VfB Speldorf
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VfB Speldorf is a German association football club
from the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia.
The team played largely as a local side and in 1933 adopted the name VfB Mülheim-Speldorf. They captured consecutive titles in the Berzikklasse Niederrhein (II) in 1935 and 1936 and took part in promotion playoffs for the Gauliga Niederrhein, but were unsuccessful in their attempt to advance. Late in World War II, VfB played as part of the wartime club Kriegspielgemeinschaft Mülheim/Broich alongside Turn- und Spielverein Broich 1885 (1943–45), before resuming its separate identity after the conflict.
From the 40s on into the mid-50s Speldorf competed in the third tier Landesliga Niederrhein as an undistinguished side until breaking out in 1956 and capturing the division title. The team then went on to national amateur final where they were beaten 2:3 by SpVgg Neu-Isenburg
. They fared poorly the next season after their advance to the 2. Liga-West (II) and were immediately relegated. They spent four more seasons in the Landesliga before slipping out of sight into local competition. VfB resurfaced in the Amateurliga Niederrhein (III) in 1969 for a three season turn before again backsliding, followed by a single season cameo appearance in the Amateuroberliga Nordrhein (III) in 1983–84. Most recently Speldorf returned to the professional ranks in the Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) in 2005 under the management of Ma Root
.
The town of Muelheim an der Ruhr and VfB Speldorf have prepared for the move of the club to Ruhr Stadion for the 2008–09 season. The new venue holds 6,000 and is better served by a well-developed urban infrastructure than is the current site. The Ruhr Stadium was the home ground of 1. FC Mülheim
in the 70s during that clubs turn in the 2. Bundesliga. The stadium currently hosts Landesliga (V) side Galatasaray Mülheim.
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from the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Squad 2009–2010
History
The association was formed on 19 January 1919 as the successor to pre-World War I side Sport-Club Prueßen Speldorf, which was itself the successor of Ballverein Rheinland Speldorf. Later the same year the club merged with Fußball Club Rheinland Speldorf to become Verein für Bewegungsspiele Speldorf.The team played largely as a local side and in 1933 adopted the name VfB Mülheim-Speldorf. They captured consecutive titles in the Berzikklasse Niederrhein (II) in 1935 and 1936 and took part in promotion playoffs for the Gauliga Niederrhein, but were unsuccessful in their attempt to advance. Late in World War II, VfB played as part of the wartime club Kriegspielgemeinschaft Mülheim/Broich alongside Turn- und Spielverein Broich 1885 (1943–45), before resuming its separate identity after the conflict.
From the 40s on into the mid-50s Speldorf competed in the third tier Landesliga Niederrhein as an undistinguished side until breaking out in 1956 and capturing the division title. The team then went on to national amateur final where they were beaten 2:3 by SpVgg Neu-Isenburg
SpVgg Neu-Isenburg
SpVgg 03 Neu-Isenburg is a German association football club from the city of Neu-Isenburg, Hesse. The roots of the club are in the founding of Freispielclub Neu-Isenburg on 13 June 1903. Over the next three-and-a-half decades, the association went through mergers with a number of other local clubs...
. They fared poorly the next season after their advance to the 2. Liga-West (II) and were immediately relegated. They spent four more seasons in the Landesliga before slipping out of sight into local competition. VfB resurfaced in the Amateurliga Niederrhein (III) in 1969 for a three season turn before again backsliding, followed by a single season cameo appearance in the Amateuroberliga Nordrhein (III) in 1983–84. Most recently Speldorf returned to the professional ranks in the Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) in 2005 under the management of Ma Root
Ma Root
Ma Root is a former coach of Accra Hearts of Oak FC. The German coach is famous for trying to import many European players into the Hearts of Oak team. The experiment failed with Andrew Grant being the only remaining European import at the club...
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Honours
- Berzikklasse Niederrhein (II) champions: 1934, 1935
- Landesliga Neiderrhein (III) champions: 1956, 1969
- Verbandsliga NiederrheinVerbandsliga NiederrheinThe Niederrheinliga, formerly the Verbandsliga Niederrhein, is the highest football league in the region of Niederrhein which is part of the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen. It is the 6th tier of the German football league system...
(VI) champions: 2009 - German amateur vice-champions: 1956
Stadium
Home games are played at the Stadion am Blötter Weg which can accommodate of 2,500 spectators. As part of a restructuring in 2004, a small covered grandstand was built. Average attendance in the Oberliga is approximately 1,000.The town of Muelheim an der Ruhr and VfB Speldorf have prepared for the move of the club to Ruhr Stadion for the 2008–09 season. The new venue holds 6,000 and is better served by a well-developed urban infrastructure than is the current site. The Ruhr Stadium was the home ground of 1. FC Mülheim
1. FC Mülheim
FC Mülheim is a German association football club based in Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:Spielvereinigung Oberhausen und Styrum was established through the union of a number of local sports clubs including Styrumer Spielverein 08, Styrum 08 and Oberhausener Spielverein...
in the 70s during that clubs turn in the 2. Bundesliga. The stadium currently hosts Landesliga (V) side Galatasaray Mülheim.