KFC Uerdingen 05
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| Full name | Krefelder Fussball-Club Uerdingen von 1905 e.V. |
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| Founded | 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Grotenburg Stadion, Krefeld (Capacity 34,500) |
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| Chairman |  Agissilaos Kourkoudialos |
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| Manager |  Richard Towa |
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| League | Verbandsliga Niederrhein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-07 | Oberliga Nordrhein, 13th (relegated) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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KFC Uerdingen 05 is a German football club in the Uerdingen district of the city of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia.
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[edit] History
The club was founded on November 17, 1905 as FC Uerdingen 05. In 1953, nearly half a century after their founding the club merged with Werkssportgruppe Bayer AG Uerdingen the local worker's sports club of the chemical giant Bayer AG becoming FC Bayer 05 Uerdingen. Bayer withdrew their sponsorship of the football team in 1995 at which time the club took on its current name. Bayer continues to support the non-footballing departments of the club as SC Bayer 05 Uerdingen.
Uerdingen played in the amateur local leagues throughout its early history. By early 60's they had advanced as far as the Amateurliga Niederrhein (III) where they would play until 1971 when they stepped up into the Regionalliga West (II). The club then enjoyed a succession of strong finishes: a second place result in 1974-75 earned them promotion to the top flight Bundesliga, where they finished dead last. After three seasons in the second tier 2.Bundesliga Nord, another second place finish returned Uerdingen to the Bundesliga in 1979, this time for a two year stay. The club would go on to enjoy its most successful years through the 80's. They returned to the Bundesliga in 1983 and earned a best-ever third place result there in 1986. Uerdingen also captured the German Cup in 1985 with a 2:1 victory over Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich in Berlin's Olympiastadion.
Legendary in the club's history from this time period is their victory over Dynamo Dresden in the quarter-finals of the 1986 European Cup Winners Cup. Down 0:2 after the first leg away and behind 1:3 by half-time at home in the return leg, Uerdingen came storming back with six unanswered goals to win 7:3.
The team spent the first half of the 90's as an "elevator crew" bouncing up and down between the Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga. After the 1995 season Bayer withdrew its sponsorship of the football team which has suffered chronic financial difficulties ever since. Uerdingen took up their final year of play in the Bundesliga in the 1995-96 season as KFC Uerdingen 05. By the turn of the millennium they had slipped through the second division and into third division play. Last season the club's persistent financial problems led the DFB (German Football Association) to deny them a license for play in the Regionalliga Nord (III) in spite of a mid-table finish. They were relegated to the Oberliga-Nordrhein (IV) where they play today. The squad is currently aiming for the 4th place in the Oberliga that would qualify them for the new Regionalliga, which replaces the Oberliga as Germany's fourth tier after the introduction of the 3. Fußball-Bundesliga. The club put veteran manager and Fortuna Düsseldorf legend Aleksandar Ristić in charge of this task.
[edit] Friendly vs. Bayern Munich
On January 21, 2006, KFC played a friendly against Bayern Munich in front of 18,500 spectators, as Bayern fielded stars such as Michael Ballack and Bastian Schweinsteiger. The match captured media attention through the introduction of Markus Oellers as a substitute for Uerdingen four minutes before full time. He had secured his place on the squad with his winning bid of €2,688.05 in an eBay auction staged as part of the club's fight against insolvency. Uerdingen lost the match 0:4, but through no fault of Öllers', who was able to play the ball once in his time on the field.
[edit] Recent league finishes
- 1974/75 - Promoted to the 1. Bundesliga
- 1975/76 - 18th place (relegated)
- 1976/77 - 2. Bundesliga
- 1977/78 - 2. Bundesliga
- 1978/79 - Promoted to the 1. Bundesliga
- 1979/80 - 15th place
- 1980/81 - 18th place (relegated)
- 1981/82 - 2. Bundesliga
- 1982/83 - Promoted to the 1. Bundesliga
- 1983/84 - 10th place
- 1984/85 - 7th place
- 1985/86 - 3rd place
- 1986/87 - 8th place
- 1987/88 - 11th place
- 1988/89 - 13th place
- 1989/90 - 14th place
- 1990/91 - 17th place (relegated)
- 1991/92 - Promoted to the 1. Bundesliga
- 1992/93 - 17th place (relegated)
- 1993/94 - 2. Bundesliga
- 1994/95 - 15th place
- 1995/96 - 18th place (relegated)
- 1996/97 - 2. Bundesliga
- 1997/98 - 2. Bundesliga
- 1998/99 - 2. Bundesliga (relegated)
[edit] Famous players
- Oliver Bierhoff
- Manfred Burgsmüller
- Stéphane Chapuisat
- Bernd Dreher
- Holger Fach
- Friedhelm Funkel
- Matthias Herget
- Stefan Kuntz
- Brian Laudrup
- Erik Meijer
- Stephan Paßlack
- Robert Prytz
- Franz Raschid
- Wolfgang Rolff
- Jaime Rodríguez
- Ludgar van de Loo
- Werner Vollack
- Marcel Witeczek
- Chris Tadrosse
- Michael Klein
[edit] External links
- Official website
- The Abseits Guide to German Soccer
- RP Online: Article about ex-trainer Timo Konietzka
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German Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) Football Clubs (2007-08)
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