Germania Gladbeck
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DJK Germania Gladbeck is a German association football club
based in Gladbeck
, North Rhine-Westphalia
. The club was established in 1923 and following a second place finish in the Verbandsliga Westfalen (V) in 2007 was promoted to the Oberliga Westfalen (IV).
Germania plays its home matches in the Stadion Gladbeck in the Sportplatz Krusenkamp. The facility has a capacity of 37,612.
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 Gladbeck
Gladbeck
Gladbeck is a city in the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.The name ´Gladbeck´ evolves from Low German, originally spoken in the area around Gladbeck. ´Glad´ means something like gleamy and ´beck´ means about brook. However, the brook Gladbeck flows under the ground...
, North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
. The club was established in 1923 and following a second place finish in the Verbandsliga Westfalen (V) in 2007 was promoted to the Oberliga Westfalen (IV).
Germania plays its home matches in the Stadion Gladbeck in the Sportplatz Krusenkamp. The facility has a capacity of 37,612.