Dynamo Dresden - 1.FC Kaiserslautern (1:3) (2.Bundesliga, 31. August 2012)
0:1 Bunjaku (29.), 1:1 Pote (67.), 1:2 Bunjaku (74.), 1:3 Fortuonis
Attendance: 29.507
Cost: 24.20EUR
Programme: Dynamo Kreisel
CLUB HISTORY: (thedugout.net)
In contradiction to many teams covered in the Spotlight series, Dynamo Dresden does not have a long lasting history dating back to the 19th century, early 20th century. However the history of this club isn't any less interesting, be it only because of its complexity. Originally known as SG Dresden-Friedrichstadt, then BSG VVB Tabak Dresden which saw the first club disbanded after supportor riots and later on SG Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden, as result of players not wanting to join the BSG VVB Tabak Dresden, the name Dynamo Dresden officially saw the light early 1950's. Officially The club was founded in the year 1953 as a the sport branch of one of the internal security services of the DDR, under the name Sportvereinigung Dynamo, only to be renamed to SG Dynamo Dresden a couple of days later and you probably guessed it, the SG Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden got disbanded because of this. Are you still following?
The club won the DDR-Oberliga in their official first year (1953) and obtained the national cup in the year before (as SG Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden) and would win the Oberliga 7 more times and the cup on 6 different occassions. In the meantime Dynamo was being used as a toy by the DDR government. In November 1954 the whole squad was moved to Berlin to form SC Dynamo Berlin. The year after Dynamo Dresden was moved in the 1. Liga, the second tier in the DDR to replace the defunct SC DHfK Leipzig. The 'extraction' of the squad however did have its consequences for the club and in 1957 the club found itself back in the 4th tier of DDR football. Fortunately for Dynamo Dresden things picked up again and in 1962 Dynamo was again present in the heighest tier, the DDR-Oberliga.
The 1970's saw Dynamo's manifestation as dominating power next to 1. FC Magdeburg in East Germany, winning the title 4 times. During the same decade they showed that teams from the former east Germany were certainly no pushovers. Securing a quarter final spot in Europe on 4 different occassions.
Though the 80's didn't bring in many titles, they still were a team to be feared in Europe. With again 2 quarter finals and one semi-final the Dresden team was a frequent flyer in Europe, be it under guard of the Stasi.
After the unification of Germany, Dynamo Dresden qualified itself for a position in the first Bundesliga, the top tier of nowadays Germany. Unfortunately for Dynamo, it soon became apparent that the club wasn't able to cope with the increasing financial interests of the 90's and after years of avoiding relegation Dynamo was placed back in the Regionalliga Nordost after losing their license due to a 5M euro debt. Dynamo had trouble recovering from this setback and even relegated to the 4th tier of German football. In the years after, they managed to get back into the Regionalliga (3rd Tier) and even the Second Bundesliga. Unfortunate Dynamo relegated again after 2 seasons.
With the arrival of the Third Bundesliga, Dynamo had high hopes of being able to make an instant impression and the club invested heavily in new players, to first secure a spot in the new established division, with direct promotion to the Second Bundesliga as a goal. Things went from bad to worse though and the plan failed. Dynamo remained in the Third Bundesliga ever since, until this season.
Dynamo won the DDR Oberliga on 8 different occassions, was runner-up on an equal amount of times. Won the cup 7 times and had 4 more finalist appearences. In 1989 Dynamo won the Intertoto-Cup and in the decades before they experienced a total of 7 quarter final appearences and 1 semi-final appearance in different European cup competitions. After the unification of Germany it became all quiet around Dynamo.
On May 20th 2011 at 20:30, 3rd place finished Dynamo Dresden found itself in a promotion/relegation match with Second Bundesliga club Osnabruck. Despite Dynamo having the better of the match, it ended in a 1:1 draw. The return in Osnabruck on the 24th became one hell of a match, with Osnabruck taking the lead in the 45th minute. Dresden then drew all with eventually extra time as a result. Dynamo then took control over the game and secured themselves a spot in the 2nd German Bundesliga.
HONOURS
DDR-Oberliga: 8
Champions 1953, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1989, 1990
FDGB-Pokal: 7 (Record, shared with 1. FC Magdeburg)
Winners 1952, 1971, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1990
UEFA Cup
Semi-final 1989
NOFV-Oberliga: 1
Winners 2002
Saxony Cup: 3
Winners 2003, 2007, 2009
GDR Junior Champion: 2
1982, 1985
Junge Welt Junior Cup: 2
1976, 1985
Indoor-Regio-Cup: 1
2007
Deutschland Cup: 1
1990
STADIUM HISTORY: (wiki)
Glücksgas Stadium is a football stadium in Dresden, Saxony. It is the current home of Dynamo Dresden. The facility had previously been known as the Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, but in December 2010, the naming rights were sold to Glücksgas, a Bavarian energy company. Sports facilities have existed on the physical site of the stadium since 1874, and the site noted an attendance of 270,000 people during the 1885 festival.
The former stadium was completed on June 16, 1923 at a cost of 500,000 German reichsmark allocated for the expansion of the existing Ilgen-Kampfbahn centrally located in the inner city. The football club Dresdensia was the first organization to use the new facility.
In 1953, the Sportvereinigung Dynamo took over the stadium and on September 23, 1953, the stadium was renamed for athlete Rudolf Harbig. In the summer of 1971, it was renamed Dynamo-Stadion for the football club Dynamo Dresden which used the stadium as its home ground. The capacity of the stadium was twice expanded: to 36,000 in 1976 and then to 38,500 in 1980. The current capacity is approximately 23,940 seats (220 roofed and 10,670 open). The usual capacity is often lowered where there are security concerns.
In 1990, the stadium was upgraded to meet German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) and FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association or International Federation of Association Football) standards and the national building code. This included improved security measures to help protect players and referees. Benches have been replaced by individual seats and the pitch was re-sodded, the first time since 1956 that the playing surface has been renewed with the €375,000 cost being borne by the city of Dresden. That same year, the facility was again named for Rudolf Harbig. Currently it is used primarily for football matches and still serves as the home of Dynamo Dresden.
Since January 1, 1992, the stadium has been under the control of the City of Dresden in order to protect the site should Dynamo Dresden ever face financial problems. On May 9, 2007, German sports magazine kicker reported that an agreement has been reached with the City to finance the complete renovation of the stadium into a modern 32,400-seat arena by 2009.
The stadium in its new form was completely opened on 15 September 2009 with a sold out friendly match against Schalke 04, which Dynamo lost 1–2. Some building work is expected to continue until the end of the year, but this match opened the new stadium to full capacity.
The first and only concert staged at the venue was a Wolfgang Petry concert on July 17, 1999, with about 5,000 people in attendance.
