FC Remscheid
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| Full name | Fußball-Club Remscheid e.V. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | October 25, 1908 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ground | Röntgen-Stadion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 12,463 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Heiner Düssel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Lothar Steinhauer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Landesliga Niederrhein (VI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | 8th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FC Remscheid is a German football club from Remscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia formed on July 1, 1990 out of the merger of BV Lüttringhausen and VfB Marathon Remscheid.
Predecessor side Marathon was formed in 1906 and BV Lüttringhausen was founded October 25, 1908 in the northern city district of the same name. VfB merged with a club called BV Remscheid in 1971 while Lüttringhausen became the similarly named BVL Remscheid in 1985. Both clubs played primarily as third division sides, although BVL Lüttringhausen enjoyed three seasons in the 2. Bundesliga in the 80s.
After the 1990 merger of VfB and BVL the combined side won the Oberliga Nordrhein (III) title in 1991 and emerged from a promotion round playoff into the 2. Bundesliga where they played two seasons before being relegated. FC Remscheid then played third and fourth tier football until bailing out part way through the 1998-99 season under the weight of debts of over DM 1.5 million. The team resumed play in the Verbandsliga Niederrhein (V) in 2000 before slipping to the Landesliga Niederrhein (VI) in 2003.
[edit] Honours
- German amateur championship: 1968, 1986
