FC Einheit Rudolstadt is a German football club from Rudolstadt in the district of

Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Saalfeld-Rudolstadt is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the south of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Weimarer Land, Saale-Holzland, Saale-Orla, the district Kronach in Bavaria, and the districts Sonn ...

, Thuringia. The ground of the club is called ''Städtisches Stadion im Heinepark''. Currently they play their second season in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd.

Club history

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 II. DDR-Liga (English: ''2nd East German League'' or ''2nd GDR-League'') was, from 1955 to 1963, the third level of football competition in the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik or DDR; commonly East Germany). Ov ...

. 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 up to the DDR-Liga. After

German reunification German reunification (german: link=no, Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a united and fully sovereign state, which took place between 2 May 1989 and 15 March 1991. The day of 3 October 1990 when the Ge ...

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''.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. . In 2012 ''Einheit'' finished 3rd in the

Thüringenliga The Thüringenliga is the sixth tier (VI) of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Thuringia (german: Thüringen). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the league system ...

but was promoted to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd as 2nd placed ''

Eintracht Sondershausen Eintracht (German for ''accord, agreement, harmony'') may refer to German-language newspaper '' Eintracht'' 1922–2017 from Chicago or the following football and sports clubs: ''Germany'' * FC Eintracht Altona * Eintracht Bad Kreuznach * FC Ein ...

'' waived its promotion right.

First team squad 2014/15

Coaching staff

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

References

External links

Official website

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German football league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Einheit Rudolstadt Rudolstadt Einheit Football clubs in East Germany Football clubs in Thuringia Association football clubs established in 1950 1950 establishments in East Germany Rudolstadt Sport in Thuringia