FC Einheit Rudolstadt is a German football club from Rudolstadt in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia. The ground of the club is called Städtisches Stadion im Heinepark. They play in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd.

Einheit Rudolstadt
Full nameFußballclub Einheit Rudolstadt
Founded1950
GroundStädtisches Stadion im Heinepark
Capacity4,000
ManagerHolger Jähnisch
LeagueNOFV-Oberliga Süd
2023–2411th
Websitehttp://www.einheit-rudolstadt.de/

Club history

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FC Einheit Rudolstadt was founded on 11 November 1950 as BSG Einheit Rudolstadt. In 1957, Rudolstadt, together with Stahl Silbitz and Chemie Elsterberg, succeeded in promotion to the II. DDR-Liga. The then-third-highest division of the GDR proved to be too strong for the East Thuringians, so after only one season Einheit and Motor Gotha were relegated back to the Bezirksliga.

In the Bezirksliga, Einheit acted solely at the local level in the Gera district and was used for the training of young players of FC Carl Zeiss Jena. Between rises and drops from and to the Bezirksklasse in the next decades, Einheit regained its resurgence in the Bezirksliga Gera. Its progress was stalled by city rivals Chemie Schwarza who repeatedly managed to rise to the DDR-Liga.

After German reunification in 1990, Einheit merged with the football section of Chemie Schwarza and was renamed FC Rudolstadt/Schwarza. In 1996, the two clubs de-merged. With Rudolstadt regaining the old name Einheit Rudolstadt and Schwarza rejoining SV Schwarza.[1] In 2012, Einheit finished 3rd in the Thüringenliga but was promoted to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd as 2nd placed Eintracht Sondershausen waived its promotion right.

First team squad 2014/15

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No Nation Name Date of birth
GK
1   Germany Tim Ackermann 23.11.1988
23   Germany Patrick Richter 09.08.1992
DF
4   Germany Christoph Grabinski 12.03.1990
6   Germany René Kirsten 29.08.1985
10   Germany Philipp Röppnack 21.11.1989
19   Germany Marian Spanier 01.01.1988
21   Poland Robert Stachowiak 28.02.1990
22   Germany Georg Westrup 21.08.1992
24   Germany Tino Langhammer 16.06.1989
25   Germany Gary Häußler 06.05.1991
 –   Germany Sven Kutzner 07.07.1986
 –   Germany Robert Teske 26.06.1988
MF
3   Germany Sebastian Schröter 13.10.1987
5   Ukraine Mykhaylo Kopolovets 29.01.1984
7   Germany Rico Heuschkel 20.03.1987
8   Germany Rene Rudolph 07.01.1986
13   Germany Stefan Staskewitsch 26.10.1986
16   Germany Christian Schultz 16.01.1996
17   Poland Maciej Zielinski 15.09.1990
20   Germany Marcel Schulz 11.07.1988
21   Poland Bartosz Latuszek 15.09.1990
FW
9   Germany Steven Sonnenberg 22.10.1983
11   Germany Benjamin Schröter 01.05.1989
15   Germany Maik Müller 23.10.1994
18   Germany Patrick Schröter 21.11.1990

Coaching staff

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Head coach: Holger Jähnisch
Assistants: Thomas Rothe, Michael Schoke, René Just, Jörg Schneider

References

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  1. ^ Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. ISBN 978-3-89784-147-5.
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