FC Strausberg

German football club

Football club

FC Strausberg

Full name

Fußballclub Strausberg e.V.

Founded

1956^[1]

Ground

Energiearena (Strausberg)

Capacity

4,000

Manager

Steve Georges

League

NOFV-Oberliga Nord

2018–19

13th

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

FC Strausberg, simply known as Strausberg or FCS, is a German association football club based in Strausberg, the largest city in Märkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg. The club, that plays home games at the "Energiearena", has senior (players aged 35 years and over)^[2] and junior^[3] branches, including children.^[4]

History

The football club was founded in 1956 as Vorwärts Strausberg and it has mainly played in regional football leagues. Few years after German reunification, in 1995, the club was re-created with the current name, as the football department of the "KSC Strausberg",^[5] the local association regarding sport and culture.

Since 2005, Strausberg played in the Brandenburg-Liga, which was held in the following years with midfield places. In the 2012–13 season it won the championship and reached the NOFV-Oberliga Nord.^[6]^[7]

Honours

The club's honours:

Brandenburg-Liga
- Champions: 2013

Symbol and colors

The logo of the club represents an ostrich playing football in a blue and white shield. It is derived, as a parody, from the coat of arms of the town.

References

^ Founded as "Vorwärts Strausberg", renamed FCS in 1995
^ (in German) Senior football team on the FCS site^{[permanent dead link]}
^ (in German) Junior football teams on the FCS site^{[permanent dead link]}
^ (in German) Children's football team on the FCS site^{[permanent dead link]}
^ (in German) Infos onf KSC Strausberg official site
^ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
^ FC Strausberg at Fussball.de (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues