1. CfR Pforzheim

1. Club für Rasenspiele Pforzheim 1896 e.V., commonly known as 1. CfR Pforzheim is a football club based in Pforzheim, Germany. The club play in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, which is the fifth tier of football in the country.

1. CfR Pforzheim
Full name1. Club für Rasenspiele
Pforzheim 1896 e.V.
Short name1. CfR
Founded3 July 2010 (2010-07-03)
GroundStadion im Brötzinger Tal
Capacity10,000
ChairmanMarkus Geiser
ManagerGökhan Gökçe
LeagueOberliga Baden-Württemberg
2018–1911th
WebsiteClub website

History

On 3 July 2010. The club was formed, when the two local rivals 1. FC Pforzheim and VfR Pforzheim merged to form 1. CfR

Of the two clubs, 1. FC Pforzheim had been the more successful side, even making a losing appearance in the German football championship final in 1906. In the more recent past, the club had won a championship in the then tier-three Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 1991. Since 2004, 1. FCP had mainly been playing in the Verbandsliga Nordbaden, where it won a league title in 2006. It was this league place, the new club inherited, entering the Verbandsliga from 2010 onwards. The club also claims 1896, the formation year of 1. FCP, as its historical founding date.

VfR Pforzheim had spent most of its history in the shadow of 1. FC Pforzheim. The two clubs last encountered each other in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg for three seasons from 1992 to 1995. VfR finished runners-up in this league in 1994–95 but, missing out on promotion, decided to withdraw to lower amateur league football for financial reasons. The club's final two seasons were spent in the tier eight Kreisliga Pforzheim, before it merged with its rival.

In its inaugural season, 2010–11, the club finished seventh in the Verbandsliga Baden and had set its aim for the 2011–12 season to finishing in the top five of the league.[1]

In 2014, it came only seventh but finished runners-up in the league the season after and qualified for the promotion round to the Oberliga. It defeated Radolfzell and SV Göppingen to win Oberliga promotion.

Stadium
Panoramic view of the stadium

The club has played its home games at the Stadion im Brötzinger Tal is a stadium in Pforzheim, Germany. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 people all seater. The club originally favoured the Holzhof as its permanent home ground but was unable to obtain permission from the local council to develop the ground because of its location in a protected zone.[1]

Players

Current squad
As of 10 January 2018[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Manuel Salz
2 FW  GER Alan Delić
3 DF  GER Benjamin Sturm
4 DF  GER Zvonimir Borac
5 DF  JPN Akiyoshi Saito
6 MF  GER Serach von Nordheim
7 MF  GER Eldin Hadžić
8 MF  GER Denis Gudzevic
9 FW  GER Sven Bode
10 MF  TUR Cemal Durmus
11 FW  BRA Joao Tardelli
12 GK  GER Stravros Eirinikos
13 FW  GER Dominik Salz (captain)
14 MF  GER Julian Grupp
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  GER Tim Schwaiger
17 MF  GER Raphael App
20 DF  GER Robert Stark
21 GK  GER Xaver Pendinger
23 FW  GER Anthony Jarvis Coppola
26 MF  KVX Besart Krasinci
27 FW  TUR Salman Can Torun
30 MF  KVX Kushtrim Lushtaku
37 DF  USA Toni Suddoth
42 MF  GER Laurin Masurica
44 FW  GER Theofilos Jan Orfanidis
71 DF  GER Ruben Seyram Reisig
— FW  KVX Kreshnik Lushtaku

Personnel
As of 4 January 2018[2]
Current technical staff
Position Name
Head coach Gökhan Gökçe
Assistant coach Markus Zörrer
Goalkeeping coach Toma Trocha
Physiotherapist Dirk Jautze
Doctor Jürgen Irschina

References
  1. "Erste Weihnachtsfeier des CfR Pforzheim". Pforzheimer Zeitung. 12 December 2010. Archived from the original on 12 December 2010.
  2. "Erste Mannschaft–Kader". 1. CfR Pforzheim.
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