FC Strausberg
Encyclopedia
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 his home games at the "Energiearena", has got a female and some junior branches, included children .
, in 1995, the club was re-created with the actual name, as football department of the "KSC Strausberg" , the local association regarding sport and culture.
playing football in a blue and white shield. It is derived, as a parody, from the coat of arms of the town.
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
based in Strausberg
Strausberg
Strausberg is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, located 30 km east of Berlin. With a population of 26,206 in 2010 it is the largest town in the district of Märkisch-Oderland.-History:...
, the largest city in Märkisch-Oderland
Märkisch-Oderland
Märkisch-Oderland is a Landkreis in the eastern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring are the district Barnim, the country Poland, the district-free city Frankfurt , the district Oder-Spree and the Bundesland Berlin...
, Brandenburg. The club, that plays his home games at the "Energiearena", has got a female and some junior branches, included children .
History
The football club was founded in 1956 as Vorwärts Strausberg and it has mainly played in regional football leagues. Few years after German reunificationGerman reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...
, in 1995, the club was re-created with the actual name, as football department of the "KSC Strausberg" , the local association regarding sport and culture.
Symbol and colors
The logo of the club represents an ostrichOstrich
The Ostrich is one or two species of large flightless birds native to Africa, the only living member of the genus Struthio. Some analyses indicate that the Somali Ostrich may be better considered a full species apart from the Common Ostrich, but most taxonomists consider it to be a...
playing football in a blue and white shield. It is derived, as a parody, from the coat of arms of the town.