Sportfreunde Baumberg is a German amateur football club from the neighbourhood of Baumberg in Monheim am Rhein, North Rhine-Westphalia. Founded in 1962, the team plays in the Oberliga Niederrhein in the fifth tier of the German football league system.
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| Full name | Sportfreunde Baumberg e. V. |
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| Nickname(s) | Blau-weiß (Blue-whites) |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Ground | MEGA-Stadion |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| Chairman | Jürgen Schick |
| Manager | Markus Kurth |
| League | Oberliga Niederrhein (V) |
| 2016–17 | Oberliga Niederrhein (V), 12st |
| Website | http://www.sfbaumberg.de/ |
History
editAs the winners of the 2013 Lower Rhine Cup, the club played in the 2013–14 DFB-Pokal. In the first round on 3 August, it lost 4–1 at home to FC Ingolstadt 04 of the 2. Bundesliga.[1]
After three seasons in the tier five Oberliga Niederrhein, the club was relegated to the Landesliga Niederrhein (tier six) at the end of the 2014–15 season but bounced back immediately with a league championship and promotion there.
A new stadium will be built within the Sportzentrum am Kielsgraben which will be finished in the midst of 2025.[2]
Honours
editThe club's honours:
- Lower Rhine Cup
- Winners: 2013
- Landesliga Niederrhein 2
- Champions: 2006, 2010
- Landesliga Niederrhein 1
- Champions: 2016
References
edit- ^ "Baumberg bietet Ingolstadt großen Kampf". kicker.de (in German). 3 August 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ^ "Monheim: Baustart für Fußball- und Tennisanlagen". fupa.net (in German). 1 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.