FC Energie Cottbus
FC Energie Cottbus is a German football club from Cottbus. They are also known as ''Energie'' or ''Die Lausitzer''.
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 Gluckauf 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 Gluckauf 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
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: Gunter Dabow
1970-1971: Erich Luddecke
1971-1975: Manfred Kupferschmied
1976-1976: Dieter Schulz
1976-1977: Claus Kreul
1978-1980: Hans-Jurgen Stenzel
1980-1982: Dieter Schulz
1982-1982: Rudi Speer
1982-1984: Gunther Guttmann
1984-1990: Fritz Bohla
1990-1992: Hans-Jurgen Stenzel
1992-1994: Ulrich Nikolinski
1994-2004: Eduard Geyer
2004-2007: Petrik Sander
2007: Heiko Weber
2007-2009: Bojan Prasnikar
2009-: Claus-Dieter Wollitz
Other websites
Official website FC Energie Cottbus
1960s establishments in Germany
1966 establishments in Europe
German football clubs