DSC Arminia Bielefeld (pronounced [ˌdeːʔɛsˈtseː ʔaʁˈmiːni̯a ˈbiːləfɛlt]; full name: Deutscher Sportclub Arminia Bielefeld e.V. [ˈdɔʏtʃɐ ˈʃpɔʁtklʊp ʔaʁˈmiːni̯a ˈbiːləfɛlt]; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (German pronunciation: [aʁˌmiːnia ˈbiːləfɛlt] (
listen)), also known as Die Arminen [diː ˈʔaʁmiːnən] or Die Blauen [diː ˈblaʊən]), or just Arminia (pronounced [aʁˌmiːnia] (listen)), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating, and cue sports. The club has 12,000 members and the club colours are black, white and blue.[2] Arminia's name comes from the Cheruscan chieftain Arminius, who defeated a Roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
| Full name | Deutscher Sport-Club Arminia Bielefeld | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Die Arminen, Die Blauen (The Blues) | |||
| Founded | 3 May 1905 as 1. Bielefelder FC Arminia | |||
| Ground | Bielefelder Alm (SchücoArena) | |||
| Capacity | 27,300 | |||
| President | Hans-Jürgen Laufer[1] | |||
| Head coach | Frank Kramer | |||
| League | 3. Liga | |||
| 2023–24 | 3. Liga, 14th of 20 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Current squad
- As of 22 February 2022[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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- Arminia Bielefeld has never won any major trophies, but they have won some silverware on a minor level.[4]
League titles
- 2. Bundesliga: (II)
- Champions: 1977–78, 1979–80, 1998–99, 2019–20
- 3. Liga: (III)
- Champions: 2014–15
- Regionalliga West/Südwest: (III)
- Champions: 1994–95
- Oberliga Westfalen: (III)
- Champions: 1989–90
Regional titles
- Western German football championship
- Winners: 1922, 1923
Cups
- West German cup winner:
- Winners: 1966, 1974
- Westphalian cup winner:
- Winners: 1908, 1932, 1991, 2012, 2013
| Coach | Nationality | from | to | Significant events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| František Zoubek |  | 1922 | 1923 | West German Champion 1923 |
| Gerd Wellhöfer |  | 1923 | 1924 | Westfalen Champion 1924 |
| František Zoubek Gerd Wellhöfer | | 1924 | 1925 | Westfalen Champion 1925 |
| Gerd Wellhöfer | | 1925 | 1926 | Westfalen Champion 1926 |
| František Zoubek | | 1926 | 1933 | Westfalen Champion 1923, 1933 Westfälischer Cup Winner 1932 Qualification to the Gauliga Westfalen 1933 |
| Otto Faist | | 1933 | 1935 | Relegation from Gauliga 1934 |
| Karl Willnecker | | 1935 | 1938 | Promotion to Gauliga 1938 |
| Erich Brochmeyer | | 1938 | 1939 | |
| Ferdinand Swatosch |  | 1939 | 1940 | Vice Champion of the Gauliga |
| Otto Kranefeld[5] | | 1940 | 1942 | |
| Karl Wunderlich | | 1942 | 1945 | |
| Erich Brochmeyer | | 1945 | 1946 | Relegation to the Landesliga |
| Ferdinand Swatosch | | 1946 | 1947 | |
| Karl Wunderlich | | 1947 | 1948 | Promotion to the Landesliga |
| Alois Münstermann | | 1948 | 1949 | Promotion to the Oberliga |
| Friedrich Otto | | 1949 | 1950 | Relegation to the 2. Liga West |
| Fritz Kaiser | | 1950 | 1951 | |
| Hellmut Meidt | | 1951 | 1953 | |
| Donndorf | | 1953 | 1955 | Relegation to the Landesliga 1954 |
| Otto Westphal | | 1955 | 1958 | |
| Arthur Gruber | | 1958 | 19 March 1961 | first Coach sacking |
| Josef Rasselnberg | | 20 March 1961 | 1961 | |
| Jakob Wimmer | | 1961 | April 1963 | Promotion to the 2. Liga West 1962 |
| Hellmut Meidt | | April 1963 | 1965 | Qualification to the Regionalliga 1963 |
| Robert Gebhardt | | 1965 | 1966 | Westdeutscher Cup Winner Westfälischer Cup Winner |
| Hans Wendlandt | | 1966 | November 1969 | |
| Egon Piechaczek |  | November 1969 | December 1971 | Promotion to the Bundesliga 1970 |
| Hellmut Meidt | | January 1972 | January 1972 | |
| Jan Notermans |  | February 1972 | October 1972 | Relegation to the Regionalliga |
| Willi Nolting | | October 1972 | February 1973 | |
| Norbert Lessle | | February 1973 | September 1973 | |
| Karl-Heinz "Harry" Garstecki | | September 1973 | October 1973 | |
| Willi Nolting | | October 1973 | Januar 1974 | |
| Rudi Faßnacht | | January 1974 | 1974 | Qualification to the 2. Bundesliga Westfälischer Cup Winner |
| Erhard Ahmann | | 1974 | 1976 | |
| Karl-Heinz Feldkamp | | 1976 | 1978 | Promotion to the Bundesliga |
| Milovan Beljin |  | 1978 | October 1978 | |
| Otto Rehhagel | | October 1978 | October 1979 | Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga 1978 |
| Willi Nolting | | October 1979 | October 1979 | |
| Hans-Dieter Tippenhauer | | October 1979 | September 1980 | Promotion to the Bundesliga |
| Willi Nolting | | September 1980 | December 1980 | |
| Horst Franz | | December 1980 | 1982 | |
| Horst Köppel | | 1982 | 1983 | Place 8 in the Bundesliga |
| Karl-Heinz Feldkamp | | 1983 | March 1984 | |
| Gerd Roggensack | | March 1984 | February 1986 | Place 8 in der Bundesliga 1984 Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga 1985 |
| Horst Franz | | February 1986 | November 1986 | |
| Fritz Fuchs | | November 1986 | December 1987 | |
| Joachim Krug | | December 1987 | April 1988 | |
| Ernst Middendorp | | April 1988 | October 1990 | Relegation to the Oberliga 1988 Champion of the Oberliga Westfalen 1990 |
| Franz Raschid | | October 1990 | 1991 | |
| Fritz Grösche | | 1991 | 1992 | |
| Ingo Peter | | 1 July 1992 | 1 February 1994 | |
| Theo Schneider | | 2 February 1994 | 30 June 1994 | Qualification for the Regionalliga West/Südwest |
| Wolfgang Sidka | | 1994 | September 1994 | |
| Ernst Middendorp | | September 1994 | 16 August 1998 | Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga 1995 Promotion to the Bundesliga 1996 Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga |
| Thomas von Heesen | | 17 August 1998 | 1999 | Promotion to the Bundesliga |
| Hermann Gerland | | 1999 | October 2000 | Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga |
| Benno Möhlmann | | October 2000 | 16 February 2004 | Promotion to the Bundesliga Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga |
| Thomas von Heesen | | 17 February 2004 | 29 February 2004 | |
| Uwe Rapolder | | 1 March 2004 | 10 May 2005 | Promotion to the Bundesliga |
| Frank Geideck | | 11 May 2005 | 2005 | |
| Thomas von Heesen | | 2005 | 11 February 2007 | |
| Frank Geideck | | 11 February 2007 | 13 March 2007 | |
| Ernst Middendorp | | 14 March 2007 | 9 December 2007 | |
| Detlev Dammeier | | 10 December 2007 | 31 December 2007 | |
| Michael Frontzeck | | 1 January 2008 | 17 May 2009 | |
| Jörg Berger | | 19 May 2009 | – | Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga |
| Thomas Gerstner | | 24 June 2009 | 11 March 2010 | |
| Frank Eulberg & Jörg Böhme | | 11 March 2010 | 26 May 2010 | |
| Christian Ziege | | 26 May 2010 | 6 November 2010 | |
| Ewald Lienen | | 7 November 2010 | 30 June 2011 | Relegated to the 3. Liga |
| Markus von Ahlen | | 1 July 2011 | 20 September 2011 | |
| Stefan Krämer | | 21 September 2011 | 23 February 2014 | Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga |
| Norbert Meier | | 24 February 2014 | 10 June 2016 | Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga semi-final in the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal season |
| Rüdiger Rehm | | 15 June 2016 | 22 October 2016 | |
| Carsten Rump | | 23 October 2016 | 15 November 2016 | |
| Jürgen Kramny | | 15 November 2016 | 14 March 2017 | |
| Jeff Saibene |  | 19 March 2017 | 10 December 2018 | |
| Uwe Neuhaus | | 10 December 2018 | 1 March 2021 | Promotion to the Bundesliga |
| Frank Kramer | | 2 March 2021 | Present |
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