Leipziger SC
| Leipziger Sport-Club 1901 e. V. | ||
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| founding | 1901 | |
| Chairman | Vincent Dittrich | |
| Club colors | black red | |
| Hockey department | ||
| Head of department | Ralf Dietrich | |
| Division | Oberliga | |
| Venue | Pistorisstrasse sports facility | |
| Club successes | German academic hockey champion: 1912, 1913 German men's hockey champion: 1922, 1926 GDR women's championship title : field hockey 1970–1977, 1987 indoor hockey 1966, 1971 Saxony champion title : Men (hall) 1998, 2000, 2017 |
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| Tennis department | ||
| Head of department | Alexander Brown | |
| Division | various | |
| Venue | Pistorisstrasse sports facility | |
| Club successes | German championship title: men’s doubles 1908, 1922 mixed doubles 1922 women’s singles 1930 GDR championship title: men’s team 1974 women’s singles 1989 |
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| Internet | ||
| Homepage | http://www.lsc1901.de/ | |
The Leipziger Sport-Club (LSC) is a sports club from the Leipzig district of Schleußig . In addition to the tennis and hockey departments, football and billiards are played in the LSC.
Club history
The LSC was founded on April 30, 1901 in Leipzig in the restaurant "Kitzing und Helbig" at Petersstrasse 26. According to the first printed membership directory, the association had 127 members in the year it was founded. The LSC was founded as an ice hockey or bandy club, and tennis was added as a sport in 1901 . In 1908, Leipzig was the first club to have a hockey department.
After initially playing on six leased tennis courts, the club, founded by members of the LSC for this purpose, acquired what is now the Pistorisstrasse sports facility in 1919. With the cooperation of the members, the area on the Elster river was drained and prepared.
The Second World War also had far-reaching effects on the club beyond the widespread cessation of gaming: In 1944 the clubhouse was completely destroyed by a bomb attack. After the end of the war, the association was dissolved by resolution of the Soviet military administration and the association's assets were confiscated.
The game operation on the sports facility was resumed in 1946 as Fichte Schleußig . In 1949 the company sports association Bau was founded, later BSG Aufbau Südwest under the sponsorship of VEB Bau-Union Leipzig. Ice hockey was played at the BSG until 1954 (see also ice hockey in Leipzig ).
In 1986 the BSG Aufbau Südwest Leipzig, which in the meantime comprises 17 sections (departments), reached a high of 1,951 members, although not all of them can be considered active.
After the reunification, the association had to be reorganized as no further support was expected from the sponsoring company . Therefore, on September 13, 1990, the Leipziger Sport-Club was re-established. Interestingly, the tradition of the LSC was continued during the existence of two German states by former hockey players of the LSC in the Federal Republic. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the LSC 1901 in 2001 in the Leipzig City Hall , the old LSCs handed the tradition back to the new LSC in a moving address and formally dissolved their circle of friends.
hockey
Hockey has been played at LSC since 1908, at that time under the name stickball . A sports area in Lindenau served as the playing field until the company's own sports facility was acquired and built in 1919 . Since 1910 the LSC was a member of the German Hockey Association (DHB) founded in 1909/1910 . Heinrich Schomburgk , who shaped the club's history both in tennis and in hockey, was a member of the Federal Committee of the DHB for many years.
From 1909 women's hockey was also played at the LSC - at that time still in long skirts. Major successes of the LSC in hockey before the First World War were the winning of the golden challenge cup of the German Academic Hockey Championship in 1912 and 1913. The war then brought about an almost complete cessation of gaming until around 1920. Nevertheless, today's sports facility Pistorisstrasse was acquired in 1919 and inaugurated in 1921.
Certainly the greatest success in the history of hockey by the LSC was winning the 1st German Combat Games in Berlin in 1922 and the 2nd German Combat Games in Cologne in 1926. Trainer Georg Richter was therefore appointed as a trainer for the 1928 Olympic Games , in which the German men's field hockey team won bronze. The roster of the Olympic selection consisted of five players from the LSC. Up to 3,000 spectators visited the facility for the previous nomination matches as well as for international matches. The Second World War brought another almost complete cessation of gaming: In 1941 the first men's team was dissolved.
After the game was resumed, hockey in the GDR was dominated for a long time by the central hockey sports clubs, especially the high-performance center in Jena. In addition, many LSC players moved to what would later become the Federal Republic of Germany after the occupation zones were formed. After the dissolution of the performance centers in 1964 (women) and 1968 (men), the starting position of the teams of the club then trading under BSG Aufbau Südwest Leipzig (see also GDR hockey champions ) improved . The sporty figureheads were the women who won nine GDR championship titles in the field and two in the hall.
After reunification, the re-established LSC, like most hockey clubs in the new federal states, struggled with financial and personnel problems. The first women's team played for several years in the regional league, currently in the major league. From the 2017/18 indoor season, the first men's team will play again in the Regionalliga Ost and on the field in the Central German Oberliga. In addition to the first teams, there are other teams depending on the field or indoor season.
After 1990, the youth work became the core task of the sporting work in the club. Since 1990, more than 50 Saxony championship titles have been won in the various age groups for boys and girls, and the LSC has produced 5 youth national players. This is thanks to the tireless work of many volunteer trainers and exercise leaders. However, the majority of the top performers of these teams could not be kept in the club because the LSC did not have an artificial turf pitch for a long time. Today, however, higher-class gaming is unthinkable without artificial turf.
The most important project for the future of the hockey department was therefore the construction of an artificial turf field. To this end, the Friends of the Leipziger SC Hockey Department was founded, which deals with issues of planning and financing, among other things. This goal could be achieved by means of the funds collected by the development association and the funding from the city and the state as well as the great commitment of the members in their own contributions. Since the completion of the artificial turf pitch in summer 2015, the LSC now has both a natural and an artificial turf pitch. The construction of a floodlight system associated with the construction of the artificial turf field allows for training that is independent of daylight.
One of the highlights of 2015 was the staging of the international "Golden Oldie Hockey Festival" with around 600 athletes from 14 countries in summer.
tennis
Tennis has been played at LSC since it was founded in 1901. A first international tennis tournament took place on July 28, 1906 on the LSC facility, which was then leased. In 1908 Heinrich Schomburgk , the outstanding tennis player of the LSC, became German champion in men's doubles. In 1912 Schomburgk won Olympic gold in mixed doubles, in 1913 he became German champion in men's singles and mixed doubles. Indoor tennis has been played at the LSC since 1913. His brother Wilhelm Schomburgk was also a member of the association.
After the cuts caused by the First World War, the new facility was opened in 1921, and Heinrich Schomburgk again became German champion in 1922 - both in men's doubles and mixed doubles. His wife Toni Schomburgk won the title of German champion in the women's singles in 1930. Another highlight came in 1933 when the Davis Cup between Germany and Denmark was held on the LSC facility.
After resumption of gaming operations in 1946, it took until 1955, when most of the war damage had been repaired with the completion of the new clubhouse. However, the sport of tennis did not receive any significant funding from the GDR. GDR championship titles in tennis were won by the first men's team in 1974 and by Gabriele Luck in the individual in 1989 .
From 1998 to 2001 the open Saxon championships were held on the LSC facility.
Soccer
LSC took over two other sports from BSG Aufbau Südwest, soccer and billiards.
The SG Schleussig soccer team participated in the Leipzig soccer championship as early as 1946/47. For the 1951/52 season, the BSG Aufbau was incorporated into the newly created Leipzig district class. A short-term takeover of the place of the BSG Rotation Südwest Leipzig in the 2nd GDR league , Aufbau Südwest played third class for one year in 1957, but was relegated at the end of the season and had to compete again in the district class as BSG Aufbau Südwest. Apart from two seasons between 1960 and 1962 in the Leipzig district league , Aufbau Südwest played in the fourth class Leipzig district until 1975. After that, the build-up footballers only moved on a circle level. As of 2016, the LSC is participating in football matches with two men's teams, one senior men's team and twelve junior teams. The 1st team plays in the 1st district league Leipzig, the 8th league in soccer. One of the twelve mentioned youth teams, the C1 youth, has been represented in the Leipzig regional league since the 2012/13 season.
Under the leadership of Mario Volkert there were no financial difficulties despite the large area of the club. The referee target of the Leipzig Football Association has always been met. There are currently seven referees registered, including Thomas Berg, Benjamin Littau, Anton Artibiliov, Lukas Egold, Jan Röhricht, Paul Weigel and Arik Schumer.
In the 2011/2012 season, the first men's team, under the direction of coach Mike Stöbe, returned to the Leipzig city class after having failed to advance for several years.
people
- Luz Long
- Heinrich Schomburgk
- Wilhelm Schomburgk
- Georg Brunner (hockey goalkeeper)