List of rugby union clubs in Germany

This is a List of rugby union clubs in Germany. It lists all rugby union clubs in Germany registered with the German Rugby Federation, the DRV,[1] or taking part in the German league system.[2] As of April 2010, the International Rugby Board lists the number of clubs in Germany at 105.[3]

Some of the clubs competing in the German league system are clubs of the US and British armed forces in Germany and therefore not necessarily members of the DRV. Examples of US Army rugby clubs in Germany are the teams in Illesheim,[4] Ramstein and Vilseck, while other clubs, like in the RC Kaiserslautern, recruit some of their players from the US forces but have German players as well.[5] Up to 32 US forces teams had been playing in Southern Germany at its peak, based in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, being organised in the "United States Forces Europe Rugby Union" (USFERU).[6] Most disappeared with the withdrawal of US forces from Germany at the end of the Cold War. A number of clubs remained but have since dropped out of the German league system, like the Bamberg RFC, Darmstadt 233rd BSB RFC, Hanau Hornets, Schweinfurt RFC, Spangdahlem RFC and Würzburg RFC, while a few, like the Ramstein Rogues RFC, Illesheim RFC and Baumholder RFC still compete in 2009-10.[7]

The RC Mönchengladbach Rhinos and the Elmpt Falcons are rugby teams of the British Army in Germany and still active.[8][9]

The oldest rugby union club in Germany is the DSV 78 Hannover, formed in 1878 as DFV Hannover, in a time when a differencation between rugby and football was not yet made in Germany.[10] While there is older clubs in Germany then DSV 78, like the Heidelberger TV which was formed in 1846, their rugby departments were established after DSV's.

Contents

Clubs by state

The German rugby clubs, listed by federal state, with the league their first men's and women's teams play in 2009-10, in as far as the clubs field a senior side at all:

Baden-Württemberg

Rugby clubs in the state of Baden-Württemberg:[11][12][13]

Club City 2009-10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Freiburger RC Freiburg RLBW III — — [12] [1]
TSV Handschuhsheim Heidelberg BL I — — [11] [2]
RG Heidelberg Heidelberg BL I — — [11] [3]
Heidelberger RK Heidelberg BL I WBL I [11] [4]
Heidelberger TV Heidelberg RLBW III — — [11] [5]
SC Neuenheim Heidelberg BL I WBL I [11] [6]
TB Rohrbach Heidelberg RLRP III — — [11] [7]
TSG Heilbronn Heilbronn RLBW III — — [12] [8]
Karlsruher SV Rugby Karlsruhe 2BLS/W II — — [12] [9]
RC Konstanz Konstanz RLBW III — — [12] [10]
TV Pforzheim Pforzheim RLBW III — — [12] [11]
RC Ravens Ravensburg Ravensburg — — — — [13] [12]
RC Rottweil Rottweil RLBW III WRLS III [12] [13]
Stuttgarter RC Stuttgart 2BLS/W II WBL I [12] [14]
VfB Schwarz-Rot Ulm Ulm RLB III — — [13] [15]

Bavaria

Rugby clubs in the state of Bavaria:[13][14][15]

Club City 2009-10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Augsburg RFC Augsburg RLB III — — [15] [16]
RFC Bad Reichenhall Bad Reichenhall RLB III — — [15] [17]
RC Bayreuth Bayreuth VLB IV — — [15]
RC Fürstenfeldbruck Fürstenfeldbruck — — — — [13] [18]
VfB Hafenlohr Hafenlohr VLB IV — — [14] [19]
Illesheim RFC Illesheim VLB IV — — [14] [20]
TV Memmingen Memmingen VLB IV — — [15] [21]
TV 1861 Ingolstadt Ingolstadt RLB III — — [13] [22]
München RFC Munich 2BLS/W II W2BL II [13] [23]
StuSta München Munich 2BLS/W II WRLS II [13] [24]
TSV 1846 Nürnberg Nuremberg RLB III — — [14] [25]
RC Regensburg 2000 Regensburg RLB III — — [14] [26]
1. FC Schweinfurt 05 Schweinfurt VLB IV — — [15] [27]
Vilseck RC Vilseck VLB IV — — [15]

Berlin

Rugby clubs in the state of Berlin:[16]

Club City 2009-10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Berliner RC Berlin BL I — — [16] [28]
RK 03 Berlin Berlin BL I W2BL II [16] [29]
Berliner SC Berlin RLEB IV — — [16] [30]
SC Berlin Berlin — — W2BL II [16] [31]
Berliner SV 92 Rugby Berlin RLEA III WRLE III [16] [32]
SC Siemensstadt Berlin RLEA III — — [16] [33]

Brandenburg

Rugby clubs in the state of Brandenburg:[16]

Club City 2009-10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Stahl Brandenburg Rugby Brandenburg an der Havel RLEA III — — [16] [34]
Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby Hennigsdorf RLEB IV — — [16] [35]
RU Hohen Neuendorf Hohen Neuendorf 2BLN/E II — — [16] [36]
USV Potsdam Rugby Potsdam 2BLN/E II — — [16] [37]
Veltener RC Empor Velten RLEA III — — [16] [38]

Bremen

Rugby clubs in the state of Bremen:[17]

Club City 2009-10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Bremen 1860 Bremen RLN III — — [17] [39]
Union 60 Bremen Bremen RLN III WRLN III [17] [40]

Hamburg

Rugby clubs in the state of Hamburg:[17]

Club City 2009-10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Hamburg Exiles RFC Hamburg RLN III — — [17] [41]
Hamburger RC Hamburg 2BLN/E II — — [17] [42]
Hamburger SV Hamburg VLN IV — — [17] [43]
FC St Pauli Rugby Hamburg 2BLN/E II WBL I [17] [44]

Hesse

Rugby clubs in the state of Hesse:[11][18]

Club City 2009-10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
CRC Babenhausen Babenhausen RLH [D] III — — [11] [45]
TG 75 Darmstadt Darmstadt RLH III — — [11] [46]
Eintracht Frankfurt Rugby Frankfurt am Main RLH III WRLW III [11] [47]
SC 1880 Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main BL I — — [11] [48]
URC Gießen 01 Gießen RLH III — — [18] [49]
RK Heusenstamm Heusenstamm BL I WRLW III [11] [50]
RU Marburg Marburg RLH III WRLW III [18] [51]
TGS 1897 Hausen Obertshausen — — — — [11] [52]
BSC Offenbach Offenbach am Main RLH III — — [11] [53]

Lower Saxony

Rugby clubs in the state of Lower Saxony:[18]

Club City 2009-10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Welfen SC Braunschweig Braunschweig RLN III — — [18] [54]
RSV Göttingen Göttingen RLLS III — — [18] [55]
VfR Döhren Hanover 2BLN/E [B] II — — [18] [56]
DRC Hannover Hanover 2BLN/E II — — [18] [57]
DSV 78 Hannover Hanover BL I — — [18] [58]
SV Odin Hannover Hanover 2BLN/E [B] II — — [18] [59]
NTV 09 Hannover Hanover — — — — [18] [60]
SC Linden Hanover — — — — [18] [61]
FV 1897 Linden Hanover — — — — [18] [62]
TSV Victoria Linden Hanover 2BLN/E II — — [18] [63]
SC Germania List Hanover 2BLN/E II WBL I [18] [64]
SV 08 Ricklingen Hanover RLLS [A] III — — [18] [65]
TSV Karlshöfen Karlshöfen — — WRLN III [66]
TKW Nienburg Nienburg — — — — [18] [67]
FC Rastede Rastede RLLS III — — [17] [68]
VfL Jesteburg Jesteburg RLN [C] III — — [17] [69]
SC Varel Varel VLN IV — — [17] [70]

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Rugby clubs in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:[16]

Club City 2009-10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
SV Dynamo Rostock Rostock VLN IV — — [16] [71]

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rugby clubs in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia:[18][19][20]

Club City 2009-10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
RC Aachen Aachen RLNW III WRLW III [20] [72]
RC Bielefeld Bielefeld VLNW IV — — [18] [73]
TV Phönix Bocholt Bocholt VLNW IV — — [19] [74]
RC Bonn-Rhein-Sieg Bonn RLNW III — — [20] [75]
Brühler TV Brühl VLNW IV — — [20] [76]
RFC Dortmund Dortmund VLNW IV WRLW III [77]
TV Aldenrade 07 Duisburg VLNW IV — — [19] [78]
TuS 95 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf RLNW III — — [19] [79]
Elmpt Falcons Elmpt RLNW III — —
Grashof RC Essen Essen VLNW IV — — [80]
RC Hürth Hürth VLNW IV — — [20] [81]
ASV Köln Rugby Cologne BL I W2BL II [20] [82]
RC Krefeld Bradbury Barbarians Krefeld — — — — [19] [83]
TV Lemgo Lippe Lions Lemgo VLNW IV — — [18] [84]
Cherusker RC Lothe Lothe VLNW IV — —
RC Mönchengladbach Rhinos Mönchengladbach RLNW III — — [19]
Münster Marauders Münster RLNW III — —
RT Münster Münster RLNW III — — [19] [85]
WMTV Solingen Solingen RLNW III — — [19] [86]
Wiedenbrücker TV Rheda-Wiedenbrück RLNW III W2BL II [18] [87]

Rhineland-Palatinate

Rugby clubs in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate:[11][20]

Club City 2009-10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
DJK Andernach Andernach RLRP III — — [20] [88]
Baumholder RFC Baumholder RLRP III — — [89]
RC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern RLRP III — — [11] [90]
RC Mainz Mainz 2BLS/W II — — [20] [91]
VfL Pünderich Pünderich RLRP III — — [92]
Ramstein Rogues RFC Ramstein RLRP III — — [93]
FSV Trier-Tarforst Trier RLRP III WRLW III [20] [94]
RC Worms Worms RLRP III — — [11] [95]

Saarland

Rugby clubs in the state of Saarland:[11]

Club City 2009-10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Stade Sarrois Rugby Saarbrücken RLRP III — — [11] [96]

Saxony

Rugby clubs in the state of Saxony:[21]

Club City 2009-10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
SV Stahl Brandis Brandis E7 — — —
Tower Rugby Chemnitz Chemnitz E7 — — — [97]
RV Dresden Dresden RLEB IV WRLE III [21] [98]
ATSV Freiberg Freiberg E7 — — — [21] [99]
Eastern Province RC Gera Gera E7 — — — [21]
SV Horken Kittlitz Kittlitz E7 — — — [100]
RC Leipzig Leipzig RLEB IV WRLE III [21] [101]
ESV Lokomotive Riesa Riesa — — — — [21] [102]
HSG Turbine Zittau Zittau — — — — [21]

Saxony-Anhalt

Rugby clubs in the state of Saxony-Anhalt:[21]

Club City 2009-10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
USV Halle Halle E7 — — — [21] [103]
WG Magdeburg Magdeburg E7 — — —

Schleswig-Holstein

Rugby clubs in the state of Schleswig-Holstein:[17]

Club City 2009-10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
FT Adler Kiel Rugby Kiel 2BLN/E II — — [17] [104]
VfL Geesthacht Harlekins Geesthacht RLN [C] III — — [17] [105]

Thuringia

Rugby clubs in the state of Thuringia:[14]

Club City 2009-10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
SSV Erfurt-Nord Erfurt E7 — W2BL — [14] [106]
USV Jena Jena RLEB IV W2BL — [107]

Foreign clubs

In the 2009-10 season, two clubs from outside the borders of Germany take part in German league competitions, one from Luxembourg and one from Austria:

Club City 2009-10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
WRC Innsbruck Innsbruck — — WRLS III [108]
RC Luxembourg Luxembourg 2BLS/W II — — [109]

Defunct clubs & teams

Germany

The following clubs have ceased to exist or stopped operating a rugby department:

Club City Fate Ref
BFC Frankfurt 1885 Berlin club switched codes from rugby to football, now defunct
SG Ordnungspolizei Berlin Berlin
Tennis Borussia Berlin Berlin rugby department left club in 1936 to join Berliner SV and form Berliner SV 92 Rugby [22]
SV Polizei Hamburg Hamburg rugby department defunct
SC Elite Hannover Hanover rugby department defunct since the 1970s [23]
FC 1897 Hannover Hanover
Hawa-Alexandria Hannover Hanover club defunct since 1931 [24]
VfV Hannover Hanover rugby department defunct since 1963, when the department joined NTV 09 Hannover [25]
FV Stuttgart Stuttgart club switched codes from rugby to football, merged to form VfB Stuttgart [26]

East Germany

The following clubs existed in the former country of East Germany. Some of them have ceased to exist or to operate a rugby department while others have changed their name:

Club City Fate Ref
BSG Lok Berlin Berlin rugby department defunct, club now ESV Lok Berlin-Schöneweide [27]
BSG Post Berlin Berlin rugby department now RK 03 Berlin [28]
ASK Vorwärts Berlin Berlin rugby department defunct
BSG Stahl Brandenburg Brandenburg now Stahl Brandenburg Rugby [29]
SG Dynamo Dresden Dresden rugby department defunct
BSG Lok Falkensee Falkensee
Ingenieurschule Hennigsdorf Hennigsdorf club defunct
BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf Hennigsdorf now Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby [30]
BSG Stahl Leegebruch Leegebruch club defunct
DHfK Leipzig Leipzig rugby department now part of RC Leipzig [31]
BSG Gastronom Leipzig Leipzig rugby department now part of RC Leipzig [31]
BSG Lokomotive Wahren Leipzig Leipzig rugby department now part of RC Leipzig [31]
SG Dynamo Potsdam Potsdam club defunct [32]
RG 88 Potsdam Potsdam now USV Potsdam Rugby [32]
Empor Velten Velten now Veltener RC

Key

Men:
BL - Rugby-Bundesliga
2BLN/E - 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East
2BLS/W - 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West
RLBW - Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg
RLB - Regionalliga Bavaria
RLEA - Regionalliga East - Division A
RLEB - Regionalliga East - Division B
RLH - Regionalliga Hesse
RLLS - Regionalliga Lower Saxony
RLN - Regionalliga North
RLNW - Regionalliga North Rhine-Westphalia
RLRP - Regionalliga Rhineland-Palatinate
VLB - Verbandsliga Bavaria
VLBW - Verbandsliga Baden-Württemberg
VLN - Verbandsliga North
VLNW - Verbandsliga North Rhine-Westphalia
E7 - East 7s league [E]

Women:
WBL - Women's Rugby Bundesliga
W2BL - Women's 2nd Rugby Bundesliga
WRLE - Women's Regionalliga East
WRLN - Women's Regionalliga North
WRLS - Women's Regionalliga South
WRLW - Women's Regionalliga West

Notes

A. ^ Playing as 08 Ricklingen/Wunstorf, a partnership of SV 08 Ricklingen and TuS Wunstorf.
B. ^ Playing as SG SV Odin/VfR Döhren, a partnership of SV Odin Hannover and VfR Döhren.
C. ^ Playing as SG Jesteburg/Geesthacht, a partnership of VfL Jesteburg and VfL Geesthacht Harlekins.
D. ^ Playing as SG 80 III/Babenhausen, a partnership of the third team of SC 1880 Frankfurt and CRC Babenhausen.
E. ^ The East 7s league, or Mitteldeutsche Siebener Liga, is a development league for emerging rugby clubs in what was formerly East Germany.

References

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  2. ^ German rugby results & tables Rugby-Journal website, accessed: 16 April 2010
  3. ^ IRB website - Country information Germany accessed: 17 April 2010
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  6. ^ History of Bavarian Rugby Bavarian Rugby Federation website, accessed: 19 April 2010
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  8. ^ Solingen suffer record defeat in Moenchengladbach Solingen Zebras website, accessed: 17 April 2010
  9. ^ BFG INSTALLATION ACCESS PASS FOR VETERANS DETAILS OF FACILITIES FOR JHQ/ELMPT/WILDENRATH British Army Rugby Union website, accessed: 17 April 2010
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  22. ^ Rugby im BSV 1892 (German) BSV 92 Rugby website - History, accessed: 12 April 2010
  23. ^ SC Elite Hannover website - History (German) accessed: 17 April 2010
  24. ^ Aktie. Hannoversche Waggonfabrik AG (Hawa), Hannover-Linden (Ns) (German) Company description of Hawa, accessed: 17 April 2010
  25. ^ Geschichte des VfV 87 Hainholz (German) VfV Hannover website - Club history, accessed: 17 April 2010
  26. ^ Chronik 1900 - 1909 (German) History of the VfB Stuttgart, accessed: 19 April 2010
  27. ^ Der Verein (German) ESV Lok Berlin website - Club history, accessed: 19 April 2010
  28. ^ Post SV Berlin Rugby - Archiv (German) Chronik 30 Jahre - History of Post SV Berlin Rugby, accessed: 11 April 2010
  29. ^ Geschichte (German) Stahl Brandenburg Rugby - History, accessed: 11 April 2010
  30. ^ Rugby in Hennigsdorf - Eine Chronologie (German) Stahl Hennigsdorf website - club history, accessed: 10 April 2010
  31. ^ a b c Rugby beim TSV 1893 Leipzig-Wahren (German) TSV 1893 Leipzig-Wahren website, accessed: 15 April 2010
  32. ^ a b Die Geschichte unserer Männer (German) Rugby department website - History, accessed: 6 April 2010

External links

Rugby-Bundesliga  · 2011–12 clubs
List of clubs
Women's Rugby Bundesliga  · 2011–12 clubs
North
SG Berliner SV/SC Berlin  • SC Germania List  • SG Marburg/Gießen  • SG Mitteldeutsches Rugby  • FC St. Pauli Rugby
South
Heidelberger RK  • ASV Köln Rugby  • München RFC  • SC Neuenheim  • SG Rhein-Main  • Stuttgarter RC
List of clubs
2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East  · 2011–12 clubs
List of clubs
2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West  · 2011–12 clubs
List of clubs