Hallescher FC

Origins (1900–1945)

The origins of the club can be traced back to Hallescher Fussball-Club Wacker 1900, founded in 1900 and generally referred to as Wacker Halle, which won the Saale district – named after the river Saale – of the Central German championship twelve times between 1910 and its last edition 1933. These are all to be considered championships of one of numerous German first divisions. Main rivals here were Hallescher FC and to a lesser extent Borussia Halle, Sportfreunde Halle and SV Halle 98. Those title qualified for participation in the Central German Championships which Wacker won 1921 and 1928. In the ensuing play-off matches for the German Championship, Wacker reached the semi-finals in 1921, there losing at home in front of a crowd of 12,000 1–5 to the later winners 1. FC Nürnberg. In 1928, 10,000 saw a 0–3 quarter-final exit versus FC Bayern Munich. In 1933–34 Wacker became first champions of the newly incepted central German division of the Gauliga. In the qualification group for the semi-finals of the national championship, Wacker came with one win and five defeats last behind 1. FC Nürnberg, Dresdner SC and Borussia Fulda. In the next seasons, Wacker finished second and seventh before being relegated as ninth to second division. In 1941, the club returned to Gauliga and achieved third places in the first two seasons and eighth in 1944.

Background (1945–1954)

After World War II Wacker Halle was dissolved, like all German clubs. In…

DDR-Oberliga Winners: 1949, 1952 East German Cup Winners: 1956, 1962 NOFV-Oberliga Süd (IV) Champions: 2008 Regionalliga Nord (IV) Champions: 2012 Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt (IV) Champions: 1997, 2000 Saxony-Anhalt Cup (Tiers III–VI) Winners: 1994, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Runners-up: 2009, 2014, 2021