradition not only emotionally and ideally, but also in terms of association law. The aim is to be able to wear a championship star for the titles of 1903, 1906 and 1913 on the jersey according to DFB regulations . The merger should take place on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of VfB in the 2018/19 season.

When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out during the 2019/2020 season and games in the German sports leagues were suspended, the club sold more than 120,000 tickets for a fictional game.

As a result of the pandemic, the season was canceled by the Northeast German Football Association with an assessment of the games played before the interruption. To determine the final table, the quotient rule was applied, which was also used in many other football leagues and sports. Lok Leipzig thus finished the season first and qualified for relegation games to the 3rd division against the representative of the Regionalliga West, SC Verl. Both games ended in a draw (2-2 in the Bruno-Plache Stadium at home and 1-1 in the away game ). Due to the away goals rule, promotion to the 3rd division was not achieved. Wolf then resigned and Almedin Civa took over the trainer and sports director post of Lok.

First team

Squad 2020/21

As of August 29, 2020

No. nation Surname birthday in the team since Last club
goal
01 GermanyGermany Janne's bag January 20, 1999 2020 VfL Wolfsburg II
20th GermanyGermany NetherlandsNetherlands Jeroen Gies January 23, 1995 2020 SV Meppen
30th GermanyGermany Dennis Dickmann January 19, 1997 2020 Inter Leipzig
Defense
02 GermanyGermany KazakhstanKazakhstan Robert Berger November 7, 1996 2017 FSV Zwickau
03 GermanyGermany Mike Eglseder November 22, 1992 2020 SV Elversberg
05 GermanyGermany David Urban 4th June 1992 2018 ZFC Meuselwitz
18th GermanyGermany Leon Heynke November 27, 1999 2019 1. FC Magdeburg
27 GermanyGermany Niklas Schneider May 7, 1999 2020 Hamburger SV
28 AustriaAustria Damir Mehmedovic December 11, 1997 2020 NK Tabor Sežana
midfield
06th GermanyGermany Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Zak Paolo Piplica August 14, 2001 2020 FC Carl Zeiss Jena II
08th GermanyGermany Farid Abderrahmane February 17, 1996 2020 SC Fortuna Cologne
10 GermanyGermany Paul Schinke (C)Captain of the crew May 16, 1991 2015 RB Leipzig II
22nd GermanyGermany Maik Salewski September 14, 1989 2017 FSV Budissa Bautzen
23 GermanyGermany Sascha pepper October 19, 1986 2017 Hallescher FC
Storm
11 GermanyGermany Tom Nattermann April 16, 1993 2020 SV Babelsberg 03
13 GermanyGermany AlgeriaAlgeria Djamal Ziane March 27, 1992 2014 Energy Cottbus II
19th CanadaCanada GhanaGhana Gabriel Boakye February 26, 1998 2020 1. FC Cologne
25th CanadaCanada Goteh Ntignee May 10, 2002 2020 Victoria Highlanders FC
29 GermanyGermany Denis Jäpel May 26, 1998 2020 FSV Zwickau
99 GermanyGermany Johannes Pistol 4th December 2001 2018 own youth

successes

Trainer

  • Rainer Lisiewicz (July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2009)
  • Jörg Seydler (July 1, 2009 - November 29, 2009)
  • Uwe Trommer (November 30, 2009 - June 30, 2010)
  • Joachim Steffens (July 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010)
  • Mike Sadlo (January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011)
  • Willi Kronhardt (January 2, 2012 - June 30, 2012)
  • Marco Rose (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013)
  • Heiko Scholz (October 7, 2013 - September 23, 2018)
  • Björn Joppe (September 24, 2018 - December 17, 2018)
  • Rainer Lisiewicz (December 18, 2018 - October 19, 2019)
  • Wolfgang Wolf (October 19, 2019 - June 30, 2020)
  • Almedin Civa (since July 2, 2020)

Former players

Stages

Bruno Plache Stadium (2007)

1. FC Lokomotive usually plays its home games in the Bruno-Plache-Stadion . In the past, home games also took place in the Zentralstadion (today: Red Bull Arena ). 1. FC Lokomotive has been the owner of the Bruno-Plache-Stadium, which is also known as Bruno for short, since 2015 .

Football has been played in the Bruno Plache Stadium since the 1920s. And it has always been the home of VfB Leipzig and 1. FC Lok. The only exception were the years 1992–1995 due to the safety regulations of the 2nd Bundesliga. It is located in the Leipzig district of Probstheida , south of the Monument to the Battle of the Nations . The stadium officially holds 15,600 spectators today. Due to various safety regulations, however, it is only approved for 10,900 spectators. At the opening, 50,000 spectators came to the game between VfB Leipzig and Hamburger SV . The wooden grandstand, which was built in 1932 and is still in use today, has largely been preserved in its original state. It is thus an important historical example of a large wooden stand in German football stadiums of that time.

There is also an initiative to preserve the Bruno Plache Stadium, which is supported by fans of 1. FC Lok. It is mainly about work assignments and independent maintenance and renovation work that is carried out voluntarily and unselfishly. The vision of the initiative is that tarpaulin to renovate completely and transform it into a modern stadium for about 20,500 spectators. The costs should be around 10 to 20 million euros.

Fans

Part of the fan scene is considered to be violent and right-wing oriented, whereby the presidium and club management point out that these are " problem fans" within the fan scene. Acts of violence and politically motivated riots, in which an open commitment to the Lok Leipzig association was propagated, made headlines across Germany several times in the past. The association has always distanced itself from the perpetrators of such crimes in statements.

Women's soccer

history

Still under the name VfB Leipzig, the team rose to the Regionalliga Nordost in 2003 . In fifth place, the team surprisingly qualified for the newly founded 2nd Bundesliga and was divided into the southern group. The jump turned out to be too big and the team was relegated from bottom of the table. In the following regional league season, the promotion was made. In 2011, the team secured promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time . She ended the 2011/2012 season in last place in the table and was relegated as the only sporting relegation.

On July 1, 2013, all women's and girls' teams left the club due to financial problems and moved to the newly founded FFV Leipzig .

successes

  • Promotion to the Bundesliga: 2010/11
  • Champion of the Regionalliga Nordost: 2005/06
  • Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga: 2005/06

literature

  • Freundeskreis Probstheida: 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig. Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-944068-48-0 (= Library of German Football , Volume 5)
  • Thomas Franke, Veit Pätzug: From Athens to Althen. The Lok Leipzig fan scene between the European Cup and the district class . SDV Verlags GmbH, Dresden 2006, ISBN 3-9810516-5-3 .
  • Thomas Franke, Marko Hofmann, Matthias Löffler: 50 years of 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig - the chronicle in pictures . MMT Verlag, Leipzig 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-051398-5 .
  • Thomas Franke, Marko Hofmann, Matthias Löffler: 1987. The triumphal procession of 1. FC Lok Leipzig through Europe. MMT Verlag, Leipzig 2017, ISBN 978-3000562600
  • Thomas Franke, Marko Hofmann, Matthias Löffler: 125 years. From VfB to 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig: The story of the first German champion . MMT Verlag, Leipzig 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-060937-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1. FC Lok professionalises structures , lok-leipzig.com, November 21, 2014, accessed on March 22, 2017.
  2. ^ Julian Moering: Lok Leipzig: Death and rebirth of a GDR legend. (No longer available online.) In: fussball.de. May 4, 2013, archived from the original on July 1, 2013 ; Retrieved May 4, 2013 .
  3. ^ Robert Klein: Great clubs of yore - 1. FC Lok Leipzig. (No longer available online.) In: Football Week . Archived from the original on August 3, 2012 ; Retrieved November 20, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Head coach Jörg Seydler resigned. (No longer available online.) 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig, November 29, 2009, archived from the original on September 15, 2012 ; Retrieved November 29, 2009 .
  5. ↑ Robert Nößler: Fans should save Lok Leipzig from bankruptcy - President Notzon survived OP well. Leipziger Volkszeitung , February 1, 2013, accessed on March 8, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Basler becomes managing director at Lok Leipzig. Spiegel Online , January 21, 2015, accessed March 8, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Basler gives up sporting director job at Lok Leipzig. Spiegel Online , March 4, 2016, accessed March 8, 2017 .
  8. ^ Lok-President Kesseler resigns from office. 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig, July 17, 2017, accessed on July 17, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Thomas Fritz: The long way to the master star. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. May 25, 2018.
  10. ↑ DER SPIEGEL: Regional Football League: Lok Leipzig achieves record attendance despite Corona break - DER SPIEGEL - Sport. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
  11. ↑ THANK YOU, WOLFGANG WOLF! from July 2, 2020
  12. ↑ ALMEDIN CIVA RETURNS TO PROBSTHEIDA from July 2nd, 2020
  13. ↑ https://www.lok-leipzig.com/profis/ Spieler /
  14. ↑ A great day for Leipzig football. 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig, September 17, 2015, accessed on March 10, 2017 .
  15. ^ The initiative for the preservation of the Bruno-Plache-Stadion. (No longer available online.) Bruno-plache-stadion.de, archived from the original on January 20, 2017 ; accessed on March 8, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Lok-Leipzig-Schande: Fans storm lawn - attack on Mario Basler. Evening newspaper , June 15, 2015, accessed March 9, 2017 .
  17. ^ Ullrich Kroemer: Eight long minutes. 11 Friends , June 19, 2015, accessed March 9, 2017 .
  18. ↑ Lok Leipzig distances itself from hooligans and announces stadium bans. Leipziger Volkszeitung , January 12, 2016, accessed on March 9, 2017 .