Exploring The FALLEN GIANT Stuck in Germany's 3rd Division 😲 DYNAMO DRESDEN

Arguably East Germany's BIGGEST and most successful club, Dynamo Dresden boasts 8 league titles and 7 domestic cups - the East German versions of the Bundesliga and DFB Pokal. Despite dominance from BFC Dynamo in Berlin, the DDR-Oberliga was a league Dresden enjoyed years of success in. BUT... obviously when the Berlin Wall came down and the reunification of East and West Germany happened, the merging of these 2 football worlds didn't really go to plan... for the East Germans anyway 😬🇩🇪 Over the years, clubs from the East such as Dynamo Dresden and struggled in the modern league system. Increased competition on the pitch, paired with competition financially has left these once thriving and successful football clubs, stranded in the 3rd tier of German Football ⚽️ Has the German league system failed them or was this just inevitable after reunification⁉️ We WILL be back for at least one game at the Rudolf Harbig Stadion this season, hopefully vs their arch rivals Aue in February! 🔥
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#dynamodresden #football #stadiumtour

[@RysFootyParadise]

Back down London tomorrow for a couple little videos 👍🏾 …still a bit Man-Flu’d up 🤢 but the channel needs content ey…

[@pentu7738]

9:46 nice seat to chill at the Elbe. I think the popularity of allotment(garden) brought that product to life

[@Qiunell]

I live 45 minutes away from Dresden by car, and my town of 20.000 people is clattered with Dynamo graffiti and stickers, roughly an hour around Dresden is considered "Dynamoland". Just to give you glimpse of how big Dynamo is in our hearts

[@Truthbombendropper91]

Erzähl doch nicht son Quatsch.

[@maurice1192s]

You should have a look on the highlights of yesterday's derby between Dynamo Dresden and Energie Cottbus. The supporters and the game itself were spectacular. The last time this match was played, is 6 years ago already and it's one of our big eastern-derbies - so there's a big rivalry between them. Pretty decent atmosphere for a third-division-match.

[@macwurmi9824]

Thank you for the Video from my hometown and my favorite club, where i was able to play for 3 years as a child. The Town, the region and the fans certainly deserve to be in the 2nd or 1st Bundesliga, but we have had bad luck with investors in the past. For this reason, the members have a great right to have a say in the club, unlike Red Bull Leipzig, for example, which has no members. If you are back in Dresden for a game, let us know and we will really experience Dynamo.

[@GrandTheftChris]

Finally someone is mentioning the D.E.F.C. from 1873 which was indeed the first football club outside of Great Britain. Not many know that, not even in Dresden. English guest workers used to play on a lawn approximately where todays Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion is located. In 1898 the Dresdner SC was found, partly by former members of the DEFC. They won the cup in 1940 and 1941 and the championship in 1943 and 1944. After the war the GDR regime did everything to destroy the club (because DSC was upper class and not working class) and supported the newly found Dynamo club instead. The DSC got banned and only restarted in 1990. After a quick rise to 3rd tier in the 90s they fell to 7th tier. They have their own home, the Heinz-Steyer-Stadion and a crazy history. Maybe you can make a video about that club as well. Love from Dresden.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Thanks for the info mate 😊 I made another video on DEFC but didn’t go beyond their early years so will be very interesting to check out more of the recent history

[@seanlocke2228]

You should look into one of the big upsets of world football when East Germany beat West Germany in the 1970’s in a World Cup. The only time the two sides met.

[@RysFootyParadise]

good shout mate, yeah I was reading up on that the other day. Fascinated by East German football

[@user-sb7vx8zq7w]

To be honest - it was a dead-rubber. West-Germany lost, yes, but they avoided a group with Brazil, Netherlands and Argentina. They faced Yugoslawia, Sweden and Poland instead. Losing was a no- brainer.

[@gregormothes4107]

DDR Citizens know, where they were when Sparwasser scores

[@user-sb7vx8zq7w]

@@gregormothes4107 The absolute majority of the DDR citizens supported West-Germany.

[@pentu7738]

@@user-sb7vx8zq7w 14yo spotted

[@patrickpatel5527]

Great video. Love it! You know I personally feel it is unfair that Dynamo Dresden’s DDr-Oberliga title records and other cup feats is ignored by the west German clubs. I personally feel they have made the same achievement as the Bundesliga champions so it ought to be included as their present day first division title records for example just like how Liverpool’s 2019-20 Premier League title was added to their 18 First Division titles making it 19 altogether. Anyway I thoroughly enjoyed your video. Always entertaining and informative 🫡♥️⚽️

[@RysFootyParadise]

thanks again for the support mate & glad you enjoyed the video

[@francograpelli3060]

You can not compare this. The PL is the successor of the old First Division while DDR league was in another country, a better second division. When GDR teams played first time in Western league all GDR teams in 2nd Bundesliga Northern and Southern Division three out of six teams ended on the last places and were relegated. In First Division Dresden ended on place 14 while Rostock was relegated. Ten years later Hansa Rostock was the only ex GDR team that remained in the first wo leagues.

[@repu7077]

​@@francograpelli3060Because the best players from the eastern clubs were signed by western clubs. Lots of good players like Ulf Kirsten and Matthias Sammer.

[@GrandTheftChris]

@@francograpelli3060 What nonsense. Football clubs were on par in west and east. In 1990 Dynamo Dresden won the Deutschland Cup against Bayern München. The reason for the downfall was they lost their best players as @repu7077 correctly stated. Then some dubious business men ruined the clubs like Otto in Dresden. End of story.

[@AJAmericano]

100%

[@aidygooner]

It's actually disgusting how East German teams were mega disadvantaged by having less than a handful of their teams join the Bundesliga after reunification. Dynamo Dresden and BFC Dynamo (Dynamo Berlin who aren't allowed to be called that because of "Soviet" connections) would've been Bundesliga mainstays if ran properly and not shafted to the lower leagues like the majority of East German teams.

[@RysFootyParadise]

absolutely mate. Like 2nd class citizens. I've got a feeling they'll break the mould and return to the Bundesliga (Dresden anyway)

[@aidygooner]

@@RysFootyParadise BFC Dynamo have bottled promotion in recent seasons from the 4th tier so we could've had the return of the Dynamo rivalry between Berlin and Dresden. Hopefully Dresden rises up the leagues like Union Berlin recently

[@roberthassler9821]

Sadly both are right winged AF (BFC even more)

[@Nick321E5F]

Dynamo Dresden🖤💛

[@christophbohme558]

Super Video vom besten Verein der Welt. ❤❤❤ einmal Dynamo,immer Dynamo. Meine Heimat - mein Verein. 🤟🤟🤟🤗🤗🤗

[@RysFootyParadise]

Ich hoffe, Dynamo Dresden gegen Aue im Februar zu sehen

[@mikewagner2632]

While Dynamo Dresden and Aue don't really love each other, the fans of Dynamo Dresden and Zwickau are befriended.

[@christophbohme558]

@@RysFootyParadise ich drücke dir die Daumen,dass es klappt und du eine schöne und unvergessliche Zeit hast. ⚽️🥇⚽️🥇⚽️🥇⚽️🥇⚽️🥇⚽️🥇

[@felixmeller300]

Love German content ! 😍

[@MaxMustermann-qy1ge]

Dynamo Dresden hat eine unglaublich gute Fanszene, war letztes Jahr im Stadion. Schade, dass die in der 3. Liga festsitzen. Beste Grüße aus Regensburg! ♥️🤍

[@DeKall00]

The big difference between Dynamo and other clubs is that Dynamo is still a solely a registered Sportsclub while all almost others got by now Companies attached to them. Dynamo got only 45 employee and a turnover of ~ 35 Million Euro last year. They want to keep the sport by its core and for this they actually do tremendiously good being in 3rd League.

[@RysFootyParadise]

@@DeKall00 that makes sense and credit for staying true to what they believe in 🤩🍻

[@anhalter1572]

also eah average attendence is like approcimitly 30k

[@RysFootyParadise]

impressive for a 3rd division side :)

[@likekai]

Well, let's say i was surprised by seeing myself walking through the background. Funny enough, you went there at Media Day. If you came a couple of hours later with your camera, you probably would be allowed to enter and picture everything 😂

[@RysFootyParadise]

Hahaha oh wow 🤣 will deffo return 👍🏾

[@patrickwiesemann2223]

Willkommen im Dynamoland... Ehre Stärke Dynamo 🖤💛

[@RysFootyParadise]

February vs Aue 😉👍🏾

[@Soultunebeats]

Almost every home game are sold out! Greetings from dresden. Keep Up your good. Content 🤙🏻

[@RysFootyParadise]

Good to hear! Wikipedia is 💩

[@StuG-f3v]

Have been to watch Dresden, the atmosphere is insane and well worth a trip, great video Ry 👍

[@RysFootyParadise]

good to hear mate, hoping to catch them play Aue their rivals in Feb

[@Holzianer]

Dresden vs Cottbus would be a banger 😮 Second Gameday in League Three

[@Ricsn97]

@@RysFootyParadise Aue is not a real derby... against Rostock and Cottbus the mood would be better. They have better fans than aue

[@Jeremy_LK]

BFC Berlin won 10 times in a row because Erich Mielke, chief of Stasi (East German secret police), was a fan of BFC.

[@RysFootyParadise]

@@Jeremy_LK are you telling me the Stasi might have been a bit corrupt….. 🤔

[@Jeremy_LK]

@@RysFootyParadise who knows!? ;)

[@pentu7738]

@@RysFootyParadise yes stasi and referee were the same in important games

[@notop100]

@@RysFootyParadise It's a bit difficult to understand the GDR football system from the outside. Most clubs were affiliated to companies, so-called company sports associations (or in german: BSG = Betriebssportgemeinschaft). Others were army sports clubs. And then there were the police clubs, such as Dynamo Dresden and BFC Dynamo from Berlin. There was also no free transfer market like in England or West Germany. Players were delegated. That's why sports officials from the SED (the one big party in the GDR) often decided which players had to play where. Even the players had little say in the matter. Erich Mielke, the head of the STASI, was a big fan of BFC Dynamo, which is why some of the best players in the GDR were always delegated there. And games were also manipulated in Mielke's interests.

[@charleskiel2299]

Honestly, I can't blame a referee for favoring Mielke's team. I mean, I wouldn't want to piss him off and end up in a prison for a few years

[@K3vlN_1.9.5.3]

That‘s a pretty cool video. Always love it when my club gets some recognition from „outside“. I also like your personality and the way you try to get into the german language. Very appreciated. Keep up the cool work with these videos.👊🏻🖤💛

[@RandomGuy11111]

13:45 no he was right. At least last Season (2023/24) we had an average of nearly 30k Fans (including Away Fans) in the RHS. Nice you visited Dresden! We all in Dresden hoipe that one day we will play again in the Bundesliga. Our core slogan is "Wir haben einen Traum" (means "We have a dream"). It refers to the goal of achieving 100 matches in european cups. For now we are stucking at 98 matches still from the GDR-Time. So one day maybe, we can play in the Conference League, Euro League or maybe even the Champions League. It's a long way still to go for it. But we have the model of Union Berlin. So its possible. Ever east-german club has a very big pride. It's a shame for many of us Dynamo Fans only playing in the 3rd Devision of german football. But anyway with Aachen, Essen, Cottbus, Rostock, Bielefeld, 1860 München, Aue, Saarbrücken, Mannheim and Osnabrück this Season we have a good field of participants with huge tradition and crazy fans like us, so it's less that bad. :D

[@RysFootyParadise]

The 3. Liga is fantastic this season - it’s my first season following the league and I love it! 💛🖤

[@RandomGuy11111]

@@RysFootyParadise that's great to hear 🌞

[@EisernRob]

Because of 50+1 tickets are cheaper (as you know) meaning usually that most stadiums with a healthy fan base sell out. Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga are normally 1st in world football for average stadium attendance.

[@RysFootyParadise]

Football around the world should be the same. The PL is like Disneyland now 😅

[@alanfox691]

Alan Shields Hamilton South Lanarkshire Scotland. Fantastic vlog. I hope you make lots & lots more German football content in the future the more the better. I would say my favourite clubs in Germany are Hamburger S.V , Hansa Rostock & Bayern Rangers have a very close friendship with Hamburger S.V & there as a Rangers supporter club from Larne & they followed Larne , Hansa Rostock & Rangers, but as far as I am aware, the supporters club no longer exists . I absolutely can't stand Borussia Dortmund & Saint. Pauli with their friendship with Celtic. Their is more German clubs. I like than hate, to be honest. I just like the entire fan culture in Germany. The good thing about Dynamo Dresden is they play in my favourite colour combo. When are you planning on making more German content ?. I agree with you 100% about The Premier League in England, it's difficult season after season after season now to see anyone, but Manchester City is winning it, getting more & more predictable as as the seasons go on It was good to see Aston Villa do so well last season. I just can't see anyone getting remotely close to stopping City winning the title again, not Arsenal, not anyone.

[@RysFootyParadise]

unfortunately you're right with regards to City 😭 Premier League fans been calling the Bundesliga/Scottish leagues "the farmers leagues" for so long and look what we've ended up with... I'm hoping to be staying in Hamburg on the next trip so looking forward to learning more about football in Germany's northern region

[@alanfox691]

​@RysFootyParadise I would say the North West of Germany is a football hotbed due to the fact that whare was a lot of heavy industry in that part of Germany in the past. I dont like the term farmers league as it's disrespectful to any country's football league & it's like saying they dont have the right to play the game at all plus to me it's a bit of an American term that has creped in to standard English. I do think in Scotland our club game is now a day's a backwater for the game. I think we have seen in terms of German football the 50 + 1 rule is only 50% of the answer but it's still open to manipulation look at R.B Lipzig & the money Bayern get from Audi yearly though sponship deals. Hamburger S.V have one of the highest memberships in Germany but the club has been run shambolicy off the pitch at all levels in recent times. It's sad what is happening to our game greed is destroying sport in general Red Bull & The City group are playing a massive part in that we also have so much financial greed in the game now at all levels players, agents, owners T.V company's & kit manufacturers they are all extremely greedy when it comes to money but in Germany fans unite against it here in the U.K we are all just to happy to sitt on our hands & do nothing about it all power to German football fans.

[@chief7163]

Very cool 😎

[@stennostenno1346]

doinamou dreighsten of the dry leega

[@RysFootyParadise]

@@stennostenno1346 yeah that’s what I said… 🤣

[@gregormothes4107]

Nice Video, come back on Matchday, its absolutely worth it! And make a trip to Leipzig, where the DFB was founded - home of the crazyest fans of 4th League: Chemie and LOK.

[@RysFootyParadise]

@@gregormothes4107 deffo will be back on Matchday & also checking out the Leipzig clubs 🤩👍🏾

[@hyenalaughingmatter8103]

Hansa Rostock would be another great east germany club. 😎👍

[@DerKaiserAC]

Maybe visit the Dynamo Dresden vs Alemannia Aachen game on the 29.09. I think its a good video oportunity and a nice chance to check out the stadium on matchday ^^

[@RysFootyParadise]

@@DerKaiserAC good idea 🤩👍🏾

[@peterweiss123]

if you talk about the dominance of bfc dynamo, you also have to know/to mention that it was the state/stasi club for which many corrupt decisions were taken, like bribing refs aso....but since Im west-german, I dont know to much about it

[@anhalter1572]

epic

[@X99Solo]

Wheres the Leeds stadium tour bro?

[@RysFootyParadise]

that'll be filmed next week mate :)

[@X99Solo]

@@RysFootyParadise looking forward to it!

[@gabriel_sch]

Nice video, but you were a bit off when it comes to attendence. The 2023/24 season (in 3rd league) brought in a record croud averaging at 28.751, higher than the last couple second league seasons. Last time above that was in 77/78 under completely different circumstances. Most of us in Dresden say, that we don't care what league we play in, the stadium will be full regardless. And some of us are actually quite happy only playing 3rd league, as this attractes a little less event fans and influencers, leaving more tickets for actual fans.

[@d-nn8s775]

Please visit a game of dynamo. Best would be against Cottbus, Rostock or Aachen in 2024.

[@RysFootyParadise]

100% will be visiting again this season 🤩

[@d-nn8s775]

@@RysFootyParadise you have to visit one of the intense games. 👍

[@mikewagner2632]

Today Dynamo defeated Cottbus.

[@kurtmellech]

Hey man, will you come to a football match of our club?

[@aidygooner]

It'd be great if Dynamo Dresden eventually gets promoted to the top flight so that they can start a proper East German rivalry with RB Leipzig.

[@EisernRob]

Until last season Union were holding their own pretty good, they’d won 4 league games in a row…

[@GrandTheftChris]

RB Leipzig is not East German. It's an Austrian club with a stadium in Leipzig. 🤣

[@KatharinaBöhm-v8h]

Plissee Energie Cottbus❤😊

[@mikewagner2632]

„Please“ maybe?

[@theon__]

"The FALLEN GIANT" Realy? xD I thought you want to show a Club not winning the comedy award xD Ps if you want to get inside a stadium than go to the Dreisamstadion in Freiburg. Its the old home of the team and now the second team is there but the Stadium is always open. if i visiting Freiburg i buy some food to take away and eat it exactly in there

[@RysFootyParadise]

will have to check Freiburg out!

[@theon__]

@@RysFootyParadise oh yes you have. Such a nice City and a lovely place. And the Team ist realy nice but only SC Freiburg not Freiburger FC thats not the right one. Oh and i mean when i visiting mit If. My Bad.

[@lukaffan]

it is not drei Liga it is dritte Liga

[@RysFootyParadise]

Cheers buddy, this Gegenpressing podcast I listen to, the Scottish bloke always says “zwei bundesliga” and “drei Liga” instead of zweite and dritte and my brain can’t shake it off 🧠 🤣

[@GrandTheftChris]

@@RysFootyParadise The Scotsman basically said "two league" and "three league" instead of 2nd and 3rd. 😃

[@echo_joshi5537]

What i want to say about BFC Dynamo, it was a Stasi club, so nobody really likes them and some matches they played were rigged by the Stasi.

[@star_wars_miniatures]

Just returned back to watching your videos….wtf have you done to your hair 😅 is it a nod to the Romanian World Cup team of 98’

[@RysFootyParadise]

Haha i went to Germany dressed as Gazza but now I’ve got the roots coming through and I’m looking like “Stan” from the Eminem video 😅

[@star_wars_miniatures]

@@RysFootyParadise 😂😂😂 brilliant! Keep up the amazing videos!

[@RysFootyParadise]

@@star_wars_miniatures cheers haha

[@Benjamin-gr9ee]

Wismut Aue für immer 💜⚒️🤍! Scheiß sgd

[@mr.x3805]

Schachtscheißer

[@GrandTheftChris]

🐖

[@mikewagner2632]

Contenance, liebes Erzgebirge! Möge er sich bitte mäßigen.