|
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach, better known as Borussia Mönchengladbach () and colloquially known as just Gladbach, is a professional football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. They play in the Bundesliga, the top flight of German football. Nicknamed ''Die Fohlen'' (The Foals), the club has won five league titles, three DFB-Pokals and two UEFA Cup titles.:de:Kaiser-Friedrich-Halle">de Games at the new grounds go well, with a 5–1 win over Borussia Köln, which had inflicted a painful 0–11 loss on Borussia in 1903, as well as a 5–3 against Rheydt. The season as a whole was mediocre for Borussia, ending with five wins, four losses and a draw at 19 goals scored and 13 conceded in third place. Borussia qualified for a promotion tournament to determine the team to be promoted to A class, but lost 0–6 to Viktoria Mönchengladbach. The 1908–09 season was better for Borussia. After a 0–2 loss at home against F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kicker (sports Magazine)
''Kicker'' (stylized in all lowercase) is Germany's leading sports magazine, focused primarily on Association football, football. The magazine was founded in 1920 by German football pioneer Walther Bensemann and is published twice weekly, usually Monday and Thursday. Each edition sells around 80,000 copies. ''Kicker'' is a founding member of European Sports Media, an association of football publications. ''Kicker'' annually awards the most prolific scorer of the Bundesliga with the ''Kicker Torjägerkanone'' () award. It is equivalent to the Pichichi Trophy in Spanish football. The magazine also publishes an almanac, the ''Kicker Fußball-Almanach''. It was first published from 1937 to 1942, and then continuously from 1959 to date. They also publish a yearbook (''Kicker Fußball-Jahrbuch''). History ''Kicker'' was first issued in July 1920 in Konstanz, Germany. The magazine's headquarters were originally in Stuttgart before relocating to Nuremberg in 1926. During World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional football club (association football), football team, which plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Founded in 1909 by eighteen football players from Dortmund, they are nicknamed ''Die Schwarzgelben'' (The Black and Yellow), for the colours used in the club's crest. They hold a long-standing rivalry with Ruhr neighbours FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04, against whom they contest the Revierderby. They also contest Der Klassiker with FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich. Dortmund is the second largest sports club by membership in Germany, with about 218,000 members, making Borussia Dortmund the List of sports clubs by membership, fifth largest sports club by membership in the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VfB Gießen
VfB Gießen was a German football club based in Giessen, Hesse, that last played in the Gruppenliga Gießen-Marburg (VII). The club's greatest success was qualifying for the first round of the German Cup in 1979–80 and winning the tier three Amateurliga Hessen in 1962–63. History On 17 May 1956 ''SpVgg 1900 Gießen'' was merged with ''VfB 08 Gießen'' to become ''VfB 1900 Gießen''. ''VfB'' first one promotion to the tier three Amateurliga Hessen in 1951 and would play at this level for the next 31 consecutive seasons, mostly as mid-table side the club won the league in 1962–63 but was unable to earn promotion because of the reorganisation of the German football league system that season. ''VfB'' returned to its mid-table existence, never coming close to league title again until relegated from the league in 1982. In this area also fall the club's three Hesse Cup triumphs, won in 1964, 1972 and 1979. The later also allowed the club to take part in the 1979–80 DF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
