FC Energie Cottbus

Thery have been switching between the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga (second division) several times. Currently, they play in the 2nd division as they got relegated by 1.FC Nuremberg.
History
Energie Cottbus was founded in 1966 but the team had a lot of other names. The history goes back to 1919 where the club was originally founded by coal miners  as FSV Glückauf Brieske-Senftenberg. From 1924 to 1933 the club was called SV Sturm Grube Marga. In 1933 the club was banned by the Naziparty.

In 1949 the club was refounded as BSG Franz Mehring Grube, becoming BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost in 1950.The club was re-named SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg in 1954 and played in the DDR-Oberliga and was in the midfield of the table.In the early 1960s the club was relegated till  Cottbus Bezirksliga. One squad formed a new team in 1963 SC Energie Cottbus, the reserve team formed BSG Aktivist Senftenberg. The club still exists as FSV Glückauf Brieske-Senftenberg today.

After the German reunification Energie Cottbus was one of the few teams which played successfully in the German professional football. 
Recent seasons
 Season Division Position 1999–00 2. Bundesliga (II) 3rd (promoted) 2000–01 Bundesliga (I) 14th 2001–02 Bundesliga 13th 2002–03 Bundesliga 18th (relegated) 2003–04 2. Bundesliga (II) 4th 2004–05 2. Bundesliga 14th 2005–06 2. Bundesliga 3rd (promoted) 2006–07 Bundesliga (I) 13th 2007–08 Bundesliga 14th 2008–09 Bundesliga 16th (relegated) 2009–10 2. Bundesliga 9th2010–112. Bundesliga6th2011–122. Bundesliga14th2012–132. Bundesliga8th2013–142. Bundesliga18th(relegated)2014–153.Liga7th2015–163.Liga19(relegated)2016–17Regionalliga Nordost2nd2017–18Regionalliga Nordost1st(promoted)2018–193.Liga19th(relegated)2019–20Regionalliga Nordost3rd2020–21Regionalliga Nordost9th2021–22Regionalliga Nordost3rd2022–23Regionalliga Nordost1st
 Current squad 
As of 21 January 2011 

Honours
German Cup final 1997

 Manager history
 1963-1965: Willi Schober
 1965-1965: Helmut Trunschke
 1966-1967: Heinz Frenzel
 1967-1969: Helmut Beulich
 1969-1969: Günter Dabow
 1970-1971: Erich Lüddecke
 1971-1975: Manfred Kupferschmied
 1976-1976: Dieter Schulz
 1976-1977: Claus Kreul
 1978-1980: Hans-Jürgen Stenzel
 1980-1982: Dieter Schulz
 1982-1982: Rudi Speer
 1982–1984: Günther Guttmann
 1984–1990: Fritz Bohla
 1990–1992: Hans-Jürgen Stenzel
 1992–1994: Ulrich Nikolinski
 1994–2004: Eduard Geyer
 2004–2007: Petrik Sander
 2007: Heiko Weber
 2007–2009: Bojan Prašnikar
 2009–: Claus-Dieter Wollitz
Other websites
Official website FC Energie Cottbus

Category:1960s establishments in Germany
Category:1966 establishments in Europe
Category:German football clubs