SG Essen-Schönebeck

Football club infobox
clubname = SG Schönebeck


fullname = Sportgemeinschaft Essen-Schönebeck 19/68 e.V.
nickname = SGS
founded = 2000
ground = Stadion am Hallo (Essen)
capacity =
chairman = Karl-Peter Traude
manager = Ralf Agolli
mgrtitle = Head Coach
league = 1. Bundesliga
season = 2008-09
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SG Essen-Schönebeck is a German sports club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team was founded in 2000 as a merger of "VfB Borbeck" and "SC Grün-Weiß Schönebeck". The club is renowned for its women's football team, which plays in the Bundesliga

History

On March 21 1973 SC Grün-Weiß Schönebeck established its women's section. After playing for several years in lower leagues, Schönebeck was promoted to the Verbandsliga (III) in 1992. They played in this league until 1999 with an intermezzo in 1996-97, when the club participated for a year in the Regionalliga (II). The promotion to the Regionalliga in 1999 was followed by five years of football in that league until Schönebeck gained promotion to the Bundesliga in 2004.

In the 2002-03 season the club had struggled in the Regionalliga and the aim for the 2003-04 season was to qualify for the 2. Bundesliga, starting in the next season. They won their league though and after a successful qualification round gained promotion to the highest league in German women's football. Since Schönebeck has established itself in the Bundesliga, generally achieving mid-table results.

Current Squad

Coaches

* Ralf Agolli (Head Coach)
* Kirsten Schlosser (Co-Trainer)
* Cathrin Junker (Physio)
* Jan Szczepanski (Goalkeeping)

Statistics

External Links

* [http://www.sport-in-schoenebeck.de/index.html Official site of SG Essen-Schönebeck]
* [http://www.sgs-frauenfussball.de Homepage of the women's section]
* [http://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=3141 Fußball-Bundesliga at DFB]