The big book of the German football clubs

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The Big Book of German Football Clubs is a German-language reference work for German football clubs that is published by Agon-Sportverlag in Kassel.

history

The work, written by journalists and football historians Hardy Grüne and Christian Karn, was published for the first time in 1992, written by Grüne alone, under the title “Who is who of German football clubs”. The third edition was published in 2001 under the title "Vereinlexikon".

The individual clubs are shown with their full names including name and fusion chronology, club colors and address. Furthermore, the club's successes and placements as well as the stadiums used by the respective club and the average number of spectators are recorded. A coat of arms chronology for each individual club as well as around 300 historical and current stadium photos complete the work. The fourth edition, published in October 2009, now also contains an introductory text for each of the approx. 3500 clubs described, in which the history of the club is presented. The editorial deadline for the current edition was August 30, 2009, so the respective club history up to the end of the 2008/09 season has been taken into account. Critics praised the previous edition, published in 2001, as a reliable and hardworking compendium.

Conditions for registration

In the "Big Book of German Football Associations", Hardy Grüne has included all teams participating in the final round of the German championship from 1903 to 1963 and the final round of the regional championships in North, West, Berlin, South, Middle, Southeast and Baltic States from 1903 to 1933 . It also contains all clubs in the divisions:

  • Second class:
    • 2. Divisions or amateur leagues South, Southwest, West, North, Berlin (only from single track 1950)
    • GDR league with one to five seasons from 1950
    • Regional leagues 1963 to 1974
    • 2nd Bundesliga
  • Third class:
    • Amateur leagues or national leagues in the south, southwest and west, in north and Berlin, however, only from 1963
    • Amateur leagues (introduced in 1974 in the north, 1978 in the rest of Germany)
    • Regional leagues from 1994 to 2008.

After the league reform for the 2008/09 season, the now fifth-class upper leagues are no longer taken into account for reasons of space. However, as evidenced by the foreword for the next edition of the book, the prospect of familiarization has been promised.

It also contains the champions of the ATSB , DJK , Rotsport and German Gymnastics Association that existed before 1933 .

literature

  • Hardy Grüne, Christian Karn: The big book of the German football clubs . Agon Sportverlag, Kassel 2009, ISBN 978-3-89784-362-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ blutgraetsche.de: Publishing information
  2. ^ Indirectlyer-freistoss.de: Press review for the critical football fan