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| Full name | 1. Fußballclub Magdeburg e. V. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | FCM, Der Club (The Club) | |||
| Founded | 21 December 1965 | |||
| Ground | Avnet Arena | |||
| Capacity | 30,098[1] | |||
| President | Jörg Biastoch | |||
| Manager | Christian Titz | |||
| League | 2. Bundesliga | |||
| 2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga, 14th of 18 | |||
| Website | 1 | |||
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1. FC Magdeburg is a German Association football club based in Magdeburg. The club was founded in 1965 from the football department of the sports club SC Magdeburg and has been one of the top teams in the DDR-Oberliga, winning three championships and seven cup titles. By winning the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1974, the club became the only East German club to win a European trophy and also achieved the greatest success in its history. After German reunification, the club fell on hard times but returned to professional football in 2015 with the promotion to the 3. Liga. Afterwards the team managed in 2018 to climb up to the second division, in which the team plays today.
- ^ "Die Avnet Arena" (in German). 1. FC Magdeburg. Retrieved 25 October 2024.