Stadium announcer

The stadium announcer is the person who is responsible for the content of the loudspeaker announcements during sporting events. He moderates the program before, during and after the game, as well as during the breaks. So z. For example, the most important events on the pitch are announced (e.g. goals, substitutions, yellow and red cards in football ). In football, stadium speakers are prohibited from commenting on the game by FIFA regulations . But it is also used for general information, e.g. B. on a wrongly parked car or the search for people. The announcements of the stadium announcer are often supported by display boards or large-format screens .

meaning

The stadium announcer prepares the audience for the game. Distinctive elements of the interaction between the stadium announcer and the audience are, for example, reading out the team line-up, during which the audience calls out the last name of the home team. It contributes significantly to building up the atmosphere in the stadium. Sometimes the stadium announcer also tries to prevent excesses with de-escalating announcements. For this purpose he is z. B. when burning pyrotechnic objects requested by the referee via the captain of the home team.

Special features in individual sports

In tennis , the referee takes on the role of speaker.

In American football , in addition to the conventional stadium announcer, the main referee also has radio access to the loudspeaker system in order to announce events during the game, in particular fouls and penalties, and, in complex situations, to explain them to the audience.

Well-known stadium announcers

• Werner Hansch (* 1938) was the stadium announcer of the Recklinghausen racecourse and then of FC Schalke 04 in the 1970s .
• Stephan Lehmann (* 1962) is the stadium announcer at FC Bayern Munich .
• Joachim Fuchsberger (1927–2014) was the stadium announcer at the 1972 Olympic Games .
• Hans-Gerd König was the stadium announcer at 1. FC Cologne for 35 years .
• Katja Wunderlich (* 1971 or 1972) was the first female stadium announcer in the Bundesliga , at 1. FC Nürnberg .
• Arnd Zeigler (* 1965) and Christian Stoll (* 1960) are stadium announcers at Werder Bremen .
• Georg Poetzsch is the stadium announcer at VfL Wolfsburg .
• Klaus Hafner was the stadium announcer at 1. FSV Mainz 05 from 1981 to 2019 .
• Lotto King Karl (* 1967) was the stadium announcer for Hamburger SV from 2007 to 2019 .
• Marek Erhardt (* 1969) was the stadium announcer at Hamburger SV alongside Lotto King Karl until 2007 . He was selected for the 2006 World Cup final in Germany.
• Norbert Dickel (* 1961) is the stadium announcer at Borussia Dortmund .
• Andy Marek (* 1962) was stadium announcer for SK Rapid Wien and the Austrian national soccer team from 1992 to 2020 .
• Matthias Opdenhövel (* 1970) was the stadium announcer at Borussia Mönchengladbach .
• Rainer Wulff (* 1943) has been the stadium announcer at FC St. Pauli since 1986.
• Carlo Zampa was the stadium announcer at AS Roma until he was dismissed at the instigation of the former Juventus manager Luciano Moggi , because he had caused an anti-Juve atmosphere in the match against Juve. a. due to incomplete reading of the guest list (omission of the names of ex-Roma players or coach Emerson and Fabio Capello ).
• Reiner Calmund (* 1948) was the stadium announcer for Bayer 04 Leverkusen .
• Udo Scholz (1939–2020) was stadium announcer at Borussia Dortmund and 1. FC Kaiserslautern and invented the slogan "Take Bayern's lederhosen off!" He was also the hall spokesman for Adler Mannheim and SG Leutershausen .
• Torsten Knippertz (* 1970) is the stadium announcer at Borussia Mönchengladbach .
• Bruno Knust (* 1954), Ruhrpott cabaret artist with the stage name " Günna ", was the stadium announcer at Borussia Dortmund before Norbert Dickel . He was the first of his guild to read player names from the line-up on the pitch.
• Michael Trippel has been stadium announcer at 1. FC Köln since 1999 and was also stadium announcer in Cologne at the ConFedCup 2005 and the 2006 World Cup.
• Dirk Metz (* 1957) has been stadium, hall and track spokesman for various sports for many years. He has been the hall spokesman for the German national handball team since the early 1990s. In this role and as the hall spokesman at the time for the handball Bundesliga club SG Wallau / Massenheim, he introduced the subtle support of the home team in German handball.
• Stefan Schneider (* 1962) has been stadium spokesman for 1860 Munich and hall spokesman for the ice hockey Bundesliga club EHC Red Bull Munich since 1992 .
• Manfred Kleimeyer, stadium announcer for 30 years and hall speaker for 20 years (including seven years in the first women's handball league) at SC Greven 09. 1983, 1986 and 1989 he was appointed by the DHB as hall speaker for international matches. His legendary saying for decades: "Be fair to the referee".
• Dagobert Cahannes (* 1950) is a well-known Swiss stadium announcer. Among other things, he is the voice of the FIS - Lauberhorn Race , the Federal Wrestling and Alpine Festival , the CSI Zurich and was also the spokesman for several Alpine World Ski Championships .
• Rolf Töpperwien (* 1950) is the stadium announcer at 1. FFC Frankfurt .
• Michael Holub has been the stadium announcer for the American Football Club Vienna Vikings since 1999 . From 2001 to 2005 he was hall spokesman for the ice hockey Bundesliga club Vienna Capitals .
• Holger Laser (* 1970) has been the stadium announcer at VfB Stuttgart since the beginning of the 2012/13 season .
• Martin Wacker (* 1968), cabaret artist, has been the stadium announcer of the Karlsruher SC since the 2000/2001 season .
• From 1999 to 2010, Ronny Gersch (* 1974) became the "voice of the east" as the stadium announcer of FC Energie Cottbus and coined the welcome of the home team with "In the east the sun rises ..."
• Tim Thoelke (* 1972) has been the stadium announcer at RB Leipzig since 2011 .
• Walter Ruege has been the stadium announcer at Rot-Weiss Essen since 1979 . Between 2002 and 2008 he was supported by a field spokesperson, including a. by Alexander Jacob, who u. a. Has been the media officer of Rot-Weiss Essen, Hannover 96 and 1. FC Köln.
• Lenny Leonhardt was the youngest stadium announcer in German professional football from December 2016 to March 2018. The 20-year-old acted together with Detlef Fischer as the stadium announcer for FSV Zwickau . Leonhardt is now Germany's youngest commentator , as he reports for Magenta Sport and MDR from the second division, third division and regional division northeast.
• Michael Wurst (* 1975) is the stadium announcer for VfL Bochum
• Christian Haacke (* 1976) was the stadium announcer for 1. FC Kaiserslautern (2002–2006) and VfL Wolfsburg (2006–2008).
• Tobias Ufer (* 1978) is the stadium announcer at Bayer 04 Leverkusen .
• Martin Kehrenberg has been stadium announcer for SC Preußen Münster since 1995 and has accompanied more than 500 games.
• Robert Moonen has been the stadium announcer for Alemannia Aachen since 1973 . This makes him the longest-serving stadium announcer in German football.

Web links

Wiktionary: Stadium announcer  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Guidelines on the function and tasks of the stadium speakers of the Swiss Football League (PDF file; 22 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Chemnitzer Verlag und Druck GmbH & Co. KG: The newcomer to the stadium microphone. Retrieved April 27, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Chemnitzer Verlag und Druck GmbH & Co. KG: Stadium announcer's appeal goes unheard. Retrieved April 27, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Chemnitzer Verlag und Druck GmbH & Co. KG: Stadium announcers don't have to scream. Retrieved April 27, 2017 . 
4. ^ Chemnitzer Verlag und Druck GmbH & Co. KG: Von Eckersbach in front of the large TV audience. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .