Dynamo Dresden
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SG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club
, based in Dresden
, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football
, winning eight league titles
. After the reunification of Germany
, Dynamo played four seasons in the top division Bundesliga (1991–95), but have since drifted between the second and fourth tiers. The club achieved promotion to the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
for the 2011–12 season
.
had played a significant part in German football, pre- and during World War II – its local club, Dresdner SC
were national champions in 1943 and 1944. However, after the end of the war the Allied
occupiers dissolved all sports clubs in an attempt to clear the slate of Nazi Germany
. DSC reformed in 1946, now named SG Friedrichstadt
, but Dresden was now under Communist rule, and the authorities considered the club too be too bourgeois. After a riot at the final of the 1950 East German championship, the club was dissolved.
The city needed a new, ideologically safe representative, and a new football club as founded, as part of SG Deutsche Volkspolizei
Dresden. A team was assembled with players delegated from 11 other police-affiliated clubs, and quickly established itself as a force in East German football, winning its first cup in 1952. In April 1953, the central sports society SV Dynamo
was founded, to which VP Dresden were affiliated, taking the name of SG Dynamo Dresden. Shortly after this the club claimed its first East German title
.
This success, though, proved to be the club's undoing. Erich Mielke
, head of the Stasi
, of which Dynamo were now part, was unhappy that Dresden was enjoying footballing success, while the capital, East Berlin
, lacked a strong footballing team. In 1954, Dynamo's team were moved to Berlin, to form Dynamo Berlin
. Among the players lost to Berlin were Dynamo's first internationals, including Johannes Matzen
, Herbert Schoen
and Günter Schröter
, while the remainder of the club was left to regroup in the second-tier DDR-Liga
.
, and although this first season ended in relegation, they bounced back immediately. They recovered equally well from another relegation in 1968, and remained in the Oberliga from 1969 until its dissolution in 1991. This relegation came after a fourth place finish in 1967, which enabled Dynamo's first foray into European football
– they entered the 1967–68 Fairs Cup, where they were eliminated by Scottish
side Rangers
in the first round.
During the 1965–66 season, 11 East German clubs were separated from their parent sports clubs to be designated as Fußballclubs
: clubs focused entirely on football, where the country's best talent would be transferred with the object of developing players for the national team
. Dynamo Dresden were one of these, although they retained the title of Sportgemeinschaft (SG)
.
During the 1970s, Dynamo established themselves as one of the top teams in East Germany, under the management of Walter Fritzsch
. They won five league titles (1971, 1973, 1976, 1977 and 1978), and two cups, (1971 and 1977). They battled with 1. FC Magdeburg
for domination of the league, and became the most popular the side in the country, regularly drawing crowds of 25,000, around three times what other clubs were attracting. They also began to establish themselves as a presence in European football
– they played in European competition every year during the 1970s, and eliminated some big names – beating FC Porto, Juventus
and Benfica
on their way to four quarter-final finishes. During this time Dynamo came up against West German
opposition for the first time, losing against Bayern Munich 7–6 on aggregate in the last 16 of the 1973–74 European Cup. On three occasions they were eliminated by English side Liverpool
, twice in the UEFA Cup
and once in the European Cup, and each time Liverpool went on to win the competition. In 1973, Hans-Jürgen Kreische
was the first Dynamo Dresden player to be named East German Footballer of the Year, and was followed by Hans-Jürgen Dörner
in 1977. Kreische was the league's leading goalscorer on four occasions, and was named in East Germany
's squad for the 1974 World Cup
, along with team-mate Siegmar Wätzlich
.
History was to repeat itself, though, at the end of the 1970s. Erich Mielke
, again jealous that provincial clubs were dominating the league while his beloved Dynamo Berlin
were starved of success, began to manipulate the league in favour of the side from the capital.
East German football had generally been set up in favour of the "Fußballclubs
", who were usually delegated the best players, but the authorities had usually kept out of on-pitch matters. This changed in the late-1970s and 80s though, as players and referees were coerced by the Stasi
into helping the cause of Berliner FC Dynamo
. BFC won ten consecutive titles, from 1979 to 1988. Of all clubs, Dynamo Dresden were the most affected by this, finishing second on six occasions, although they did win the FDGB-Pokal three times (1982 and 1984, 1985
). Torwards the end of the 1980s, the Stasi
's influence was waning, and Dynamo Dresden reclaimed the title in 1989, and retained it in 1990, adding a cup win to complete a double
.
By this point the Berlin Wall
had fallen, and many of the top players in East Germany took the opportunity to head west. In the summer of 1990, Dynamo Dresden lost two star players, Ulf Kirsten and Matthias Sammer
joining VfB Stuttgart
and Bayer Leverkusen
respectively. With German reunification
looming, many clubs in the East changed their name to shed their Soviet image, and Dynamo Dresden changed from SG to the more traditional 1. FC. The Oberliga also changed name for its final season: the league, now called the NOFV-Oberliga, was used to determine which places the East German clubs would take in the unified German league
. Dynamo Dresden finished 2nd, behind Hansa Rostock, thus qualifying for the Bundesliga
.
Walter Fritzsch
had retired in 1978, and was succeeded by Gerhard Prautzsch
, who was in turn followed by former players Klaus Sammer
(1983–86), Eduard Geyer
(1986–90) and Reinhard Häfner
(1990–91). The star players of the 1970 were replaced by a new generation, including Torsten Gütschow
, Ulf Kirsten, Matthias Sammer
, and Andreas Trautmann
, although the club lost three key players in 1981: Gerd Weber
, who along with teammates Peter Kotte
and Matthias Müller
had been offered a lucrative contract with 1. FC Köln
, intended to flee to the West
while in Udine
for national team
match against Italy
in April 1981. The Stasi
somehow got wind of this plan, and in January 1981 the three players were arrested at Schönefeld Airport, from where the national team was about depart for Argentina
, and banned for life from the DDR-Oberliga
. Weber was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Kotte and Müller, who had decided to stay in Dresden, were nonetheless punished for their knowledge of Weber's plans.
During the 1980s, the club continued to be a regular participant in European football, generally earning respectable results. In the 1985–86 Cup Winners' Cup, however, they were on the receiving end of a shocking defeat against Bayer Uerdingen of West Germany
: having won the first leg 2–0, they were 3–1 up at half-time in the second leg, when goalkeeper Bernd Jakubowski
was injured by Uerdingen's Wolfgang Funkel
. Debutant Jens Ramme
was introduced, and proceeded to let in six goals, as the team lost 7–3. In addition to this, striker Frank Lippmann
took the opportunity of the match in Krefeld
to escape to the west. Dynamo recorded their best ever European performance in the 1988–89 UEFA Cup, beating AS Roma on the way to a semi-final defeat against VfB Stuttgart. Their last European campaign was the 1990–91 European Cup, which ended in defeat to eventual winners Red Star Belgrade
. Dynamo's fans riot
ed at the second leg, which resulted in the club being banned from Europe for the following season.
much harder, struggling both financially and on the pitch. They spent four years at this level, during which they were in a near-constant battle against relegation. Their highest placing was 13th in 1993–94, but the following year they succumbed to the drop, finishing in last place, having gone through three managers (Siegfried Held
, Horst Hrubesch
and Ralf Minge
) during the season. To add to this, the club had accumulated debts of more than 10 million DM, and were denied a license to play in the 2. Bundesliga
, and had to drop down to the third tier Regionalliga Nordost
. Rolf-Jürgen Otto, the club's president was jailed for having embezzled
around 3 Million DM from the club.
While many of the stars of the 1980s had moved west, some remained for Dynamo's Bundesliga tenure, including Torsten Gütschow
and Hans-Uwe Pilz
, while the club was able to attract players from other Eastern clubs, including Olaf Marschall
, René Müller
and Heiko Scholz
. The fall of the wall brought the influx of Dynamo's first foreign players, and the club saw internationals from Australia (Mark Schwarzer
), Poland
(Piotr Nowak
), Russia
(Stanislav Cherchesov
) and Sweden
(Johnny Ekström
), among others.
(1995–96), Udo Schmuck
(1996) and Hartmut Schade
(1996–1998), but failed to seriously challenge for promotion. In 1999
they finished second in the table, but with 60 points: 32 behind champions Tennis Borussia Berlin
. 1999–2000
saw a restructuring of the Regionalliga: the four leagues were to be reduced to two, and Dynamo would have to finish in the top 7 to avoid relegation. Having finished 11th in the previous season they turned to Colin Bell
, an English coach who had had some success with youth football in Germany, but he left in March 2000 after poor results and a player revolt. Cor Pot
, a Dutchman
, was brought in to replace him, and he turned the team around, but it was too late – they finished in eighth place, and were relegated to the fourth-tier Oberliga Nordost-Süd. By this point Dynamo were not even the top team in Dresden: Dresdner SC
had returned after reunification, and finished as runners-up in the Regionalliga Nordost
in 2000.
Optimism was high, though, after the way the last season had ended, and the slogan "Wir kommen wieder" (we're coming back), was adopted. However, the Oberliga was now highly competitive with VfB Leipzig, 1. FC Magdeburg
and FSV Zwickau
also having been relegated, and Dynamo couldn't match the consistency of their main promotion rivals Magdeburg and Leipzig. A 2–1 defeat against Magdeburg in February ended their promotion chances, and Pot resigned. With nothing to play for, Dynamo slumped to fifth place. For the following season Christoph Franke
was brought in as manager, and led the club to promotion – they won the league with only two defeats, and beat Hertha BSC's reserve team in a playoff to earn their place in the Regionalliga Nord
. Dynamo's youth system was particularly successful during this period, with players including Lars Jungnickel
, Silvio Schröter
, Maik Wagefeld
and Daniel Ziebig
going on to play at a higher level.
Dynamo finished a respectable 7th in their first season back in the third tier, and followed that
with another promotion, finishing second behind Rot-Weiß Essen. Life in the 2. Bundesliga
began brightly, with a 3–1 win against MSV Duisburg
, but by the halfway point of their first season they were facing relegation, with only 18 points. They recovered strongly in the second half of the season though, and finished in 8th place, thanks in part to signings such as Ansgar Brinkmann
, Joshua Kennedy
and Klemen Lavric
. The 2005–06 season began similarly brightly, as Dynamo climbed to third place with a 2–1 win over 1860 Munich in the Allianz Arena
, but this was followed by twelve matches without a win, resulting in the dismissal of Christoph Franke. Austria
n manager Peter Pacult
was brought in, and results improved, but Dynamo could not escape the drop, finishing 15th.
left the club after six matches, to manage his former club, Rapid Vienna. He was replaced by Norbert Meier
, but Dynamo could not keep up their promotion bid, and finished 7th, due in part to poor away form. Another reorganisation of the league structure was looming, and Dynamo knew they'd have to finish in the top 10 to qualify for the new national 3rd Liga
. A number of former star players returned, including Lars Jungnickel
, Marek Penksa
and Maik Wagefeld
, but results were not consistent, and Meier was sacked, replaced by former coach Eduard Geyer
. Dynamo secured qualification on the last day, finishing 8th, but Geyer was dismissed due to disagreements with the board.
The club turned to Ruud Kaiser
, a Dutchman
with a good reputation at youth level, as Geyer's replacement. They played in the first ever match of the 3rd Liga, beating Rot-Weiß Erfurt 1–0 with a goal from Halil Savran
, but results were not consistent, and they could only finish in mid-table. The 2009–10
season began badly, and Dynamo were in relegation trouble, so Kaiser was sacked and replaced by Matthias Maucksch
, a former player who had had some success with the reserve team. Maucksch managed to drag the team safe from relegation, and they finished the season in 12th place. Mauksch led the team to contention for a playoff place during the 2010–11
season, but was sacked in April after a run of five games without a win, and was replaced by Ralf Loose
. Loose ended the season unbeaten and secured 3rd place, and a playoff against VfL Osnabrück
which Dynamo won 4–2 on aggregate to earn promotion to the 2. Bundesliga
.
In 2007 the club reverted to the name SG Dynamo Dresden.
, and in 1953, when they became Dynamo Dresden they were part of the SV Dynamo
organisation, an arm of the intelligence service – the Ministerium für Staatsicherheit (Stasi)
. Dynamo were the most powerful of all the sports societies, and this conferred certain advantages on the club, although several of its players worked as Inoffizielle Mitarbeiter (paid informants), spying and reporting on their colleagues. While many former security service clubs have struggled to shed their negative image, particularly Berliner FC Dynamo
, Dynamo Dresden and remain popular and well-supported, having come to represent their home city.
, which was opened in 1923, originally named the Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion after local track and field athlete Rudolf Harbig
. The stadium was renamed Dynamo-Stadion by the East German authorities in 1971, but reverted to its former name after reunification. With an original capacity of 24,000, the stadium was rebuilt in the 1990s, in line with DFB
and FIFA
regulations, and was thoroughly modernised between 2006 and 2009. The rebuilt stadium opened on 15 September 2009 with a friendly match against Schalke 04. In 2010, the stadium was renamed in line with its new sponsor, Glücksgas.
. Follwing their 2010 advance to the 2nd League
, they are currently drawing an average of 25,000, which is at level with the Italian top-team Juventus. In common with many clubs from the former east, the club has had problems with hooliganism
, occasionally spilling over into racism
and anti-semitism
, but has taken steps to reduce this.
Dynamo Dresden have a particularly fractious relationship with Berliner FC Dynamo
, who were formed out of the club in 1954, and were their main obstacle to success in the 1980s, but the two clubs rarely meet these days. Lokomotive Leipzig
are traditionally Dynamo's main rivals in the battle for Saxon
dominance, although this to extends to other clubs including Chemnitzer FC
, Sachsen Leipzig and currently Erzgebirge Aue. In Dresden, Dynamo's main rivals are Dresdner SC
, although they are currently ill-matched as DSC are mired in local football. Another club, SC Borea Dresden
were formed out of SG Dynamo Dresden-Heide, a former feeder club for Dynamo, but there is no longer an official connection.
When they were formed as SG Volkspolizei Dresden, the club wore green and white, the state colours of Saxony
, but when the team became part of SV Dynamo
they adopted the sports society's wine red colour scheme. In 1968, the club adopted its current colours of yellow and black, the city colours of Dresden
.
The club's original crest was built around the shield of the Volkspolizei
, to whom they were affiliated. In 1953 they adopted the D logo of SV Dynamo, which was retained until reunification
, when its wine red background was replaced with Saxon green. They reverted to the red background in the early 2000s.
and plays in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd
(V).
, and its joint top scorer, Hans-Jürgen Kreische
. Twelve Dynamo players won Olympic
medals, including six gold medallists in 1976
. After German reunification
a number of Dynamo players went on to represent the Germany national team
, including Jens Jeremies, Ulf Kirsten, Olaf Marschall
and Alexander Zickler
.
Five Dynamo Dresden players were named East German Footballer of the Year: Hans-Jürgen Dörner, Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Andreas Trautmann
, Ulf Kirsten and Torsten Gütschow
. Dörner won the award three times, and the latter three players were its last three winners. Kreische and Gütschow were the leading scorers in the DDR-Oberliga
seven times between them.
Perhaps the most notable Dynamo Dresden player is Matthias Sammer
. He played for the club from 1985 to 1990, during which he won 23 caps for East Germany. He later made 51 appearances for Germany, winning the European Championship in 1996 and played at club level for VfB Stuttgart
, Internazionale and Borussia Dortmund
. With the latter he won two German titles
, the UEFA Champions League
and the Intercontinental Cup
, and was named European Footballer of the Year
in 1997.
Football in Germany
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, based in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football
East German football league system
The football league system of the German Democratic Republic existed from the creation of the DDR-Oberliga in 1949 until shortly after German reunification in 1990....
, winning eight league titles
East German football champions
The East German football champions were the annual winners of the DDR-Oberliga. The 1948 and 1949 East German champions were determined in a single elimination tournament of three rounds. A nationwide football league, the DDR-Oberliga, was established for the 1949–50 season. The Oberliga was...
. After the reunification of Germany
German reunification
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, Dynamo played four seasons in the top division Bundesliga (1991–95), but have since drifted between the second and fourth tiers. The club achieved promotion to the 2. Fußball-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...
for the 2011–12 season
2011–12 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
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.
Early years (1950–1954)
The city of DresdenDresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
had played a significant part in German football, pre- and during World War II – its local club, Dresdner SC
Dresdner SC
Dresdner SC is a German multisport club playing in Dresden, Saxony. Founded on 30 April 1898, the club was a founding member of the German Football Association in 1900...
were national champions in 1943 and 1944. However, after the end of the war the Allied
Allies
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occupiers dissolved all sports clubs in an attempt to clear the slate of Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
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. DSC reformed in 1946, now named SG Friedrichstadt
Friedrichstadt (Dresden)
Friedrichstadt is a neighborhood in central Dresden, Germany. A factory district in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is known as the home of the founders of the artistic association known as Die Brücke.- History :...
, but Dresden was now under Communist rule, and the authorities considered the club too be too bourgeois. After a riot at the final of the 1950 East German championship, the club was dissolved.
The city needed a new, ideologically safe representative, and a new football club as founded, as part of SG Deutsche Volkspolizei
Volkspolizei
The Volkspolizei , or VP, were the national police of the German Democratic Republic . The Volkspolizei were responsible for most law enforcement in East Germany, but its organisation and structure were such that it could be considered a paramilitary force as well...
Dresden. A team was assembled with players delegated from 11 other police-affiliated clubs, and quickly established itself as a force in East German football, winning its first cup in 1952. In April 1953, the central sports society SV Dynamo
SV Dynamo
The Sports Club Dynamo was the sport organization of the security agencies of former East Germany. The sports club was founded on 27 March 1953 and was headquartered in Hohenschönhausen in East Berlin...
was founded, to which VP Dresden were affiliated, taking the name of SG Dynamo Dresden. Shortly after this the club claimed its first East German title
East German football champions
The East German football champions were the annual winners of the DDR-Oberliga. The 1948 and 1949 East German champions were determined in a single elimination tournament of three rounds. A nationwide football league, the DDR-Oberliga, was established for the 1949–50 season. The Oberliga was...
.
This success, though, proved to be the club's undoing. Erich Mielke
Erich Mielke
Erich Fritz Emil Mielke was a German communist politician and Minister of State Security—and as such head of the Stasi —of the German Democratic Republic between 1957 and 1989. Mielke spent more than a decade as an operative of the NKVD during the rule of Joseph Stalin...
, head of the Stasi
Stasi
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, of which Dynamo were now part, was unhappy that Dresden was enjoying footballing success, while the capital, East Berlin
East Berlin
East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city...
, lacked a strong footballing team. In 1954, Dynamo's team were moved to Berlin, to form Dynamo Berlin
Berliner FC Dynamo
Berliner FC Dynamo is a German association football club and is the successor organization to the club that played in East Berlin as Dynamo Berlin from 1953 to 1966.-Founding and Stasi patronage:...
. Among the players lost to Berlin were Dynamo's first internationals, including Johannes Matzen
Johannes Matzen
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, Herbert Schoen
Herbert Schoen
-External links:*...
and Günter Schröter
Günter Schröter
Günter Schröter is a German former footballer and coach who has appeared in 39 matches for East Germany....
, while the remainder of the club was left to regroup in the second-tier DDR-Liga
DDR-Liga
The DDR-Liga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the second level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Bundesliga in West Germany.-1950-1955:The league was established with two divisions of ten teams each in 1950...
.
Re-emergence (1954–1969)
Dynamo Dresden were left with a team composed of youth and reserve players, and by 1957 had dropped to the fourth tier, playing in the local Bezirksliga. They began to climb the leagues, though, and by 1962 they were back in the DDR-OberligaDDR-Oberliga
The DDR-Oberliga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the elite level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Oberliga or Bundesliga in West Germany.-Overview:Following World...
, and although this first season ended in relegation, they bounced back immediately. They recovered equally well from another relegation in 1968, and remained in the Oberliga from 1969 until its dissolution in 1991. This relegation came after a fourth place finish in 1967, which enabled Dynamo's first foray into European football
UEFA
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– they entered the 1967–68 Fairs Cup, where they were eliminated by Scottish
Scotland
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side Rangers
Rangers F.C.
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in the first round.
During the 1965–66 season, 11 East German clubs were separated from their parent sports clubs to be designated as Fußballclubs
Football club (GDR)
Football club was a designation for the elite football teams in the GDR . They were formed in the mid-1960s as centers of high-level football....
: clubs focused entirely on football, where the country's best talent would be transferred with the object of developing players for the national team
East Germany national football team
The East Germany national football team was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of East Germany, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany....
. Dynamo Dresden were one of these, although they retained the title of Sportgemeinschaft (SG)
Betriebssportgemeinschaft (GDR)
A Betriebssportgemeinschaft was an organizational form of sports clubs in East Germany.After World War II, the Allied Control Commission had dissolved all existing sports structures, including the dissolution of all existing sports clubs on the basis of directive 23, dated 17 December 1945. This...
.
Glory years (1969–1978)
During the 1970s, Dynamo established themselves as one of the top teams in East Germany, under the management of Walter Fritzsch
Walter Fritzsch
Walter Fritzsch was a German football player and trainer.- Beginning :He began his career as a player in 1927 with SC Planitz. In 1940 he transferred to VfL Leisnig and played there until 1943 after which he played for several other clubs including BC Hartha, SC Döbeln and Zwickau-Oberhohndorf...
. They won five league titles (1971, 1973, 1976, 1977 and 1978), and two cups, (1971 and 1977). They battled with 1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club playing in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:Football has been played in Magdeburg since the end of the 19th century. On 15 June 1896 SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg was founded, a club that had its best days before World War II, when it participated...
for domination of the league, and became the most popular the side in the country, regularly drawing crowds of 25,000, around three times what other clubs were attracting. They also began to establish themselves as a presence in European football
UEFA
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– they played in European competition every year during the 1970s, and eliminated some big names – beating FC Porto, Juventus
Juventus F.C.
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and Benfica
SL Benfica
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on their way to four quarter-final finishes. During this time Dynamo came up against West German
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
opposition for the first time, losing against Bayern Munich 7–6 on aggregate in the last 16 of the 1973–74 European Cup. On three occasions they were eliminated by English side Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
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, twice in the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
and once in the European Cup, and each time Liverpool went on to win the competition. In 1973, Hans-Jürgen Kreische
Hans-Jürgen Kreische
Hans-Jürgen Kreische is a former East German footballer. Kreische spent his entire career with his hometown club, Dynamo Dresden, scoring 127 goals in 234 DDR-Oberliga games between 1964 and 1978...
was the first Dynamo Dresden player to be named East German Footballer of the Year, and was followed by Hans-Jürgen Dörner
Hans-Jürgen Dörner
Hans-Jürgen „Dixie“ Dörner is a former German football player and who now coaches. He distinguished himself during his career by being named East Germany's player of the year three times - the only East German player to do this besides goalkeeper Jürgen Croy.Dörner's playing career began in 1960...
in 1977. Kreische was the league's leading goalscorer on four occasions, and was named in East Germany
East Germany national football team
The East Germany national football team was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of East Germany, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany....
's squad for the 1974 World Cup
1974 FIFA World Cup
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, along with team-mate Siegmar Wätzlich
Siegmar Wätzlich
Siegmar Wätzlich is a former German football player.Wätzlich played almost whole his career for Dynamo Dresden ....
.
History was to repeat itself, though, at the end of the 1970s. Erich Mielke
Erich Mielke
Erich Fritz Emil Mielke was a German communist politician and Minister of State Security—and as such head of the Stasi —of the German Democratic Republic between 1957 and 1989. Mielke spent more than a decade as an operative of the NKVD during the rule of Joseph Stalin...
, again jealous that provincial clubs were dominating the league while his beloved Dynamo Berlin
Berliner FC Dynamo
Berliner FC Dynamo is a German association football club and is the successor organization to the club that played in East Berlin as Dynamo Berlin from 1953 to 1966.-Founding and Stasi patronage:...
were starved of success, began to manipulate the league in favour of the side from the capital.
Capital dominance (1978–1991)
Football club (GDR)
Football club was a designation for the elite football teams in the GDR . They were formed in the mid-1960s as centers of high-level football....
", who were usually delegated the best players, but the authorities had usually kept out of on-pitch matters. This changed in the late-1970s and 80s though, as players and referees were coerced by the Stasi
Stasi
The Ministry for State Security The Ministry for State Security The Ministry for State Security (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS), commonly known as the Stasi (abbreviation , literally State Security), was the official state security service of East Germany. The MfS was headquartered...
into helping the cause of Berliner FC Dynamo
Berliner FC Dynamo
Berliner FC Dynamo is a German association football club and is the successor organization to the club that played in East Berlin as Dynamo Berlin from 1953 to 1966.-Founding and Stasi patronage:...
. BFC won ten consecutive titles, from 1979 to 1988. Of all clubs, Dynamo Dresden were the most affected by this, finishing second on six occasions, although they did win the FDGB-Pokal three times (1982 and 1984, 1985
1984–85 FDGB-Pokal
The 1984–85 FDGB-Pokal was the 34th East German Cup. For the second consecutive year, Dynamo Dresden beat Dynamo Berlin the final, securing their sixth title.- First round :* Club came through the qualifying round...
). Torwards the end of the 1980s, the Stasi
Stasi
The Ministry for State Security The Ministry for State Security The Ministry for State Security (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS), commonly known as the Stasi (abbreviation , literally State Security), was the official state security service of East Germany. The MfS was headquartered...
's influence was waning, and Dynamo Dresden reclaimed the title in 1989, and retained it in 1990, adding a cup win to complete a double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...
.
By this point the Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin...
had fallen, and many of the top players in East Germany took the opportunity to head west. In the summer of 1990, Dynamo Dresden lost two star players, Ulf Kirsten and Matthias Sammer
Matthias Sammer
Matthias Sammer is a retired German football player and coach who is now working as technical director of the DFB . He played as a midfielder, and later in his career as a sweeper....
joining 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...
and Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most well-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports.-Origins and early years:On 27 November...
respectively. With German reunification
German reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...
looming, many clubs in the East changed their name to shed their Soviet image, and Dynamo Dresden changed from SG to the more traditional 1. FC. The Oberliga also changed name for its final season: the league, now called the NOFV-Oberliga, was used to determine which places the East German clubs would take in the unified German league
German football league system
The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to a series of hierarchically interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Germany that consists of over 2,300 men's divisions, in which all leagues are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation...
. Dynamo Dresden finished 2nd, behind Hansa Rostock, thus qualifying for 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...
.
Walter Fritzsch
Walter Fritzsch was a German football player and trainer.- Beginning :He began his career as a player in 1927 with SC Planitz. In 1940 he transferred to VfL Leisnig and played there until 1943 after which he played for several other clubs including BC Hartha, SC Döbeln and Zwickau-Oberhohndorf...
had retired in 1978, and was succeeded by Gerhard Prautzsch
Gerhard Prautzsch
-References:...
, who was in turn followed by former players Klaus Sammer
Klaus Sammer
Klaus Sammer is a German former footballer and coach. He spent the early part of his career with Stahl Gröditz and Einheit Dresden, before joining Dynamo Dresden, the club were he would spend the majority of his career, in 1965...
(1983–86), Eduard Geyer
Eduard Geyer
Eduard Geyer is a German football manager and former player. He has had a long and varied career, particularly notable for being the last manager of the East German national team. He has recently been sacked from his second spell as manager of Dynamo Dresden.-Playing career:Geyer was born in...
(1986–90) and Reinhard Häfner
Reinhard Häfner
Reinhard Häfner was a German footballer who now works as a football coach.Häfner played children's and youth football for his hometown club BSG Motor Sonneberg. As a junior player he was assigned to FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt before joining Dynamo Dresden in 1971...
(1990–91). The star players of the 1970 were replaced by a new generation, including Torsten Gütschow
Torsten Gütschow
Torsten Gütschow is a German former footballer who played as a striker. He is most associated with Dynamo Dresden, with whom he had two successful spells, playing top level football in East Germany and after reunification. In between these he played for three other German clubs, and spent six...
, Ulf Kirsten, Matthias Sammer
Matthias Sammer
Matthias Sammer is a retired German football player and coach who is now working as technical director of the DFB . He played as a midfielder, and later in his career as a sweeper....
, and Andreas Trautmann
Andreas Trautmann
Andreas Trautmann is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder. Trautmann spent much of his career with Dynamo Dresden, for whom he played 270 games in the DDR-Oberliga...
, although the club lost three key players in 1981: Gerd Weber
Gerd Weber
Gerd Weber is a former German soccer player.Weber began his career in 1970 with SG Dynamo Dresden of the DDR-Oberliga. Between 1977 and 1980 he played 35 times for the East German national team, scoring 5 goals, and winning gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics...
, who along with teammates Peter Kotte
Peter Kotte
-External links:*...
and Matthias Müller
Matthias Müller (footballer)
Matthias Müller is a German footballer. Müller began his career with his hometown club, Dynamo Dresden, where he established himself in the first-team, playing at full-back as the team won three East German titles and one cup. Müller represented East Germany at most levels of youth football, and...
had been offered a lucrative contract with 1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....
, intended to flee to the West
Republikflucht
"Republikflucht" and "Republikflüchtling" were the terms used by authorities in the German Democratic Republic to describe the process of and the person leaving the GDR for a life in West Germany or any other Western country .The term...
while in Udine
Udine
Udine is a city and comune in northeastern Italy, in the middle of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic sea and the Alps , less than 40 km from the Slovenian border. Its population was 99,439 in 2009, and that of its urban area was 175,000.- History :Udine is the historical...
for national team
East Germany national football team
The East Germany national football team was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of East Germany, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany....
match against Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
in April 1981. The Stasi
Stasi
The Ministry for State Security The Ministry for State Security The Ministry for State Security (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS), commonly known as the Stasi (abbreviation , literally State Security), was the official state security service of East Germany. The MfS was headquartered...
somehow got wind of this plan, and in January 1981 the three players were arrested at Schönefeld Airport, from where the national team was about depart for Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, and banned for life from the DDR-Oberliga
DDR-Oberliga
The DDR-Oberliga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the elite level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Oberliga or Bundesliga in West Germany.-Overview:Following World...
. Weber was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Kotte and Müller, who had decided to stay in Dresden, were nonetheless punished for their knowledge of Weber's plans.
During the 1980s, the club continued to be a regular participant in European football, generally earning respectable results. In the 1985–86 Cup Winners' Cup, however, they were on the receiving end of a shocking defeat against Bayer Uerdingen of West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
: having won the first leg 2–0, they were 3–1 up at half-time in the second leg, when goalkeeper Bernd Jakubowski
Bernd Jakubowski
Bernd Jakubowski was an East German footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Jakubowski began his career with Hansa Rostock, but moved to Dynamo Dresden in 1970, where he would spend the remainder of his career...
was injured by Uerdingen's Wolfgang Funkel
Wolfgang Funkel
Wolfgang Funkel is a German former footballer.He is the brother of Friedhelm Funkel.-External links:...
. Debutant Jens Ramme
Jens Ramme
Jens Ramme is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Dynamo Dresden. He is notable for being on the receiving end of one of the biggest comebacks in footballing history.-Career:...
was introduced, and proceeded to let in six goals, as the team lost 7–3. In addition to this, striker Frank Lippmann
Frank Lippmann
-External links:...
took the opportunity of the match in Krefeld
Krefeld
Krefeld , also known as Crefeld until 1929, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its centre lying just a few kilometres to the west of the River Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine...
to escape to the west. Dynamo recorded their best ever European performance in the 1988–89 UEFA Cup, beating AS Roma on the way to a semi-final defeat against VfB Stuttgart. Their last European campaign was the 1990–91 European Cup, which ended in defeat to eventual winners Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...
. Dynamo's fans riot
Riot
A riot is a form of civil disorder characterized often by what is thought of as disorganized groups lashing out in a sudden and intense rash of violence against authority, property or people. While individuals may attempt to lead or control a riot, riots are thought to be typically chaotic and...
ed at the second leg, which resulted in the club being banned from Europe for the following season.
Bundesliga (1991–1995)
Having been among the top club in the East, Dynamo found life in the BundesligaFußball-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...
much harder, struggling both financially and on the pitch. They spent four years at this level, during which they were in a near-constant battle against relegation. Their highest placing was 13th in 1993–94, but the following year they succumbed to the drop, finishing in last place, having gone through three managers (Siegfried Held
Siegfried Held
Sigfried "Siggi" Held is a former German football player and now a football coach. He played as a centre-forward.Born in Freudenthal, Sudetenland , his first football club was Kickers Offenbach. In 1965 he became a player in the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund...
, Horst Hrubesch
Horst Hrubesch
Horst Hrubesch is a retired German football player employed as a youth trainer at the German Football Association. His nickname was Das Kopfball-Ungeheuer for his heading skills.-Career:...
and Ralf Minge
Ralf Minge
Ralf Minge is a German former footballer, later a coach, who currently works as head coach of the Germany national under-20 football team....
) during the season. To add to this, the club had accumulated debts of more than 10 million DM, and were denied a license to play in the 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...
, and had to drop down to the third tier Regionalliga Nordost
Regionalliga Nordost
The Regionalliga Nordost was the third tier of the German football league system in the states of former East Germany and West-Berlin from 1994 to 2000. As such, it was almost identical in territorial cover to the old DDR-Oberliga....
. Rolf-Jürgen Otto, the club's president was jailed for having embezzled
Embezzlement
Embezzlement is the act of dishonestly appropriating or secreting assets by one or more individuals to whom such assets have been entrusted....
around 3 Million DM from the club.
While many of the stars of the 1980s had moved west, some remained for Dynamo's Bundesliga tenure, including Torsten Gütschow
Torsten Gütschow
Torsten Gütschow is a German former footballer who played as a striker. He is most associated with Dynamo Dresden, with whom he had two successful spells, playing top level football in East Germany and after reunification. In between these he played for three other German clubs, and spent six...
and Hans-Uwe Pilz
Hans-Uwe Pilz
Hans-Uwe Pilz is a German former footballer. He began his career with BSG Sachsenring Zwickau before joining Dynamo Dresden in 1982. He remained at Dynamo until German reunification when he moved west, following teammates Matthias Döschner and Andreas Trautmann to Fortuna Köln...
, while the club was able to attract players from other Eastern clubs, including Olaf Marschall
Olaf Marschall
Olaf Marschall is a retired German footballer and a football sports manager.-Club career:Marschall's career started in the GDR at BSG Chemie Torgau and was soon transferred to 1. FC Lok Leipzig. There, he rose to stardom, becoming one of the most prolific scorers in the East German league and...
, René Müller
René Müller
René Müller is a German former footballer. Müller was first-choice goalkeeper of the East German national team for much of the 1980s, and was twice East German Footballer of the Year. He played for Lokomotive Leipzig for fourteen years, and later had spells with Dynamo Dresden, Sachsen Leipzig and...
and Heiko Scholz
Heiko Scholz
Heiko Scholz is a former German footballer who is currently manager at Viktoria Köln.-International career:Scholz represented both East Germany and unified Germany internationally.-External links:**...
. The fall of the wall brought the influx of Dynamo's first foreign players, and the club saw internationals from Australia (Mark Schwarzer
Mark Schwarzer
Mark Schwarzer OAM is an Australian association football player who plays as a goalkeeper. He currently plays for Premier League club Fulham. He rose to prominence during his time at North-East England football club Middlesbrough...
), Poland
Poland national football team
The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...
(Piotr Nowak
Piotr Nowak
Piotr Nowak is a Polish former professional soccer player. He is currently the head coach of the Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer.Nowak enjoyed a successful playing career in Europe, playing for Polish clubs such as Zawisza Bydgoszcz and Widzew Łódź, before going on to play in Turkey,...
), Russia
Russia national football team
The Russia national football team represents Russia in association football and is controlled by the Russian Football Union , the governing body for football in Russia. Russia's home grounds are Luzhniki Stadium, Lokomotiv Stadium , and Petrovsky Stadium in St.Petersburg and their head coach is...
(Stanislav Cherchesov
Stanislav Cherchesov
Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov is a Russian football manager and former international goalkeeper for USSR and Russia. He currently manages FC Terek Grozny....
) and Sweden
Sweden national football team
The Swedish national football team represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for Football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Råsunda Stadium in Stockholms län and their head coach is Erik Hamrén. Sweden made their first...
(Johnny Ekström
Johnny Ekström
Johnny Ekström is a Swedish former footballer.He is most noted for his career in IFK Göteborg, where he was highly successful. As a professional he was less successful, often just staying a year in the team...
), among others.
Ups and downs (1995–2006)
Dynamo sought to regroup in the Regionalliga, and again looked to former players to manage the team, being led by Hans-Jürgen KreischeHans-Jürgen Kreische
Hans-Jürgen Kreische is a former East German footballer. Kreische spent his entire career with his hometown club, Dynamo Dresden, scoring 127 goals in 234 DDR-Oberliga games between 1964 and 1978...
(1995–96), Udo Schmuck
Udo Schmuck
Udo Schmuck is a German former footballer who played for Dynamo Dresden and won seven caps for East Germany. He is married to the Olympic medal-winning athlete Evelyn Kaufer and has two sons, one of whom, Thomas, is also a footballer....
(1996) and Hartmut Schade
Hartmut Schade
Hartmut Schade was born on 13 November 1954 in Radeberg, Saxony and is a German former football player, who won the 1976 Summer Olympics. He played for Dynamo Dresden. - References :...
(1996–1998), but failed to seriously challenge for promotion. In 1999
1998–99 Fußball-Regionalliga
The Fußball-Regionalliga 1998–99 was the fifth season played in the Fußball-Regionalliga as the third tier of German football.As in the previous season, the competition was organized in four divisions: Nord, Nordost, West/Südwest and Süd...
they finished second in the table, but with 60 points: 32 behind champions Tennis Borussia Berlin
Tennis Borussia Berlin
Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in Berlin-Westend.- History :The team was founded in 1902 and takes its name from its origins as a tennis and ping-pong club. "Borussia" is a Latinised version of Prussia. In 1903 the club took up football and quickly developed a rivalry with...
. 1999–2000
1999–2000 Fußball-Regionalliga
The Fußball-Regionalliga 1999–2000 was the sixth season of the Fußball-Regionalliga as the third tier of German football. It was also the last season to be competed in four divisions...
saw a restructuring of the Regionalliga: the four leagues were to be reduced to two, and Dynamo would have to finish in the top 7 to avoid relegation. Having finished 11th in the previous season they turned to Colin Bell
Colin Bell (footballer born 1961)
Colin Bell is an English former footballer, now a coach based in Germany. Bell began his career at Leicester City, but did not break into the first team, and left for Germany aged 20.- Career :...
, an English coach who had had some success with youth football in Germany, but he left in March 2000 after poor results and a player revolt. Cor Pot
Cor Pot
Cornelis Pot is a Dutch football manager and former footballer.- Playing career :He started his career with the academy of Sparta in Rotterdam, and subsequently moved to the Ajax academy.Clubs*1969 - 1972 Sparta...
, a Dutchman
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, was brought in to replace him, and he turned the team around, but it was too late – they finished in eighth place, and were relegated to the fourth-tier Oberliga Nordost-Süd. By this point Dynamo were not even the top team in Dresden: Dresdner SC
Dresdner SC
Dresdner SC is a German multisport club playing in Dresden, Saxony. Founded on 30 April 1898, the club was a founding member of the German Football Association in 1900...
had returned after reunification, and finished as runners-up in the Regionalliga Nordost
Regionalliga Nordost
The Regionalliga Nordost was the third tier of the German football league system in the states of former East Germany and West-Berlin from 1994 to 2000. As such, it was almost identical in territorial cover to the old DDR-Oberliga....
in 2000.
Optimism was high, though, after the way the last season had ended, and the slogan "Wir kommen wieder" (we're coming back), was adopted. However, the Oberliga was now highly competitive with VfB Leipzig, 1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club playing in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:Football has been played in Magdeburg since the end of the 19th century. On 15 June 1896 SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg was founded, a club that had its best days before World War II, when it participated...
and FSV Zwickau
FSV Zwickau
FSV Zwickau is a German association football club located in Zwickau, Saxony. Today's club claims as part of its complex heritage sides that were East Germany's first champions: 1948 Ostzone winners SG Planitz and 1950 DDR-Oberliga champions ZSG Horch Zwickau.-History:In addition to the earliest...
also having been relegated, and Dynamo couldn't match the consistency of their main promotion rivals Magdeburg and Leipzig. A 2–1 defeat against Magdeburg in February ended their promotion chances, and Pot resigned. With nothing to play for, Dynamo slumped to fifth place. For the following season Christoph Franke
Christoph Franke
-External links:*...
was brought in as manager, and led the club to promotion – they won the league with only two defeats, and beat Hertha BSC's reserve team in a playoff to earn their place in the Regionalliga Nord
Regionalliga Nord
The Regionalliga Nord 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 northern and eastern part of Germany. It covers ten of the sixteen states of Germany...
. Dynamo's youth system was particularly successful during this period, with players including Lars Jungnickel
Lars Jungnickel
Lars Jungnickel is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dynamo Dresden.Jungnickel is in his second spell with Dynamo Dresden, having joing the club as a child in 1987, and made his debut in the Regionalliga Nordost twelve years later...
, Silvio Schröter
Silvio Schröter
Silvio Schröter is former a German footballer, last contracted with FC Carl Zeiss Jena.-Career:Schröter began his career at his hometown club TSV 1862 Radeburg, before joining the youth ranks of Dynamo Dresden...
, Maik Wagefeld
Maik Wagefeld
Maik Wagefeld is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hallescher FC. He has had three spells with Dynamo Dresden, the last of which ended in June 2011. He began his career with the club, helping them earn promotion from the NOFV-Oberliga in 2002, and attracted the interest of bigger...
and Daniel Ziebig
Daniel Ziebig
Daniel Ziebig is a German footballer who plays as a left-winger, currently for Energie Cottbus. Ziebig began his career with Dynamo Dresden, making his debut in 2001, when the club was languishing in the Oberliga . He quickly became a key player, as the club managed two promotions in three years,...
going on to play at a higher level.
Dynamo finished a respectable 7th in their first season back in the third tier, and followed that
2003–04 Fußball-Regionalliga
The 2003–04 Regionalliga season was the tenth since its re-establishment after German reunification and the tenth as a third-level league within the German football league system. It was contested in two geographical divisions with eighteen teams each...
with another promotion, finishing second behind Rot-Weiß Essen. Life in the 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...
began brightly, with a 3–1 win against MSV Duisburg
MSV Duisburg
MSV Duisburg is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed "the Zebras" for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of the Bundesliga when it was formed in 1963.-Early years:...
, but by the halfway point of their first season they were facing relegation, with only 18 points. They recovered strongly in the second half of the season though, and finished in 8th place, thanks in part to signings such as Ansgar Brinkmann
Ansgar Brinkmann
Ansgar Brinkmann is a retired German football player. He played 2 seasons in the Bundesliga with Eintracht Frankfurt and Arminia Bielefeld. He also played 316 games in the 2. Bundesliga for 9 different teams....
, Joshua Kennedy
Joshua Kennedy
Joshua Blake Kennedy is an Australian professional football player who plays as a striker for the Australia national association football team and Nagoya Grampus.- Club career :...
and Klemen Lavric
Klemen Lavric
Klemen Lavrič is a Slovenian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Karlsruher SC in Germany.-Club career:...
. The 2005–06 season began similarly brightly, as Dynamo climbed to third place with a 2–1 win over 1860 Munich in the Allianz Arena
Allianz Arena
The Allianz Arena is a football stadium in the north of Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The two professional Munich football clubs FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 München have played their home games at Allianz Arena since the start of the 2005–06 season...
, but this was followed by twelve matches without a win, resulting in the dismissal of Christoph Franke. Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n manager Peter Pacult
Peter Pacult
Peter Pacult is an Austrian former international football player who is now manager of RB Leipzig.-Club career:...
was brought in, and results improved, but Dynamo could not escape the drop, finishing 15th.
Stablisation (2006–present)
Dynamo were back in the Regionalliga with the immediate aim of promotion, and things started brightly, but Peter PacultPeter Pacult
Peter Pacult is an Austrian former international football player who is now manager of RB Leipzig.-Club career:...
left the club after six matches, to manage his former club, Rapid Vienna. He was replaced by Norbert Meier
Norbert Meier
Norbert Meier is a German former football player. After his playing days were over, Meier became a manager and is now manager of Fortuna Düsseldorf.-Playing career:...
, but Dynamo could not keep up their promotion bid, and finished 7th, due in part to poor away form. Another reorganisation of the league structure was looming, and Dynamo knew they'd have to finish in the top 10 to qualify for the new national 3rd Liga
3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
. A number of former star players returned, including Lars Jungnickel
Lars Jungnickel
Lars Jungnickel is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dynamo Dresden.Jungnickel is in his second spell with Dynamo Dresden, having joing the club as a child in 1987, and made his debut in the Regionalliga Nordost twelve years later...
, Marek Penksa
Marek Penksa
Marek Penksa is a Slovak footballer , currently playing for TJ Baník Ružiná. He is a very experienced player, and has played for the Slovak national team.-Honours:*UEFA Under-16 Championship : 1990...
and Maik Wagefeld
Maik Wagefeld
Maik Wagefeld is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hallescher FC. He has had three spells with Dynamo Dresden, the last of which ended in June 2011. He began his career with the club, helping them earn promotion from the NOFV-Oberliga in 2002, and attracted the interest of bigger...
, but results were not consistent, and Meier was sacked, replaced by former coach Eduard Geyer
Eduard Geyer
Eduard Geyer is a German football manager and former player. He has had a long and varied career, particularly notable for being the last manager of the East German national team. He has recently been sacked from his second spell as manager of Dynamo Dresden.-Playing career:Geyer was born in...
. Dynamo secured qualification on the last day, finishing 8th, but Geyer was dismissed due to disagreements with the board.
The club turned to Ruud Kaiser
Ruud Kaiser
Ruud Kaiser is a former Dutch association football player turned manager who most recently was in charge of German fourth-tier side 1. FC Magdeburg.-Career:...
, a Dutchman
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
with a good reputation at youth level, as Geyer's replacement. They played in the first ever match of the 3rd Liga, beating Rot-Weiß Erfurt 1–0 with a goal from Halil Savran
Halil Savran
Halil Savran is a Turkish-German footballer currently playing for 1. FC Union Berlin.- Career :Savran has previously played for Reinickendorfer Füchse, SV Lichtenberg 47 and Tennis Borussia Berlin. In his last season at TeBe he was the top scorer in the NOFV-Oberliga, with 29 goals...
, but results were not consistent, and they could only finish in mid-table. The 2009–10
2009–10 3rd Liga
The 2009–10 3rd Liga season was the second season for the newly formed tier III of the German football league system. The season began on 25 July 2009 and ended on 8 May 2010.-Exchange between 2nd Bundesliga and 3rd Liga:...
season began badly, and Dynamo were in relegation trouble, so Kaiser was sacked and replaced by Matthias Maucksch
Matthias Maucksch
Matthias Maucksch is a German former footballer who played in midfield or defence. He now works as a coach, but is currently unemployed, having been sacked by Dynamo Dresden, the club where he began his career.- Playing career :...
, a former player who had had some success with the reserve team. Maucksch managed to drag the team safe from relegation, and they finished the season in 12th place. Mauksch led the team to contention for a playoff place during the 2010–11
2010–11 3rd Liga
The 2010–11 3rd Liga was the third season of the 3rd Liga, Germany's third tier of its football league system. The season commenced on the weekend of 23 July 2010 and ended with the last games on 14 May 2011...
season, but was sacked in April after a run of five games without a win, and was replaced by Ralf Loose
Ralf Loose
Ralf Loose is a German football coach and former player. He is most noted for his stint with the Liechtenstein national football team, and currently coaches Dynamo Dresden.-Playing career:...
. Loose ended the season unbeaten and secured 3rd place, and a playoff against VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis, but is by far best known for its football section.- Foundation to WW2 :...
which Dynamo won 4–2 on aggregate to earn promotion to the 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...
.
In 2007 the club reverted to the name SG Dynamo Dresden.
Stasi
When they were founded as SG Volkspolizei, the club was sponsored by the East German police forceVolkspolizei
The Volkspolizei , or VP, were the national police of the German Democratic Republic . The Volkspolizei were responsible for most law enforcement in East Germany, but its organisation and structure were such that it could be considered a paramilitary force as well...
, and in 1953, when they became Dynamo Dresden they were part of the SV Dynamo
SV Dynamo
The Sports Club Dynamo was the sport organization of the security agencies of former East Germany. The sports club was founded on 27 March 1953 and was headquartered in Hohenschönhausen in East Berlin...
organisation, an arm of the intelligence service – the Ministerium für Staatsicherheit (Stasi)
Stasi
The Ministry for State Security The Ministry for State Security The Ministry for State Security (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS), commonly known as the Stasi (abbreviation , literally State Security), was the official state security service of East Germany. The MfS was headquartered...
. Dynamo were the most powerful of all the sports societies, and this conferred certain advantages on the club, although several of its players worked as Inoffizielle Mitarbeiter (paid informants), spying and reporting on their colleagues. While many former security service clubs have struggled to shed their negative image, particularly Berliner FC Dynamo
Berliner FC Dynamo
Berliner FC Dynamo is a German association football club and is the successor organization to the club that played in East Berlin as Dynamo Berlin from 1953 to 1966.-Founding and Stasi patronage:...
, Dynamo Dresden and remain popular and well-supported, having come to represent their home city.
Stadium
Dynamo play at the Glücksgas StadiumGlücksgas Stadium
Glücksgas Stadium is a football stadium in Dresden, Saxony. It is the current home of Dynamo Dresden. The facility had previously been known as the Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, but in December 2010, the naming rights were sold to Glücksgas, a Bavarian energy company...
, which was opened in 1923, originally named the Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion after local track and field athlete Rudolf Harbig
Rudolf Harbig
Rudolf Harbig was a German middle distance runner best known for the 800 metres world record that he set in Milan in 1939.-Life:...
. The stadium was renamed Dynamo-Stadion by the East German authorities in 1971, but reverted to its former name after reunification. With an original capacity of 24,000, the stadium was rebuilt in the 1990s, in line with 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...
and FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
regulations, and was thoroughly modernised between 2006 and 2009. The rebuilt stadium opened on 15 September 2009 with a friendly match against Schalke 04. In 2010, the stadium was renamed in line with its new sponsor, Glücksgas.
Supporters
Dynamo were one of East Germany's best-supported clubs, regularly drawing crowds of around 25,000 during their heyday. Since reunification attendance levels have fluctuated along with the team's fortunes, while today they are one of the most well-supported teams in the lower leagues, drawing an average of aound 10-15,000 fans in the 3rd League3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
. Follwing their 2010 advance to the 2nd League
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...
, they are currently drawing an average of 25,000, which is at level with the Italian top-team Juventus. In common with many clubs from the former east, the club has had problems with hooliganism
Football hooliganism
Football hooliganism, sometimes referred to by the British media as the English Disease, is unruly and destructive behaviour—such as brawls, vandalism and intimidation—by association football club fans...
, occasionally spilling over into racism
Racism in association football
Racism in association football is the abuse of players, officials and fans because of their skin colour, nationality, religion or ethnicity. Some may be targeted because of their association with an opposing team...
and anti-semitism
Anti-Semitism
Antisemitism is suspicion of, hatred toward, or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage. According to a 2005 U.S...
, but has taken steps to reduce this.
Relationships with other clubs
Berliner FC Dynamo
Berliner FC Dynamo is a German association football club and is the successor organization to the club that played in East Berlin as Dynamo Berlin from 1953 to 1966.-Founding and Stasi patronage:...
, who were formed out of the club in 1954, and were their main obstacle to success in the 1980s, but the two clubs rarely meet these days. Lokomotive Leipzig
Lokomotive Leipzig
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig is a German football club based in the city of Leipzig in Saxony and may be more familiar to many of the country's football fans as the historic side VfB Leipzig, the first national champions of Germany...
are traditionally Dynamo's main rivals in the battle for Saxon
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
dominance, although this to extends to other clubs including Chemnitzer FC
Chemnitzer FC
Chemnitzer FC is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony.The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 1933 in 1933 after the collapse of former Chemnitzer BC 1899....
, Sachsen Leipzig and currently Erzgebirge Aue. In Dresden, Dynamo's main rivals are Dresdner SC
Dresdner SC
Dresdner SC is a German multisport club playing in Dresden, Saxony. Founded on 30 April 1898, the club was a founding member of the German Football Association in 1900...
, although they are currently ill-matched as DSC are mired in local football. Another club, SC Borea Dresden
SC Borea Dresden
SC Borea Dresden are a German association football club from the city of Dresden, Saxony. The club dropped the name FV Dresden-Nord on 1 July 2007 and adopted its current name to help encourage new sponsorship support...
were formed out of SG Dynamo Dresden-Heide, a former feeder club for Dynamo, but there is no longer an official connection.
Colours and crest
When they were formed as SG Volkspolizei Dresden, the club wore green and white, the state colours of Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
, but when the team became part of SV Dynamo
SV Dynamo
The Sports Club Dynamo was the sport organization of the security agencies of former East Germany. The sports club was founded on 27 March 1953 and was headquartered in Hohenschönhausen in East Berlin...
they adopted the sports society's wine red colour scheme. In 1968, the club adopted its current colours of yellow and black, the city colours of Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
.
The club's original crest was built around the shield of the Volkspolizei
Volkspolizei
The Volkspolizei , or VP, were the national police of the German Democratic Republic . The Volkspolizei were responsible for most law enforcement in East Germany, but its organisation and structure were such that it could be considered a paramilitary force as well...
, to whom they were affiliated. In 1953 they adopted the D logo of SV Dynamo, which was retained until reunification
German reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...
, when its wine red background was replaced with Saxon green. They reverted to the red background in the early 2000s.
Current squad
Technical staff
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
 Steffen MenzeSteffen Menze Steffen Menze is a German football coach and a former player who is now sporting director of SG Dynamo Dresden.-External links:... |
Sporting director |
| Ralf Loose Ralf Loose Ralf Loose is a German football coach and former player. He is most noted for his stint with the Liechtenstein national football team, and currently coaches Dynamo Dresden.-Playing career:... |
Manager |
| Nico Däbritz Nico Däbritz Nico Däbritz is a German former footballer who is now assistant manager of Dynamo Dresden.-External links:... |
Assistant manager / Scout |
| Thomas Köhler Thomas Köhler (footballer) Thomas Köhler is a German former footballer who is now manager of Dynamo Dresden II.-External links:... |
Goalkeeping coach / Reserve team manager |
| Dietmar Jarosch |
Fitness coach |
| René Beuchel René Beuchel René Beuchel is a German former footballer. He is best known for two spells with Dynamo Dresden, the first beginning in 1992. He moved to Eintracht Frankfurt in 1995, and later played for FSV Zwickau and Dresdner SC before returning to Dynamo in 2002, where he remained for five years, before... |
General manager |
| Attila Höhne |
Team doctor |
| Timo Lorenz |
Team doctor |
| André Juschten |
Team doctor |
| Arndt Pröhl |
Physiotherapist |
| Maik Schulz |
Masseur |
Dynamo Dresden II
Dynamo Dresden's reserve team is managed by Thomas KöhlerThomas Köhler (footballer)
Thomas Köhler is a German former footballer who is now manager of Dynamo Dresden II.-External links:...
and plays in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd
NOFV-Oberliga Süd
The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of former East Germany. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony...
(V).
Reserve team squad
Managers
Dynamo enjoyed its greatest successes under Walter Fritzsch, capturing the first division DDR-Oberliga title in 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, as well as finishing as vice-champions four times. The team also took the East German Cup (FDGB Pokal) in 1971 and 1977.
|
Horst Hrubesch Horst Hrubesch is a retired German football player employed as a youth trainer at the German Football Association. His nickname was Das Kopfball-Ungeheuer for his heading skills.-Career:... 11/1994 – 02/1995 Ralf Minge Ralf Minge is a German former footballer, later a coach, who currently works as head coach of the Germany national under-20 football team.... 02/1995 – 06/1995 Hans-Jürgen Kreische Hans-Jürgen Kreische is a former East German footballer. Kreische spent his entire career with his hometown club, Dynamo Dresden, scoring 127 goals in 234 DDR-Oberliga games between 1964 and 1978... 06/1995 – 04/1996 Udo Schmuck Udo Schmuck is a German former footballer who played for Dynamo Dresden and won seven caps for East Germany. He is married to the Olympic medal-winning athlete Evelyn Kaufer and has two sons, one of whom, Thomas, is also a footballer.... 04/1996 – 09/1996 Hartmut Schade Hartmut Schade was born on 13 November 1954 in Radeberg, Saxony and is a German former football player, who won the 1976 Summer Olympics. He played for Dynamo Dresden. - References :... 09/1996 – 03/1998 Werner Voigt Werner Voigt is a German football coach and former player.-References:... 04/1998 – 12/1998 Damian Halata Damian Halata is a former German international football player. He was born in Świętochłowice, Silesia, Poland. After his playing career, Halata became a manager.- Playing career :... 12/1998 – 02/1999 Rolf Schafstall Rudolf 'Rolf' Schafstall is a retired German football coach and a player.-External links:... 02/1999 – 03/1999 Colin Bell (footballer born 1961) Colin Bell is an English former footballer, now a coach based in Germany. Bell began his career at Leicester City, but did not break into the first team, and left for Germany aged 20.- Career :... 04/1999 – 03/2000 Cor Pot Cornelis Pot is a Dutch football manager and former footballer.- Playing career :He started his career with the academy of Sparta in Rotterdam, and subsequently moved to the Ajax academy.Clubs*1969 - 1972 Sparta... 03/2000 – 03/2001 Meinhard Hemp Meinhard Hemp is a German former footballer who played for Dynamo Dresden. He later served as a coach at Dynamo, and managed the team for the last few games of the 2000-01 season.-External links:*... 03/2001 – 06/2001 Christoph Franke -External links:*... 07/2001 – 12/2005 Peter Pacult Peter Pacult is an Austrian former international football player who is now manager of RB Leipzig.-Club career:... 12/2005 – 09/2006 Norbert Meier Norbert Meier is a German former football player. After his playing days were over, Meier became a manager and is now manager of Fortuna Düsseldorf.-Playing career:... 09/2006 – 09/2007 Eduard Geyer Eduard Geyer is a German football manager and former player. He has had a long and varied career, particularly notable for being the last manager of the East German national team. He has recently been sacked from his second spell as manager of Dynamo Dresden.-Playing career:Geyer was born in... 09/2007 – 06/2008 Ruud Kaiser Ruud Kaiser is a former Dutch association football player turned manager who most recently was in charge of German fourth-tier side 1. FC Magdeburg.-Career:... 06/2008 – 10/2009 Matthias Maucksch Matthias Maucksch is a German former footballer who played in midfield or defence. He now works as a coach, but is currently unemployed, having been sacked by Dynamo Dresden, the club where he began his career.- Playing career :... 10/2009 – 04/2011 Ralf Loose Ralf Loose is a German football coach and former player. He is most noted for his stint with the Liechtenstein national football team, and currently coaches Dynamo Dresden.-Playing career:... 04/2011 – present |
Notable former players
As one of the leading clubs in East Germany, Dynamo Dresden provided 36 DDR internationals, including the country's second most-capped player, Hans-Jürgen DörnerHans-Jürgen Dörner
Hans-Jürgen „Dixie“ Dörner is a former German football player and who now coaches. He distinguished himself during his career by being named East Germany's player of the year three times - the only East German player to do this besides goalkeeper Jürgen Croy.Dörner's playing career began in 1960...
, and its joint top scorer, Hans-Jürgen Kreische
Hans-Jürgen Kreische
Hans-Jürgen Kreische is a former East German footballer. Kreische spent his entire career with his hometown club, Dynamo Dresden, scoring 127 goals in 234 DDR-Oberliga games between 1964 and 1978...
. Twelve Dynamo players won Olympic
Football at the Summer Olympics
Association football, usually known simply as football or soccer, has been included in every Olympiad except 1896 and 1932 as a men's competition sport. Women's football was added to the official programme in 1996.-Early history:...
medals, including six gold medallists in 1976
Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Final results for the Football competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, and Sherbrooke. Groups A, C and D had only three teams instead of four, as Nigeria, Ghana and Zambia national teams adhered to African-led boycott of the Games against the participation of New...
. After German reunification
German reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...
a number of Dynamo players went on to represent the Germany national team
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....
, including Jens Jeremies, Ulf Kirsten, Olaf Marschall
Olaf Marschall
Olaf Marschall is a retired German footballer and a football sports manager.-Club career:Marschall's career started in the GDR at BSG Chemie Torgau and was soon transferred to 1. FC Lok Leipzig. There, he rose to stardom, becoming one of the most prolific scorers in the East German league and...
and Alexander Zickler
Alexander Zickler
Alexander "Alex" Zickler is a German former footballer who played as a striker, most notably in a twelve year spell with Bayern Munich.-Club career:...
.
Five Dynamo Dresden players were named East German Footballer of the Year: Hans-Jürgen Dörner, Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Andreas Trautmann
Andreas Trautmann
Andreas Trautmann is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder. Trautmann spent much of his career with Dynamo Dresden, for whom he played 270 games in the DDR-Oberliga...
, Ulf Kirsten and Torsten Gütschow
Torsten Gütschow
Torsten Gütschow is a German former footballer who played as a striker. He is most associated with Dynamo Dresden, with whom he had two successful spells, playing top level football in East Germany and after reunification. In between these he played for three other German clubs, and spent six...
. Dörner won the award three times, and the latter three players were its last three winners. Kreische and Gütschow were the leading scorers in the DDR-Oberliga
DDR-Oberliga
The DDR-Oberliga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the elite level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Oberliga or Bundesliga in West Germany.-Overview:Following World...
seven times between them.
Perhaps the most notable Dynamo Dresden player is Matthias Sammer
Matthias Sammer
Matthias Sammer is a retired German football player and coach who is now working as technical director of the DFB . He played as a midfielder, and later in his career as a sweeper....
. He played for the club from 1985 to 1990, during which he won 23 caps for East Germany. He later made 51 appearances for Germany, winning the European Championship in 1996 and played at club level for 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...
, Internazionale and Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...
. With the latter he won two German titles
German football champions
The German football champions are the annual winners of the highest association football competition in Germany. The history of the German football championship is complex and reflects the turbulent history of the country through the course of the 20th century.Brought to the country by English...
, the 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...
and the Intercontinental Cup
Intercontinental Cup (football)
The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...
, and was named European Footballer of the Year
European Footballer of the Year
The "", literally translated as "the golden ball" and often referred to as the European Footballer of the Year award, was an annual association football award. It was presented to the player who had been considered to have performed the best over the previous calendar year...
in 1997.
Honours
- DDR-OberligaDDR-OberligaThe DDR-Oberliga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the elite level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Oberliga or Bundesliga in West Germany.-Overview:Following World...
: 8- Champions 1953, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1989, 1990
- FDGB-Pokal: 7 (Record, shared with 1. FC Magdeburg1. FC Magdeburg1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club playing in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:Football has been played in Magdeburg since the end of the 19th century. On 15 June 1896 SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg was founded, a club that had its best days before World War II, when it participated...
)- Winners 1952, 1971, 1977, 1982, 1984, 19851984–85 FDGB-PokalThe 1984–85 FDGB-Pokal was the 34th East German Cup. For the second consecutive year, Dynamo Dresden beat Dynamo Berlin the final, securing their sixth title.- First round :* Club came through the qualifying round...
, 1990
- Winners 1952, 1971, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985
- UEFA CupUEFA CupThe UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
- Semi-final 1989
- NOFV-Oberliga: 1
- Winners 2002
- Saxony Cup: 3
- Winners 2003, 2007, 2009
- GDR Junior Champion: 2
- 1982, 1985
- Junge WeltJunge Weltjunge Welt is a German daily newspaper published in Berlin. The jW describes itself as a left and Marxist newspaperIt was first published on 12 February 1947 in the Soviet Sector of Berlin. junge Welt became the official newspaper of the Central Council of the Free German Youth on 12 November 1947...
Junior Cup: 2- 1976, 1985
- Indoor-Regio-Cup: 1
- 2007
- Deutschland CupDeutschland Cup (football)The Deutschland Cup was a one-off football competition played in November 1990, to celebrate German reunification. The match was played one week after the dissolution of the East German football association and its merger with the German Football Association, and featured the reigning champions of...
: 1- 1990
In Europe
| Season | Competition | Round | Nation | Club | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967/1968 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 1st round |  |
Rangers F.C. 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... |
1:1, 1:2 |
| 1970/1971 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 1st round |  |
FK Partizan FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978... |
0:0, 6:0 |
| 2nd round |  |
Leeds United Leeds United A.F.C. Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system... |
0:1, 2:1 | ||
| 1971/1972 | European Clubs' Champions Cup | 1st round |  |
Ajax Amsterdam Ajax Amsterdam Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax , also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax , is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands... |
0:2, 0:0 |
| 1972/1973 | UEFA Cup | 1st round |  |
VÖEST Linz | 2:0, 2:2 |
| 2nd round |  |
Ruch Chorzów Ruch Chorzów Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity... |
1:0, 3:0 | ||
| Last 16 |  |
FC Porto | 2:1, 1:0 | ||
| Quarter final | |
Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
0:2, 0:1 | ||
| 1973/1974 | European Clubs' Champions Cup | 1st round |  |
Juventus | 2:0, 2:3 |
| Last 16 | |
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.... |
3:4, 3:3 | ||
| 1974/1975 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1st round |  |
Randers Freja | 1:1, 0:0 |
| 2nd round |  |
Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white... |
1:0, 0:1 (4:3 a.p.) | ||
| Last 16 | |
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... |
1:4, 2:2 | ||
| 1975/1976 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1st round |  |
ASA Târgu Mures ASA Târgu Mures Fotbal Club Municipal Târgu Mureş is a football club based in Târgu Mureş, in central-northern Romania. It was founded in 2004 under the name "Trans-Sil Tîrgu Mureş" and since 2010 is playing in Romania's top football league, Liga I.-History:... |
2:2, 4:1 |
| 2nd round |  |
Budapest Honvéd FC Budapest Honvéd FC Budapest Honvéd FC |football]] team. "Honved" means the Homeland Defense. Originally formed as Kispest AC, they became Kispest FC in 1926 before reverting to their original name in 1944. The team enjoyed a golden age during the 1950s when it was renamed Budapest Honvéd SE and became the Hungarian... |
2:2, 3:0 | ||
| Last 16 | |
Torpedo Moscow | 3:0, 1:1 | ||
| Quarter final | |
Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
0:0, 1:2 | ||
| 1976/1977 | European Clubs' Champions Cup | 1st round | |
S.L. Benfica | 2:0, 0:0 |
| Last 16 | |
Ferencvaros Ferencváros Ferencváros is the 9th district of Budapest , Hungary.- Name :The southern suburb of Pest was named after King Francis I on 4 December 1792 when he was crowned king of Hungary.- History :The development of Ferencváros began in the late 18th century.... |
0:1, 4:0 | ||
| Quarter final |  |
FC Zürich | 1:2, 3:2 | ||
| 1977/1978 | European Clubs' Champions Cup | 1st round |  |
Halmstads BK Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also called HBK or just Halmstad, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the southwest of Sweden. The club, formed 6 March 1914, competes in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, and has won 4 national championship titles and 1 national cup title... |
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Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
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| 1978/1979 | European Clubs' Champions Cup | 1st round | |
FK Partizan FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978... |
0:2, 2:0 (5:4 a.p.) |
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Bohemian F.C. Bohemian F.C. Bohemian F.C. , more commonly referred to as Bohemians, is a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. Bohemians compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the third most successful club in League of Ireland football history, having won the League of Ireland title 11... |
0:0, 6:0 | ||
| Quarter final | |
FK Austria Wien FK Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA... |
1:3, 1:0 | ||
| 1979/1980 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
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Atlético Madrid | 2:1, 3:0 |
| 2nd round | |
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... |
1:1, 0:0 | ||
| 1980/1981 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1st round | |
FK Napredak Kruševac FK Napredak Kruševac FK Napredak is a football club based in the city of Kruševac, Serbia. The club was founded on December 8, 1946, through a fusion of three local area clubs: Zakić, Badža and 14. Oktobar... |
1:0, 1:0 |
| 2nd round | |
FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys... |
1:1, 0:0 | ||
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Standard Liège Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège.... |
1:1, 1:4 | ||
| 1981/1982 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1st round | |
Zenit Leningrad | 2:1, 4:1 |
| 2nd round | |
Feyenoord Rotterdam Feyenoord Rotterdam Feyenoord is a Dutch professional football club located in Rotterdam. Along with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. These three clubs and Utrecht and Roda JC are the only clubs never to have been relegated from the Dutch first division... |
1:2, 1:1 | ||
| 1982/1983 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but... |
1st round | |
B93 Kopenhagen Boldklubben 1893 Boldklubben af 1893 is a Danish football club currently playing in the Danish 2nd Division East. They play at the 7,000 seat Østerbro Stadion in Østerbro, Copenhagen.-Achievements:* Danish championship titles :... |
2:0, 1:5 |
| 1984/1985 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but... |
1st round | |
Malmö FF Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white... |
0:2, 4:1 |
| Last 16 |  |
FC Metz FC Metz Football Club de Metz, commonly referred to as simply Metz , is a French association football club based in Metz. The club was formed in 1932 and has spent most of its history in the Ligue 1, though they currently play in Ligue 2, the second level in French football league system. Metz plays its... |
3:1, 0:0 | ||
| Quarter final | |
SK Rapid Wien SK Rapid Wien The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times... |
3:0, 0:5 | ||
| 1985/1986 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but... |
1st round | |
Cercle Brugge | 2:3, 2:1 |
| Last 16 |  |
HJK Helsinki HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi , internationally known as HJK Helsinki, is a Finnish football club, based in the capital Helsinki... |
0:1, 7:2 | ||
| Quarter final | |
Bayer Uerdingen | 2:0, 3:7 | ||
| 1987/1988 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1st round | |
Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times... |
0:3, 1:0 |
| 1988/1989 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1st round | |
Aberdeen Aberdeen F.C. Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen... |
0:0, 2:0 |
| 2nd round | |
K.S.V. Waregem K.S.V. Waregem Koninklijke Sportvereniging Waregem was a Belgian football club that existed between 1925 and 2001. It played three spells at the highest level in the Belgian football league system each separated by a single season at the second level: from 1966 to 1972, from 1973 to 1994 and in 1995–96... |
4:1, 1:2 | ||
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AS Roma | 2–0, 2–0 | ||
| Quarter final | |
Victoria Bucuresti Victoria Bucuresti Victoria Bucureşti is a former Romanian football club, dissolved right after the Romanian Revolution of 1989.- History :The club was sponsored by the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs . In 1985 Victoria played for the first time in the Romanian top division, becoming very fast one of the most... |
1:1, 4:0 | ||
| Semi-final | |
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... |
0:1, 1:1 | ||
| 1989/1990 | European Clubs' Champions Cup | 1st round |  |
AEK Athens FC AEK Athens FC AEK Athens F.C. , the Athletic Union of Constantinople, is a Greek association football club based in the city of Athens, Greece. Outside Greece, the club is also known as AEK Athens, however, the word Athens is not part of the club's official title.Established in Athens in 1924 by Greek refugees... |
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| 1990/1991 | European Clubs' Champions Cup | 1st round |  |
Union Luxembourg Union Luxembourg Union Sportive Luxembourg, usually known as Union Luxembourg, was a football club, based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is now a part of Racing FC Union Luxembourg.-History:... |
3:1, 3:0 |
| Last 16 | |
Malmö FF Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white... |
1:1, 1:1 (5:4 a.p.) | ||
| Quarter final | |
Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions... |
0:3, 0:3 (match abandoned) | ||
External links
- Official team site
- Atmosphere at Dynamos Rudolf-Harbig-Stadium
- Abseits Guide to German Soccer
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables