The club was basically founded during the Soviet occupation and came to life as 1948 SG Freiimfelde Halle. A year later it was renamed to ZSG Union Halle, and they celebrated by winning the eastern zone championship. They repeated the feat in 1952. The Commies liked changing things, so the next year, they had a new name BSG Turbine Halle, which lasted 4 years, when it became SC Chemie Halle-Leuna. In 1958, they jettisoned Leuna...
In 1966, all across the GDR, soccer clubs were then seperated from combined sports clubs, with another corresponding name change. This time they were known as FC Chemie Halle, and were a fixture in the DDR-Oberliga, usually around midtable. The current name was chosen in 1991. After a short stay in the 2.Liga and maintaining itself in the 3rd level Oberliga, things started going downhill.
In 1997, politics entered the fray as well. The CDU sponsored an effort to get the stadium renamed by digging up dirt on the individual after whom the stadium was named. It was voted down by rival parties. A week later the most tragic event in club history happened. Prior to the local derby with VfL, a prematch parachute jump to deliver the game ball turned into a disaster. The parachute failed to open, and the diver crashed into the crowd, killing himself and 3 other fans.
Fullname | Hallescher Fußball-Club e.V.
City |
Halle (Sachsen-Anhalt). Pop: 243,000
(2002)
| Address |
Kantstraße, 06110 Halle (Saale) | Phone: (0345) 4 44 12 93, Fax: (0345) 4 44 16 16 E-mail: club@HallescherFC.de Colors |
Red jersies, white shorts
| Nickname |
Chemie
| Stadium |
Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion Capacity: 24,000 | Built in 1936. Wabbel was a communist resistance member who died in a Nazi KZ in 1944. Ironically, the stadium was known as the "Horst-Wessel-Stadion" after the SA-leader during Nazi days. The sculptures of workers at the stadium were also constructed in this era. Tickets |
Very reasonable. 2004: 5-7 euros
| Supporters |
Averaged 2,048 in 2004 (Oberliga). There are some 40 fan clubs, many
listed on the HFC web site. Some, like
the Alte Kamaraden have their own web pages. Generally speaking,
HFC is more popular than rival VfL, although in recent years it has had
less success.
| Friends |
VfB Leipzig.
|
Foes |
Obviously city rival VfL Halle. In 2000, a deranged proposal to
"fusion" VfL and HFC was sensibly voted down by both memberships. 1.FC
Magdeburg is another rival.
| Heroes |
| Zeroes |
| Beer |
Köthener
|
Grub and Pub |
| The Net |
The official site is open for business at
www.hallescherfc.de
| |
HFC Chemie Halle
1965-66 (*) DDR Oberliga 11th
1966-67 (*) DDR Oberliga 11th
1967-68 (*) DDR Oberliga 10th
1968-69 (*) DDR Oberliga 11th
1969-70 (*) DDR Oberliga 10th
1970-71 (*) DDR Oberliga 3rd
1971-72 (*) DDR Oberliga 6th
1972-73 (*) DDR Oberliga 14th
1973-74 (*) DDR-Liga, Staffel C 1st
1974-75 (*) DDR-Oberliga 11th
1975-76 (*) DDR-Oberliga 8th
1976-77 (*) DDR-Oberliga 7th
1977-78 (*) DDR-Oberliga 6th
1978-79 (*) DDR-Oberliga 6th
1979-80 (*) DDR-Oberliga 7th
1980-81 (*) DDR-Oberliga 8th
1981-82 (*) DDR-Oberliga 11th
1982-83 (*) DDR-Oberliga 11th
1983-84 (*) DDR-Oberliga 14th
1984-85 (**) DDR-Liga, Staffel B 2nd
1985-86 (**) DDR-Liga, Staffel B 2nd
1986-87 (**) DDR-Liga, Staffel B 1st
1987-88 (*) DDR-Oberliga 5th
1988-89 (*) DDR-Oberliga 9th
1989-90 (*) DDR-Oberliga 9th
1990-91 (*) NOFV-Oberliga Nordost 4th
Hallescher FC
1991-92 (II) 2.Bundesliga Sud 11th
1992-93 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordost 2nd
1993-94 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordost 8th
1994-95 (IV) Oberliga Nordost 16th
1995-96 (V) Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt 7th
1996-97 (V) Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt 1st
1997-98 (IV) Oberliga Nordost/Sud 13th
1998-99 (V) Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt 2nd
1999-00 (V) Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt 1st
2000-01 (IV) Oberliga NOFV-Süd 10th
2001-02 (IV) Oberliga NOFV-Süd 7th
2002-03 (IV) Oberliga NOFV-Süd 5th
2003-04 (IV) Oberliga NOFV-Süd 4th
2004-05 (IV) Oberliga NOFV-Süd 4th
2005-06 (IV) Oberliga NOFV-Süd 4th
2006-07 (IV) Oberliga NOFV-Süd 7th
2007-08 (IV) Oberliga NOFV-Süd 1st
2008-09 (IV) Regionalliga Nord 2nd
2009-10 (IV) Regionalliga Nord 4th
2010-11 (IV) Regionalliga Nord
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