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Offenbacher Kickers
Kickers Offenbach logo.svg
Full name Offenbacher Fußball-Club Kickers 1901 e. V.
Nickname(s) OFC
Founded 27 May 1901
Ground Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium
Capacity 20,500
Chairman Helmut Spahn
Manager Daniel Steuernagel
League
Regionalliga Südwest (IV)
2017–18 3rd

















Home colours














Away colours




Offenbacher Kickers, also known as Kickers Offenbach, is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs including Melitia, Teutonia, Viktoria, Germania and Neptun. From 1921 to 1925 they were united with VfB 1900 Offenbach as VfR Kickers Offenbach until resuming their status as a separate side, Offenbacher FC Kickers.[1] Since 2012, Kickers Offenbach's stadium has been the Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Entry to the Bundesliga and scandal


    • 1.2 Decline and recovery




  • 2 Recent seasons


    • 2.1 Kickers Offenbach


    • 2.2 Kickers Offenbach II


    • 2.3 Key




  • 3 Current squad


  • 4 Coaches


  • 5 Notable players


  • 6 Honours


    • 6.1 League


    • 6.2 Cup


    • 6.3 Reserve team


    • 6.4 Youth




  • 7 Kickers Offenbach II


    • 7.1 Recent managers




  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





History


The club became one of the founding members of the Nordkreis-Liga in 1909, where it played until the outbreak of the war. In post-First World War Germany, Kickers played in the Kreisliga Südmain (I), winning this league in 1920, 1922 and 1923.


The club played as a mid-table side in the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen through the late 1920s and early 1930s. German football was re-organized in 1933 under the Third Reich into sixteen first division Gauligen. Kickers joined the Gauliga Südwest, where the team immediately captured the title and entered the national playoffs for the first time. They fared poorly there, but did manage to raise their overall level of play in the following seasons, going on to win five consecutive divisional championships from 1940 to 1944.[2]


In the early 1940s the Gauliga Südwest had been split into the Gauliga Westmark and the Gauliga Hessen-Nassau, where Kickers played. Their best post-season result came in 1942 when the team was able to advance as far as the semi-finals in the national championship rounds before they were decisively put out 0:6 by Schalke 04, who were on their way to their sixth championship as the era's most dominant side. By 1944, Allied armies were rolling through Germany and the Gauliga Hessen-Nassau did not play the 1944–45 season.




Historical chart of Kickers Offenbach league performance after WWII





Stadion am Bieberer Berg (1921–2011)




Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion (since 2012)



Entry to the Bundesliga and scandal


The club found itself in the new Regionalliga Süd (II) and play in the Bundesliga would have to wait until 1968. The team was immediately relegated, but returned to the upper league for play in 1970–71. In addition to their return to the Bundesliga, the club would win its one of its few honours in 1970 with a 2:1 German Cup victory over 1. FC Köln.


However, the end of the 1971 season would find Kickers Offenbach at the centre of the Bundesliga scandal. The club president, Horst-Gregorio Canellas, went to the German Football Association (Deutsche Fussball Bund or German Football Association) after being approached by a player from another team looking for a cash bonus for that club's effort in beating one of Offenbach's rivals in the fight against relegation. Receiving no help from league officials, Canellas began gathering evidence of how widespread the payoffs were. In the end more than fifty players from seven clubs, two coaches, and six game officials were found guilty of trying to influence the outcome of games through bribes, but Canellas was unable to save his club from relegation. The club central to the scandal – Arminia Bielefeld – would not be punished until the following season, too late to save Offenbach.[3]


The scandal had a strongly negative effect on the young league and contributed to plummeting attendance figures. One outcome of the whole affair was the further evolution of German football; salary restrictions were removed and the 2. Bundesliga also became a professional league. For the players it meant that having one's club sent down no longer also meant losing one's status as a paid professional. Kickers immediately returned to top level. The best finish was 7th in 1972–73 season. They were leaders for 5 rounds and beat Bayern Munich 6–0 in 1974–75 season. They relegated to second level in 1975–76 season.



Decline and recovery


Kickers would spend the next seven years in the second division before making a return to the Bundesliga for just a single season in 1983–84. In 1985, financial problems led to the club being penalized points and driven into the third division Amateur Oberliga Hessen. They recovered themselves only to be denied a license in 1989 and be sent back down again. By the mid-1990s they slipped as far as Oberliga Hessen (IV), but remained competitive. They appeared in the final of the national amateur championship in 1994 where they lost 0:1 to Preußen Münster. After a failed attempt to advance in 1998, Offenbach returned to play in the 2. Bundesliga in 1999 and were immediately sent down after a 17th-place result there. In each of these seasons the team took part in the nation amateur championship winning the title in 1999.


The club next appeared in second division play in 2005. After two lower table finishes, Kickers were relegated to 3. Liga on the final day of the 2007–08 season following a 0:3 defeat to fellow strugglers VfL Osnabrück. Despite their mixed fortunes the team remain a fan favorite and are well supported.


On 18 July 2012, the club's new ground, the Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium, was opened with a pre-season friendly between Kickers and Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The club was refused a 3. Liga licence at the end of the 2012–13 season and relegated to the Regionalliga with SV Darmstadt 98 taking its place. The club, €9 million in debt, could potentially have faced insolvency and a restart at the lowest level of the German football league system.[4]


The club won the Regionalliga Südwest in 2014–15 and thereby earned the right to take part in the promotion round to the 3. Liga, where it missed out on promotion to 1. FC Magdeburg. The loss was overshadowed by approximately 40 Offenbach supporters storming the field in the 84th minute and forcing a twenty-minute interruption to the return leg.[5]



Recent seasons


The recent season-by-season performance of the team:[6][7]










  • With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. Also in 2008, the majority of football leagues in Hesse were renamed, with the Oberliga Hessen becoming the Hessenliga, the Landesliga becoming the Verbandsliga, the Bezirksoberliga becoming the Gruppenliga and the Bezirksliga becoming the Kreisoberliga.


Key





Promoted
Relegated


Current squad


As of 23 March 2019[15]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.






















































































No.

Position
Player
1

Germany

GK

Bilal Zabadne
2

North Macedonia

MF

Marco Ferukoski
4

Japan

MF

Ko Sawada
5

Germany

MF

Kevin Ikpide
7

Germany

FW

Varol Akgöz
8

Germany

MF

Maik Vetter
10

Albania

MF

Dren Hodja
11

Germany

MF

Serkan Fırat
13

Germany

DF

Christos Stoilas
14

England

FW

Jake Hirst
16

Germany

GK

Daniel Endres
17

Croatia

MF

Luka Garic


















































































No.

Position
Player
18

Finland

MF

Matias Pyysalo
20

Germany

FW

Niklas Hecht-Zirpel
21

Germany

MF

Julian Scheffler
22

Germany

MF

Serkan Göcer
23

Germany

DF

Dennis Schulte
24

Germany

DF

Gerrit Gohlke
26

Germany

DF

Jan-Hendrik Marx
28

Germany

DF

Benjamin Kirchhoff
29

Germany

DF

Lucas Albrecht
30

Germany

FW

Moritz Reinhard
31

Germany

GK

Sebastian Brune
32

Austria

MF

Francesco Lovrić



Coaches


The managers of the club:[16]



























































































































































































































































Name
Period

Franz Nagy
1922

Rudolf Keller
1926

Mac Pherson
1927

Rudolf Keller
1928

Paul Oßwald
1946–1958

Bogdan Cuvaj
1958–1962

Hans Merkle
1962–1964

Radoslav Momirski
1964–1965

Kurt Baluses
1965 – Feb. 1968

Kurt Schreiner
Mar. – Jun. 1968

Paul Oßwald
Jul. 1968 – Nov. 1969

Kurt Schreiner
Dec. 1969

Willi Keim
Dec. 1969

Zlatko Čajkovski
Jan – Jul. 1970

Kurt Schreiner
Aug. 1970

Aki Schmidt
Sep. 1970

Rudi Gutendorf
Sep. 1970 – Feb. 1971

Kuno Klötzer
Feb. 1971 – Jun. 1972

Gyula Lóránt
Jul. 1972 – Mar. 1974

Otto Rehhagel
Apr. 1974 – Dec. 1975

Zlatko Čajkovski
Jan. – Oct. 1976

Udo Klug
Nov. 1976 – Jun. 1978

Horst Heese
Jul. 1978 – Jun. 1980

Franz Brungs
Jul. 1980 – May 1982

Lothar Buchmann
Jun. 1982 – Mar. 1984

Hermann Nuber
Mar. 1984 – Jun. 1984

Fritz Fuchs
Jul – Dec 1984

Horst Heese
Dec 1984 – Jun 1985

Wilfried Kohls
Jul 1985 – Jun 1986

Franz Brungs
Jul 1986 – May 1987

Robert Jung
May 1987 – Jun 1987

Dieter Renner
Jul 1987 – Mar 1989

Nikolaus Semlitsch
Mar 1989 – Dec 1989

Hans-Günter Neues
Dec 1989 – Apr 1990

Kurt Geinzer
Apr 1990 – Jun 1992

Lothar Buchmann
Jul 1992 – Oct 1994

Valentin Herr
Oct 1994 – Apr 1995

Wilfried Kohls
Maz 1995 – Jun 1995

Wolfgang Uschek
Jul 1995 – Dec 1995

Ronald Borchers
Jan 1996 – Apr 1997

Wilfried Kohls/Jörg Hambückers
Apr 1997 – Jun 1997

Hans-Jürgen Boysen
Jul 1997 – Oct 1999

Peter Neururer
Oct 1999 – Aug 2000

Dragoslav Stepanovic
Aug 2000 – Sep 2000

Knut Hahn
Sep 2000 – Oct 2000

Wilfried Kohls
Oct 2000 – Oct 2000

Knut Hahn
Nov 2000 – Nov 2000

Dieter Müller/Oliver Roth
Nov 2000 – Dec 2000

Ramon Berndroth
Dec 2000 – Aug 2003

Lars Schmidt
Aug 2003 – Mar 2004

Hans-Jürgen Boysen
Mar 2004 – Jan 2006

Wolfgang Frank
Jan 2006 – Oct 2007

Jørn Andersen
Nov 2007 – May 2008

Hans-Jürgen Boysen
May 2008 – Oct 2009

Steffen Menze
Oct 2009 – Feb 2010

Wolfgang Wolf
Feb 2010 – Feb 2011

Thomas Gerstner
Feb 2011 – May 2011

Arie van Lent
May 2011 – Feb 2013

Rico Schmitt
Feb 2013 – Jan 2016

Oliver Reck
Jan 2016 – Jun 2018

Daniel Steuernagel
Jul 2018 –

Source: Book "Kickers Offenbach – die ersten hundert jahre" ("Kickers Offenbach – the first hundred years")



Notable players


Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.







  • Walter Bechtold

  • Matthias Becker

  • Uwe Bein

  • Egon Bihn

  • Manfred Binz

  • Fred-Werner Bockholt

  • Horst Buhtz

  • Saša Ćirić

  • Siegfried Gast

  • Horst Gecks

  • Jimmy Hartwig

  • Sigfried Held

  • Valentin Herr

  • Bernd Helmschrot

  • Josef Hickersberger

  • Gerhard Kaufhold

  • Johann Kondert

  • Engelbert Berti Kraus

  • Walter Krause

  • Sebastian Rode

  • André Hahn




  • Erwin Kremers

  • Helmut Kremers

  • Erwin Kostedde

  • Michael Kutzop

  • Dieter Müller

  • Hermann Nuber

  • Helmut Preisendörfer

  • Oliver Reck

  • Hans Richter

  • Manfred Ritschel

  • Winfried Schäfer

  • Egon Schmitt

  • Nikolaus Semlitsch

  • Moses Sichone

  • Lothar Skala

  • Reinhard Stumpf

  • César Thier

  • Suat Türker

  • Ion Vlădoiu

  • Rudi Völler

  • Olivier Occean




  • Gernot Rohr

  • Mamadou Diabang

  • Aristide Bancé

  • Niko Bungert




Honours


The club's honours:











Kickers Offenbach II



Kickers second team played in the Amateurliga Hessen (III) from 1971–74 until being disbanded after the 1973–74 season. The reconstituted side reappeared in the Amateuroberliga Hessen (III) in 1984, but were sent down after the relegation of the senior side from the 2. Bundesliga. The amateur's next appearance of note was in the Oberliga Hessen (IV) in 1999 in a campaign that ended in relegation after a 15th-place finish. In 2008–09, it returned to the Hessenliga and finished in fourth place. After six seasons in the league the team finished 18th in the Hessenliga in 2014 and was relegated to the Verbandsliga.[17]



Recent managers


Recent managers of the team:[18]







































Manager

Start

Finish

Steffen Menze
1 July 2005
30 June 2006

Ramon Berndroth
1 July 2006
30 June 2008

Steffen Menze
1 July 2008
30 June 2009

Jürgen Baier
1 July 2009
30 June 2010

Günter Stiebig
1 July 2011
30 June 2013

Alexander Conrad
1 July 2013
Present


References





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    ISBN 0-9540134-5-X



  4. ^ Ruhl: "Ein bitterer Tag für den OFC" (in German) kicker.de, published: 3 June 2013, accessed: 4 June 2013


  5. ^ 3. Liga: Magdeburg, Würzburg, Bremen II steigen auf (in German) Weltfussball.de, published: 31 May 2015, accessed: 1 June 2015


  6. ^ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables


  7. ^ Fussball.de – Ergebnisse Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues


  8. ^ 30 Jahre Bundesliga, DFB special edition booklet


  9. ^ 30 Jahre Bundesliga, DFB special edition booklet


  10. ^ 30 Jahre Bundesliga, DFB special edition booklet


  11. ^ 30 Jahre Bundesliga, DFB special edition booklet


  12. ^ 30 Jahre Bundesliga, DFB special edition booklet


  13. ^ 30 Jahre Bundesliga, DFB special edition booklet


  14. ^ 30 Jahre Bundesliga, DFB special edition booklet


  15. ^ Mannschaft / Offenbacher Kickers


  16. ^ Kickers Offenbach .:. Trainer von A-Z (in German) weltfussball.de, accessed: 5 December 2011


  17. ^ Kickers Offenbach II at Weltfussball.de (in German) accessed: 5 December 2011


  18. ^ Kickers Offenbach II .:. Trainer von A-Z (in German) weltfussball.de, accessed: 5 December 2011




External links




  • Official website (in German)

  • The Abseits Guide to German Soccer


  • Kickers Offenbach at Weltfussball.de (in German)

















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