KBC Duisburg is a German sports club based in Kaßlerfeld, a

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Duisburg Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in Nor ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

. The club was founded in 1888 and is renowned for its defunct women's football team, which won a German championship in 1984–85. Today the club offers

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and

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, but the men's football department has never been nearly so successful as the women's department was.

History

KBC Duisburg was founded on 2 September 1888 as gymnastics club. The football department was founded in 1908 and quickly rose to become the most important department in the club. Having more and more success the football players began to fancy the idea of forming an independent football club and eventually did just that in the 1920s. The clubs were merged again as TuSpo Kaßlerfeld when the

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took over the power in Germany. After the war the clubs from the Kaßlerfeld area founded a new club, named "Kaßlerfelder Ballspielclub". The men's football team had its most successful period in the early 1960s, when they played for several years in the "

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" and even achieved a one-year stay in the

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. Today KBC Duisburg has only men's and boys' football teams. The men play in the ''Kreisliga C'', 11th tier football.

Women's football (1970–1994)

The women's football section was founded in 1970 by Paula Schmitz. In 1980 Duisburg reached the final of the German championship for the first time, losing to

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0–5. Three years later the

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was won against

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3–0. The Duisburg eleven featured also the then 16-year-old

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, who became Duisburg's most famous player. In 1985 KBC won the German championship against

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1–0 and also reached the cup final, but lost against FSV Frankfurt on penalties. Duisburg reached the final for the German championship for the third and last time in 1988, losing to , SSG Bergisch Gladbach. When the

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was founded in 1990 Duisburg qualified for the league. The first year ended with a runner-up finish to Siegen, but KBC's best times had already passed. The club was relegated at the end of the 1993–94 season. After a few years in the lower divisions the dissolution of the women's football section was agreed to.

Honours

* German Championship: 1985 *

: 1983 *Lower Rhine champions: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 *Lower Rhine cup: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990

Notable players

The following players of KBC were German internationals: *

Sandra Alter Sandra Alter (born 10 January 1972) is a German former footballer. She was a member of the Germany women's national football team in 1991. On club level she played for Duisburg Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the west ...

* Gudrun Gottschlich *

Sandra Hengst Sandra Hengst (born 12 April 1973) is a German women's international footballer who plays as a midfielder. She is a member of the Germany women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. On club level s ...

* Andrea Limper *

Birgit Offermann Birgit Offermann (born 12 August 1960) is a German retired footballer. She was a member of the Germany women's national football team from 1982 to 1985. On club level she played for KBC Duisburg. References External links Profile
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* Claudia Reichler *

Statistics

References

External links

Official site of KBC Duisburg
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Kbc Duisburg KBC Duisburg is a German sports club based in Kaßlerfeld, a suburb of Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded in 1888 and is renowned for its defunct Women's association football, women's football team, which won a List of German ...

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