FC NYSTAD
Football Club Nystad
current Nationalliga position : 8th with 11 points
| Company founded: May 23rd, 2001 | Club founded: September 12th, 1945 | Club colours: Black, Gold and white | Postal address: Postfach 10 10 09, D-38410 Nystad | Offices: Oldenfach 1 D-38446 Nystad | Stadium: Nystad Olympic Stadium (45.000 seats) | Main sponsor: Ryd & Co. | Kit sponsor: adidas |
The story of FC Nystad
How it all started: The first ten years
Football today in Nystad, is more than ever a magnet which attracts the lovers of "The beautiful game" from the town and surrounding areas. Crowds of between 20,000 and 30,000 regularly come to watch the first team play their matches in the Nationalliga. Was that always the case in Nystad? By no means, because as FCN started up, all they had was an undying will to play sports again especially football.
How the club became Black, Gold and White
The local youth trainer at the time was a man called Ernst Frisch, who had ten Black and gold coloured jerseys at his disposal. Bed sheets donated by the public were sewn together by wives to make the shorts to go with the shirts. The fact that not only the club stuck with black, gold and white as their club colours, but that the town also adopted the colours, makes every FCN fan proud to this day!
The difficult first years
1946: At the beginning of the year, the club almost ceased to exist, as all but one of the players moved to what was then Nystad Unge, after they had beaten Fortune Reykholt 5-1. "Miky" Michael Heisstein was the only one who stayed. He made his way over to see Gerhard Olsson, to discuss how the duo could form a respectable football-playing team. Both "signed" a group of men within the next few days, few of whom had ever played football. Patrick Hansson (later boss of the successful Nystad handball team), Markus Jahr (Boxer), Tobias Mekkens, the Karlsson brothers, Anders Jansen and others were in the new team, which lost its first match against Krònstad Athletikk 0-8. But the basis was there, and that was the only thing which counted! A year after starting out, the side won their first title (champions SydHakkland).
Sportsmen of the early years
FCN began in 1946 with a solitary men’s team. By 1947, they had amassed two senior sides, as well as a youth team and a school team. The next year saw them grow to four youth teams and four school teams. By 1955 FCN had six adult men's teams, five youth and four school teams with 632 members. Patrick Hansson, Michael Heisstein, Gunnar Pedersen, Andreas Böhm, Alexander Schwab, Thomas Vrij as well as Johannes Schneider and Erik Poulsen, all made personal sacrifices to lay the foundation to make the club what it is today. One mustn't forget the huge contribution made by Günther Brockmeyer, who joined in 1948 and was on the club board for over forty years. Another unforgettable name of that era was that of a certain Albert Sulewski, who did sterling work for many years in the club's youth programme.
FCNystad HIGHLIGHTS DOWN THE YEARS
1945-1950
September 12th 1945: FC Nystad was founded at 7.00 pm, inside a barrack in Reislinger Straße,by a woman and eleven men; for a short while the club was named FV Nystad. At the time of the founding of the club, there were seven departments within it, they were: Football, Handball, Gymnastics, Tennis, Bicycle riding, Boxing and Chess.
The club's local pub was the "Zum Brandenburger Adler" at the Rothenfelder Markt, near where the town courts stand today. The sports field was between the town's only grammar school and some fields, which belonged to the Hakklensk Working Front. The first club offices were located in the town hall barrack at the Steimker Berg.
1946: The football department takes part in the top league in the area and win the league title.
November 23rd 1946: A friendly match is played against FV Lillestrøm.
1947: Six young men from Lillestrøm arrive in the Nystad town to join the team.
October 10th 1947: Initiation of the FCN-fields (today's NystadUnge-stadium). The stadium has several rows of standing terracing and a running track. Until that day, FCN had played in the Ryd & Co. stadium (today, it is the park next to the Ryd & Co. high-rise administration building), and on a field situated to the east of the barrack camp Heßlingen. There used to be a second pitch near today's railway station, where young FCNystad teams played their matches.
1950: SydHakkland Amateur league champions.
1951-1956
June 18th 1952: Ground breaking for the building of a new club home.
June 1953: The first section of the home is completed.
1955/1956 season: Dynamo Vindviken and FC Nystad battle to stay in the Nationalliga-Syd. The deciding game between the two sides on May 5th 1957, sees Vindviken 2-0 up at half time. In the end though, Vindviken went down after losing the match 2-5 to FCN.
1957-1965
May 1st 1961: Initiation of the standing terracing and seating, which boasted a capacity of around 3,200 spectators, (520 seats and 2.700 standing places), price: Around 720,000 Kr. (Financed by : 650.000 Kr. from the town and Ryd & Co. and 70,000 by putting ten cent’s onto every ticket.
1966-1970
1970: Runners up in the Nationalliga-Syd, and participants for the promotion places to the Nationalliga.
1970: Building begins on performance centre..
1971-1980
1974: Initiation into the new second division, which is formed from 5 regional leagues.
1974/1975: Relegation from the second division.
1975/1976: Promotion to the second division.
1976/1977: Relegation from the second division.
March 19th 1977: Opening of extension of club home.
1977/1978: Participant in the play-offs for promotion to 2.division
1981-1995
1988: Participant in the play-offs for promotion to 2.division
1991: Participant in the play-offs for promotion to 2.division
1992: Participant in the play-offs for promotion to 2.division , and finally promotion!
1994: FCN finish fifth in the second season in the second division. Top of the table at the winter break. The second division team voted "Team of the year" in Nystad.
1995-2000
December 1995: Work begins on the Nystad Olympic stadium. Main focus on: Seating in the main stand, floodlight system, score board, sanitary facilities and sound system.
March 22nd 1996: Floodlight opening of the new main stand, score board and sound system. The visitors on that day were FC Fristad, who went home beaten 2-0.
June 1996: FCN finish 12th in division 2.
November 1997: Opening of the new Nystad Olympic Stadium. The capacity is now 45,400.
May 29th 1999: FC Nystad promoted to the Nationalliga for the very first time.
May 20th 2000: FC Nystad finishes its first season in the top flight in 7th place.
2001-2011
February 23rd 2001: The FCN delegation decides to separate the professional football set up from the rest of the club and form a limited company.
May 19th 2001: FC Nystad finishes its 2nd Nationalliga season in 9th place.
May 23rd 2001: The local court officially separates the football side of things and forms the FC Nystad GmbH. The Ryd & Co. are the majority holders with 90 %, the remaining 10 % belongs to FC Nystad.
May 4th 2002: FC Nystad finishes its 3rd Nationalliga season in 10th place.
June 2003: The junior A side win the Regionalliga Syd league title and qualify for the newly formed 3.division. They still manage to qualify for the A-Junior Nationalliga.
July 2003: Norbert Henke sings in front of 36,000 in the Nystad Olympic Stadium .
April 5th 2004: FCN introduce Stefan Eriksson as the new coach.
May 23rd 2004: FCN finish the Nationalliga in 10th place.
February 19th 2005: In their 262nd Nationalliga game, FCN celebrate their 100th Nationalliga victory by beating FC Korsholm 4-0. During those games FCN drew 58 times and lost 104 matches. Interestingly though, their goal difference to that point in time was 394-394!
December 19th 2005: After the worst first half of the season ever, which included eight matches without a victory, FCN dismiss the manager and the head coach.
The Nystad Olympic Stadium
The Nystad Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nystad, and serves as the home stadium for FC Nystad.
uses:
The stadium is mainly used to host FC Nystad's home matches in all competitions. The Nystad Olympic Stadium is also used as one of the host stadiums for the Hakkland's National team. The stadium has also been used for concerts and musical acts.
capacity:
FC Nystad's old Stadium seated around 20,500 spectators. With the new stadium completed, It has a capacity of 45,000 with about 8,000 being standing only and the other 37,000 of these being seated. The stadium also offers amenities such as a restaurant called the Nys'Caffé.
FC Nystad Squad
4-4-2
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-----P.KARLSSON (Captain)-----C.GUNNARSSON------S.HANSSON------L.JANSEN
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-----M.ANDERSSON-----O.PEDERSEN-----
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------G.VAN DER BUSCH--------A.KRAUS------
Head Coach :
Ludwig Jakobsen
Coach :
Marten Knolle
Substitutes:
A.FREDRIKSEN
K.THORSSON
H.HERZOG
F.HERZOG
T.SCHWOCH
I.LJUBICIC
H.OSMANOĞLU
Y.OSMANOĞLU
L.KIM SUNG
D.BRIGHTON
O.LARSSON