Thomas Jens Uwe Doll is a German professional football manager and a former football player who is the current Manager of Persija Jakarta. He played as an attacking midfielder for F.C. Hansa Rostock, BFC Dynamo, Hamburger SV, Lazio, Eintracht Frankfurt and Bari.
The FDGB-Pokal was an elimination football tournament held annually in East Germany. It was the second most important national title in East German football after the DDR-Oberliga championship. The founder of the competition was East Germany's major trade union.
Olaf Marschall is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Leo Wilden was a German footballer who played as a defender. He featured in two 1962 World Cup Qualification matches for the West Germany national team.
Bodo Rudwaleit is a German former football goalkeeper who played as goalkeeper for the record champion BFC Dynamo from 1976 to 1989.
Football in Berlin, the capital of Germany, has a long history. The city contributed 24 of the 86 founders of the DFB, the German Football Association. The DFB Cup Final has been held every year at the Olympiastadion since 1985.
Werner Olk is a German former professional football player and manager.
Norbert Trieloff is a German former football player.
Frank Lieberam is a German former football player and manager.
Football club (FC) was a designation for a specially promoted club for elite football in East Germany. The football clubs were formed during the winter break 1965-1966 as centers of excellence in East German football. The football clubs enjoyed considerable advantages over other sports communities in East German football. In addition to the ten designated football clubs, SG Dynamo Dresden was also promoted in a similar way to the dedicated football clubs from 1968.
Steffen Heidrich is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Frank Rohde is a German former football player and coach.
Claus Kreul is a former football player and manager. He played in the DDR-Oberliga for FC Karl-Marx-Stadt and BSG Wismut Aue and later managed several Oberliga teams.
Günter Schröter, often nicknamed Moppel, was a German football player and coach who appeared in 39 matches for East Germany.
Ralf Sträßer is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Herbert Schoen was a German international footballer.
Waldemar Mühlbächer was a German footballer.
The history of BFC Dynamo began with the founding of sports club SC Dynamo Berlin in 1954. SC Dynamo Berlin entered the 1954-55 DDR-Oberliga after taking over the first team of SG Dynamo Dresden and its place in the league. The relocation was designed to provide the East German capital with a competitive team that could rival the teams from West Berlin. Prominent players in the team were Günter Schröter, Johannes Matzen, and Herbert Schoen. SC Dynamo Berlin captured its first trophy in the 1959 FDGB-Pokal. The team then finished the 1960 DDR-Oberliga as runners-up. However, the team of SC Dynamo Berlin in the 1960s would be relatively weak. It would be overshadowed in the capital by ASK Vorwärts Berlin.
The 1959 FDGB-Pokal was the eleventh edition of the FDGB-Pokal. The competition started with a qualifying round comprising the 30 finalists of the 15 regional district cups, 54 teams from the third tier II. DDR-Liga and 14 teams from the second tier DDR-Oberliga. The winners of the qualifying round then met the 14 teams from the first tier DDR-Oberliga in the First round.
