SSG Bergisch Gladbach
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SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 is a German association football club
from the city of Bergisch Gladbach
in North Rhine-Westphalia
.
. This led to a first round DFB-Pokal
(German Cup) appearance in 1954, which was followed by additional Amateurliga Mittelrhein group titles in 1955, 1956, and 1958. FC was unable to match its earlier success and the team's performance fell off entering into the 60s. They played as a lower table third division side into the early 70s.
A 1973 merger with SSG Bergisch Gladbach – itself newly formed out of the union of SV Blau-Weiss 1962 Hand, SV Katterbach, and Sportfreunde Paffrath – failed to improve the club's fortunes and SSG slipped to lower level competition. The club has since made sporadic appearances in the Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) (1987–88, 1996–98, 2003–04) most recently returning to fourth tier play in 2006. In 2007 Bergisch Gladbach decided to drop SSG from its name. The club changed its name again in April 2008 to SV Bergisch Gladbach 09, though it is called Bergisch Gladbach 09 most of the time. Onfield the club has recently dropped to the 6th level division Verbandsliga Mittelrhein.
, Silvia Neid
is by far the most famous former player of the club. The women's football department left the club in 1996 to become part of TuS Köln rrh.
which in turn passed their license to Bayer Leverkusen
after the 2007–08 season.
Women's football
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...
from the city of Bergisch Gladbach
Bergisch Gladbach
' is a city in the Cologne/Bonn Region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and capital of the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis .-Geography:Bergisch Gladbach is located east of the river Rhine, approx...
in 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...
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History
The club was established in 1909 as Fußball Club Bergisch Gladbach and was joined that same year by the membership of FC Montania Bergisch-Gladbach. On 22 January 1919, FC merged with Turn- und Sportverein der Firma J. W. Zanders Bergisch Gladbach to form Sport-Verein Bergisch Gladbach. This club merged with VfL Gronau in 1936. The team emerged out of lower tier play into the Landesliga Rheinbezirk in 1948, and in the following season, into the 2. Liga-West (II). Following league reorganization in 1952, FC settled into the Amateurliga Mittelrhein (III) where they first took a group title within the division in 1953 before moving on to capture the national amateur final 3:2 over Homberger SVVfB Homberg
The VfB Homberg is a German association football club from the Homberg quarter of Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed July 1969 through the merger of Homberger Spielverein and Sportvereinigung 89/19 Hochheide.-Homberger SV:...
. This led to a first round 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) appearance in 1954, which was followed by additional Amateurliga Mittelrhein group titles in 1955, 1956, and 1958. FC was unable to match its earlier success and the team's performance fell off entering into the 60s. They played as a lower table third division side into the early 70s.
A 1973 merger with SSG Bergisch Gladbach – itself newly formed out of the union of SV Blau-Weiss 1962 Hand, SV Katterbach, and Sportfreunde Paffrath – failed to improve the club's fortunes and SSG slipped to lower level competition. The club has since made sporadic appearances in the Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) (1987–88, 1996–98, 2003–04) most recently returning to fourth tier play in 2006. In 2007 Bergisch Gladbach decided to drop SSG from its name. The club changed its name again in April 2008 to SV Bergisch Gladbach 09, though it is called Bergisch Gladbach 09 most of the time. Onfield the club has recently dropped to the 6th level division Verbandsliga Mittelrhein.
Women's football
Bergisch Gladbach fielded a very successful women's side that has a record nine national titles to its credit, as well as three Frauen DFB-Pokal wins. Though the club has produced 18 players who played for the German national teamGermany women's national football team
The German women's national football team represents Germany in international women's football and is directed by the German Football Association . The team – informally called West Germany in English – played its first international match in 1982...
, Silvia Neid
Silvia Neid
Silvia Neid is a former professional soccer player, and, since July 2005, has served as the head coach of the Germany women's national football team after having been assistant to Tina Theune-Meyer for some time...
is by far the most famous former player of the club. The women's football department left the club in 1996 to become part of TuS Köln rrh.
TuS Köln rrh.
TuS Köln rrh. is a multi-sports club from the Höhenberg district of Cologne. The club was founded in 1874 and offers football, Track and Field, Swimming, Tennis, Gymnastics, Karate, Rugby, and Volleyball. While the club's sports sections are mostly committed to amateur sports the club is best known...
which in turn passed their license to Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (women)
The origin of Bayer Leverkusen women's football section lies at the SSG 09 Bergisch Gladbach, which in the 1970s and 1980s was the dominating club in German women's football. In that period Bergisch Gladbach won the national women's football championship nine times which today is still the record....
after the 2007–08 season.
Honours
Men's football- German amateur champions: 1953
- Landesliga Mittelrhein champions: 1995
- Verbandsliga MittelrheinVerbandsliga MittelrheinThe Mittelrheinliga, formerly the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein, is the highest Football League in the region of Mittelrhein which is part of the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen. It is the 6th tier of the German football league system...
champions: 1996, 2006, 2009
Women's football
- German champions: 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989
- DFB-Pokal winners: 1981, 1982, 1984