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Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark is a multi-use stadium in Leipzig, Germany. It is used as the stadium of BSG Chemie Leipzig matches. The capacity of the stadium is 4,999 spectators. For the inaugural season of the new European League of Football the Leipzig Kings The Leipzig Kings are an American football team in Leipzig, Germany, that plays in the European League of Football (ELF). History The Leipzig franchise was announced along with Berlin Thunder and Cologne Centurions in March 2021, as part of t ... played their home games at the stadium. They had to move out for the 2022 season due to noise regulations. References External links Stadium history Football venues in Germany Leipzig Kings Sport in Leipzig Buildings and structures in Leipzig Sports venues in Saxony BSG Chemie Leipzig (1950) European League of Football venues {{Saxony-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark is a multi-use stadium in Leipzig, Germany. It is used as the stadium of BSG Chemie Leipzig matches. The capacity of the stadium is 4,999 spectators. For the inaugural season of the new European League of Football the Leipzig Kings The Leipzig Kings are an American football team in Leipzig, Germany, that plays in the European League of Football (ELF). History The Leipzig franchise was announced along with Berlin Thunder and Cologne Centurions in March 2021, as part of t ... played their home games at the stadium. They had to move out for the 2022 season due to noise regulations. References External links Stadium history Football venues in Germany Leipzig Kings Sport in Leipzig Buildings and structures in Leipzig Sports venues in Saxony BSG Chemie Leipzig (1950) European League of Football venues {{Saxony-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BSG Chemie Leipzig (1997)
BSG Chemie Leipzig is a German football club based in the locality of Leutzsch of the Alt-West borough of Leipzig, Saxony. It continues the traditions of the original club of the same name and its successor FC Sachsen Leipzig. History Predecessors The prewar identity of the club is rooted in the establishment of ''Britannia Leipzig'' in 1899 and its successor TuRa Leipzig. During the Soviet era the traditions of the club were continued in the East German teams BSG Chemie Leipzig and ''Lokomotive Leipzig'' before the emergence of FC Sachsen Leipzig following German reunification, which continued the clubs traditions. BSG Chemie Leipzig shares the same logo and the same colours as the previously existing BSG Chemie Leipzig, founded on 16 August 1950. FC Sachsen Leipzig was founded in 1990. The reunification of East and West Germany saw significant change in football in the eastern half of the country. At the end of May 1990, the club was renamed ''FC Grün-Weiß Leipzig'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SG Leipzig-Leutzsch
FC Sachsen Leipzig was a German football club from the Leutzsch district of Leipzig, Saxony. The club continued the traditions of BSG Chemie Leipzig. The club officially dissolved in 2011. Although several successor sides were established, only one survived, the BSG Chemie Leipzig. The name ''Sachsen Leipzig'' was revived in 2014 by amateur football club LFV Sachsen Leipzig. History Predecessors The prewar identity of the club is rooted in the establishment of ''Britannia Leipzig'' in 1899 and its successor ''TuRa Leipzig''. During the East German era the traditions of the club were continued in the teams '' BSG Chemie Leipzig'' and ''SC Lokomotive Leipzig'' before the emergence of ''FC Sachsen Leipzig'' following the German reunification. Establishment The reunification of East and West Germany saw significant change in football in the eastern half of the country. At the end of May 1990, the club was renamed ''FC Grün-Weiß Leipzig'' and quickly merged with ''SV Chemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Sachsen Leipzig
FC Sachsen Leipzig was a German football club from the Leutzsch district of Leipzig, Saxony. The club continued the traditions of BSG Chemie Leipzig. The club officially dissolved in 2011. Although several successor sides were established, only one survived, the BSG Chemie Leipzig. The name ''Sachsen Leipzig'' was revived in 2014 by amateur football club LFV Sachsen Leipzig. History Predecessors The prewar identity of the club is rooted in the establishment of ''Britannia Leipzig'' in 1899 and its successor ''TuRa Leipzig''. During the East German era the traditions of the club were continued in the teams '' BSG Chemie Leipzig'' and ''SC Lokomotive Leipzig'' before the emergence of ''FC Sachsen Leipzig'' following the German reunification. Establishment The reunification of East and West Germany saw significant change in football in the eastern half of the country. At the end of May 1990, the club was renamed ''FC Grün-Weiß Leipzig'' and quickly merged with ''SV Chemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as well as the second most populous city in the area of the former East Germany after (East) Berlin. Together with Halle (Saale), the city forms the polycentric Leipzig-Halle Conurbation. Between the two cities (in Schkeuditz) lies Leipzig/Halle Airport. Leipzig is located about southwest of Berlin, in the southernmost part of the North German Plain (known as Leipzig Bay), at the confluence of the White Elster River (progression: ) and two of its tributaries: the Pleiße and the Parthe. The name of the city and those of many of its boroughs are of Slavic origin. Leipzig has been a trade city since at least the time of the Holy Roman Empire. The city sits at the intersection of the Via Regia and the Via Imperii, two important medieval trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BSG Chemie Leipzig (1950)
BSG Chemie Leipzig was a German football club from the Leutzsch district of Leipzig, Saxony. The prewar identity of the club is rooted in the establishment of ''Britannia Leipzig'' in 1899 and its successor ''TuRa Leipzig''. During the socialist era the traditions of the club were continued in the East German teams BSG Chemie Leipzig and ''SC Lokomotive Leipzig'' before the emergence of FC Sachsen Leipzig following German reunification, which continued the clubs traditions.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. . History Predecessor sides After World War I, a 1919 merger between ''Britannia Leipzig'' and ''FC Hertha 05 Leipzig'' (''FC Hohenzollern 1905 Leipzig'' from 1905–18) created ''Leipziger Sportverein 1899''. Only ''Britannia'' was of any note competitively, playing in senior level city competition from 1908 to 1910. The club re-emerged there in 1922 as ''SV 1899'', but finished at the bottom of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leipzig Kings
The Leipzig Kings are an American football team in Leipzig, Germany, that plays in the European League of Football (ELF). History The Leipzig franchise was announced along with Berlin Thunder and Cologne Centurions in March 2021, as part of the inaugural season of the European League of Football. In April, ELF commissioner Patrick Esume praised the potential of Leipzig for growing the sport and the athletes in the university, despite the relatively short time for the Kings to prepare for the first season. The Kings introduced their first head coach, Fred Armstrong, who previously coached the national teams of Sweden, the Czech Republic and Austria, and also gained coaching experience with Stuttgart Scorpions and two NFL teams, New York Jets and New York Giants. On May 7, 2021, the Kings signed Japanese wide receiver Yoshihito Omi who would be the first Asian player playing in ELF. In 2019, Omi led in receiving with 33 catches and 544 yards for IBM Big Blue in X League, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 ELF Season
The 2021 ELF season is the inaugural season of the European League of Football, a newly formed professional American football league based in Europe. It started on June 19, 2021, and ended with a Championship Game in Düsseldorf's Merkur Spiel-Arena, on September 26, 2021. Format The league is divided into two divisions, North and South. Each team plays 10 games during the regular season: twice against their division rivals, and twice against two of the teams from the other division. The top two teams in each division qualify for the playoffs, with the North and South champions qualifying for the Championship Game. Rules For the inaugural season, the ELF is mostly using adapted NFL rules, as opposed to adapted NCAA rules which virtually all other European American Football leagues use. There is a limit of two "Americans" (a category which also includes some other non-European nationalities) per down but people who are dual citizens of the U.S. and a EU-member country are not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TuRa Leipzig
TuRa Leipzig was a German association football club active before World War II from the city of Leipzig, Saxony. Successor sides included '' BSG Chemie Leipzig'', which was part of East German football competition, and ''FC Sachsen Leipzig'', which emerged following German reunification in 1990. __TOC__ History The club was established in 1932 as ''Sportverein für Turnen und Rasenspiel Leipzig'' and advanced out of local play in 1936 to join the Gauliga Sachsen, one of 16 top-flight regional leagues established under the Third Reich. In November 1938, ''TuRa 32'' was joined by ''Leipziger Sportverein 1899'' which was the product of the 1919 union of ''FC Britannia 1899 Leipzig'', established on 30 August 1899, and ''FC Hertha 1905 Leipzig'', established 13 March 1905 as ''FC Hohenzollern Leipzig''. ''TuRa 1899 Leipzig'' continued to play in the Gauliga Sachsen through to the end of the 1941–42 campaign when they were relegated. The team made a single appearance in 1940 in pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European League Of Football
The European League of Football (ELF) is a professional sports#American football, professional American football sports league, league. The league (as of the 2023 season) consists of 17 teams located in Germany, Poland, Spain, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Czech Republic and France, with plans to expand to 24 teams in 2025. The new league was officially created in November 2020, and kicked off on 19 June 2021. History The announcement of the league was met with skepticism from some Germans involved in the sport due to the failures of similar leagues in the past. The Chairman of the German Football League (GFL), Robert Huber, said, "...we have experience over the last forty years in running leagues in Germany and in Europe and we have a pretty good insight into what the teams are capable of". However, Commissioner Patrick Esume firmly believes that this league will succeed because "American football is experiencing a boom in Germany". The first two new franchises to rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event at the ancient Greek Olympic festival was the race that comprised one length of the stadion at Olympia, where the word "stadium" originated. Most of the stadiums with a capacity of at least 10,000 are used for association football. Other popular stadium sports include gridiron football, baseball, cricket, the various codes of rugby, field lacrosse, bandy, and bullfighting. Many large sports venues are also used for concerts. Etymology "Stadium" is the Latin form of the Greek word " stadion" (''στάδιον''), a measure of length equalling the length of 600 human feet. As feet are of variable length the exact length of a stadion depends on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
