- FC Remscheid
Football club infobox
clubname = FC Remscheid
fullname = Fußball-Club Remscheid e.V.
nickname = FCR
founded = October 25, 1908
ground = Röntgen-Stadion
capacity = 12,463
chairman = Dirk Schüttrumpf
manager = Lothar Steinhauer
league = Landesliga Niederrhein-Gruppe 1 (VII)
season = 2007-08
position = 9th
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leftarm2=FFFF00|body2=FFFF00|rightarm2=FFFF00|shorts2=FFFF00|socks2=FFFF00FC 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".History
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 08 Remscheid" in July 1985. Both clubs played primarily as third division sides, although "BVL Lüttringhausen" enjoyed three seasons in the 2. Bundesliga in the 80s (1982-84 and 1987-88).
After the July 1, 1990 merger of "VfB" and "BVL" the combined side "Fußball-Club Remscheid" 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. The club 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.
The "VfB Remscheid" has since reformed, playing under the name of "VfB Marathon Remscheid 1990" in the "Kreisliga B Remscheid".
Honours
"as VfB Marathon 06"
*German amateur champions : 1968"as BV 08 Lüttringhausen"
* German amateur champions: 1986External links
* [http://www.fcremscheid.de/ Official team page]
* [http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/remscheid.html The Abseits Guide to German Soccer]
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