FC Hansa Rostock

FC Hansa Rostock is a German football club of the 2. Bundesliga (second league), based in the City of Rostock. The side recently ended a 10-year stay in the top-level First Bundesliga. This year, the Ostseestadion, Hansa's home arena, celebrates its 50th birthday.

History

The club was founded on December 28, 1965, when the soccer division of the club SC Empor Rostock diverged and the new FC Hansa Rostock was founded. The antecedent had been created in 1954, when the thuringian team of the SC Empor Lauter was ordered to relocate to Rostock to form a forceful team playing in the new Ostseestadion (finished in 1954); the North of the GDR was not very successful in footbal at this time.

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December 28 - 1965 - 1954 - Thuringian - Rostock - GDR

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The 1960s were the most successful time for the club. 1962-1964 the team was three times the vice champion of the East German premier league, the DDR-Oberliga, as well as four times losing the final of the East German Cup.

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1960s - East German

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In the 1970s the club mostly finished in the lower half of the table, being relegated to the second division for a while.

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1970s - Relegated

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In the 1980s the success returned, especially when the club surprisingly became last Oberliga champion (after the German reunification renamed to NOFV-Oberliga) in 1991, as well as winning the East German Cup for the first time. The club thus qualified for the Bundesliga.

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1980s - 1991

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However after only one year in the first league they went down to the second league, managing to return to the first league in 1995, and having remained there for ten years.

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Following the 2004/2005 season, Hansa was relegated to the second division, leaving the former East Germany without a club in the top flight. For the economically poor region it's a very painful and new situation. A reason for the descent was the very bad first half of the season.

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2004 - 2005 - East Germany

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Several famous German soccer players were brought up by FC Hansa Rostock, only to be sold to wealthier clubs like Bayern Munich or Borussia Dortmund – most notably Stefan Beinlich and Oliver Neuville.

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Bayern Munich - Borussia Dortmund - Stefan Beinlich - Oliver Neuville

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