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NICKNAME – Die Arminen, Die Blauen (The Blues)
FOUNDED – 1905
LOCATED IN – Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia
STADIUM – SchücoArena
ON FOOT – 15 minutes from Bielefeld Train Station
CAPACITY – 26,515
RELEGATED – 2022
BEST LEAGUE FINISH – 8th (Twice)
BEST DFB POKAL RUN – SF (Twice)
RECORD GOALSCORER – Fabian Klos (166)
2022/2023 FINISH – 16th (2. Bundesliga)

FIVE FACTS ABOUT ARMINIA BIELEFELD
1. Arminia is named after Arminius, a general of the Cherusci, who won a famous battle over the Romans in the Teutoburg Forest.
2. The stadium is traditionally known as the “Alm” (Alpine field), due to the poor state of the original pitch, which was “only missing cows”.
3. Nicknamed the “Elevator Club”, they share the record for most promotions to the 1. Bundesliga with Nürnberg.
4. Iran’s Ali Daei, the second-highest international scorer of all time after Cristiano Ronaldo, played here for a season in the 1990s.
5. Bielefeld are friends of Hamburg and Hannover, but rivals of Münster, Bochum and Osnabrück.

FIVE FACTS ABOUT BIELEFELD
1. Once known as the “City of Linen”, Bielefeld printed banknotes on fabric (“Stoffgeld”) in the 1920s.
2. Film director Friedrich Murnau, best-known for his Dracula movie, “Nosferatu”, was born here.
3. The Teutoburg Forest is an integral part of the city, boasting numerous cycle paths and walking trails.
4. The Dr Oetker food processing company is also based here.
5. Bielefeld doesn’t actually exist.

INTERESTING VIDEO LINKS
Club anthem
“Arminia ist wieder da”
“Arminia, wie schön sind deine Tore!”
A look around Bielefeld

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Arminia Bielefeld, Augsburg, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Bochum, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia MG, Darmstadt, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Freiburg, Greuther Fürth, Heidenheim, Hertha Berlin, Hoffenheim, Köln, Leipzig, Mainz, Paderborn, Schalke, Stuttgart, Union Berlin, Werder Bremen, Wolfsburg