- Union Solingen
Football club infobox
clubname = Union Solingen
fullname = 1. Fussball Club Union Solingen e.V.
nickname =
founded = 1949
ground = Stadion am Hermann-Löns-Weg
capacity = 15,000
chairman =
manager =
league =Verbandsliga Niederrhein (VI)
season = 2007-08
position = 7th
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leftarm2=ffff00|body2=ffff00|rightarm2=ffff00|shorts2=0000FF|socks2=ffff00Union Solingen is a German football club that plays in
Solingen ,North Rhine-Westphalia .History
The side can trace its roots back to an earlier "Union Soligen" club founded in
1897 out of the merger of a number of clubs from the district of Ohligs that would over time include "Ohligs FC 06", "VfR Ohligs", "Walder Ballspielverein", and "BV Adler Ohligs". Of the club's predecessor sides only "VfR Ohligs" would distinguish itself with any time spent in first division football when they played the1940 -41 season in the Gauliga Niederrhein before being relegated on the heels of last place finish.In
1949 , afterWorld War II , the club was re-formed as "Union Ohligs" and began play in the2nd Oberliga West (Gruppe 2). By the early 70s they were playing in the Amateurliga Niederrhein (III). A1973 merger with "VfL Wald Ohligs 1897" led to the formation of a club that played in the Regionalliga Nord (II) as "Ohligs SC Solingen" for a single season before being relegated. Re-named "SG Union Solingen" the next year, the team earned promotion to the 2.Bundesliga-Nord by the middle of the decade. They would stay fourteen seasons in the professional ranks with their best finishes being a fifth and sixth in1984 -85. "Solingen" returned to the Amateur-Oberliga Nordrhein (III) in1989 : by this time the club was suffering financially and would soon be bankrupt.The current club was formed as "1. FC Union Solingen" in
1990 and took up play in the Verbandsliga Niederrhein (IV). The team has experienced several promotions and relegations and currently plays in the Verbandsliga Niederrhein, which is now a fifth tier circuit.Former Players
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Ray Hudson [http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/nasl/naslstar.html]Honours
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Amateurliga Niederrhein champions: 1973, 1975
*Verbandsliga Niederrhein champions: 1994, 2002
* Landesliga Niederrhein champions: 1969, 2000External links
* [http://www.unionsolingen.de/ Official team site]
* [http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/solingen.html The Abseits Guide to German Soccer]
* [http://www.northside-nuns.de -Northside Nuns- Fanpage with pics and videos]
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