- VfB Speldorf
Football club infobox
clubname = VfB Speldorf
fullname = Verein für Bewegungsspiele Speldorf e.V.
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founded = 19 January 1919
ground = Stadion am Blötter Weg
capacity = 2,500
chairman = Klaus Wörsdörfer
manager = Stefan Janßen
league =Verbandsliga Niederrhein (VI)
season = 2007-08
position =Oberliga Nordrhein (IV), 16th (relegated)
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leftarm2=000000|body2=000000|rightarm2=000000|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFVfB Speldorf is a German football from the city of
Mülheim an der Ruhr ,North Rhine-Westphalia .__TOC__
History
The association was formed on 19 January 1919 as the successor to pre-
World War I side "Sport-Club Prueßen Speldorf", which was itself the successor of "Ballverein Rheinland Speldorf". Later the same year the club merged with "Fußball Club Rheinland Speldorf" to become "Verein für Bewegungsspiele Speldorf".The team played largely as a local side and in 1933 adopted the name "VfB Mülheim-Speldorf". They captured consecutive titles in the Berzikklasse Niederrhein (II) in 1935 and 1936 and took part in promotion playoffs for the Gauliga Niederrhein, but were unsuccessful in their attempt to advance. Late in
World War II , "VfB" played as part of the wartime club "Kriegspielgemeinschaft Mülheim/Broich" alongside "Turn- und Spielverein Broich 1885" (1943-45), before resuming its separate identity after the conflict.From the 40s on into the mid-50s "Speldorf" competed in the third tier Landesliga Niederrhein as an undistinguished side until breaking out in 1956 and capturing the division title. The team then went on to national amateur final where the were beaten 2:3 by "
SpVgg Neu-Isenburg ". They fared poorly the next season after their advance to the 2. Liga-West (II) and were immediately relegated. They spent four more seasons in the Landesliga before slipping out of sight into local competition. "VfB" resurfaced in the Amateurliga Niederrhein (III) in 1969 for a three season turn before again backsliding, followed by a single season cameo appearance in the Amateuroberliga Nordrhein (III) in 1983-84. Most recently "Speldorf" returned to the professional ranks in the Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) in 2005.Honours
*Berzikklasse Niederrhein (II) champions: 1934, 1935
*Landesliga Neiderrhein (III) champions: 1956, 1969
*German amateur vice-champions: 1956tadium
Home games are played at the Stadion am Blötter Weg which can accommodate of 2,500 spectators. As part of a restructuring in 2004, a small covered grandstand was built. Average attendance in the Oberliga is approximately 1,000.
The town of Muelheim an der Ruhr and "VfB Speldorf" have prepared for the move of the club to Ruhr Stadion for the 2008-09 season. The new venue holds 6,000 and is better served by a well-developed urban infrastructure than is the current site. The Ruhr Stadium was the home ground of "
1. FC Mülheim " in the 70s during that clubs turn in the "2. Bundesliga". The stadium currently hosts Landesliga (V) side "Galatasaray Mülheim".External links
* [http://www.vfb-speldorf.de/ Official team site]
References
*Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9
*Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-928562-85-1
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German domestic league tables (in German)
* [http://www.eufo.de/ eufo.de] European football club profiles and current team rosters
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