- KBC Duisburg
Football club infobox
clubname = KBC Duisburg
fullname = Kaßlerfelder Ballsportclub Duisburg 1888 e.V.
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founded =September 2 1888
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chairman = José Carvalho
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position =KBC Duisburg is a German sports club based in Kasslerfeld, a
suburb ofDuisburg ,North Rhine-Westphalia . The team was founded in 1888. The club is renowned for its defunctwomen's football team, which won a German championship in 1984/85. Today the club offersTai-Chi and football, but the men's football department has never been nearly so successful as the women's department.History
KBC Duisburg was founded on
September 2 1888 . The men's football team had its most successful period in the 1960s, when they played in the Bezirksliga. The women's section was founded in 1970 by Paula Schmitz. In 1980 Duisburg reached the final of the German championship for the first time, losing to SSG Bergisch Gladbach 0 – 5. Three years later the DFB-Pokal was won againstFSV Frankfurt 3 – 0. The Duisburg eleven featured also the then 16-year oldMartina Voss , who became Duisburg's most famous player.In 1985 KBC won the German championship against Bayern Munich 1 – 0 and also reached the cup final, but lost against FSV Frankfurt on penalties. Duisburg reached the final for the German championship for the third and last time in 1988, losing to SSG Bergisch Gladbach. When the Bundesliga was founded in 1990 Duisburg qualified for the league, but KBC's best times had already passed. The club was relegated at the end of the 1993-94 season, quickly leading to the dissolution of the women's football section.
Today KBC Duisburg has only men's and boy's football teams. The men play in the "Kreisliga C", 11th tier football.
Honours
*German Championship: 1985
*DFB-Pokal: 1983Statistics
External Links
* [http://www.kbc-duisburg1888.de/ Official site of KBC Duisburg]
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