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Giovanni Federico
Giovanni Federico (born 4 October 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Playing career Federico was born in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia. He agreed to join Borussia Dortmund from Karlsruher SC for 2007–08 on a Bosman transfer on 7 March 2007, after a highly successful season, individually (top goalscorer with 19 goals) and collectively (his team achieved promotion with the first place in 2. Bundesliga). He returned to Karlsruhe on loan in the 2008–09 winter transfer window on loan. After Karlsruhe were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season, Federico originally returned to Borussia Dortmund, but was signed by Arminia Bielefeld on 10 July. After one year with Arminia Bielefeld, he announced his return to VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hagen
Hagen () is the Largest cities in Germany, 41st-largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Germany. The municipality is located in the States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the south eastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne and Volme (met by the river Ennepe) meet the river Ruhr (river), Ruhr. As of 31 December 2010, the population was 188,529. The city is home to the FernUniversität Hagen, which is the only state-funded distance education university in Germany. Counting more than 67,000 students (March 2010), it is the largest university in Germany. History Hagen was first mentioned around the year 1200, and is presumed to have been the name of a farm at the confluence of the Volme and the Ennepe rivers. After the conquest of in 1324, Hagen passed to the County of Mark. In 1614 it was awarded to the Margraviate of Brandenburg, according to the Treaty of Xanten. In 1701 it became part of the K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Football League System
The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to the hierarchically interconnected league system for Football in Germany, association football in Germany that in the 2016–17 Season (sports), season consisted of 2,235 Sports_league, leagues in up to 13 levels having 31,645 Sports club, teams, in which all Division (sport), divisions are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation. The top three Professional sports, professional levels contain one division each. Below this, the semi-professional and Amateur sports, amateur levels have progressively more parallel divisions, which each cover progressively smaller geographic areas. Teams that finish at the top of their division at the end of each season can rise higher in the pyramid, while those that finish at the bottom find themselves sinking further down. Therefore, in theory, it is possible for even the lowest local amateur club to rise to the top of the system and become List of German football ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary football competition. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga. Seasons run from August to May. Games are played on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. All of the Bundesliga clubs qualify for the DFB-Pokal. The winner of the Bundesliga qualifies for the DFL-Supercup. Fifty-six clubs have competed in the Bundesliga since its founding. Bayern Munich has won 31 of 59 titles, as well as the last ten seasons. The Bundesliga has seen other champions, with Borussia Dortmund, Hamburger SV, Werder Bremen, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and VfB Stuttgart most prominent among them. The Bundesliga is one of the top national leagues, ranked third in Europe according to UEFA's league coeffi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003–04 Bundesliga
The 2003–04 Bundesliga was the 41st season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 1 August 2003 and concluded on 22 May 2004. Teams Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the 2. Bundesliga. The promoted teams were SC Freiburg, 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt. SC Freiburg and 1. FC Köln returned to the top flight after an absence of one years while Eintracht Frankfurt returned to the top fight after an absence of two years. They replaced Arminia Bielefeld, 1. FC Nürnberg and Energie Cottbus, ending their top flight spells of one, two and three years respectively. Team overview (*) Promoted from 2. Bundesliga. League table Results Overall *Most wins - Werder Bremen (22) *Fewest wins - 1. FC Köln (6) *Most draws - Hertha BSC (12) *Fewest draws - VfL Wolfsburg (3) *Most losses - 1. FC Köln (23) *Fewest losses - Werder Bremen (4) *Most goals score ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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2004–05 Regionalliga
The 2004–05 Regionalliga season was the eleventh season of the Regionalliga at tier three of the German football league system. It was contested in two geographical divisions with eighteen teams in the south and nineteen in the north. The champions, Eintracht Braunschweig and Kickers Offenbach, and the runners-up, SC Paderborn 07 and Sportfreunde Siegen, of every division were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga. Team movements Promoted to 2. Bundesliga From Nord *Rot-Weiss Essen * 1. FC Dynamo Dresden From Süd * Rot-Weiß Erfurt * 1. FC Saarbrücken1 1 1. FC Saarbrücken were promoted due to FC Bayern Munich II being a reserve side which are barred from promotion to the 2. Bundesliga. Teams Relegated from 2. Bundesliga To Nord *VfB Lübeck * 1. FC Union Berlin *VfL Osnabrück To Süd *Jahn Regensburg Teams relegated to Oberliga From Nord *SG Wattenscheid 09 *FC Schalke 04 II *Sachsen Leipzig *VfR Neumünster From Süd * 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 *1. FC Esch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003–04 Regionalliga
The 2003–04 Regionalliga season was the tenth season of the Regionalliga tier three of the German football league system. It was contested in two geographical divisions with eighteen teams each. The competition began on 1 August 2003 with the first matches of each division and ended on the 5 June 2004. Team movements Teams Promoted to 2. Bundesliga From Nord *Erzgebirge Aue *VfL Osnabrück From Süd *SpVgg Unterhaching * Jahn Regensburg Teams Relegated from 2. Bundesliga To Nord *Eintracht Braunschweig * FC St. Pauli To Süd *SSV Reutlingen * SV Waldhof Mannheim Teams Relegated to Oberliga From Nord *SC Verl *SV Babelsberg 03 * Bayer Leverkusen II *Dresdner SC From Süd *Stuttgarter Kickers *Sportfreunde Siegen * SV Darmstadt 98 *Eintracht Frankfurt II *Borussia Neunkirchen Teams promoted from Oberliga To Nord *FC Schalke 04 II(Oberliga Westfalen Champions) *Sachsen Leipzig(NOFV-Oberliga Nord Champions) To Süd *VfB Stuttgart II(Oberliga Baden-Wür ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regionalliga Nord
The Regionalliga Nord ( en, Regional League North) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga Nordost, Regionalliga Südwest and the Regionalliga West. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the third tier. From 1963 to 1974, a Regionalliga Nord existed as the second tier of the German football league system, but it is not related to the current Regionalliga. Overview The Regionalliga Nord was introduced in 1994 along with three other Regionalligas, those being: * Regionalliga Süd *Regionalliga Nordost *Regionalliga West/Südwest The reason for its introduction was to create a highest regional league for the north of Germany and to allow its champions, and some years the runners-up too, to be directly promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. Prior to the introduction of the four Regionalliga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002–03 Regionalliga
The 2002–03 Regionalliga season was the ninth season of the Regionalliga at tier three (III) of the German football league system. The Regionalliga was split into two divisions, the Regionalliga Nord and the Regionalliga Süd. The league champions, Erzgebirge Aue and SpVgg Unterhaching, and the runners-up in both divisions, VfL Osnabrück and Jahn Regensburg, were promoted to the 2003–04 2. Bundesliga. Teams SV Babelsberg 03, 1. FC Saarbrücken, 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 and SpVgg Unterhaching came down from the 2001–02 2. Bundesliga, replacing VfB Lübeck, Eintracht Braunschweig, Wacker Burghausen and Eintracht Trier. Borussia Dortmund (A), Dynamo Dresden, Hamburger SV (A), 1. FC Köln (A), FC Augsburg, Eintracht Frankfurt (A) Borussia Neunkirchen and SC Pfullendorf were promoted from the Oberliga, replacing 1. FC Magdeburg, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Fortuna Köln, VfR Mannheim, VfB Stuttgart (A), SpVgg Ansbach and Borussia Fulda. Regionalliga Nord Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
