Lokomotive Leipzig
Encyclopedia
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. They currently play in the 5th tier of the German football league system
.
VfB Leipzig was one of the original eighty-six teams
that came together in the city in 1900 to form the German Football Association
(Deutscher Fußball Bund). They were immediately successful at their chosen sport and made their way to the first German national championship final held in 1903. Their opponents were DFC Prag, an ethnically German side out of what is today Prague in Czech Republic, but which was then part of the Austria-Hungary. The DFB had invited "German" clubs of this sort from other countries in order to boost numbers in their new national association.
Prag had made their way to the final under circumstances that had allowed them to avoid playing a single playoff game, while Leipzig had come through some hard fought matches. Arriving in Hamburg for the match, the heavily favoured Pragers took themselves off on an ill-advised pub crawl the night before the contest and so arrived to the pitch in less than ideal game-shape. The contest against VfB Leipzig was delayed half an hour as officials scrambled to find a football that was in good enough condition to play the match. The host Altona club provided a new ball and eleven minutes in Prag scored the first goal. At the end of the first half the score stood at (1:1), but Leipzig then pulled away to emerge as the first winners of the Viktoria Meisterschaftstrophaee (Victoria Championship Trophy), representative of German football supremacy, on the strength of a decisive 7–2 victory.
Leipzig played themselves into another final appearance in 1904, but the match was never contested. A protest by FV Karlsruhe
over their disputed semi-final with Britannia Berlin
was never resolved and the DFB called off the final only hours before its scheduled start. There would be no champion that year. The following season Leipzig found themselves unable to cover the expense of travelling to participate in their scheduled first round playoff match and so were eliminated from that year's competition. They did, however, go on to raise the Viktoria again in 1906 and 1913 and also played in the 1911 and 1914 finals.
In the period leading up to World War II, VfB was unable to repeat their early success. After the re-organization of German football leagues under the Third Reich in 1933, the club found itself in Gauliga Sachsen
, one of sixteen upper tier divisions. While they earned good results within their own division, they were unable to advance in the playoff rounds. In 1937, they captured the Tschammerpokal, known today as the German Cup, in a match against FC Schalke 04
, the dominant side of the era.
In the aftermath of the war the club was dissolved by the occupying Allied authorities, like most other organizations in Germany, including sports and football clubs. Club members reconstituted the team in 1946 as SG Probstheida under the auspices of the occupying Soviets. After playing as BSG Erich Zeigner Probstheida and then BSG Einheit Ost, the club merged with SC Rotation Leipzig in 1954 and played in the DDR-Oberliga, East Germany's top flight league, but earned only mediocre results. In 1963 Leipzig's two most important clubs – SC Rotation and SC Lokomotive Leipzig – were put together resulting in two new sides being founded – SC Leipzig and BSG Chemie Leipzig. East German football went through a general re-organization in 1965, creating football clubs
as centres of high-level football, during which SC Leipzig was transformed into 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig, while rivals Chemie Leipzig
continued as a Betriebssportgemeinschaft (BSG)
, or a company team. Playing as Lokomotive, the club's fortunes improved somewhat as they almost always finished well up the league table, but they were unable to capture the top honour in the DDR
(German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik or German Democratic Republic) with losing final appearances in 1967, 1986, and 1988.
Lok earned a clutch of East German Cups
with victories in 1976, 1981, 1986 and 1987 against failed appearances in the Cup final in 1970, 1973 and 1977. They also won the UEFA Intertoto Cup
in 1966 and made an appearance in the 1987 final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
falling 0:1 to Johan Cruijff's Ajax Amsterdam
after a Marco Van Basten goal.
in 1990 was followed by the merger of the football leagues of the two Germanys. A poor season led to a seventh place finish in the transitional league, but an unexpectedly strong playoff propelled the club into the 2. Bundesliga.
1. FC Lokomotive made a grasp at their former glory by re-claiming the name VfB Leipzig. A third place finish in 1993 advanced the team to the top flight Bundesliga where they finished dead-last in the 1994 season. The new VfB began a steady slide down through the 2. Bundesliga into the Regionalliga Nordost (III) by 1998 and then further still to the Oberliga Nordost/Süd (IV) by 2001. They were bankrupted in 2004, their results were annulled and the club was dissolved.
In 2004, the club was re-established by a group of fans as 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig. The renewed side had to start in the lowest league eleventh-tier 3. Kreisklasse, Staffel 2 in 2004–05. Even so, they continued to receive soldidly enthusiastic fan support: their game against Eintracht Großdeuben's second team in the Leipzig Zentralstadion
on 9 October 2004 broke the world record for lower-league attendance with an astounding 12,421 spectators in the stands. Thanks to a merger with SSV Torgau, the club could play in the seventh-tier Bezirksklasse Leipzig, Staffel 2 in 2005–06. Finishing this league as champion, the team qualified for the sixth-tier Bezirksliga. In 2006 Lok Leipzig also played a friendly match vs. FC United of Manchester (4–4) and qualified for the Landespokal 2006–07 by winning the Bezirkspokal. Lokomotive Leipzig finished as champions of their group and promoted to fifth-tier Landesliga Sachsen Group for 2007–08 season. The club finished 2nd to FC Erzgebirge Aue II and missed out on direct promotion to NOFV-Oberliga Süd
by 2 points in 2007–08 season. It still had the chance to regain Oberliga status through a relegation play-off with FC Schönberg 95
, winning game one 2–1 at Schönberg. In the return leg, in front of almost 10,000 spectators, the club lost 0–1 but still gained Oberliga promotion on the away-goal rule. Lokomotive Leipzig finished Oberliga as 3rd in 2008–09, as 12th in the 2009–10 and as 8th in the 2010-11 seasons.
SC Rotation Leipzig
SC Leipzig
1. FC Lok Leipzig
VfB Leipzig
1. FC Lok Leipzig
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
based in the city of Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
in 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....
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. They currently play in the 5th tier of the German football league system
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...
.
Early history
The club was formed on 26 May 1896 out of the football department of gymnastics club Allgemeine Turnverein 1845 Leipzig. However, they lay claim to an earlier date of origin by reaching back to a club that was incorporated into VfB in 1898 – Sport Club Sportbrüder Leipzig – which was one of four football clubs formed in Leipzig in 1893. The union lasted until 2 May 1900 when the two sides went their separate ways again.Founding Clubs of the DFB
The DFB was formed January 28, 1900 in Leipzig. The commonly accepted number of founding clubs represented at the inaugural meeting is 86, but this number is uncertain. The vote held to establish the association was 62:22 in favour . Some delegates present represented more than one club, but may...
that came together in the city in 1900 to form the German Football Association
German Football Association
The German Football Association is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB organises the German football leagues, including the national league, the Bundesliga, and the men's and women's national teams. The DFB is based in Frankfurt and is...
(Deutscher Fußball Bund). They were immediately successful at their chosen sport and made their way to the first German national championship final held in 1903. Their opponents were DFC Prag, an ethnically German side out of what is today Prague in Czech Republic, but which was then part of the Austria-Hungary. The DFB had invited "German" clubs of this sort from other countries in order to boost numbers in their new national association.
Prag had made their way to the final under circumstances that had allowed them to avoid playing a single playoff game, while Leipzig had come through some hard fought matches. Arriving in Hamburg for the match, the heavily favoured Pragers took themselves off on an ill-advised pub crawl the night before the contest and so arrived to the pitch in less than ideal game-shape. The contest against VfB Leipzig was delayed half an hour as officials scrambled to find a football that was in good enough condition to play the match. The host Altona club provided a new ball and eleven minutes in Prag scored the first goal. At the end of the first half the score stood at (1:1), but Leipzig then pulled away to emerge as the first winners of the Viktoria Meisterschaftstrophaee (Victoria Championship Trophy), representative of German football supremacy, on the strength of a decisive 7–2 victory.
Leipzig played themselves into another final appearance in 1904, but the match was never contested. A protest by FV Karlsruhe
Karlsruher FV
Karlsruher FV is a German association football club that plays in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. Established on 17 November 1891, KFV was a founding member of the German Football Association in 1900. The team went on to capture the national championship in 1910 with a 1–0 victory over Holstein Kiel...
over their disputed semi-final with Britannia Berlin
Berliner SV
Berliner SV 1892 is a German association football club from the district of Wilmersdorf, Berlin. BSV 1892 is one of the country's oldest clubs and was a founding member of the DFB in 1900....
was never resolved and the DFB called off the final only hours before its scheduled start. There would be no champion that year. The following season Leipzig found themselves unable to cover the expense of travelling to participate in their scheduled first round playoff match and so were eliminated from that year's competition. They did, however, go on to raise the Viktoria again in 1906 and 1913 and also played in the 1911 and 1914 finals.
In the period leading up to World War II, VfB was unable to repeat their early success. After the re-organization of German football leagues under the Third Reich in 1933, the club found itself in Gauliga Sachsen
Gauliga Sachsen
The Gauliga Saxony was the highest football league in the German state of Saxony from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gau Saxony replaced the state Saxony.-Overview:The league was introduced in 1933,...
, one of sixteen upper tier divisions. While they earned good results within their own division, they were unable to advance in the playoff rounds. In 1937, they captured the Tschammerpokal, known today as the German Cup, in a match against FC Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04
Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...
, the dominant side of the era.
GDR era
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....
as centres of high-level football, during which SC Leipzig was transformed into 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig, while rivals Chemie Leipzig
FC Sachsen Leipzig
FC Sachsen Leipzig was a German football club from Leipzig, Saxony. The roots of the club go back to 1899 and the founding of Britannia Leipzig. Following World War I, a 1919 merger with FC Hertha 05 Leipzig created Leipziger Sportverein 1899...
continued as a Betriebssportgemeinschaft (BSG)
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...
, or a company team. Playing as Lokomotive, the club's fortunes improved somewhat as they almost always finished well up the league table, but they were unable to capture the top honour in the DDR
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
(German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik or German Democratic Republic) with losing final appearances in 1967, 1986, and 1988.
Lok earned a clutch of East German Cups
FDGB Pokal
The FDGB-Pokal was an elimination football tournament held annually in the former East Germany. It was the second most important national title in East German football after the DDR-Oberliga championship...
with victories in 1976, 1981, 1986 and 1987 against failed appearances in the Cup final in 1970, 1973 and 1977. They also won the UEFA Intertoto Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
in 1966 and made an appearance in the 1987 final of the 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...
falling 0:1 to Johan Cruijff's 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...
after a Marco Van Basten goal.
German reunification
Re-unificationGerman 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...
in 1990 was followed by the merger of the football leagues of the two Germanys. A poor season led to a seventh place finish in the transitional league, but an unexpectedly strong playoff propelled the club into the 2. Bundesliga.
1. FC Lokomotive made a grasp at their former glory by re-claiming the name VfB Leipzig. A third place finish in 1993 advanced the team to the top flight Bundesliga where they finished dead-last in the 1994 season. The new VfB began a steady slide down through the 2. Bundesliga into the Regionalliga Nordost (III) by 1998 and then further still to the Oberliga Nordost/Süd (IV) by 2001. They were bankrupted in 2004, their results were annulled and the club was dissolved.
Red Bull Arena (Leipzig)
The Red Bull Arena, formerly Zentralstadion, located in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, is the premier football facility in the former East Germany. It is the largest football stadium in the former East Germany and has also hosted music concerts as well as football. Various Leipzig football teams have...
on 9 October 2004 broke the world record for lower-league attendance with an astounding 12,421 spectators in the stands. Thanks to a merger with SSV Torgau, the club could play in the seventh-tier Bezirksklasse Leipzig, Staffel 2 in 2005–06. Finishing this league as champion, the team qualified for the sixth-tier Bezirksliga. In 2006 Lok Leipzig also played a friendly match vs. FC United of Manchester (4–4) and qualified for the Landespokal 2006–07 by winning the Bezirkspokal. Lokomotive Leipzig finished as champions of their group and promoted to fifth-tier Landesliga Sachsen Group for 2007–08 season. The club finished 2nd to FC Erzgebirge Aue II and missed out on direct promotion to 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...
by 2 points in 2007–08 season. It still had the chance to regain Oberliga status through a relegation play-off with FC Schönberg 95
FC Schönberg 95
FC Schönberg is a German association football club from the city of Schönberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.-History:The club has its origins in TSG Schönberg which was created as SG Schönberg in 1945 at the end of World War II and later played as BSG Traktor Schönberg. In 1962 this side merged with SG...
, winning game one 2–1 at Schönberg. In the return leg, in front of almost 10,000 spectators, the club lost 0–1 but still gained Oberliga promotion on the away-goal rule. Lokomotive Leipzig finished Oberliga as 3rd in 2008–09, as 12th in the 2009–10 and as 8th in the 2010-11 seasons.
Lokomotive Leipzig in European competitions
| Season | Competition | Round | Nation | Club | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963–64 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials... |
1R |  |
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0–0, 2–3 |
| 1964–65 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 1R |  |
Wiener Sport-Club | 1–2, 0–1 |
| 1965–66 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 2R |  |
Leeds United | 1–2, 0–0 |
| 1966–67 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 1R |  |
Djurgårdens IF | 3–1, 2–1 |
| 2R |  |
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0–0, 2–1 | ||
| 1/8 |  |
S.L. Benfica | 3–1, 1–2 | ||
| 1/4 |  |
Kilmarnock FC | 1–0, 0–2 | ||
| 1967–68 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 1R |  |
Linfield FC | 5–1, 0–1 |
| 2R |  |
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0–0, 0–2 | ||
| 1968–69 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 1R |  |
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walkover |
| 2R | |
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1–3, 0–1 | ||
| 1973–74 | 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... |
1R |  |
Torino Calcio | 2–1, 2–1 |
| 2R | |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–0, 1–4 | ||
| 1/8 |  |
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1–2, 3–0 | ||
| 1/4 | |
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0–1, 1–0 (4–3 a.p.) | ||
| 1/2 | |
Tottenham Hotspur | 1–2, 0–2 | ||
| 1976–77 | UEFA Cup Winner's Cup | 1R | |
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2–0, 1–5 |
| 1977–78 | UEFA Cup Winner's Cup | 1R | |
Coleraine FC | 4–1, 2–2 |
| 1/8 |  |
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1–1, 1–2 | ||
| 1978–79 | UEFA Cup | 1R | |
Arsenal FC | 0–3, 1–4 |
| 1981–82 | UEFA Cup Winner's Cup | Q |  |
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0–2, 5–0 |
| 1R |  |
Swansea City | 1–0, 2–1 | ||
| 1/8 | |
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1–1, 1–1 | ||
| 1/4 | |
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0–3, 2–1 | ||
| 1982–83 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  |
Viking | 0–1, 3–2 |
| 1983–84 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  |
Girondins de Bordeaux | 3–2, 4–0 |
| 2R | |
Werder Bremen | 1–0, 1–1 | ||
| 1/8 | |
Sturm Graz | 0–2, 1–0 | ||
| 1984–85 | UEFA Cup | 1R | |
Lillestrøm SK | 7–0, 0–3 |
| 2R |  |
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1–1, 0–2 | ||
| 1985–86 | UEFA Cup | 1R | |
Coleraine FC | 1–1, 5–0 |
| 2R | |
AC Milan | 0–2, 3–1 | ||
| 1986–87 | UEFA Cup Winner's Cup | 1R | |
Glentoran FC | 1–1, 2–0 |
| 1/8 | |
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1–1, 2–1 | ||
| 1/4 |  |
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2–0, 0–0 | ||
| 1/2 | |
Girondins de Bordeaux | 1–0, 0–1 (a.p.) | ||
| Final 1987 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final The 1987 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between AFC Ajax of Netherlands and Lokomotive Leipzig of East Germany. It was the final match of the European Cup Winners' Cup 1986–87 and the 27th European Cup Winners' Cup Final. The final was held at Olympic Stadium in... |
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0–1 | ||
| 1987–88 | UEFA Cup Winner's Cup | 1R | |
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0–0, 0–1 |
| 1988–89 | UEFA Cup | 1R | |
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3–0, 4–0 |
| 2R | |
SSC Napoli | 1–1, 0–2 | ||
Honours
- German champions: 1903, finalist in the uncontested 1904 championship match, 1906, 1913
- German Cup: 1936
- East German vice-champions: 1967, 1986, 1988
- East German Cup: 1957, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987
- UEFA Intertoto CupUEFA Intertoto CupThe UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
Champion: 1966 - UEFA Cup semi-finalist: 1974
- Cup Winner's Cup finalist: 1987
- Central German championsCentral German football championshipThe Central German football championship was the highest association football competition in Central Germany, in what is now the federal states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, established in 1902...
: 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1918, 1920, 1925, 1927 - Saxony Cup: 1996 (by the reserve team)
Managers
BSG Leipzig-Ost- Rudolf Walseck (1951–1952)
- Otto Winter (1952–1954)
- Arthur Fischer (1953–1954)
SC Rotation Leipzig
- Heinz KrügelHeinz KrügelHeinz Krügel was a former football player and manager.-Playing career:At age 6, Krügel began his playing career in the youth teams of then SC Planitz. He remained there until 1948 and had his biggest success as a player there, when he won the Championship of the Eastern Zone in the same year...
(1954–1956) - Werner Welzel (1956–1959)
- Martin Brunnert (1959–1960)
- Martin Schwendler (1961–1963)
SC Leipzig
- Rudolf KrauseRudolf Krause (footballer)-External links:*...
(1963–1965) - Günter KonzackGünter KonzackGünter Konzack was a former East German football player. He played in the top-flight DDR-Oberliga for BSG Turbine Erfurt and SC Lokomotive Leipzig...
(1965–1966)
1. FC Lok Leipzig
- Hans Studener (1966–1969)
- Kurt Holke (1969–1971)
- Horst Scherbaum (1971–1976)
- Manfred Pfeifer (1976–1978)
- Heinz Joerk (1978–1979)
- Harro Miller (1979–1985)
- Hans-Ulrich "Uli" Thomale (1985 – February 1990)
- Gunter Böhme (February 1990 – 27. May 1991)
VfB Leipzig
- Jürgen Sundermann (28. May 1991 – 30. June 1993)
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(1. July 1993 – 21. February 1994) - Jürgen Sundermann (22. February 1994 – 8. April 1994)
- Damian HalataDamian HalataDamian 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 :...
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(31. October 1994 – 30. May 1996) - Damian HalataDamian HalataDamian 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 :...
(1. June 1996 – 30. June 1996) - Sigfried "Siggi" Held (1. July 1996 – 7. October 1997)
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(23. April 2004 – 30. June 2004) – Player/manager
1. FC Lok Leipzig
- Rainer Lisiewicz (1. July 2004 – 12. May 2009)
- Jörg Seydler (12. May 2009 – 29. November 2009)
- Uwe Trommer (29. November 2009 – 30. June 2010) – Caretaker
- Joachim Steffens (1. July 2010 – 7. June 2011)
- Mike SadloMike SadloMike Sadlo is a German former footballer who is now manager of Lokomotive Leipzig.-External links:*...
(Since 7. June 2011)
Current squad
Team trivia
- In the immediate aftermath of World War II, East German authorities showed a penchant for tagging sports teams with the names of socialist heroes: Erich Zeigner was German lawyer and socialist politician who served as the mayor of Leipzig under Soviet occupation from July 1945 until his death in April 1949. The former village of Probstheida is today the south-eastern quarter of the city of Leipzig.
Records (since re-establishment on 10 December 2003)
- Record Victory: 20–0 v Paunsdorf Devils (19 September 2004), v SV Althen 90 II (23 April 2005)
- Record Defeat: 1–15 v Hertha BSC BerlinHertha BSC BerlinHertha Berliner Sport-Club von 1892, commonly known as Hertha BSC or Hertha Berlin, is a German association football club based in Berlin. A founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900, the club has a long history as Berlin's best-supported side...
, friendly (23 May 2005) - Most Goals scored in a Match: 8 Ronny Richter v Paunsdorf Devils (19 September 2004)
- Most Goals scored in a Season: 81 René Heusel (2004/05)
- Record Attendance: Bruno-Plache-Stadion 13,098 v Hertha BSC BerlinHertha BSC BerlinHertha Berliner Sport-Club von 1892, commonly known as Hertha BSC or Hertha Berlin, is a German association football club based in Berlin. A founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900, the club has a long history as Berlin's best-supported side...
, friendly (23 May 2005) - Record Attendance (League): Zentralstadion 12,421 v Eintracht Großdeuben II (9 October 2004 – World Record in a lowest league)
- Longest unbeaten Run (League+Cup): 67 (04/05: 26+7, 05/06: 29+5), 5 September 2004 – 26 May 2006