Ahrweiler BC is a German football club from the city of

Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler () is a spa town in the German States of Germany, Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate that serves as the Capital (political), capital of the Ahrweiler (district), Ahrweiler district. The Bundesautobahn 61, A61 motorway conne ...

, Rheinland-Pfalz. The club was established in January 1920 as ''Fußballverein Ahrweiler'' and adopted the name ''Ahrweiler Ballspiel-Club'' on 10 March 1925.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag __TOC__

History

Following World War II ''BC'' merged with gymnastics and sports club ''Turn- und Sport 1898 Ahrweiler'' to form ''Rasen-Vereinigung 98 Ahrweiler''. That union lasted until 23 March 1949 when the two clubs again went their separate ways. ''BC'' has remained an unheralded local side for most of its existence having made just two single season appearances in the

Amateurliga Rheinland The Amateurliga Rheinland was the highest football league in the region of the Rheinland Football Association and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Ve ...

(III) in 1972–73 and 1974–75. Tied for 13th place with '' VfB Lützel'' and '' Eintracht Höhr-Grenzhausen'' at the end of the 1973 season ''Ahrweil'' lost a relegation play-off and was sent down. Their 1974–75 campaign was also unsuccessful and it too ended in relegation. The club became a founding member of the

Verbandsliga Rheinland The Rheinlandliga is a German amateur football division administered by the Rhineland Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Rhineland state association, the Verbandsliga is currently a l ...

(IV) in 1978 and stayed in this league until 1986, a fourth place in 1981–82 being its best result. It earned promotion back to this league in 1987, finishing runners-up to

VfB Wissen The VfB Wissen is a German association football club from the town of Wissen, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club's greatest success has been a single season spent in the tier two 2. Oberliga Südwest in 1962–63 and to become a founding member of ...

in its first season back. In 1995–96, the club finished third in the league but in 1999, it suffered another relegation, back to the Bezirksliga. In 2006, ''BC'' joined ''

SC 07 Bad Neuenahr SC 07 Bad Neuenahr was a German football club from Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate. The best-known section within the club was its women's football team, which was founded in 1969 and won the German Championship in 1978. ''Sportclub ...

'' in a sports co-operative known as ''SG Ahrweiler/Bad Neuenahr'' which fields combined first and second teams. The club played in the tier seven Bezirksliga Rheinland-Mitte until consecutively being relegated in 2013 and 2014 but recovered with a league championship in the Kreisliga B Ahr in 2015–16. In 2018 the club played in Bezirksliga Mitte and became the League's winning team, getting promoted to the

Rheinlandliga The Rheinlandliga is a German amateur football division administered by the Rhineland Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Rhineland state association, the Verbandsliga is currently a l ...

. In their first season 2018/19 Ahrweiler BC ranked second place being qualified to the Qualification matches against

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and SF Köllerbach.

References

External links

Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahrweil, BC Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Rhineland-Palatinate Association football clubs established in 1920 1920 establishments in Germany