Full name | Deutscher Sport-Club Arminia Bielefeld | |||
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Nickname(s) | Die Arminen, Die Blauen (The Blues) | |||
Founded | 3 May 1905 | as 1. Bielefelder FC Arminia|||
Ground | Bielefelder Alm (SchücoArena) | |||
Capacity | 27,300 | |||
President | Hans-Jürgen Laufer[1] | |||
Head coach | Frank Kramer | |||
League | 3. Liga | |||
2023–24 | 3. Liga, 14th of 20 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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DSC Arminia Bielefeld (pronounced [ˌdeːʔɛsˈtseː ʔaʁˈmiːni̯a ˈbiːləfɛlt]; full name: Deutscher Sportclub Arminia Bielefeld e.V. [ˈdɔʏtʃɐ ˈʃpɔʁtklʊp ʔaʁˈmiːni̯a ˈbiːləfɛlt]; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (German pronunciation: [aʁˌmiːnia ˈbiːləfɛlt] (listen)), also known as Die Arminen [diː ˈʔaʁmiːnən] or Die Blauen [diː ˈblaʊən]), or just Arminia (pronounced [aʁˌmiːnia] (
listen)), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating, and cue sports. The club has 12,000 members and the club colours are black, white and blue.[2] Arminia's name comes from the Cheruscan chieftain Arminius, who defeated a Roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.