FC Gütersloh

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FC Gütersloh 2000
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Full name Fußball-Club Gütersloh 2000 e.V.
Founded 1978/2000
Ground Heidewaldstadion
Capacity 12,500
Chairman Norbert Wöstmann
Manager Thomas Stratos
League Oberliga Westfalen (IV)
2005-06 Oberliga Westfalen, 3rd
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FC Gütersloh 2000 is a German football club based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed in 1978 out of the merger of the football sides of Sport Verein Arminia and Deutsche Jugendkraft Gütersloh in the hopes that the new club would be more successful than its un-storied predecessors. The union was a bit of a surprise because of some ill-will that had existed between the clubs going back to Arminia's refusal to share their stadium facility with DJK, and so make it possible for them to play in the Regionalliga in the late 60s.

Both sides had bounced back and forth between the second and third division through the late 60s and into the 70s. After their merger they settled down as a mid-table Amateur Oberliga Westfalen (III) club, with a couple of poor seasons leading to relegation to Verbandsliga Westfalen (IV), but always followed by immediate promotion. The club managed to play their way into the 2.Bundesliga in 1996 for a three year stay, but in 1999 were crushed by their 7 million DM debt. The club was dissolved by a court and all its results for the season annulled.

The club was re-organized in 2000 and currently plays in Oberliga Westfalen (IV).

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Coordinates: 51°53′30″N, 8°23′18″E

German Oberliga Westfalen (IV) Football Clubs (2006-07)
LR Ahlen II | Arminia Bielefeld II | VfL Bochum II | SC Delbrück | FC Eintracht Rheine | SpVgg Emsdetten | SpVgg Erkenschwick | FC Gütersloh | Hammer SpVg | VfB Hüls | SV Lippstadt 08 | SF Oestrich Iserlohn | SC Preußen Münster | FC Schalke 04 II | Sportfreunde Lotte | SC Verl | SG Wattenscheid 09 | Westfalia Herne
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