FC Einheit Rudolstadt is a German football club from Rudolstadt in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia. The ground of the club is called Städtisches Stadion im Heinepark. They play in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd.
Club history FC Einheit Rudolstadt was founded on 11 November 1950 as BSG Einheit Rudolstadt. In 1957, Rudolstadt, together with Stahl Silbitz and Chemie Elsterberg, succeeded in promotion to the II. DDR-Liga. The then-third-highest division of the GDR proved to be too strong for the East Thuringians, so after only one season Einheit and Motor Gotha were relegated back to the Bezirksliga.
In the Bezirksliga, Einheit acted solely at the local level in the Gera district and was used for the training of young players of FC Carl Zeiss Jena. Between rises and drops from and to the Bezirksklasse in the next decades, Einheit regained its resurgence in the Bezirksliga Gera. Its progress was stalled by city rivals Chemie Schwarza who repeatedly managed to rise to the DDR-Liga.
After German reunification in 1990, Einheit merged with the football section of Chemie Schwarza and was renamed FC Rudolstadt/Schwarza. In 1996, the two clubs de-merged. With Rudolstadt regaining the old name Einheit Rudolstadt and Schwarza rejoining SV Schwarza.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. . In 2012, Einheit finished 3rd in the Thüringenliga but was promoted to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd as 2nd placed Eintracht Sondershausen waived its promotion right.
First team squad 2014/15
No Nation Name Date of birth GK 1 Tim Ackermann 23.11.1988 23 Patrick Richter 09.08.1992 DF4 Christoph Grabinski 12.03.19906 René Kirsten 29.08.198510 Philipp Röppnack 21.11.198919 Marian Spanier 01.01.198821 Robert Stachowiak 28.02.199022 Georg Westrup 21.08.199224 Tino Langhammer 16.06.1989 25 Gary Häußler 06.05.1991 – Sven Kutzner 07.07.1986 – Robert Teske 26.06.1988 MF3 Sebastian Schröter 13.10.19875 Mykhaylo Kopolovets 29.01.1984 7 Rico Heuschkel 20.03.1987 8 Rene Rudolph 07.01.1986 13 Stefan Staskewitsch 26.10.1986 16 Christian Schultz 16.01.199617 Maciej Zielinski 15.09.1990 20 Marcel Schulz 11.07.1988 21 Bartosz Latuszek 15.09.1990 FW9 Steven Sonnenberg 22.10.1983 11 Benjamin Schröter 01.05.1989 15 Maik Müller 23.10.199418 Patrick Schröter 21.11.1990
Coaching staff Head coach: Holger Jähnisch Assistants: Thomas Rothe, Michael Schoke, René Just, Jörg Schneider
References
External links Official website Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Historical German football league tables