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Uwe Dittus
Uwe Dittus (born 3 August 1959) is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder throughout the 1980s. Career Dittus played his youth football by amateur club 1. FC 08 Birkenfeld. He started playing professionally in 1979 with Karlsruher SC under head-coach Manfred Krafft in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was very difficult for Dittus here to start with, because at first he was simply not strong enough to keep up with the older experienced players. Trainer Krafft had recognized the talent of the youngster Dittus and promoted the midfield player. At the end of the 1979–80 2. Bundesliga Süd Dittus and the team won promotion. During seven seasons he went on to make over 200 appearances for the club before he left in 1986 to join Viktoria Aschaffenburg. He played at Viktoria for just one season and signed for Belgium's F.C. Winterslag in 1987. He was there for just one season. Dittus joined FC Basel during the winter break of their 1987 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkenfeld
Birkenfeld () is a town and the district seat of the Birkenfeld district in southwest Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is also the seat of the like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde''. The town itself has approximately 7,000 inhabitants. Geography Location The town lies in the Nahegebiet (Nahe area), to the north of the namesake river, on the edge of the ''Naturpark Saar-Hunsrück''. Birkenfeld lies roughly 13 km southwest of Idar-Oberstein and 12 km northwest of Baumholder. Neighbouring municipalities Clockwise from the north, these are Gollenberg, Elchweiler, Schmißberg, Rimsberg, Dienstweiler, Ellweiler, Dambach, Brücken, Buhlenberg and Ellenberg. History The name Birkenfeld has its origin in an old German dialect, Old Frankish. It means something rather like “at the field with the birches” (it is directly cognate with the English words “birch field”). From the name's Frankish roots it can be inferred that today's town arose on a spot where there was qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bernauer
Peter Bernauer (born 10 September 1965) is a former German professional football player who played in the late 1980s and the 1990s as defender. He is a successful business manager of a Swiss Pharmaceutical company. Football career Peter Bernauer was brought up in Rickenbach, Baden-Württemberg. As a youngster he played Basketball for his local club and was called into the German national team. He played his youth football at the small club FC Bergalingen. Later he moved to FC Wehr 1912 and started his senior football career by SV 08 Laufenburg. After good performances for Laufenburg, Peter Bernauer trained on a trial basis with FC Aarau under head-coach Ottmar Hitzfeld. But at that time, the Aarau squad already had Uwe Wassmer and two other foreigners on their payroll, therefore for Bernauer, a commitment didn't work out. Bernauer joined the FC Basel's first team in their 1987–88 season and signed his first professional contract under head-coach Urs Siegenthaler. After play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Births
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Pur (band)
Pur is a German pop band from Bietigheim-Bissingen. History The group was initially founded in 1975 under the name ''Crusade'' by Roland Bless and Ingo Reidl. Their first releases came out under the name Opus, but after an Austrian band with the same name had a huge hit single in Germany in 1985, they switched to the name Pur. Pur's first hit single in Germany was "Lena", released in 1990. In the 1990s and 2000s they had a string of number 1 albums in Germany. The producer of Pur was Dieter Falk from 1990 to 1998. The ThyssenKrupp ThyssenKrupp AG (, ; stylized as thyssenkrupp) is a German industrial engineering and steel production multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate. It is the result of the 1999 merger of Thyssen AG and Krupp and h ... commercials use a song named ''Abenteuerland'', with a slogan named ''Developing the future''. Discography Further reading *Larmann, Ralph, Pur: Unsere Geschichte in Fotografien & Texten. te Neues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Cup
The Swiss Cup (; ; ; ) is a football cup tournament that has been organised annually since 1925–26 by the Swiss Football Association. Since 1999 the winner earns the chance to qualify for the UEFA Europa League or the UEFA Europa Conference League in accordance with the rankings of the Swiss nation in the UEFA coefficient. Forerunners The forerunners of the Swiss Cup were the Anglo Cup and the Och Cup. Anglo Cup and winners The Anglo Cup (named after the Zurich sports magazine "Anglo-American") was played from 1909–10 to 1912–13. Och Cup and winners The Och Cup (named after the sporting goods company "Och Frères") was played in 1920–21 and 1921–22. The Swiss football and athletics association (which was how the Swiss Football Association was called between 1919 and 1955) stated the following in its annual report: “The well-known sports company Och Frères has provided the football department with a cup called the Och Cup. This cup is intended to replace th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Super League
The Swiss Super League (known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 season. As of January 2022, the Swiss Super League is ranked 14th in Europe according to UEFA's ranking of league coefficients, which is based upon Swiss team performances in European competitions. The 2022–23 season will be the 126th season of the Swiss top-flight, making it the longest continuously running top-flight national league. Overview The Super League is played over 36 rounds from the end of July to May, with a winter break from mid-December to the first week of February. Each team plays each other four times, twice at home and twice away, in a round-robin. As teams from both Switzerland and Liechtenstein participate in the Swiss football leagues, only a Swiss club finishing in first place will be crowned champion—should a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990–91 Nationalliga A
Statistics of Swiss National League A in the 1990–91 football season. Overview It was contested by 12 teams, and Grasshopper Club Zürich won the championship. First stage Table Results Second stage Championship group Table Results Promotion/relegation group Group A =Table= = Results = Group B =Table= = Results = Sources Switzerland 1990–91 at RSSSF {{DEFAULTSORT:1990-91 Nationalliga A Swiss Football League seasons Swiss 1990–91 in Swiss football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987–88 Nationalliga A
Statistics of Swiss National League A in the 1987–88 football season. Overview It was contested by 12 teams, and Neuchâtel Xamax won the championship. First stage Table Results Second stage Championship group Table Results Promotion/relegation group Group A =Table= = Results = Group B =Table= = Results = Sources Switzerland 1987–88 at RSSSF {{DEFAULTSORT:1987-88 Nationalliga A Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internation ... 1987–88 in Swiss football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Challenge League
The Challenge League is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system and lower of two professional leagues in the country. Ten teams play in the Challenge League; the winners of the league are promoted to the Super League, while the bottom-placed team is relegated to the Promotion League. 2022–23 clubs Promotion/Relegation from 2021–22 season *FC Lausanne-Sport (10th) was relegated from the Swiss Super League. *FC Winterthur was promoted to the Swiss Super League. *SC Kriens was relegated to the Promotion League. *AC Bellinzona was promoted from the Promotion League. History Serie B and Serie Promotion The Serie B was first carried out in 1898. In the year before, Genevan newspaper ''La Suisse Sportive'' organized the first inofficial Swiss Championship, where the ''Coupe Ruinart'' was awarded to Grasshopper Club Zürich. The first Serie B was competed for this same cup. The final game was held between Cantonal Lausanne, FC Bern, and Vereinigte S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Nadig
Peter Nadig (born 20 February 1965) is a former Swiss footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s as midfielder or as striker. Career Nadig played his youth football with local team Basel. He advanced to their first team for their 1983–84 season and signed his first professional contract under manager Ernst-August Künnecke. After playing in 12 test games, Nadig played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium on 11 March 1984 as Basel played a 1–1 draw with Sion. He collected his first yellow card in the same game. He scored his first goal for his club in the home game on 28 April and it was the last goal of the game in the 22nd minute as Basel won 3–0 against Zürich. Nadig played five season with the club and received a call up to the Swiss national team. But with Basel, apart from three titles in the Uhrencup, he had no big successes. In their 1987–88 season his teammates included goalie Urs Suter, the defenders Peter Bern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Herr
Dominique Herr (born 25 October 1965 in Basel) is a Swiss former football defensive midfielder who played throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Club career Herr started his youth football at local club FC Basel. He advanced to their first team for their 1985–86 season and signed his first professional contract under manager Ernst-August Künnecke. Herr played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium on 9 December 1984 as Basel won 1–0 against Young Boys. In this and the following season he was a squad player, but played mainly for the FC Basel Under-21s for the first couple of seasons. In his first season Herr had just seven league appearances and in their 1985–86 season Herr had just five league appearances under head-coach Helmut Benthaus. Herr broke into the first-team during their 1986–87 season, playing 31 games over the course of the entire campaign. He scored his first goal for his club in the last game of the regular seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Knup
Adrian Knup (born 2 July 1968) is a Swiss former professional football striker who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He was capped 49 times and scored 26 goals for the Switzerland national team between 1989 and 1996, including three games at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. From 2009 to 2017 he worked as the head coach of the youth sector at FC Basel and was also the vice president of the club between 2012 and 2017. Club career Knup played his youth football with local team Basel. He advanced to their first team for their 1985–86 season and signed his first professional contract under manager Helmut Benthaus. After playing in one test match, Knup played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game at the St. Jakob Stadium on 19 April 1986 as Basel won 5–0 against Baden. In his first season Knup had just seven league appearances. During their 1986–87 season Knup advanced and became a regular in the starting team. Knup was a typical No. 9 and was famed for the power he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
