page_title: Kicker (sports magazine)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Kicker (sports magazine) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The head office of the “Kicker” sports magazine in Nuremberg with the Kicker statue in front of the main entrance Deutsch: Hauptsitz der Redaktion des “Kicker” Sportmagazins in Nürnberg mit der Kicker-Statue vor dem Haupteingang
context_page_description: kicker is Germany's leading sports magazine, focused primarily on football. The magazine was founded in 1920 by German football pioneer Walther Bensemann and is published twice weekly, usually Monday and Thursday. The Monday edition sells an average of 240,000 copies, while the Thursday edition has an average circulation of about 220,000 copies.
  The magazine also publishes a yearbook, the kicker Almanach. It was first published from 1937 to 1942, and then continuously from 1959 to date.
context_section_description: 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 II, the magazine merged with the publication Fußball, and was eventually discontinued in fall 1944. After the war, the magazine was again published (under the name Sport) by the newly incorporated Olympia-Verlag publishing company. Former chief editor Friedebert Becker again began publishing kicker in 1951, and for a number of years, both kicker and Sport appeared at the same time. In 1966, kicker was sold to Axel Springer AG. In 1968, Olympia-Verlag in Nuremberg acquired kicker and merged it with Sportmagazin, which had been published twice weekly since 1952. The first issue of the newly founded kicker-sportmagazin was released on 7 October 1968. Beside the two weekly publications, kicker provides a digital edition since 2012. The online version of kicker.de offers a broad live ticker for over 80 different international leagues. A mobile version of kicker.de can be found among others in the mobile portal of T-Mobile, Vodafone, O2 and E-Plus. In addition, the online magazine has three apps in the iTunes store.
caption: The head office of kicker in Nuremberg with the kicker statue in front of the main entrance
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