Arminia Bielefeld
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| Full name | Deutscher Sport-Club Arminia Bielefeld | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Die Arminen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Schüco Arena (old name: "Alm"), Bielefeld |
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| Capacity | 26,601 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Hans-Hermann Schwick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager |  Ernst Middendorp |
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| League | Bundesliga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006/07 | Bundesliga, 12th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German football club that plays in Bielefeld, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. The side was founded in 1905 as 1. Bielefelder Fussball-Club Arminia and – a year after a failed merger with another local side, Bielefelder Turngemeinde – took on its current name, Deutscher Sportclub Arminia, in 1927. The name Arminia is a feminized version of Arminius or Hermann, the legendary hero of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest which halted the march of Rome into northern Germany.
The team is often referred to as "the elevator crew" as it holds the record for most promotions to the Bundesliga (7 times) and the corresponding mark for the most demotions (6 times; a record they share with 1. FC Nürnberg). They are currently playing in the Bundesliga after their most recent promotion for the 2004-05 season. Their longest turn in the premier league was a five year run from 1980-81 to 1984-85 when they also managed to earn their best finishes (8th in 1982-83 and 1983-84).
Arminia Bielefeld was at the centre of the Bundesliga scandal of 1971 when it was involved in a scheme to bribe players from other teams, including Kickers Offenbach, Hertha BSC Berlin, Schalke 04, and 1. FC Köln, in an attempt to keep its place in the Bundesliga. As a result, Arminia was stripped of all its points and demoted to the Regionalliga West (II). A number of players from various sides were also suspended.
In spite of its apparent ups and downs, Arminia has performed consistently well throughout its history. Early on in the 20's, they enjoyed a string of regional championships. Since the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963, the side has played in the Bundesliga or tier II leagues except for a seven year span from 1988-89 to 1994-95 spent in III division circuits.
Team trivia
- Football made its debut on German radio in November 1925 with the broadcast of part of the game between Arminia and Preußen Münster.
- In 1998, Arminia became the first German team to recruit players from Iran, namely Ali Daei and Karim Bagheri.
- Together with Tasmania 1900 Berlin, Arminia holds the dubious record of 10 consecutive Bundesliga losses.
- In 1999, Arminia Bielefeld recruited a player named Josef Ivanovic directly from the Kreisliga, the lowest amateur division in Germany, and he went on to become a fairly successful player in the Second Bundesliga.
Current squad
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Squad changes during 2007-08 season
In:
- Stefan Aigner - from Wacker Burghausen
- Matthias Langkamp - from VfL Wolfsburg
- Andre Mijatović - from SpVgg Greuther Fürth
- Siyabonga Nkosi - from Kaizer Chiefs
- Rowen Fernandez - from Kaizer Chiefs
- Oliver Kirch - from Borussia Mönchengladbach
- Leonidas Kampantais - from AEK Athens FC
- Daniel Halfar - from 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Out:
- Marc Ziegler - to Borussia Dortmund
- Heiko Westermann - to FC Schalke 04
- Tim Danneberg - loaned to Eintracht Braunschweig
- Fatmir Vata - to TuS Koblenz
- Finn Holsing - to Werder Bremen II
- Dennis Eilhoff - loaned to TuS Koblenz
- Kamil Vacek - loaned to SK Sigma Olomouc
- Pascal Formann - to 1. FC Saarbrücken
- Marcel Ndjeng - to Borussia Mönchengladbach
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Rot-Weiß Ahlen II | Arminia Bielefeld II | VfL Bochum II | Delbrücker SC | TSG Sprockhövel SpVgg Erkenschwick | FC Gütersloh | Hammer SpVg | Germania Gladbeck | SF Oestrich Iserlohn SV Lippstadt 08 | Sportfreunde Lotte | SC Preußen Münster | FC Eintracht Rheine | FC Schalke 04 II SV Schermbeck | SC Wiedenbrück 2000 | Westfalia Herne |
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Alemannia Aachen | Rot-Weiß Ahlen | Arminia Bielefeld | VfL Bochum | Borussia Dortmund MSV Duisburg | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Rot-Weiss Essen | 1. FC Köln | Bayer 04 Leverkusen VfL Leverkusen | Borussia Mönchengladbach | SC Preußen Münster | FC Schalke 04 |
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