VfB Leipzig (1991)

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VfB Leipzig
VfB Leipzig - 1991-2004.svg
Surname Association for Movement Games
Leipzig e. V.
Club colors blue White
Founded 1991 renamed from 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
resolution 2004 (bankruptcy, cessation of gaming operations)
Venue Leipzig , Saxony
Association headquarters Leipzig
Departments 5
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The Association for Movement Games Leipzig , or VfB Leipzig for short , was a sports club in Leipzig . It was renamed 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig in 1991 . In the following years the pure football club developed into a multi-discipline club (handball, volleyball, chess). The association went bankrupt in 2004. The successor in the football division was the "reborn" 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig . HC Leipzig emerged from the handball division , from the volleyball department of VV Leipzig and from the chess department of VfB Schach Leipzig.

The home stadium of the VfB footballers was the Bruno-Plache-Stadion in Leipzig- Probstheida .

history

As early as the spring of 1990, efforts were made in Leipzig to create a financially strong club with a powerful football team under the traditional name VfB Leipzig. On the part of the then still existing BSG Chemie Leipzig , which renamed itself FC Grün-Weiß Leipzig on May 30, 1990, this offer from Probstheida was rejected. Instead, the financially struggling league promoters FSV Böhlen and Grün-Weiß merged to form FC Sachsen Leipzig at the end of July 1990 . In the last GDR league season, two Leipzig clubs played for participation in paid football. On June 1, 1991, 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig was renamed VfB Leipzig, in memory of the three-time German champions VfB Leipzig , who existed from 1893 to 1946. With this step, the foundation stone was laid for a new large civil society. Over time, new departments joined and existing ones left the association. Two insolvency proceedings followed in 2000 and 2004. After the second insolvency proceedings, the creditors' meeting on April 21, 2004 rejected the creation of an insolvency plan. The teams of VfB Leipzig were canceled at the end of the 2003/04 season.

While the youth and women's teams that were founded in the mid-1990s were integrated into the newly founded 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig , the first men's team no longer existed.

The chess players who joined the club in 1991 founded the club VfB Schach Leipzig in 2004 .

In 1993 a handball department was founded at VfB Leipzig. After the SC Leipzig , from which the 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig was also formed, dissolved in 1993, the handball players switched to VfB Leipzig, while the men's handball team joined the SC DHfK Leipzig . In order to forestall the impending bankruptcy, the handball department left the club in 1999 and founded its own club, HC Leipzig .

In 1998, after the handball players at SC Leipzig, the volleyball players also moved to VfB Leipzig. After only one year they left the club and, like the handball department, founded their own club with VV Leipzig .

Departments football

history

1991–1993: From relegation candidate to climber

season league space S. U N Gates Points DFB Cup
1991/92 2nd Bundesliga South 7th 10 11 11 42:42 31:33 3rd round
1992/93 2nd Bundesliga 3. 22nd 14th 10 66:45 58:34 3rd round
Playing times with a green background indicate a promotion, playing times with a red background indicate a descent.

As 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig, the team qualified for the 2. Bundesliga in the last season of the GDR Oberliga. With the addition of six teams from the GDR Oberliga , the 2nd Bundesliga was divided into two seasons with twelve teams each in the 1991/92 season . The VfB Leipzig was divided into the season south and took 9th place after the first leg, which he took part in the relegation round. One reason for this unexpectedly bad performance of the Leipzig team was the early injury-related loss of the top performers Halata and Kreer , which could not be compensated. In order to keep the second division nonetheless, VfB left no stone unturned in the transfer market in the fall of 1991. At the end of October 1991, the spectacular signing of the then 36-year-old French international Didier Six was announced, who received a contract until the end of the season. Since the Bruno-Plache-Stadion was no longer considered suitable for the second division, VfB had to play the relegation round in the bowl of the central stadium. In this, VfB had to tremble until the last day of play, before securing relegation with a 1-0 home win against TSV 1860 Munich.

In the following season , a single-track 2nd Bundesliga with 24 teams was played again. However, this would almost have taken place without VfB. The DFB initially demanded a guarantee of sponsorship money of DM 1 million for the license release until June 10, 1992. After a successful objection, the Saxon second division team received the license. With a budget of 4.5 million and five new signings, including Hans-Jürgen Heidenreich and Dieter Hecking , VfB started the mammoth season with 46 days of play. The Saxons were able to establish themselves at the top of the table at an early stage, they always remained within reach of the three promotion places. The team could not be put off by setbacks either. In January 1993, goalscorer Bernd Hobsch, who had scored 15 goals this season in 25 games, was sold to Werder Bremen for DM 2.2 million. In February, the change from coach Jürgen Sundermann to competitor Waldhof Mannheim, who was fighting for promotion to the Bundesliga, was announced at the end of the season. Sundermann had asked for a contract extension 35% higher remuneration when staying in the league and 65% higher remuneration when promoted to the Bundesliga. The association was unable to meet these demands. At least in terms of sport, VfB was able to find a replacement at short notice by loaning the Brazilian Franklin Bittencourt from Fluminense Rio de Janeiro at the end of February, who scored five goals in 15 games this season. When it came to the coaching question, a successor for Sundermann could be signed at the end of April 1993, the club management had come to an agreement with the former GDR national coach Bernd Stange . As early as the spring of 1993, after the Freiburg team, who had already been promoted on the 42nd matchday, a group of three from MSV Duisburg, VfB and, ironically, SV Waldhof Mannheim, Sundermann's future employer, had settled in places two to four. On the 44th matchday, VfB scored a point more than the Mannheimers who had tied the points up to then with a 3-0 home win against Jena with a simultaneous draw for the Waldhöfer in Braunschweig and were able to establish themselves in third place. On the penultimate matchday there was a direct duel in Mannheim. After a hectic game, which the Leipzig team ended with only nine players, it was 0-0 in the end. So the last game day had to bring the decision about promotion. With a victory for Waldhöfer in Wuppertal and a simultaneous defeat of Leipzig at home against Mainz, the North Baden team would have overtaken VfB. After 45 minutes, Mannheim also led by a 0-1, while in front of 38,000 spectators in the central stadium no goals had yet been scored. After 51 minutes of play, however, it was 3-1 for Wuppertal, shortly afterwards Rische (60th) and Anders (68th) gave Leipzig the lead with a double strike. In the end Mannheim lost 3: 4 in Wuppertal and VfB rose 3 points ahead of Waldhöfern as the third team next to SC Freiburg and MSV Duisburg in the Bundesliga .

The promotion team

VfB Leipzig
Maik Kischko (46 games / goals)

Matthias Lindner (46/3)
Torsten Kracht (43/3), Frank Edmond (46/5),
Nico Däbritz (39/3), Dieter Hecking (31/1), Matthias Liebers (22/0), Uwe Bredow ( 38/0), Uwe Trommer (20 / -)
Jürgen Rische (46/10), Dirk Anders (42/12) Trainer: Jürgen Sundermann

also : Bernd Hobsch (25/15), Helmut Gabriel (30/1), Gennadij Grishin (19/3), Sarfo Gyamfi (4 / -), Jörg Engelmann (25/4), Franklin Bittencourt (15/5), Janusz Turowski (14/1), Hans-Jürgen Heidenreich (40 / -)

1993–1994: Adventure Bundesliga

season league space S. U N Gates Points DFB Cup
1993/94 Bundesliga 18th 3 11 20th 32:69 17:51 2nd round
Playing times with a green background indicate a promotion, playing times with a red background indicate a descent.

In the Bundesliga season 1993/94 the VfB started under his coach Bernd Stange with very poor conditions. So you had to play in the unloved, huge central stadium, whose permitted capacity had been increased to 50,000 spectators thanks to financial support from the city. Nevertheless, not least due to inner-city affection for local rivals FC Sachsen Leipzig, a calculated average attendance of 8,000 visitors was expected, and that as a first division team. In addition, strengthening the squad turned out to be difficult. After the departure of captain Torsten Kracht to VfB Stuttgart, no adequate replacement was found in this position. After the departure of Bernd Hobsch, Steffen Heidrich from Chemnitzer FC and Florian Weichert , who was signed by Hamburger SV after the second match day of the season , were able to find top-tier reinforcements in the storm . Desired candidate and locomotive icon Olaf Marschall was drawn to Dynamo Dresden, Marco Grassi's commitment failed because of the self-imposed transfer maximum of 1 million DM. The Leipzigers had 8.5 million DM as a seasonal budget. At the start of the season, VfB received their Saxon rivals from Dresden. The duel ended 3: 3 in front of 32,000 spectators, with Olaf Marschall scoring all three Dresden goals. However, the course of the season did not turn out as hoped. After the 11th matchday, VfB was on a relegation zone for the first time. At the start of the second half of the season in Dresden, the Dynamos met the Leipzigers with a 1-0 home win for the first time on the last place in the table, which they could not leave. VfB went into the winter break with 16:35 goals and 13:27 points from 20 games. To prevent relegation, Torsten Kracht, who was not happy in Stuttgart, was brought back before Christmas 1993. Manager Klaus Dietze made an at least nominally spectacular commitment at the turn of the year 1993/94 with the loan of Yugoslav striker Darko Pančev from the Italian top club Inter Milan , who was used ten times in 14 possible games. After two defeats in the beginning after the winter break, coach Stange has now also been dismissed. With Jürgen Sundermann, the promotion coach of the previous season was committed. Under him, however, you only achieved three points in eight games so that he was released again after the 30th matchday on April 8, 1994. The rest of the season, the team was looked after by Damian Halata , who until then had acted as assistant coach. Under his direction there was a draw in four games. Thus, the team rose from bottom of the table with only three wins and eleven draws. The victories could be celebrated against Borussia Dortmund , Eintracht Frankfurt and Karlsruher SC . With only 17 points, VfB Leipzig is second to last in the Bundesliga all-time table, ahead of SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin .

1994–1998: struggle for resurgence

season league space S. U N Gates Points DFB Cup
1994/95 2nd Bundesliga 13. 11 08th 15th 44:44 30:38 1 round
1995/96 2nd Bundesliga 09. 13 06th 15th 35:49 45 2nd round
1996/97 2nd Bundesliga 08th. 12 10 12 53:54 46 1 round
1997/98 2nd Bundesliga 15th 10 09 15th 31:51 39 2nd round
Playing times with a green background indicate a promotion, playing times with a red background indicate a descent.

After relegation to the Bundesliga, attempts were unsuccessful in the 2nd Bundesliga through frequent and mostly costly coach and player changes to reach the promotional ranks. In the 1994/95 season , the VfB under the newly signed coach Tony Woodcock relatively quickly in danger of relegation, after 11 game days, the Saxons were with only 5 points 17th. Under coach Gustl Starek , the team reached 25 points and at the end of the season with a 13th Hold the class. In the following season, VfB was again in a relegation battle for the entire season. In order to get the necessary points for relegation, coach Starek was dismissed after the 32nd matchday. At that time, VfB was in tenth place, but was only three points behind a relegation zone. Under Damian Halata, the Saxons were able to make the league perfect on the penultimate matchday with a winning goal by Nico Däbritz in the last minute of the game against SpVgg Unterhaching. For the 1996/97 season Sigfried Held was hired as coach . Although the Saxons were never really in danger of relegation, they only managed to stay in the league shortly before the end, even though they finished eighth in midfield. In the 1997/98 season , VfB was in danger of relegation relatively quickly, despite the commitment of first division experienced players such as Roland Wohlfarth , Ulf Mehlhorn or Matthias Maucksch . After a 6-0 defeat in Meppen, coach Held was dismissed on October 7, 1997. Firefighter Damian Halata should take care of it again. Five game days before the end of the season, the Saxons had six points ahead of a relegation zone. After three defeats in a row, however, VfB slipped to 15th place for the first time on matchday 31. After that, the Leipzigers did not achieve another victory. On the last day of the match there was a clash with the direct relegation competitor from Wattenscheid , who was one point ahead of VfB before the game. In front of 10,200 spectators in the Bruno-Plache Stadium, the Saxons only managed a goalless draw instead of the necessary win, so that VfB Leipzig had to relegate to the Regionalliga Nordost .

1998–2004: relegations and bankruptcy

season league space S. U N Gates Points DFB Cup
1998/99 Regionalliga Northeast 02. 21st 07th 06th 59:28 70 1 round
1999/00 Regionalliga Northeast 09. 14th 07th 13 43:36 49 -
2000/01 Oberliga NOFV-Süd 02. 23 06th 05 65:27 75 -
2001/02 Oberliga NOFV-Süd 04th 20th 08th 04th 55:18 68 -
2002/03 Oberliga NOFV-Süd 04th 20th 07th 07th 57:23 67 -
2003/04 Oberliga NOFV-Süd 17th 10 04th 06th 38:21 34 -
Playing times with a green background indicate a promotion, playing times with a red background indicate a descent.

In the first third division season in 1998/99 , under the new president, media entrepreneur Ralph Burkei , the immediate resurgence should be achieved. Experienced but also expensive players from the professional field such as Marco Dittgen , Willi Kronhardt , Frank Seifert and Igor Lazic were signed up for this. In addition, there was the trainer, Hans-Ulrich Thomale , who represented one of the most successful times of its predecessor Lok Leipzig. And after the first half of the season, after a bumpy start, VfB took first place in front of the Union Berlin team with the same points. This placement could be held until March 1999. Then, however, in this division, which is made up of strong teams, two draws in a row were enough to slip to second place. This prompted the club's management to change coach. Thomale was followed by Dragoslav Stepanović , under whom VfB could no longer endanger the leading Chemnitz team despite an initial series of five games. A draw on the third last match day against relegated Spandauer SV sealed all dreams of promotion, in the end the Leipzig team came in second with seven points behind the season winner Chemnitzer FC . The following season offered a new sporting challenge by merging the four regional league seasons into just two. After a false start of the team, which was reinforced with well-known players like Burkhard Reich or Alexander Dürr , in which only seven points were scored from the first five games, the dismissal of coach Stepanovic followed, and President Burkei also resigned. Now Joachim Steffens, who had been acting as assistant coach until then, should make it . In order to stay safe in the third division regional league, at least sixth place in the table was necessary. Due to a lack of income and unabated high expenditure, however, there was such a large financial gap (DM 17 million) that the only way out was seen in bankruptcy proceedings . The creditors approved the bankruptcy filing in 2000. The result was player sales and thus a drop in sporting quality, which was soon shown in the table. Although VfB fought for a long time with other clubs for relegation place seven, in the end it was only enough for nine. As a result of the regional league reform, this meant relegation to the fourth-class Oberliga Nordost-Süd .

In the first league season 2000/2001 , VfB played a surprisingly good role despite a quasi-new team, which mainly consisted of players from the second team, and came in second at the end of the season. In the following season , Dresden idol Dixie Dörner as coach tried again to move up to the third division, but this time it was only enough for fourth place, as in the 2002/2003 season , which was particularly painful as the local rival was at the same time FC Sachsen Leipzig was promoted to the regional league. The mountain of debt grew in these seasons as a result of the inconsistently conducted insolvency proceedings from 1999 and further unsuccessful financial policy in the years 2000 to 2003 to 4.8 million euros. Under the new coach Hermann Andreev and the returned to Probstheida captain Torsten Kracht , the promotion should still be tackled in the 2003/04 season . At the beginning of 2004, however, another bankruptcy procedure was initiated. As a result, VfB only played compulsory friendship games from matchday 19 and was already determined to be relegated. Player and coach changes were the result. The creditors' meeting decided on April 21, 2004 to dissolve the traditional association, which was carried out in July 2004.

The first men's team was dissolved. The successful junior teams and the soccer players ( 2nd women's Bundesliga ), who all remained in their divisions , were taken over by the newly founded 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig .

successes

Trainer

Known players

Women's football department

history

In the mid-1990s, the women's football department was founded at VfB Leipzig. At the end of VfB Leipzig, the women's team celebrated their greatest successes. In the 2002/03 season, the team rose from the regional league to the Northeast Regionalliga . Previously, this was only possible for a Leipzig team with SV Post Leipzig . In the very first season of the regional league, the team finished fifth and qualified for the 2nd Bundesliga . After the dissolution of VfB Leipzig, the women's football department joined the newly founded 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig .

successes

Handball department

history

1993–1995: Joined and established in the Bundesliga

season league space S. U N Gates Points DFB Cup
1993/94 Bundesliga 4th 15th 2 09 571: 548 32:20 -
1994/95 Bundesliga 7th 14th 2 10 625: 630 30:22 -

In 1993 the SC Leipzig , from which the soccer department to 1. FC Lokomotive was spun off in 1966 , was dissolved and the successful handball women and men had to look for a new home. While the men joined local rivals SC DHfK Leipzig , the women decided to join VfB Leipzig.

After they took third place as SC Leipzig in the 1992/93 season , they finished fourth in the handball Bundesliga as VfB Leipzig in their inaugural 1993/94 season . In the following season, the team could not build on their good performance of the previous season and had to come in seventh place and thus a midfield.

1995–1999: sporting success and leaving

season league space S. U N Gates Points DFB Cup
1995/96 Bundesliga 2 21st 1 4th 718: 597 43: 09 winner
1996/97 Bundesliga 2 16 0 6th 615: 533 32:12 place 3
1997/98 Bundesliga 1 17th 2 3 649: 547 36: 08 Quarter finals
1998/99 Bundesliga 1 19th 0 3 639: 515 38: 06 -

In the 1995/96 season , the Leipzig women caused a stir again. In the league, the team took second place behind the series champion TuS Walle Bremen . In the DHB Cup , VfB Leipzig defeated the team from Bremen in the semifinals with 28:29. In the final, the team met Buxtehuder SV and for the first time won the DHB Cup for the first time with another narrow 23:22 victory. In the following season, the team was able to confirm the results from the previous season. In the league they took second place behind TV Lützellinden and in the DHB Cup they reached the semi-finals. In Riesa they lost the semi-finals against the eventual cup winner BV Borussia 09 Dortmund . In the game for 3rd place they prevailed against TuS Walle Bremen with 32:26.

The 1997/98 season developed into one of the most exciting fights for the German championship title in the history of the Bundesliga. Until the penultimate matchday, the defending champion TV Lützellinden was one point ahead of VfB Leipzig and two points ahead of BV Borussia 09 Dortmund . On the penultimate game day, TV Lützellinden only played a draw, while the Leipzig women won their game. As a result, the Leipzig team pushed past defending champions due to the better goal difference. The BFV also won the fight for the championship title. On the last day of the match, the Leipzig women secured themselves with a high 32:18 win against the table penultimate SG Minden / Minderheide , because TV Lützellinden only won 29:23 against the handball players from Borussia Dortmund, the first all-German championship title by 11 goals better Goal difference.

The team of Maik Nowak was in the 1998/99 season to build on the successful pre-season and won 19 of 22 league games. At the end of the season they defended their championship title five points ahead of Borussia Dortmund . With this championship the handball history of VfB Leipzig came to an end. The handball department was the only department at VfB that was both athletically and financially successful. That is why the department did not want to be disturbed by the impending bankruptcy and it was decided to found their own club and purely women's handball club with HC Leipzig .

successes

Well-known players

Volleyball department

The volleyball department of SC Leipzig changed to VfB Leipzig after its dissolution in 1998. In the 1998/99 season , the men's team played in the 1st Bundesliga. In 2000 the volleyball players founded a new club, VV Leipzig .

literature

  • Freundeskreis Probstheida: 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig. Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-944068-48-0 (= Library of German Football , Volume 5).

Web links

Commons : VfB Leipzig  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of July 31, 1990 p. 14
  2. ↑ Neue Zeit of December 27, 1991 p. 14
  3. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of October 25, 1991 p. 22
  4. ↑ Neue Zeit from May 19, 1992 p. 15
  5. ↑ Neue Zeit of June 12, 1992 p. 16
  6. ↑ Neue Zeit of July 10, 1992 p. 15
  7. ↑ Neue Zeit of February 10, 1993 p. 16
  8. ↑ Neue Zeit from March 1, 1993 p. 14
  9. ↑ Neue Zeit of April 21, 1993 p. 16
  10. ↑ Overview at kicker.de
  11. ↑ Neue Zeit of July 9, 1993 p. 15
  12. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of July 9, 1933 p. 13
  13. ↑ Neue Zeit of October 11, 1993 p. 14
  14. ↑ Neue Zeit of December 14, 1993 p. 15
  15. ↑ Neue Zeit of December 30, 1993 p. 15
  16. ^ Result archive of the Volleyball Bundesliga