FC Gutersloh (1978)

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FC Gütersloh
Club crest
Full name Football club Gütersloh eV
place Gütersloh , North Rhine-Westphalia
Founded May 12, 1978
Dissolved February 14, 2000
Club colors Green-white-blue
Stadion Heidewaldstadion
Top league 2nd Bundesliga
successes Champion of the Regionalliga West / Southwest 1996
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The FC Gütersloh (officially: Fußballclub Gütersloh e.V. ) was a soccer club from Gütersloh . The club was founded on May 12, 1978 by merging the soccer departments of SV Arminia Gütersloh and DJK Gütersloh . The first team played in the 2nd Bundesliga from 1996 to 1999 and took part in the DFB Cup four times .

On February 14, 2000, the highly indebted club had to be dissolved. As a successor, FC Gütersloh 2000 was founded three days later , which was renamed FC Gütersloh in 2017. The home ground of FC Gütersloh was the Heidewaldstadion .

history

The parent clubs

FC Gütersloh was created on May 12, 1978 through the merger of the football departments of SV Arminia Gütersloh and DJK Gütersloh. The DJK played in the 2nd Bundesliga from 1974 to 1976, while SV Arminia failed in 1977 in the promotion round to the 2nd Bundesliga. The merger was a marriage of convenience, as both clubs were financially troubled and both clubs had the insight that together they could achieve more for Gütersloh football. There was an attempt to merge as early as 1974, but it failed.

Foundation and amateur scandal (1978 to 1990)

Season dates 1978–1990
season league Level space Gates Points
1978/79 OL Westphalia III 4th 65:41 44:24
1979/80 OL Westphalia III 6th 53:40 35:33
1980/81 OL Westphalia III 4th 64:44 43:25
1981/82 OL Westphalia III 2. 79:47 50:30
1982/83 OL Westphalia III 6th 66:52 36:32
1983/84 OL Westphalia III 1. 66:41 51:17
1984/85 OL Westphalia III 14th 42:49 30:38
1985/86 OL Westphalia III 3. 58:43 40:24
1986/87 OL Westphalia III 8th. 36:37 30:30
1987/88 OL Westphalia III 6th 48:38 35:25
1988/89 OL Westphalia III 6th 45:42 31:29
1989/90 OL Westphalia III 15th 30:45 26:34
OL = upper league
Heribert Bruchhagen, coach from 1983 to 1988

The new club came in the first championship game in the club's history to a clear 7-3 win against Ahlener SV and established themselves in the top group of the Oberliga Westfalen. After fourth places in 1978/79 and 1980/81 , the Gütersloh team were runner-up in 1982 behind TuS Schloss Neuhaus . In the German amateur championship , FCG was just eliminated in the quarter-finals against SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg . The 0: 0 in the first leg in Ludwigsburg was followed by a 3: 4 defeat in the second leg in Heidewald. A year later, quarrels with the Football and Athletics Association of Westphalia caused unrest in the club.

The Rietberger patron Heinz Steinkamp lured the ex-professionals Volker Graul and Roland Peitsch from Arminia Bielefeld to the Heidewaldstadion. Without the knowledge of the club, both earned illegal salaries at the second division level as “pseudo-amateurs”. Instead of the permitted 700 marks per month, Graul is said to have earned 180,000 marks and Peitsch 50,000 marks net per season. In addition, 13 players received a new BMW . FC Gütersloh has been described by the press as “the land of plenty for football amateurs”. Steinkamp is said to have invested a total of around four million marks in the club. After Steinkamp's company went bankrupt and left millions in debts, salaries could no longer be paid. Thereupon Graul and Peitsch sued the association for payment of the salaries agreed with Steinkamp.

In the first instance of the so-called net league process , the club was sentenced at the Kaiserau sports school to relegation to the association league and Graul and Peitsch were sentenced to three-year game bans. The lawyer Reinhard Rauball was hired for the revision for a fee of 5,000 marks. In the second instance, the forced relegation was converted into a deduction of 25 points, while the bans on the players remained. Violent tumult broke out after the new verdict was pronounced. The club finally moved to the DFB sports court , which lifted both the point deduction and the player bans and only issued a fine against the club. After this process, the DFB changed the amateur statute.

From a sporting point of view, the team could not be thrown off the mark and became champions in the 1983/84 season . On the last day of the match, Martin Kollenberg made the decision with his goal in the 1-0 win against VfB Waltrop . In the following round of promotion it was only enough for fourth place. After five games, the team was still in the race with 6: 4 points, before the last three games against SV Lurup (2: 5), at Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin (0: 1) and at 1. FC Bocholt ( 3: 4) were all lost. After the FCG narrowly escaped relegation the following season , the team achieved third place again in the 1985/86 season . Then the team slipped into midfield of the table. In 1990 the team had to relegate surprisingly. An own goal by Helmut Schröder on the last matchday sealed the relegation to the association league.

The team was more successful in the cup competitions. In 1986 and 1989, the Gütersloher reached the final of the Westphalia Cup . Both times the team left the field as a loser after losing 2-1. The opponents were DSC Wanne-Eickel in 1986 and VfR Sölde three years later . Despite the defeats, the FCG qualified both times for the DFB Cup. In the 1986/87 season the Gütersloher reached the second round after a replay victory over VfL Hamm / Sieg , in which Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin prevailed 5-0 in the Heidewald. Three years later the FCG reached the second round again. After a 1-1 draw after extra time in the home game against second division Hertha BSC , the team achieved a 1-0 win in the replay at the Berlin Olympic Stadium with a goal from Meik Tischler . In the second round, FCG lost to Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart 2-0 after extra time.

Rapid rise and fall (1990 to 2000)

Season dates 1990-2000
season league Level space Gates Points
1990/91 VL Westphalia, Gr. 1 IV 1. 56:25 43:17
1991/92 OL Westphalia III 11. 38:43 25:35
1992/93 OL Westphalia III 13. 42:47 29:39
1993/94 OL Westphalia III 9. 45:44 28:32
1994/95 OL Westphalia IV 1. 66:24 46:10
1995/96 RL West / Southwest III 1. 80:36 77
1996/97 2nd Bundesliga II 13. 43:51 42
1997/98 2nd Bundesliga II 5. 43:26 55
1998/99 2nd Bundesliga II 15th 39:58 37
1999/2000 RL West / Southwest III insolvency
OL = Oberliga, VL = Association League, RL = Regional League
Cup for the Regional League Championship 1995/96

With three points ahead of the amateurs of FC Schalke 04 , they were immediately promoted back to the top division. This was followed by mediocrity and years of relegation battle before FC Gütersloh missed qualification for the re-established regional league in 1994 . The former Bundesliga player Volker Graul then became a coach and manager in personal union. In the 1994/95 season , FCG made it to the regional league as champions. The team achieved a sensation a year later , namely the march through to the 2nd Bundesliga; only on the second match day was the FCG not leading the table. A 2-0 win over SC Hauenstein on the last matchday made the championship perfect. Dirk van der Ven was the top scorer in the league with 21 goals.

Despite a three-point deduction for violating the license conditions, the team was able to keep the class in the 1996/97 season . Behind the scenes there were disputes between trainer Johannes Linßen , manager Graul and president Jürgen Krämer. Among other things, there was a dispute about who was to blame for the license violations. At the same time, the local Bertelsmann group increased its financial commitment and promised to become even more involved in the event of a promotion to the Bundesliga.

After a 4-2 opening win over 1. FC Nürnberg , FCG were the first league leaders in the 1997/98 season . During the entire season, the team was never worse than eighth, on twelve match days they were on a promotion place to the Bundesliga. On the home straight she slipped to fifth. The last four games ended in a draw. In contrast, SC Freiburg was able to win its last four games and overtake the Güterslohern. Striker Angelo Vier , who was the top scorer with 18 goals, played a major role in the successful season . During the winter break, the Gütersloher caused a stir at the DFB indoor cup when they beat FC Bayern Munich 4-2.

Due to numerous departures, including striker Angelo Vier left the club in the direction of Rapid Vienna , the team could not maintain the level in the following season and fought against relegation. A 3-0 defeat at Arminia Bielefeld on the penultimate matchday and the simultaneous 3-0 win of Energie Cottbus at Fortuna Düsseldorf sealed the relegation. In the DFB Cup , FCG embarrassed itself with a 0-1 first round defeat after extra time at the fourth division Sportfreunde Eisbachtal . During the 1999/2000 regional league season , the club had to file for bankruptcy due to a total of nine million marks in debt . The last game in the club's history was lost to the amateurs of VfL Bochum with 1: 3.

The city had deferred trade taxes of 500,000 marks for the association and manager Paco Castillo collected another 400,000 marks from sponsors. When investors from Hamburg and Munich withdrew their financial commitments, the FCG could no longer be saved. On February 14, 2000, the club was dissolved and the first team logged off from ongoing game operations. The other men's, women's and youth teams, on the other hand, were able to finish their games properly.

successes

Personalities

player

For a list of all second division players of FC Gütersloh see list of players of FC Gütersloh . Other FC Gütersloh players included:

Trainer

Functionaries

The former Bundesliga referee Manfred Führer was temporarily president of FC Gütersloh. Rainer Schils was this from 1978 to 1991.

More teams

The second team of FC Gütersloh started in the 1978/79 season in the association league, where the team had to be relegated at the end of the season after a 4-1 defeat in the playoff against TuS Ahlen in neutral Oelde . In 1983 he was relegated to the district league, before the Gütersloh Reserve went down to the district league A two years later. After a short guest appearance between 1988 and 1990, the second team was able to re-establish itself in the district league from 1992. Initially, the team played against relegation, but was able to celebrate promotion to the regional league in 1999 . A year later it came to the dissolution of the club, whereby the second team could end the season.

In the youth field, FC Gütersloh was able to win four Westphalia championships. The A-youth won this title in 1999. The male D-youth, who won this title in 1979, 1981 and 1998, was more successful. In 1984, FC Gütersloh founded a women's team that advanced to the then third-class Association of Westphalia . In 2009 the department split off from the successor club FC Gütersloh 2000 as FSV Gütersloh 2009 .

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Good for the ego. Spiegel Online , accessed May 12, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Uwe Caspar: "FCG wrote football history!" Westfalen-Blatt , accessed on November 6, 2015 .
  4. ↑ a b c "If the environment is right, the FCG can also think of the first division". GT-INFO, accessed July 24, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Christian Bröder: 20 years ago: Gütersloh took off Bayern's lederhosen. Westfalen-Blatt , accessed December 19, 2018 .
  6. ↑ The final whistle for a traditional club. FC Gütersloh, archived from the original on March 26, 2013 ; Retrieved July 23, 2013 .
  7. ↑ The field soccer title holder of the over 40s. Bielefeld football district, accessed on July 12, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Westfalenmeister field. FLVW, accessed April 9, 2018 .
  9. ^ Association. FSV Gütersloh 2009 , accessed on August 28, 2016 .

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