Squad
André Hainault2015current
Jan Kirchhoff2019current
Ado Onaiwucurrent
Wolfgang Blochwitz1960–1966
Manfred Zapf1964–1979
Wolfgang Seguin1964–1981
Jürgen Sparwasser1966–1979
Jürgen Pommerenke1970–1985
Martin Hoffmann1972–1985
Joachim Streich1975–1985
Dirk Schuster1988–1990
Uwe Rösler1989–1990
Anatoliy Demyanenko1991–1991
Steffen Baumgart2008–2008
1. FC Magdeburg is an association football club based in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
The club currently competes in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football.
Founded in 1965, 1. FC Magdeburg was created from the football department of SC Magdeburg and quickly became a top team in East Germany.
Biography
Formation
1. FC Magdeburg was established in 1965, emerging from the football department of SC Magdeburg. This formation was part of a broader political initiative in East Germany to create dedicated football clubs aimed at enhancing performance standards. The club quickly became a significant player in East German football, winning three DDR-Oberliga championships and seven FDGB-Pokal titles during its early years.
Breakthrough
The pinnacle of 1. FC Magdeburg's success came in 1974 when they won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, making them the only East German club to secure a European trophy. This achievement marked the greatest moment in the club's history, solidifying its status in the football world. However, following the reunification of Germany, the club faced challenges and fell into decline, struggling to maintain its previous level of success.
Recent Years
After a period of hardship, 1. FC Magdeburg made a significant comeback by earning promotion to the 3. Liga in 2015. The club continued its upward trajectory, achieving promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in 2018, where it currently competes. This resurgence reflects the club's resilience and dedication to reclaiming its place in German football.
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Gallery
Career & Clubs
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 in the German championship finals on several occasions. Later the club participated in the Gauliga Mitte. After World War II, all sports clubs in the Soviet Occupation Zone were dissolved and a number of smaller clubs were created, which at first competed at a local and regional level. In 1945 players from the disbanded clubs Magdeburger SC Prussia 1899 and Cricket Viktoria Magdeburg formed Sportgruppe (SG) Sudenburg. This club and SG Lemsdorf came together as the sports club BSG Eintracht Sudenburg, which in turn merged with SAG Krupp Gruson in 1950. The next year the club was renamed BSG Stahl Magdeburg, and then in 1952, became BSG Motor Mitte Magdeburg. In 1957 the football department of Motor Mitte was moved to SC Aufbau Magdeburg, a political decision with the goal of achieving higher standards of performance. In 1965, the football department was again broken out of SC Aufbau Magdeburg and a pure football club was created, 1. FC Magdeburg. This was part of a general – again politically motivated – movement in East Germany towards football-only clubs with the goal of achieving higher standards. Ten dedicated football clubs were created during the winter break 1965–1966 1. FC Magdeburg was the first football club to be founded.
The 1960s
SC Aufbau Magdeburg were…
- League
- 2. Bundesliga
Legacy
European
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Winners: 1973–74
League
DDR-Oberliga Winners: 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75 Runners-up: 1976–77, 1977–78 DDR-Liga (II) Winners: 1966–67 Runners-up: 1954–55, 1959 3. Liga (III) Winners: 2017–18, 2021–22
Cup
FDGB-Pokal Winners: 1963–64, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1972–73, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1982–83 (record shared with SG Dynamo Dresden) DFV-Toto-Sonderrunde (de) Winners: 1976
Regional
NOFV-Oberliga Mitte (III) Runners-up: 1991–92 Regionalliga Nordost (IV) Winners: 2014–15 Runners-up: 2013–14 NOFV-Oberliga Süd (IV) Winners: 1996–97, 2000–01, 2005–06 Saxony-Anhalt Cup (III–VII) Winners: (13) 1993, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 (record) Runners-up: 1994, 2008, 2016
Double
1973–74: League and Cup Winners' Cup
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
association football club in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club based in Magdeburg. The club was founded in 1965 from the football department of the sports club SC Magdeburg and was one of the top teams in the East German Oberliga, winning three championships and seven cup titles. By winning the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1974, the club became the only East German club to win a European trophy and also achieved the greatest success in its history. After German reunification, the club fell on hard times but returned to professional football in 2015 with the promotion to the 3. Liga. Afterwards the team managed in 2018 to climb up to the second division, in which the team plays today.
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