1. FC Bocholt
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1. FC Bocholt is a German association football club
based in Bocholt
, North Rhine-Westphalia.
1. FC enjoyed its greatest successes through the late 70s and early 80s playing third division football. They earned short-lived single season promotions to the 2.Bundesliga in 1977–78 and 1980–81. The club also made several appearances in DFB-Pokal
(German Cup) play in that period and in 1984 advanced as far as the quarter-finals before going out 1:2 to Bayern Munich.
After slipping out of the Regionaliga West/Südwest (III) in 1997, Bocholt played for a decade in the Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) as a mid-to-lower table side. The club had a poor 2006–07 campaign and was relegated to the Verbandsliga Niederrhein (V) play.
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
based in Bocholt
Bocholt, Germany
Bocholt is a city in the north-west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, part of the district Borken. It is situated 4 km south of the border with the Netherlands.-Geography:...
, North Rhine-Westphalia.
History
The team was founded 21 August 1900 as Fußball-Club Bocholt and in 1919 was joined by VfvB Bocholt which had been established in 1917 as Ballverein Bocholt. In 1937, they merged with another local side, Ballspielverein 1919 Bocholt which had played as the football department of Turnverein Phönix Bocholt until 1936. The new club played as BV 1900 Bocholt until after World War II and adopted its current name in 1946.1. FC enjoyed its greatest successes through the late 70s and early 80s playing third division football. They earned short-lived single season promotions to the 2.Bundesliga in 1977–78 and 1980–81. The club also made several appearances in DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
(German Cup) play in that period and in 1984 advanced as far as the quarter-finals before going out 1:2 to Bayern Munich.
After slipping out of the Regionaliga West/Südwest (III) in 1997, Bocholt played for a decade in the Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) as a mid-to-lower table side. The club had a poor 2006–07 campaign and was relegated to the Verbandsliga Niederrhein (V) play.
Honours
- Amateurliga Niederrhein (III) champions: 1976
- Amateuroberliga Nordrhein (III) champions: 1980, 1984