Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl was a German association football club based in Eisenhüttenstadt in

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. The club dissolved in 2016 and merged into FC Eisenhüttenstadt. FC Eisenhüttenstadt plays in the sixth tier

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as of the 2021–22 season.

History

The predecessor of Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl was founded as enterprise sports community BSG Stahl Fürstenberg Ost in Fürtstenberg in Bezirk Frankfurt in 1950. The football team was admitted to the new third tier Bezirksliga Frankfurt an der Oder in 1952. The community of Stalinstadt was built nearby for the workers of the local ironworks, and so the team was known as BSG Stahl Stalinstadt from 1953. Fürstenberg, Stalinstadt and the village of Schönfließ were merged to form Eisenhüttenstadt in late 1961. The sports community was thus renamed BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt. ''Stahl'' played as a second division side in

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just two forays into the first tier

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. In 1970–71, the team was relegated from the Oberliga to Bezirksliga Frankfurt (III) for "damaging the principles of socialist society" when it became too obvious that they were paying their players. After

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in 1990, the side took on its current name and appeared in the last

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final in

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, losing to league champions Hansa Rostock by a score of 1–0. This qualified for them for the following year's

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. They were eliminated in the first round, by

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. That was the high point for the club which slipped into the third tier

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. The club became part of the new

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in 1994 and played at this level until the league was disbanded in 2000. ''Stahl'' then returned to the Oberliga for the next five seasons. Late in 2004, the club went

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, withdrew from competition and had their results annulled. They recovered themselves sufficiently to be able to field a side in Verbandsliga Brandenburg but dropped down to the Landesliga for the 2013–14 season. It won its division and made an immediate return to the Brandenburg-Liga.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German domestic league tablesEisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl at Fussball.de
Tables and results of all German football leagues ''Stahl'' was part of a merger creating ''FC Eisenhüttenstadt'' in June 2015 and folded into that club one year later. FC Eisenhüttenstadt played in the

as of the 2020–21 season.

Honours

The club's honours: *

** Division champions: 1969, 1989 *

** Runners-up: 1994 * Brandenburg Cup ** Winners: 1992, 1993, 2002 ** Runners-up: 1997, 1998 *

** Runners-up: 1991

References

External links

Fan page of Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl

Official website of FC Einsenhüttenstadt
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eisenhuttenstadter FC Stahl Defunct football clubs in Germany Football clubs in East Germany Defunct football clubs in Brandenburg Association football clubs established in 1990 1990 establishments in Germany Association football clubs disestablished in 2016 2016 disestablishments in Germany Works association football clubs in Germany