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1. FC Nuremberg is a German association football club
in Nuremberg
, Bavaria
. It was founded on 4 May 1900 by a group of eighteen young men who had gathered at the local pub called the "Burenhütte" to assemble a side committed to playing football rather than rugby, one of the other new "English" games becoming popular at the time. Today's club offers its members boxing, handball, hockey, rollerblading and ice skating, swimming, skiing, and tennis. After a difficult 2009–10 campaign, they avoided relegation from the first division Bundesliga
by beating the third place 2. Bundesliga
finisher FC Augsburg
in a play-off at the end of the season.
1. FCN have been relegated from the Bundesliga
on seven occasions – more times than any other German club.
By 1909 the team was playing well enough to lay claim to the South German championship. After World War I, Nuremberg would gradually turn their success into dominance of the country's football. In the period from July 1918 to February 1922 the team would go unbeaten in 104 official matches. As early as 1919 they came to be referred to simply as "Der Club" in recognition of their skill and of their style on and off the field, and would go on to become one of the nation's most widely recognized and popular teams.
Nuremberg faced SpVgg Fürth
in the first national championship held after the end of World War I and beat the defending champions 2:0. That would be the first of five titles Der Club would capture over the course of eight years. In each of those wins they would shutout their opponents.
The 1922 final was contested by Nuremberg and Hamburger SV
but never reached a conclusion on the pitch. The match was called on account of darkness after three hours and ten minutes of play, drawn at 2–2. The re-match also went into extra time, and in an era that did not allow for substitutions, that game was called at 1–1 when Nuremberg was reduced to just seven players and the referee ruled incorrectly they could not continue. Considerable wrangling ensued over the decision. The DFB
(Deutscher Fußball Bund or German Football Association) awarded the win to Hamburg, under the condition that they renounce the title in the name of "good sportsmanship" – which they grudgingly did. Ultimately, the Viktoria trophy was not officially presented that year.
a club that would go on to become the strongest side in the era of football under the Third Reich. Nuremberg would capture national titles just before and after World War II in 1936 and 1948 in the first post-war national final, and would also take the Tschammerpokal, the forerunner of today's German Cup
, in 1935 and 1939.
, one of the five top divisions in West-Germany at the time. Nuremberg managed to win this league six times until 1963, winning the national championship in 1948. In 1961, 1. FCN captured their eighth national title and appeared in a losing effort in the following year's final. Some consolation was to be had in the team capturing its second German Cup
in 1962. Their strong play made them an obvious choice to be amongst the sixteen teams selected to the Bundesliga
, Germany's new professional football league, formed in 1963. Der Club played as a mid-table side through the league's early years until putting on a dominating performance in 1968 in which they sat atop the league table from the fifth week of play on to the end of the season on their way to their first Bundesliga title. They went on to become the first club to be relegated from the Bundesliga as the reigning champions. This was a result of Max Merkel
's decision to remove his championship winning team of veterans, believing that they were too old, in favour of a dozen newcomers.
It would take the club nine years to recover and return from an exile in the second tier, first the Regionalliga Süd
, then the 2nd Bundesliga Süd
, that included several failed efforts in the promotion rounds. 1. FCN returned to the Bundesliga for a year in 1978, but played to a 17th place finish and were relegated again. They immediately played their way back to the top flight, but since then their Bundesliga performances have been stumbling ones, characterized by finishes well down the league table and occasional relegation for a season or two. Their best recent result was a fifth place finish in 1988.
The early 1980s also saw the rise of a longstanding and intense friendship between the fans of Nuremberg and those of former arch rival FC Schalke 04
. Fans accompany each others on their respective away games, and the two season matches between the teams are generally a very laid-back and hospitable affair for all fans involved.
In the mid-90's Nuremberg had financial problems that led to their being penalized 6 points in the 1995–96 season while playing in the 2. Bundesliga. The club was relegated to the third division as a consequence. Improved management saw the club clawing back and return to the top flight eventually.
However, in 1999, FCN suffered what was arguably the worst meltdown in Bundesliga history. Going into the last game of the season, they were in 12th place, three points and five goals ahead of Eintracht Frankfurt
who were sitting in 16th place and seemingly headed to relegation. Nuremberg was closing out the season with what looked to be an easy home game against SC Freiburg
who were also facing relegation. Frankfurt was up against 1. FC Kaiserslautern
, last season's champions who were in a fight for a UEFA Champions League
spot. Therefore FCN had already begun soliciting season tickets for next Bundesliga season in a letter to current season ticket holders within celebrating successfully avoiding relegation.
The stage was set for an improbable outcome. Nuremberg lost 1–2 with Frank Baumann missing a chance to score in the last minute. Every other FCN rival won, including Frankfurt, who whipped FCK 5–1 with three late tallies – this put them ahead on goals scored and sent FCN crashing to 16th place and into a shock relegation. FCN was not relegated because they had fewer points than Frankfurt, nor because of a lower goal differential, but on the third tie-breaker – fewer goals scored.
1. FCN rebounded and played in the Bundesliga but still found themselves flirting with relegation from season to season. However, they had comfortably avoided relegation in the 2005–06 season finishing 8th in the Bundesliga. After several years of consolidation, Nuremberg seemed back as a force to reckon with in Bundesliga football. Manager Martin Bader's professional and sometimes even spectacular work till spring 2007 (the signing of former Ajax Amsterdam captain and Czech international Tomáš Galásek, for example, was greeted with enthusiasm), as well head coach Hans Meyer
's tactically modern understanding of football, helped Nuremberg to its most successful time in almost 40 years. In May 2007 the cut for the UEFA Cup was sure and after the triumph over Eintracht Frankfurt in the DFB-Pokal
the Club was in the final of that tournament for the first time since 1982. On 26 May the Club won this final against VfB Stuttgart
in overtime 3–2, winning the DFB.Pokal again 45 years after the last victory. However in the first round of 2007–08 the team could convince no more in Bundesliga. As the team had ended up second in UEFA Cup 2007–08#Group A in front of later champion Zenit St. Petersburg
after defeating Rapid Bucureşti in UEFA Cup 2007–08#First round head coach Hans Meyer was allowed to restructure the team, e.g. buying Jan Koller
. In the consequence of no improvement Meyer was replaced by Thomas von Heesen
after two legs in second round. The latter one didn't do much better and so FCN was relegated after finishing 16th after losing a 2–0 home match against FC Schalke 04
on the final day. After not meeting the expectations of dominating the 2. Bundesliga von Heesen resigned in August and was replaced by his assistant coach Michael Oenning
. After a slow start Oenning was able to guide Nuremberg to a 3rd place finish and a playoff with 16th place Energie Cottbus
. Nuremberg won the playoff 5–0 on aggregate and plays in the 1st Bundesliga since 2009.
and the former Regionalliga
.
Furthermore the supporters are very self ironic and have a grim sense of humour which is reflected in the sentence "Der Club is a Depp" (The Club is an idiot).
This saying comes from the Franconian Reporter Günther Koch after "Der Club" relegated in 1994 as, once again, one of the best teams in the league.
is by far the 1. FCN's biggest and longest standing local rival, going back to the early days of German football when, at times, those two clubs dominated the national championship. This derby is furthermore the oldest one in the history of German footbal and with the legendary number of 253 official matches the most played derby in Germany. The best example for the deep aversion between the two clubs is a story out of the year 1921. When the German national team in a match against the Netherlands in Amsterdam
consisted only of players from Nuremberg and Fürth.
The players of the both teams travelled, it's true, in the same train, but the hatred among each other made the players from Nuremberg travel in the first waggon and the players from Fürth in the last waggon.
In the middle of the train sat Georg B. Blascke, the manager: Sad and lonely.
In the match scored a player from Fürth the 1:0. But only the players from Fürth gratulated him. The players from Nuremberg turned their backs on him.
Another nice story of this time is the story of Hans Sutor, a former player from the SpVgg Fürth, who was forced to leave the team because of his marriage with a woman from Nuremberg
.
After this he played for the 1. FC Nuremberg and won three national championships.
Both clubs played together in the 2nd Bundesliga in 2008–09.
On Bavarian scale, the games against FC Bayern Munich
are the biggest events of the year, the two clubs being the most successful sides in the state.
(IV) in 2007–08. The team had been playing in the Oberliga since 1998, finishing runners-up three times in those years. When not playing in the Oberliga, the team used to belong to the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
.
Germany honours its Bundesliga champions by allowing them to display the gold stars
of the "Verdiente Meistervereine" – one star for three titles, two stars for five, and three stars for ten. However, currently only titles earned since 1963 in the Bundesliga are officially recognized. Despite winning the national title nine times, Nuremberg – the country's second most successful side – is not entitled to sport any championship stars.
"Der Club" plays in the communally owned Frankenstadion (known as the Städtisches Stadion until 1990). It has been the club's home since 1963, and currently has a capacity of 48,553 spectators following the stadium's most recent expansion during the winter break of the 2009–10 season. The club previously played its matches at the Zabo (an abbreviation of Zerzabelshof, the district in which the ground was located).
The stadium was built in 1928 and was known as Stadion der Hitler-Jugend from 1933 to 1945. Originally having a capacity of 40,000 spectators, it was expanded in 1965 to hold 65,000 and subsequently hosted the 1967 final between FC Bayern Munich
and Rangers
, won 1:0 by the German side. The facility was refurbished for the 1974 World Cup and another recently completed renovation allowed it to seat 45,000 for four preliminary round matches and one Round of 16 contest of the FIFA World Cup 2006.
The Frankenstadion since 2006 bears the commercial name "EasyCredit Stadium" under an arrangement with a local bank. The majority of the fans was in favour of renaming it after club legend Max Morlock, but they have to wait at least six years for that to happen, as this is the period of the contractual arrangement – but by then it might well be named after another product.
In the summer of 2010, as part of the club's celebration of its 110th anniversary, Nuremberg fans voted for the best players in the club's history. The players who received the most votes in each position were named in the club's greatest ever team.
Andreas Köpke
Ferdinand Wenauer
Thomas Brunner
Andreas Wolf
Stefan Reuter
Hans Dorfner
Reinhold Hintermaier
Marek Mintál
Max Morlock
Saša Ćirić
Dieter Eckstein
Reserves: Hans Kalb, Stefan Kießling
, Horst Leupold
, Dieter Nüssing
, Marc Oechler
, Luitpold Popp, Raphael Schäfer
, Heinz Strehl
, Heinrich Stuhlfauth
, Horst Weyerich, Sergio Zárate
(1921, 1922), Fred Spiksley
(1913, 1920s), former player Alfred Schaffer
(1930s), Dr. Karl Michalke (1930s), Alwin "Alv" Riemke (1940s–1950s) and former player Hans "Bumbes" Schmidt
(1940s, 1950s), who notably did not win a single of his four German Championship titles as coach with Nuremberg, but three of them with the long standing main rivals FC Schalke 04
. He was also four times champion as player, thereof three times with the Club, and once with the earlier arch rival SpVgg Fürth.
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
in Nuremberg
Nuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
, Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
. It was founded on 4 May 1900 by a group of eighteen young men who had gathered at the local pub called the "Burenhütte" to assemble a side committed to playing football rather than rugby, one of the other new "English" games becoming popular at the time. Today's club offers its members boxing, handball, hockey, rollerblading and ice skating, swimming, skiing, and tennis. After a difficult 2009–10 campaign, they avoided relegation from the first division Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
by beating the third place 2. Bundesliga
2. Fußball-Bundesliga
- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...
finisher FC Augsburg
FC Augsburg
FC Augsburg is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. The team was founded as Fußball-Klub Alemania Augsburg in 1907 and played as BC Augsburg from 1921 to 1969....
in a play-off at the end of the season.
1. FCN have been relegated from the Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
on seven occasions – more times than any other German club.
Rise of "Der Club"
Nuremberg faced SpVgg Fürth
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Greuther Fürth is a German association football club based in Fürth, Bavaria. The club was formed when the senior football side of newcomer Turn- und Sportverein Vestenbergsgreuth joined traditional club Spielvereinigung Fürth on 1 July 1996...
in the first national championship held after the end of World War I and beat the defending champions 2:0. That would be the first of five titles Der Club would capture over the course of eight years. In each of those wins they would shutout their opponents.
The 1922 final was contested by Nuremberg and Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV
Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...
but never reached a conclusion on the pitch. The match was called on account of darkness after three hours and ten minutes of play, drawn at 2–2. The re-match also went into extra time, and in an era that did not allow for substitutions, that game was called at 1–1 when Nuremberg was reduced to just seven players and the referee ruled incorrectly they could not continue. Considerable wrangling ensued over the decision. The DFB
German Football Association
The German Football Association is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB organises the German football leagues, including the national league, the Bundesliga, and the men's and women's national teams. The DFB is based in Frankfurt and is...
(Deutscher Fußball Bund or German Football Association) awarded the win to Hamburg, under the condition that they renounce the title in the name of "good sportsmanship" – which they grudgingly did. Ultimately, the Viktoria trophy was not officially presented that year.
After the Glory Years
1. FCNs dominance was already being to fade when they captured their final trophy of the era in 1927 as the game began to evolve into a more quickly paced contest which did not suit their slower, more deliberate approach. While they continued to field strong sides, other clubs rose to the forefront of German football. In 1934, they lost in the final to FC Schalke 04FC Schalke 04
Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...
a club that would go on to become the strongest side in the era of football under the Third Reich. Nuremberg would capture national titles just before and after World War II in 1936 and 1948 in the first post-war national final, and would also take the Tschammerpokal, the forerunner of today's German Cup
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
, in 1935 and 1939.
Into the Modern Era
The post-war period began with the Club being integrated in the Oberliga SüdOberliga Süd (1945-63)
The Oberliga Süd was the highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1945 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963.It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.-Overview:...
, one of the five top divisions in West-Germany at the time. Nuremberg managed to win this league six times until 1963, winning the national championship in 1948. In 1961, 1. FCN captured their eighth national title and appeared in a losing effort in the following year's final. Some consolation was to be had in the team capturing its second German Cup
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
in 1962. Their strong play made them an obvious choice to be amongst the sixteen teams selected to the Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
, Germany's new professional football league, formed in 1963. Der Club played as a mid-table side through the league's early years until putting on a dominating performance in 1968 in which they sat atop the league table from the fifth week of play on to the end of the season on their way to their first Bundesliga title. They went on to become the first club to be relegated from the Bundesliga as the reigning champions. This was a result of Max Merkel
Max Merkel
Maximilian Merkel was an Austrian football player and coach. The former Rapid player featured twice in a national team...
's decision to remove his championship winning team of veterans, believing that they were too old, in favour of a dozen newcomers.
It would take the club nine years to recover and return from an exile in the second tier, first the Regionalliga Süd
Regionalliga Süd (1963-74)
The Regionalliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system. It existed in the south of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen....
, then the 2nd Bundesliga Süd
2nd Bundesliga Süd (1974-81)
The 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1974 until the formation of the single-division 2. Fußball-Bundesliga in 1981...
, that included several failed efforts in the promotion rounds. 1. FCN returned to the Bundesliga for a year in 1978, but played to a 17th place finish and were relegated again. They immediately played their way back to the top flight, but since then their Bundesliga performances have been stumbling ones, characterized by finishes well down the league table and occasional relegation for a season or two. Their best recent result was a fifth place finish in 1988.
The early 1980s also saw the rise of a longstanding and intense friendship between the fans of Nuremberg and those of former arch rival FC Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04
Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...
. Fans accompany each others on their respective away games, and the two season matches between the teams are generally a very laid-back and hospitable affair for all fans involved.
In the mid-90's Nuremberg had financial problems that led to their being penalized 6 points in the 1995–96 season while playing in the 2. Bundesliga. The club was relegated to the third division as a consequence. Improved management saw the club clawing back and return to the top flight eventually.
However, in 1999, FCN suffered what was arguably the worst meltdown in Bundesliga history. Going into the last game of the season, they were in 12th place, three points and five goals ahead of Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...
who were sitting in 16th place and seemingly headed to relegation. Nuremberg was closing out the season with what looked to be an easy home game against SC Freiburg
SC Freiburg
Sport-Club Freiburg, commonly known as SC Freiburg, is a German association football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. SC Freiburg has played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, since their promotion in 2009...
who were also facing relegation. Frankfurt was up against 1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900...
, last season's champions who were in a fight for a UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
spot. Therefore FCN had already begun soliciting season tickets for next Bundesliga season in a letter to current season ticket holders within celebrating successfully avoiding relegation.
The stage was set for an improbable outcome. Nuremberg lost 1–2 with Frank Baumann missing a chance to score in the last minute. Every other FCN rival won, including Frankfurt, who whipped FCK 5–1 with three late tallies – this put them ahead on goals scored and sent FCN crashing to 16th place and into a shock relegation. FCN was not relegated because they had fewer points than Frankfurt, nor because of a lower goal differential, but on the third tie-breaker – fewer goals scored.
1. FCN rebounded and played in the Bundesliga but still found themselves flirting with relegation from season to season. However, they had comfortably avoided relegation in the 2005–06 season finishing 8th in the Bundesliga. After several years of consolidation, Nuremberg seemed back as a force to reckon with in Bundesliga football. Manager Martin Bader's professional and sometimes even spectacular work till spring 2007 (the signing of former Ajax Amsterdam captain and Czech international Tomáš Galásek, for example, was greeted with enthusiasm), as well head coach Hans Meyer
Hans Meyer
Hans Meyer may refer to:*Hans Meyer , a South African actor, see Red Sonja *Hans Meyer , German geologist*Hans Meyer , German football manager and former player...
's tactically modern understanding of football, helped Nuremberg to its most successful time in almost 40 years. In May 2007 the cut for the UEFA Cup was sure and after the triumph over Eintracht Frankfurt in the DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
the Club was in the final of that tournament for the first time since 1982. On 26 May the Club won this final against VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...
in overtime 3–2, winning the DFB.Pokal again 45 years after the last victory. However in the first round of 2007–08 the team could convince no more in Bundesliga. As the team had ended up second in UEFA Cup 2007–08#Group A in front of later champion Zenit St. Petersburg
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
Football Club Zenit is a Russian football club from the city of Saint-Petersburg. Founded in 1925 , the club plays in the Russian Premier League...
after defeating Rapid Bucureşti in UEFA Cup 2007–08#First round head coach Hans Meyer was allowed to restructure the team, e.g. buying Jan Koller
Jan Koller
Jan Koller is Czech footballer currently playing in AFK Smetanova Lhota.As an international player he played as a striker for the Czech Republic national team. He is the all-time leading goal scorer for either the Czech Republic or the former Czechoslovakia, with 55 goals in 91 caps...
. In the consequence of no improvement Meyer was replaced by Thomas von Heesen
Thomas von Heesen
Thomas von Heesen is a former German football attacking midfielder, and a current coach. He currently manages Austrian side Kapfenberger SV....
after two legs in second round. The latter one didn't do much better and so FCN was relegated after finishing 16th after losing a 2–0 home match against FC Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04
Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...
on the final day. After not meeting the expectations of dominating the 2. Bundesliga von Heesen resigned in August and was replaced by his assistant coach Michael Oenning
Michael Oenning
Michael Oenning is a German football manager who formerly managed Hamburger SV and 1. FC Nuremberg.He had previously been assistant manager at the two clubs which he has managed, as well as assistant manager at Borussia Mönchengladbach and Wolfsburg...
. After a slow start Oenning was able to guide Nuremberg to a 3rd place finish and a playoff with 16th place Energie Cottbus
Energie Cottbus
FC Energie Cottbus is a German association football club based in Cottbus, Lusatia . It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was, at the time, East Germany...
. Nuremberg won the playoff 5–0 on aggregate and plays in the 1st Bundesliga since 2009.
Supporters
The supporters of "Der Club" are known to be loyal, used to suffer due to a lot of disappointments, pessimistic but also proud of their team, their tradition and titles won in the past. This can be fixed on more than 40.000 visitors instead of bad standings and the years in the 2. Bundesliga2. Fußball-Bundesliga
- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...
and the former Regionalliga
Regionalliga Süd
The Regionalliga Süd is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany...
.
Furthermore the supporters are very self ironic and have a grim sense of humour which is reflected in the sentence "Der Club is a Depp" (The Club is an idiot).
This saying comes from the Franconian Reporter Günther Koch after "Der Club" relegated in 1994 as, once again, one of the best teams in the league.
Rivals
The SpVgg Greuther FürthSpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Greuther Fürth is a German association football club based in Fürth, Bavaria. The club was formed when the senior football side of newcomer Turn- und Sportverein Vestenbergsgreuth joined traditional club Spielvereinigung Fürth on 1 July 1996...
is by far the 1. FCN's biggest and longest standing local rival, going back to the early days of German football when, at times, those two clubs dominated the national championship. This derby is furthermore the oldest one in the history of German footbal and with the legendary number of 253 official matches the most played derby in Germany. The best example for the deep aversion between the two clubs is a story out of the year 1921. When the German national team in a match against the Netherlands in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
consisted only of players from Nuremberg and Fürth.
The players of the both teams travelled, it's true, in the same train, but the hatred among each other made the players from Nuremberg travel in the first waggon and the players from Fürth in the last waggon.
In the middle of the train sat Georg B. Blascke, the manager: Sad and lonely.
In the match scored a player from Fürth the 1:0. But only the players from Fürth gratulated him. The players from Nuremberg turned their backs on him.
Another nice story of this time is the story of Hans Sutor, a former player from the SpVgg Fürth, who was forced to leave the team because of his marriage with a woman from Nuremberg
Nuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
.
After this he played for the 1. FC Nuremberg and won three national championships.
Both clubs played together in the 2nd Bundesliga in 2008–09.
On Bavarian scale, the games against FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
are the biggest events of the year, the two clubs being the most successful sides in the state.
Reserve team
The 1. FC Nuremberg II (or 1. FC Nuremberg Amateure) qualified for the Regionalliga Süd on the strength of a third place in the Oberliga BayernOberliga Bayern
The Fußball-Bayernliga, commonly referred to as the Bayernliga, is the highest football league in the state of Bavaria and the Bavarian Football League System. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system...
(IV) in 2007–08. The team had been playing in the Oberliga since 1998, finishing runners-up three times in those years. When not playing in the Oberliga, the team used to belong to the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
The Landesliga Bayern-Mitte is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system....
.
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:| Season | Division | Tier Bavarian football league system The Bavarian football league system of the Bavarian Football Association ranks within the German football league system. Its highest division, the Fussball-Bayernliga, is currently the 5th tier of German football. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the 4th tier of the league system... |
Position |
| 1995–96 | 2nd Bundesliga 2. Fußball-Bundesliga - Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20... |
II | 17th ↓ |
| 1996–97 | Regionalliga Süd Regionalliga Süd The Regionalliga Süd is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany... |
III | 1st ↑ |
| 1997–98 | 2nd Bundesliga 2. Fußball-Bundesliga - Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20... |
II | 3rd ↑ |
| 1998–99 | Fußball-Bundesliga Fußball-Bundesliga The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga... |
I | 16th ↓ |
| 1999–00 | 2nd Bundesliga 2. Fußball-Bundesliga - Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20... |
II | 4th |
| 2000–01 | 2nd Bundesliga | 1st ↑ | |
| 2001–02 | Fußball-Bundesliga Fußball-Bundesliga The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga... |
I | 15th |
| 2002–03 | Fußball-Bundesliga | 17th ↓ | |
| 2003–04 | 2nd Bundesliga | II | 1st ↑ |
| 2004–05 | Fußball-Bundesliga | I | 14th |
| 2005–06 | Fußball-Bundesliga | 8th | |
| 2006–07 | Fußball-Bundesliga | 6th | |
| 2007–08 | Fußball-Bundesliga | 16th ↓ | |
| 2008–09 | 2nd Bundesliga | II | 3rd ↑ |
| 2009–10 | Fußball-Bundesliga | I | 16th |
| 2010–11 | Fußball-Bundesliga | 6th | |
| 2011–12 | Fußball-Bundesliga |
Honours
Der Club boasted the title of Deutscher Rekordmeister as holder of the most championships for over sixty years (although occasionally having to share the honour with Schalke) before being overtaken by Bayern Munich in 1987.Germany honours its Bundesliga champions by allowing them to display the gold stars
Star (football crest)
In association football, some national and club sides include one or more stars as part of the crest appearing on their shirt, to represent important trophies the team has previously won. Sometimes this is a unilateral decision by the team concerned rather than a privilege earned and sanctioned...
of the "Verdiente Meistervereine" – one star for three titles, two stars for five, and three stars for ten. However, currently only titles earned since 1963 in the Bundesliga are officially recognized. Despite winning the national title nine times, Nuremberg – the country's second most successful side – is not entitled to sport any championship stars.
National
- German Football Championship, Oberliga Süd & Fußball-BundesligaFußball-BundesligaThe Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
- Champions: 1920, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1936, 1947–48German football championship 1948- Semi finals :-----Final:-Sources:* at Weltfussball.de* at RSSSF.com* at Fussballdaten.de...
, 1960–61German football championship 1961The 57th German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1960-61. 1. FC Nuremberg were crowned champions for a record eight time after a group stage and a final, having previously won the title in 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1936 and...
, 1967–68 - Runners-up: 1922, 1934, 1937, 1961–62German football championship 1962The 58th German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1961–62. 1. FC Köln were crowned champions for the first time after a group stage and a final, having previously reached the final in 1960, where they lost to Hamburger SV.On the...
- Champions: 1920, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1936, 1947–48
- DFB-PokalDFB-PokalThe DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
- Winners: 1935, 1939, 1962, 20072007 DFB-Pokal FinalThe 2006–07 DFB-Pokal season was the 64th running of the competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on September 8, 2006 and ended with the final on 26 May 2007. In the final, 1. FC Nuremberg defeated VfB Stuttgart 3–2 after extra time, thereby claiming their fourth...
- Runners-up: 1940, 1982
- Winners: 1935, 1939, 1962, 2007
- Süddeutsche MeisterschaftSouthern German football championshipThe Southern German football championship was the highest association football competition in the South of Germany, established in 1898...
- Champions: 1916, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1924, 1927, 1929
- Southern German Cup
- Winners: 1919, 1924
- Bavarian champions: 1907
- Ostkreis-Liga
- Champions: 1916, 1918
- Kreisliga Nordbayern
- Champions: 1920, 1921
- Bezirksliga BayernBezirksliga BayernThe Bezirksliga Bayern was the highest association football league in the German state of Bavaria from 1923 to 1933. The league was disbanded with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933.-Overview:...
- Champions: 1924, 1925, 1927
- Bezirksliga Nordbayern
- Champions: 1929, 1932, 1933
- Gauliga BayernGauliga BayernThe Gauliga Bayern was the highest football league in the German state of Bavaria from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the five Gaue Bayreuth, Munich-Upper Bavaria, Swabia, Main Franconia and Franconia de...
- Champions: 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940
- Gauliga Bayern (northern division)
- Champions: 1943, 1944
- Oberliga SüdOberliga Süd (1945-63)The Oberliga Süd was the highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1945 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963.It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.-Overview:...
- Champions: 1947, 1948, 1951, 1957, 1961, 1962
- Regionalliga SüdRegionalliga Süd (1963-74)The Regionalliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system. It existed in the south of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen....
(II)- Champions: 1971
- 2nd Bundesliga Süd2nd Bundesliga Süd (1974-81)The 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1974 until the formation of the single-division 2. Fußball-Bundesliga in 1981...
(II)- Champions: 1980
- 2nd Bundesliga (II)
- Champions: 1985, 2001, 2004
Youth
- German Under 19 champions
- Winners: 1974
- Runners-up: 1979, 1986, 1989
- German Under 17 championship
- Runners-up: 1987
- German Under 19 Cup
- Winners: 1987, 1988, 1993
- Southern German Under 19 championship
- Winners: 1956, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1971
- Bavarian Under 19 championship
- Winners: 1946, 1956, 1958, 1960–62, 1964, 1965, 1967–71, 1974–77, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1999, 2002, 2009
- Runners-up: 1950, 1959, 1963, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1981–83, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990–94, 1996, 2000, 2008
- Bavarian Under 17 championship
- Winners: 1977, 1982, 1987, 1990–92, 1996, 1999
- Runners-up: 1975, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2000, 2011
- Bavarian Under 15 championshipBavarian Under 15 championshipThe Under 15 Fußball-Bayernliga is the highest level of competition for under 15 football teams in Bavaria and the second tier of the Southern German league system, set below the Under 15 Regionalliga South.-History:...
- Winners: 1976, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008
- Runners-up: 1980, 1982, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2009
Stadium
The stadium was built in 1928 and was known as Stadion der Hitler-Jugend from 1933 to 1945. Originally having a capacity of 40,000 spectators, it was expanded in 1965 to hold 65,000 and subsequently hosted the 1967 final between FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
and Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
, won 1:0 by the German side. The facility was refurbished for the 1974 World Cup and another recently completed renovation allowed it to seat 45,000 for four preliminary round matches and one Round of 16 contest of the FIFA World Cup 2006.
The Frankenstadion since 2006 bears the commercial name "EasyCredit Stadium" under an arrangement with a local bank. The majority of the fans was in favour of renaming it after club legend Max Morlock, but they have to wait at least six years for that to happen, as this is the period of the contractual arrangement – but by then it might well be named after another product.
First-team squad
Staff
| Team manager | Boban Pribanovic |
| Head coach |  Dieter HeckingDieter Hecking Dieter Hecking is a German football manager and former professional player who works as head coach of 1. FC Nuremberg. He played for both Hannover 96 and Eintracht Braunschweig... |
| Co-trainer | Armin Reutershahn Armin Reutershahn Armin Reutershahn is a German football coach, he is currently the assistant manager of Michael Oenning at German club 1. FC Nuremberg.-Career:... Dirk BremserDirk Bremser Dirk Bremser is a German football coach and a former player.-Career:He spent two seasons in the Bundesliga with MSV Duisburg and Bayer Uerdingen.-Coaching career:... |
| Goalkeeping coach |  Adam MatysekAdam Matysek Adam Matysek is a retired Polish football goalkeeper.He made 34 appearances for the Polish national team, and was a member of their squad at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, although he did not play any matches at the tournament.After his playing career, Matysek worked for the Polish Football Association... |
| Fitness coach | Andreas Beck |
| Youth coach | Dieter Nüssing Dieter Nüssing Dieter Nüssing is a former German footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent the majority of his career in the second tier of German football at 1. FC Nuremberg, and is currently part of the staff at the club as a coach.-External links:**... Rainer ZietschRainer Zietsch Rainer Zietsch is a German football coach and a former player who is now the athletic director at the youth team of 1. FC Nuremberg.-Honours:* Bundesliga champion: 1984.* UEFA Cup finalist: 1989.... |
| Chief scout | Christian Möckel Christian Möckel Christian Möckel is a retired German football player. As of February 2009, he is the head scout for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. As a player, he spent one season in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Nuremberg.-External links:... |
| Physiotherapist | Günter Jonczyk Sven Brechetsbauer Sascha Rurainski |
Greatest ever team
| Greatest ever 1. FC Nuremberg team |
In the summer of 2010, as part of the club's celebration of its 110th anniversary, Nuremberg fans voted for the best players in the club's history. The players who received the most votes in each position were named in the club's greatest ever team.
Andreas Köpke
Andreas Köpke
Andreas Köpke is a former German football goalkeeper who was in the German squad that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup, and was also part of the 1994 FIFA World Cup squad...
Ferdinand Wenauer
Ferdinand Wenauer
Ferdinand "Nandl" Wenauer was a German football player. He spent 6 seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Nuremberg. He also represented Germany in 4 friendlies.-External links:...
Thomas Brunner
Thomas Brunner (footballer)
Thomas Brunner is a German football coach and a former player who is currently managing 1. FC Schnaittach.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de...
Andreas Wolf
Andreas Wolf
Andreas Wolf is a German footballer who plays as a defender for Werder Bremen. He had previously played at 1. FC Nuremberg since 2002 and was the team captain, before leaving in the summer of 2011.- Career :...
Stefan Reuter
Stefan Reuter
Stefan Reuter is a German football coach and former player.-Career:A right sided defender who started his career with TSV 1860 Dinkelsbühl. 1982 he played for 1. FC Nuremberg, first in the 2. Bundesliga and since 1985 in the German Bundesliga. In exactly 100 games he scored 10 goals...
Hans Dorfner
Hans Dorfner
Hans Dorfner is a German former footballer who played for Bayern Munich and 1. FC Nuremberg as a midfielder. He won seven caps for West Germany in the late 80s, and went to UEFA Euro 1988, but his career was cut short by injury in 1994....
Reinhold Hintermaier
Reinhold Hintermaier
Reinhold Hintermaier is a former Austrian footballer.-Club career:Hintermaier started his professional career with SK VÖEST Linz and won the Austrian Football Bundesliga title in his first season. After six years he moved to Germany to play for 1. FC Nuremberg with whom he lost the German Cup...
Marek Mintál
Marek Mintál
Marek Mintál is a Slovak international football player who currently plays for Hansa Rostock.-Career:Mintál start to play football in Slovak club MŠK Žilina, with whom he won back-to-back Slovak championships in 2001–02 and 2002–03. This was also due to his scoring 20 and 21 goals respectively...
Max Morlock
Max Morlock
Maximilian Morlock was one of the most popular German football players in the 1950s and early 1960s. In his time with the West German national team, he earned 26 caps and scored 21 goals...
Saša Ćirić
Saša Ciric
Saša Ćirić or Sasa Kirik is a former football player from the Republic of Macedonia of Serbian origin.- Career :...
Dieter Eckstein
Dieter Eckstein
Dieter Eckstein is a retired German football player, who played for several German clubs plus clubs in Switzerland and West Ham United in England.He played for the West Germany national team, earning seven caps...
Reserves: Hans Kalb, Stefan Kießling
Stefan Kießling
Stefan Kießling is a German footballer who currently plays as a striker for Bayer Leverkusen and Germany. He has also represented the German national team six times.-1. FC Nuremberg:...
, Horst Leupold
Horst Leupold
Horst "Leo" Leupold is a retired German football player. He spent 6 seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Nuremberg.-External links:* *...
, Dieter Nüssing
Dieter Nüssing
Dieter Nüssing is a former German footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent the majority of his career in the second tier of German football at 1. FC Nuremberg, and is currently part of the staff at the club as a coach.-External links:**...
, Marc Oechler
Marc Oechler
Marc Oechler is a retired German football player. He is, as of January 2009, a board member at 1. FC Nuremberg.Oechler played for Kavala F.C. in the 1999–00 Greek Alpha Ethniki season....
, Luitpold Popp, Raphael Schäfer
Raphael Schäfer
Raphael Schäfer is a German football goalkeeper who plays for 1. FC Nuremberg.-Early career:...
, Heinz Strehl
Heinz Strehl
Heinz Strehl was a former German football player.A Bundesliga title-winner with 1. FC Nuremberg in 1968, Heinz Strehl was one of the proven goalscorers in West Germany in the 1960s and able to cap his West Germany debut against Yugoslavia on 30 September 1962, with a hat-trick in between the 23rd...
, Heinrich Stuhlfauth
Heinrich Stuhlfauth
Heinrich Stulfauth was a German goalkeeper of the 1920s. A player for the successful 1. FC Nuremberg team which dominated German football in the 1920s, Stulfauth also captained the German national side...
, Horst Weyerich, Sergio Zárate
Sergio Zárate
Sergio Fabián Zárate is a former Argentine football player. He spent most of his career in Germany and Mexico apart from his native Argentina....
Coaches
Outstanding coaches of the earlier years were Izidor "Dori" KürschnerIzidor Kürschner
Izidor "Dori" Kürschner, in Brazil primarily known as Dori Kruschner, , was a Hungarian football player and coach....
(1921, 1922), Fred Spiksley
Fred Spiksley
Fred Spiksley was an English footballer and coach, who played as a forward for Sheffield Wednesday F.C. and England. He also played for Gainsborough Trinity, Glossop North End, Leeds City, Watford and in 1907 became the only professional footballer to play for the Corinthians...
(1913, 1920s), former player Alfred Schaffer
Alfréd Schaffer
Alfréd Schaffer was a Hungarian footballer who has the distinction of playing for a record number of professional clubs; he played for a total of 21 clubs in a 15 year career which lasted from 1910–1925....
(1930s), Dr. Karl Michalke (1930s), Alwin "Alv" Riemke (1940s–1950s) and former player Hans "Bumbes" Schmidt
Hans Schmidt (footballer)
Hans Schmidt was a German international footballer and manager.-Club career:As a player he won the German football championship on four occasions, three of which he won with 1. FC Nuremberg.-International career:...
(1940s, 1950s), who notably did not win a single of his four German Championship titles as coach with Nuremberg, but three of them with the long standing main rivals FC Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04
Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...
. He was also four times champion as player, thereof three times with the Club, and once with the earlier arch rival SpVgg Fürth.
Manager History (since 1963)
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Fritz Popp Fritz Popp is a retired German football player. He spent 6 seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Nuremberg. As of February 2009, he is a player agent.-External links:* *... Hermann Gerland Hermann Gerland is a German former football player and manager. He is currently the manager of the reserve team of the German Bundesliga side FC Bayern Munich.- Career :... Dieter Lieberwirth Dieter "Jogi" Lieberwirth is a German football coach and a former player. As of February 2009, he is managing the youth team of 1. FC Nuremberg. In the 2005/06 season, he was caretaker manager of 1. FC Nuremberg for one game.... Willi Entenmann Willi Entenmann is a German football coach and a former player. The best result he achieved as a coach in the Bundesliga was the fifth place in 1986.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de... Dieter Renner Dieter Renner was a German football player and coach.-External links:... Rainer Zobel Rainer Zobel is a former German football player and current football coach.- Coaching career :In 2005, Zobel was head coach of Persepolis F.C. in Iran's Premier Football League... Günter Sebert Günter Sebert is a former German footballer, and football manager. He is the current sport director of Waldhof Mannheim.-External links:**... Hermann Gerland Hermann Gerland is a German former football player and manager. He is currently the manager of the reserve team of the German Bundesliga side FC Bayern Munich.- Career :... Willi Entenmann Willi Entenmann is a German football coach and a former player. The best result he achieved as a coach in the Bundesliga was the fifth place in 1986.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de... Felix Magath Wolfgang-Felix Magath is a former German football central midfielder and current manager of VfL Wolfsburg.-Playing career:... Willi Reimann Willi Reimann is a German football manager.Reimann played in the Fußball-Bundesliga for Hannover 96 and Hamburg, appearing in 287 in which he amounted 93 goals.As manager he worked for FC St. Pauli, HSV, VfL Wolfsburg, 1... Thomas Brunner (footballer) Thomas Brunner is a German football coach and a former player who is currently managing 1. FC Schnaittach.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de... Friedel Rausch Friedel Rausch is a German football manager and former player.He moved from Meidericher SV to Schalke where he stayed until 1971 playing as a defender. After his retirement he became manager starting at his former club Schalke... Thomas Brunner (footballer) Thomas Brunner is a German football coach and a former player who is currently managing 1. FC Schnaittach.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de... Klaus Augenthaler Klaus "Auge" Augenthaler is a former football player and now manager.-Playing years:... Wolfgang Wolf Wolfgang Wolf is a German football coach and a former player.-Career:As a player, he spent 12 seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Stuttgarter Kickers.-Coaching career:... Dieter Lieberwirth Dieter "Jogi" Lieberwirth is a German football coach and a former player. As of February 2009, he is managing the youth team of 1. FC Nuremberg. In the 2005/06 season, he was caretaker manager of 1. FC Nuremberg for one game.... Hans Meyer Hans Meyer may refer to:*Hans Meyer , a South African actor, see Red Sonja *Hans Meyer , German geologist*Hans Meyer , German football manager and former player... Thomas von Heesen Thomas von Heesen is a former German football attacking midfielder, and a current coach. He currently manages Austrian side Kapfenberger SV.... Michael Oenning Michael Oenning is a German football manager who formerly managed Hamburger SV and 1. FC Nuremberg.He had previously been assistant manager at the two clubs which he has managed, as well as assistant manager at Borussia Mönchengladbach and Wolfsburg... Dieter Hecking Dieter Hecking is a German football manager and former professional player who works as head coach of 1. FC Nuremberg. He played for both Hannover 96 and Eintracht Braunschweig... |
Former Chairmen
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