Alemannia Aachen

Full name

Aachener Turn- und Sportverein
Alemannia 1900 e.V.

Nickname(s)

Kartoffelkäfer (potato beetles)
Die Alemannen (The Alemanni)

Founded

16 December 1900

Ground

New Tivoli

Capacity

32,960

Chairman

Heinz Maubach

Manager

Fuat Kılıç

League

Regionalliga West (IV)

2014–15

2nd

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Alemannia Aachen (German pronunciation: [ʔaleˈmani̯a ˈʔaːxən]) is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three-year turn in the top flight in the late 1960s and, after a successful 2005–06 campaign, returned to first division play for a single season. The club has since slipped to third division play and in late 2012 entered into bankruptcy. They finished their 2012–13 3. Liga schedule before resuming play in the tier IV Regionalliga West in 2013–14.^[1]

Alemannia carries the strange nickname "the Potato Beetles" (Kartoffelkäfer) because of their striped yellow-black jerseys, which make them look like the particular insects.

History

Foundation to World War II

Resident English merchants and industrialists brought in the second half of the 19th Century addition to the traditional equestrian sports football into the western Rhineland. The club was founded on 16 December 1900 by a group of eighteen high school students. Knowing that another team had already taken the name 1. FC Aachen the new club was christened FC Alemannia using the old Latin name for Germany. The First World War devastated the club: the pre-war membership of 200 was reduced to just 37 by the conflict. In early 1919 Alemannia merged with Aachener Turnverein 1847 to become TSV Alemannia Aachen 1900. Their new partner's interest was primarily in gymnastics and the union was short-lived, with the clubs splitting again in 1924.

The city of Aachen is near the Belgian and Dutch borders and as a result Alemannia has had frequent contact with clubs from those countries. Their first game was against the Belgian side R. Dolhain F.C., one of that country's earliest clubs. There are intensive and friendly contacts with the Dutch professional club Roda JC Kerkrade . Both clubs have the same club colors.

The team played in the Rhineland-Westphalia FA and won its first championship there in 1907, before joining the newly formed Westdeutsche Fussball Verband in 1909. The club grew steadily as interest in football increased. They qualified for the Rheingauliga in 1921, built their own stadium in 1928, and earned admittance to the Oberliga the following year.

The club enjoyed some success in the early 1930s by advancing to the final four of the Westdeutsche championship playoffs. In 1933, German football was re-organized under the Third Reich into sixteen top-flight Gauligen. Alemannia played several seasons in the Gauliga Mittelrhein in the late 1930s and early 1940s. They finished atop their division in 1938 and advanced to the national final rounds. This was in spite of a protest by SV Beuel 06 which ultimately saw that club awarded the division championship, but too late to allow Beuel to play in the national playoff in Aachen's stead.

Alemannia is known as one of the few of this era to offer any challenge to the Nazi regime's purge of Jews from the country's sports organizations by demanding the release of a jailed Jewish member.

Postwar and entry to the Bundesliga

In 1946, after World War II and the lifting of the ban placed by Allied occupation authorities on most types of organizations in Germany, Alemannia re-constituted itself and began play in second tier Rheinbezirk. They returned to first division play in the Oberliga West the next year, but ran into financial difficulty. They remained a steady, but unspectacular second division side, generally finishing mid-table.

Aachen's first measure of success came with an advance to the German Cup final in 1953 where they lost a 1:2 decision to Rot-Weiss Essen.

After the formation of the Bundesliga, Germany's new professional football league, in 1963, Alemannia found themselves in Regionalliga West (II). In 1965, they had another good run in German Cup competition, earning another final appearance – but were once again unsuccessful – this time losing 0:2 to Borussia Dortmund.

The club captured their division in 1967 and were promoted to the Bundesliga (I) for the 1967–68 season. They enjoyed their best ever result the next year with a second-place finish behind champion Bayern Munich. However, the following season was a disaster: the team earned only one point in play away from home and toppled to an 18th-place finish. They returned to play in the Regionalliga West (II), and in 1990 fell still further to the third division.

Road to recovery

After several mediocre seasons in the second half of the 1990s, trainer Werner Fuchs rejuvenated the Alemannia squad by playing 4–4–2 without a libero (sweeper), creating a side that played an attractive, fluid offense. In 1999, the team played well and delivered an especially strong second half. They were atop the table, just weeks away from the end of the season, when tragedy struck with the unexpected death of Fuchs. The whole city was in shock, but the club managed to pull through, dedicating their promotion to their late trainer and winning the Regionalliga West/Südwest (III).^[2]

The first years in the 2.Bundesliga were tough for Aachen, both on the field and financially. The club struggled for several seasons and the situation was worsened when financial irregularities were uncovered showing the club was near bankruptcy.

The turnaround came with a new executive board under president Horst Heinrichs, trainer Dieter Hecking and manager Jörg Schmadtke. Through improved financial management, shrewd player signings, and clever game tactics, Aachen became a power once again in the 2003–04 season. They played their way to their third German Cup final appearance, knocking off 1860 München, Bayern Munich, and Borussia Mönchengladbach, before losing 2:3 to Bundesliga champions Werder Bremen. As league champions Bremen already held a place in the UEFA Champions League, thereby making room for Aachen to take part in the UEFA Cup competition. They delivered a decent performance, advancing to the Round of 16 before going out to eventual semi-finalists AZ Alkmaar. The club's participation in the German Cup and UEFA Cup play helped to significantly improve their financial situation.

Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga

On 16 April 2006, Alemannia became the first team to earn promotion to the Bundesliga in 2005–06, ending Aachen's 36-year absence from top-flight football. However, they stayed up only a single season as they took only one point from their last eight matches of the campaign. In the middle of 2007, the club appointed former German international defender and 1990 FIFA World Champion Guido Buchwald as manager trainer, who was fired after only 14 matches. After a short interim with Alemannias Sportsmanger Jörg Schmadtke as headcoach, he was then replaced by Jürgen Seeberger, hardly known in Germany, in the winter break of the season.

The club suffered a rapid decline after its single Bundesliga season, being relegated from the 2. Bundesliga in 2012 and from the 3. Liga the season after. Alemannia consequently now plays in the tier four Regionalliga West.

Recent seasons

Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga

Year	Division	Position	Cup	Europe
1999–2000	2. Bundesliga (II)	8th	First Round	Not Qualified
2000–2001		10th	Second Round
2001–2002		14th	Second Round
2002–2003		6th	First Round
2003–2004		6th	Final
2004–2005		6th	Second Round	UEFA Cup Round of 32
2005–2006		2nd (promoted)	Second Round	Not Qualified
2006–2007	Bundesliga (I)	17th (relegated)	Quarter Final
2007–2008	2. Bundesliga (II)	7th	Third Round
2008–2009		4th	Second Round
2009–2010		13th	Second Round
2010–2011		10th	Quarter Final
2011–2012		17th (relegated)	First Round

3. Liga and Regionalliga West

Year	Division	Position	Cup	FVM Cup
2012–13	3. Liga (III)	20th (relegated)	First Round	Final
2013–14	Regionalliga West (IV)	13th	Not Qualified	First Round
2014–15		2nd		Semifinal
2015–16				First Round

Current squad

As of 02 February 2016.^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Pierre Kleinheider
2	DF	Nils Winter
3	DF	David Vržogić
4	DF	Jerome Propheter
5	DF	Maximilian Rossmann
7	MF	Florian Rüter
8	FW	Shpend Hasani
9	FW	Daniel Engelbrecht
10	MF	Dennis Dowidat
11	MF	Maciej Zieba
12	GK	Gilles Deusings
14	MF	Taku Ito

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Timo Staffeldt
17	MF	Tobias Mohr
18	GK	Philip Sprint
19	MF	Tim Lünenbach
20	MF	Meik Kühnel
21	MF	Aïmen Demai (captain)
22	DF	Dominik Ernst
27	MF	Felix Korb
29	FW	Philipp Gödde
30	DF	Jannik Löhden
31	MF	Fabian Graudenz
37	FW	Viktor Maier

Staff

Head coach: Fuat Kılıç
Co-Trainer: Christian Mollocher
Goalkeeper-Trainer: Philipp Birker

Alemannia Aachen II squad

As of 14 February 2016

Manager: Marc Gillessen

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Roy Flekken
		DF	Yannik Böhr
		DF	Canel Cetin
		DF	Leonard Funke
		DF	Nils Hühne
		DF	Carl Philip Könemann
		MF	Shaian Mobashery
		MF	Nico Czichi

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Bastian Müller
		MF	Maxime Heinen
		MF	Timo Feilhaber
		MF	Jordi Ndombaxi
		MF	Tim Gerhards
		FW	Tugay Sahin
		FW	Jonas Treu

Honours

The club's honours:

Bundesliga
- Runner-up 1968–69
2. Bundesliga
- Runner-up 2005–06
Regionalliga West
- Champions: 1966–67
DFB-Pokal
- Runner-up 1952–53, 1964–65, 2003–04
Middle Rhine Cup
- Winners: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99

Notable players

Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.

Coaching history

Alemannia Aachen coaching history from 1987 to present
Diethelm Ferner – 1987 Peter Neururer – 1987–1989 Rolf Grünther – 1989 Mustafa Denizli – 1989–1990 Eckhard Krautzun – 1990 Norbert Wagner – 1990–1991 Michael Schleiden – 1991 Wilfried Hannes – 1991–1994 Helmut Graf – 1994 Gerd vom Bruch – 1994–1996 Werner Fuchs – 1996–1999 André Winkhold – 1999 Eugen Hach – 1999–2001	Jörg Berger – 2001–2004 Dieter Hecking – 2004–2006 Michael Frontzeck – 2006–2007 Guido Buchwald – 2007 Jörg Schmadtke – 2007 Jürgen Seeberger – 2008–2009 Willi Kronhardt 2009 Michael Krüger 2009–2010 Peter Hyballa 2010–2011 Friedhelm Funkel 2011–2012 Ralf Außem 2011, 2012 René van Eck 2012–2013 Peter Schubert 2013–2015 Christian Benbennek 2015

Stadium

Main article: New Tivoli

Alemannia Aachen used to play at the Old Tivoli which had a capacity of 21,632 spectators (3,632 seats). One of Germany's better known stadiums, it was built in 1908 and was renovated several times. The club played its 2004 UEFA Cup matches, however, in Cologne's RheinEnergieStadion in order to meet the stadium capacity requirements in place for the competition.

In August 2009 Aachen opened a new stadium, the New Tivoli, which has a capacity of 32,960 spectators (11,681 in standing areas).

References

↑ "Alemannia Aachen muss Insolvenz anmelden". Aachener Zeitung. 16 November 2012.
↑ Im memoriam Werner Fuchs (German)
↑ http://www.alemannia-aachen.de/profis/mannschaft/

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alemannia Aachen.

Official club site

Alemannia Aachen

Information	Club Players Managers Stadium

Seasons	2004–05 2009–10 2011–12 2012–13

2. Bundesliga (women) 2015–16 clubs

North	VfL Bochum BV Cloppenburg FSV Gütersloh 2009 Holstein Kiel FFV Leipzig 1. FC Lübars SV Meppen Turbine Potsdam II VfL Wolfsburg II

South	Alemannia Aachen TSV Crailsheim FFC Frankfurt II TSG Hoffenheim II Bayern Munich II 1. FC Saarbrücken VfL Sindelfingen SV 67 Weinberg ETSV Würzburg

Regionalliga West (IV) 2015–16 clubs

Alemannia Aachen Borussia Dortmund II Fortuna Düsseldorf II TuS Erndtebrück Rot Weiss Ahlen Rot-Weiss Essen 1. FC Köln II Viktoria Köln FC Kray Sportfreunde Lotte Borussia Mönchengladbach II Rot-Weiß Oberhausen SV Rödinghausen FC Schalke 04 II SSVg Velbert SC Verl SG Wattenscheid 09 FC Wegberg-Beeck SC Wiedenbrück

Oberliga Mittelrhein (V) 2015–16 cubs

Alemannia Aachen II VfL Alfter Viktoria Arnoldsweiler SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 Bonner SC SV Breinig SV 1914 Eilendorf TSC Euskirchen Borussia Freialdenhoven Blau-Weiß Friesdorf FC Hennef 05 TV Herkenrath FC Hürth VfL Leverkusen SpVg Wesseling-Urfeld TSV Germania Windeck

Bundesliga

2015–16 clubs	FC Augsburg Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Borussia Mönchengladbach Darmstadt 98 Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburger SV Hannover 96 Hertha BSC TSG Hoffenheim FC Ingolstadt 1. FC Köln Mainz 05 Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart Werder Bremen VfL Wolfsburg

Former clubs	1860 Munich Alemannia Aachen Arminia Bielefeld Bayer 05 Uerdingen/KFC Uerdingen 05 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin VfL Bochum Borussia Neunkirchen Dynamo Dresden Eintracht Braunschweig Energie Cottbus Fortuna Düsseldorf Fortuna Köln SC Freiburg SpVgg Greuther Fürth Hansa Rostock FC 08 Homburg 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC Kickers Offenbach VfB Leipzig Meidericher SV/MSV Duisburg 1. FC Nürnberg Preußen Münster Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1. FC Saarbrücken SC Paderborn 07 FC St. Pauli Stuttgarter Kickers Tasmania Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin SSV Ulm 1846 SpVgg Unterhaching Waldhof Mannheim Wattenscheid 09 Wuppertaler SV

History	Reichsliga Introduction in 1963 1965 scandal 1971 scandal 2005 scandal

Lists and statistics	All-time table List of clubs Records Borussia Mönchengladbach 12–0 Borussia Dortmund Foreign players Top scorers Attendance

Seasons	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Managers Players Seasons Top scorers

2. Bundesliga clubs

2015–16 teams

Former teams

2. Bundesliga (1981–present)	Alemannia Aachen VfR Aalen FC Augsburg SV Babelsberg 03 SpVgg Bayreuth Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin Borussia Mönchengladbach VfR Bürstadt Carl Zeiss Jena SC Charlottenburg Chemnitzer FC Darmstadt 98 Dynamo Dresden Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Trier Energie Cottbus Erzgebirge Aue Fortuna Köln Freiburger FC FC Gütersloh Hallescher FC Hannover 96 Hansa Rostock TSV Havelse Hertha BSC Hessen Kassel 1899 Hoffenheim FC Homburg Ingolstadt 04 Jahn Regensburg Kickers Offenbach TuS Koblenz 1. FC Köln VfB Leipzig VfB Lübeck 1. FSV Mainz 05 SV Meppen VfB Oldenburg VfL Osnabrück Preußen Münster FC Remscheid SSV Reutlingen Rot Weiss Ahlen Rot-Weiß Erfurt Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1. FC Saarbrücken FSV Salmrohr Schalke 04 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 Sportfreunde Siegen Stahl Brandenburg Stuttgarter Kickers Tennis Borussia Berlin KFC Uerdingen 05 SSV Ulm 1846 Union Solingen SpVgg Unterhaching Viktoria Aschaffenburg Wacker Burghausen Waldhof Mannheim Wattenscheid 09 SV Wehen Wiesbaden VfL Wolfsburg Wormatia Worms Wuppertaler SV FSV Zwickau

2. Bundesliga North (1974–81)	Arminia Hannover HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst Bayer Leverkusen 1. FC Bocholt Bonner SC Borussia Dortmund OSC Bremerhaven SpVgg Erkenschwick 1. SC Göttingen 05 OSV Hannover SC Herford Holstein Kiel 1. FC Mülheim Olympia Wilhelmshaven Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid Schwarz-Weiß Essen Spandauer SV Viktoria Köln Wacker 04 Berlin DSC Wanne-Eickel Werder Bremen Westfalia Herne

2. Bundesliga South (1974–81)	KSV Baunatal Bayern Hof Borussia Neunkirchen Eintracht Bad Kreuznach VfB Eppingen FC Hanau 93 VfR Heilbronn ESV Ingolstadt MTV Ingolstadt VfR Mannheim FK Pirmasens Röchling Völklingen BSV 07 Schwenningen VfB Stuttgart Würzburger FV Würzburger Kickers

List of clubs

3. Liga clubs

2015–16 clubs	VfR Aalen Erzgebirge Aue Chemnitzer FC Energie Cottbus Dynamo Dresden Rot-Weiß Erfurt SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Hallescher FC Holstein Kiel Fortuna Köln 1. FC Magdeburg 1. FSV Mainz 05 II Preußen Münster VfL Osnabrück Hansa Rostock Stuttgarter Kickers VfB Stuttgart II Werder Bremen II SV Wehen Wiesbaden Würzburger Kickers

Former clubs	Alemannia Aachen SV Babelsberg 03 Bayern Munich II Arminia Bielefeld Carl Zeiss Jena Darmstadt 98 Borussia Dortmund II MSV Duisburg Eintracht Braunschweig SV Elversberg Fortuna Düsseldorf 1. FC Heidenheim FC Ingolstadt 04 Jahn Regensburg Karlsruher SC Kickers Emden Kickers Offenbach TuS Koblenz RB Leipzig SC Paderborn 07 Rot Weiss Ahlen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1. FC Saarbrücken SV Sandhausen 1. FC Union Berlin SpVgg Unterhaching Wacker Burghausen Wuppertaler SV

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 133188179 GND: 2052293-9

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