FC Hansa Rostock facts for kids
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| Full name | Fußballclub Hansa Rostock e. V. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Hansa, Hanseaten, Kogge, Hansa-Kogge, Ostseestädter |
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| Founded | 28 December 1965 | |||
| Ground | Ostseestadion, Rostock | |||
| Capacity | 29,000 | |||
| Chairman | Robert Marien | |||
| Manager | Daniel Brinkmann | |||
| League | 2. Bundesliga | |||
| 2020–21 | 3. Liga, 2nd of 20 (promoted) | |||
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FC Hansa Rostock is a German football club from the city of Rostock. Rostock is located in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is often called "the cog" because its logo features a cog ship. This type of ship was used for trade a long time ago.
Hansa Rostock is one of the most successful football clubs from what used to be East Germany. This was before Germany became one country again. After German reunification, they played many seasons in the top German football league, the Bundesliga. The club has over 28,000 members, making it one of the biggest sports clubs in Germany.
Hansa Rostock played in the Bundesliga for ten years, from 1995 to 2005. After that, their performance went down. In 2012, they were moved down to the 3. Liga for the second time. They managed to get back into the 2. Bundesliga in 2021. However, after three seasons, they were moved back down to the 3. Liga in 2024.
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Club History: From East Germany to Today
The club started on 1 November 1954. It was first a big sports club called SC Empor Rostock. The football team was formed by moving players from another team, BSG Empor Lauter, to Rostock. This was a bit unusual, but it happened sometimes in East German football. Clubs were sometimes renamed or moved by officials. The new club in Rostock was supported by a large fishing company.
The original team from Lauter stopped playing when their players moved. A new club was formed in Lauter later.
Playing in Rostock
SC Empor Rostock started playing in the top league in November 1954. They finished second the next season. In 1956, they were moved down a league, but they quickly came back up in 1958. After that, they became a strong team. They finished second in the league three times between 1962 and 1964. They also played in several finals of the FDGB Pokal, which was the East German Cup.
In 1965, the football part of the club became its own separate club, called Fußball Club Hansa Rostock. This was part of a plan to help the East Germany national team become stronger. The name "Hansa" was chosen to remember Rostock's history. Rostock was an important trading city in the Hanseatic League in northern Europe. FC Hansa Rostock was supported by a large shipping company.
In the 1970s, the club often finished in the lower half of the league. They were even moved down to the second division three times. But they got back on track in the 1980s. When East and West Germany became one country again in 1990, their football leagues joined too. In the very last season of East German football (1990–91), Rostock won its first national championship! This is their only top league title in either East Germany or unified Germany.
They also won the last East German Cup in 1991. They beat FC Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt 1–0.
United Germany and the Bundesliga
Because they won the last East German championship, Hansa Rostock got a spot in the Bundesliga. This was the top league in unified Germany. For the 1991–92 season, the Bundesliga was made bigger to include two teams from East Germany. However, Hansa couldn't stay in the top league and was moved down after just one season.
After three seasons in the 2. Bundesliga (the second division), the club returned to the Bundesliga for the 1995–96 season. They stayed there for ten years. Their best results were finishing sixth twice. Even though they often finished in the bottom half of the league, they were the only former East German team that could regularly compete with the richer clubs from West Germany. On 1 December 2002, Hansa Rostock made history. They were the first club to have six players from the same country (all from Sweden) on the field in a Bundesliga match.
Hansa had a very tough first half of the 2004–05 season. They only won one match and had five draws in 17 games. They couldn't recover and were moved down at the end of the season. This meant that for the first time since Germany reunited, there were no former East German clubs in the top league. Many talented players from East German teams, like Rostock's Stefan Beinlich, Oliver Neuville, and Victor Agali, moved to wealthier Western clubs.
After two years in the 2. Bundesliga, the club returned to the top league for the 2007–08 season. But they were moved down again after that season.
The club continued to struggle in 2009–10. They finished third-last and had to play a special playoff game against a team from the 3. Liga. Hansa lost both games and was moved down to the 3. Liga. Their stay there was short, as they were moved back down after finishing last in the 2011–12 season.
In the 2016–17 season, Hansa Rostock had an average of 11,433 fans at their home games. This was the third-highest attendance in the 3. Liga.
Club Achievements
After Germany reunited, the last East German top league season was called the NOFV-Oberliga. Hansa Rostock became the very last champion of East Germany in 1991.
National Titles
- NOFV-Oberliga
- Champions: 1991
- DDR-Oberliga (East German top league)
- Runners-up: 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1968
- FDGB-Pokal (East German Cup)
- Winners: 1991
- Runners-up: 1955, 1957, 1960, 1967, 1987
- 2. Bundesliga (German second division)
- Champions: 1995
- 3. Liga (German third division)
- Runners-up: 2021
Regional Titles
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup (a local cup competition)
- Winners: 1998, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Youth Titles
- German Under 19 championship
- Winner: 2010
- Runners-up: 2013
- German Under 17 championship
- Runners-up: 2005
Other Titles
- German Indoor championship
- Winners: 1998
Double Wins
Hansa Rostock won both the East German league (DDR-Oberliga) and the East German Cup (FDGB-Pokal) in the same year:
- 1991
Players
Current Main Team Squad
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Players on Loan to Other Teams
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Coaching Staff
| Position | Name |
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| Manager |  Daniel Brinkmann |
| Assistant manager | Dirk Flock Simon Pesch Marcus Rabenhorst |
| Goalkeeper coach | Dirk Orlishausen |
| Fitness coach | Tomislav Stepic |
Managers Through the Years
- Oswald Pfau (1954–1955)
- Erich Dietel (1956)
- Lothar Wiesner (1956)
- Willi Möhring (1956)
- Kurt Zapf (1956)
- Heinz Krügel (1957–1958)
- Walter Fritzsch (1959–1965)
- Gerhard Gläser (1965–1969)
- Horst Saß (1969–1973)
- Heinz Werner (1973–1975)
- Helmut Hergesell (1975–1978)
- Jürgen Heinsch (1978–1979)
- Harry Nippert (1979–1981)
- Jürgen Heinsch (1981–1985)
- Claus Kreul (1985–1986)
- Werner Voigt (1986–1990)
- Uwe Reinders (1990–1992)
- Erich Rutemöller (1992)
- Jürgen Heinsch (1992–1993)
- Horst Hrubesch (1993)
- Frank Pagelsdorf (1994–1997)
- Ewald Lienen (1997–1999)
- Andreas Zachhuber (1999–2000)
- Juri Schlünz (2000)
- Friedhelm Funkel (2000–2001)
- Juri Schlünz (2001–2002)
- Armin Veh (2002–2003)
- Juri Schlünz (2003–2004)
- Jörg Berger (2004–2005)
- Frank Pagelsdorf (2005–2008)
- Juri Schlünz (2008)
- Dieter Eilts (2008–2009)
- Andreas Zachhuber (2009–2010)
- Thomas Finck (2010)
- Marco Kostmann (2010)
- Peter Vollmann (2010–2011)
- Wolfgang Wolf (2011–2012)
- Marc Fascher (2012–2013)
- Andreas Bergmann (2013–2014)
- Dirk Lottner (2014)
- Peter Vollmann (2014)
- Karsten Baumann (2014–2015)
- Christian Brand (2015–2017)
- Uwe Ehlers (2017)
- Pavel Dotchev (2017–2019)
- Jens Härtel (2019–2022)
- Patrick Glöckner (2022–2023)
- Alois Schwartz (2023)
- Uwe Speidel (2023–2024)
- Mersad Selimbegović (2024)
- Bernd Hollerbach (2024)
- Simon Pesch / Marcus Rabenhorst (2024–)
Fans and Support
A study in 2007 said that Hansa Rostock had the seventh-largest fanbase in Germany. It estimated they had up to two million supporters! Another study in 2008 found that Hansa is the most popular German football club in the eastern parts of Germany (the "New Länder"). It's also the most popular club from the former East Germany in the reunited country. Hansa Rostock's official song is "FC Hansa, wir lieben Dich total" ("Hansa FC, We Totally Love You"). The East German band Puhdys recorded it in 1995.
The club works to make sure all fans have a safe and positive experience at games. They have programs to help prevent bad behavior.
The Stadium: Ostseestadion
The original Ostseestadion was built in 1954. Many people from Rostock helped build it for free! The first international match played there by East Germany was on 26 September 1956. In 2001, the stadium was updated. It can now hold 30,000 people.
Hansa Rostock II (Reserve Team)
The club also has a reserve team called FC Hansa Rostock II. This team has played in high leagues like the Regionalliga. They last played there in 2009–10. Currently, the team plays in the fifth-tier league called the NOFV-Oberliga Nord. They first reached this level in 1992 and have won the league championship three times: in 2000, 2005, and 2012.
The reserve team also won the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup in 1998, 2005, and 2006. Winning this cup allowed them to play in the first round of the DFB-Pokal (the main German Cup). However, they never made it past the first round.
Images for kids
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The Hansa Rostock team in January 1990.
See also
In Spanish: FC Hansa Rostock para niños
- List of FC Hansa Rostock players
- List of FC Hansa Rostock records and statistics
