SC Preußen Münster (English: Prussia Münster) is a German sports club based in
Münster
Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...
,
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 ...
which is mostly recognised for its
football
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section. The football team currently plays in
Regionalliga West
The Regionalliga West is a German semi-professional football division administered by the Western German Football Association based in Duisburg. It is one of the five German regional football associations. Being the single flight of the Western ...
which is the fourth tier in German football. Preußen Münster also fields teams in
tennis
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,
athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
,
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
and
fistball
Fistball is a sport of European origin, primarily played in the German-speaking nations of Austria, Germany and Switzerland, as well as in Brazil. The objective of the game is similar to volleyball, in that teams try to hit a ball over a net, bu ...
.
History
The club was founded as FC Preußen on 30 April 1906 and has its roots in a group formed at the Johann-Conrad-Schlaun Grammar School. Historians consider patriotic reasons for naming the club after Prussia. At first the club did not have its own ground and was playing at a parade ground of the army at Loddenheide. General Baron von Bissing gave permission only if the goals would be taken down again after training. On 24 June 1907 the Eagles won their first game against FC Osnabrück with 5–0. After successfully applying for the Western German League system, the team initially competed in the second tier. In 1908 the Eagles were promoted to the first league and in 1914 they won the Westphalian Championship. Between 1916 and 1926 the club played on Münstermannplatz, which was close to the current ground, the
Preußenstadion
Preußenstadion is a multi-use stadium in Münster, Germany. It is used as the stadium of SC Preußen Münster
SC Preußen Münster (English: Prussia Münster) is a German sports club based in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia which is mostly r ...
. In 1921 they won the Championship a second time and also took on their current name.
In 1933, Preußen advanced to the
Gauliga Westfalen
The Gauliga Westphalia was the highest football league in the Prussian province of Westphalia and the small Free State of Lippe from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germa ...
, one of sixteen top-flight leagues established through the re-organization of German football under the
Third Reich
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
. They earned only mediocre results there and were relegated twice. Their second demotion in 1941 left them out of first division football until after World War II.
![Preussen Munster Performance Chart](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Preussen_Munster_Performance_Chart.png)
The team played three seasons in the Landesliga Westfalen Gr. 2 (II) before returning to the top-flight in the
Oberliga West Oberliga ( en, Premier league) may refer to:
Association football
* Oberliga (football), currently the fifth tier of the German football league system, formerly the first
* DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of football in East Germany until 1990, re ...
in the 1948–49 season. That arrival was accompanied by some notoriety, as Preußen Münster became the first German football club to build a team by buying players, something previously unheard of in a country committed to the ideal of amateurism. Siegfried Rachuba, Adolf Preissler, Rudolf Schulz,
Felix Gerritzen
Felix Gerritzen (6 February 1927 – 3 July 2007) was a German footballer who played as a forward for VfB Oldenburg and Preußen Münster
Preußen or Preussen is the German word for Prussia.
It also refers to:
Ships
* ''Preußen'' (ship), ...
, and Josef Lammers formed a front five dubbed by the press as the "Hundred-Thousand-Mark Line", even though that much money never did change hands. Rachuba is still Münsters most successful first tier striker of all times with 97 goals in 238 games.
The investment paid dividends as the club appeared in the 1951 national final in front of 107,000 spectators at Berlin's Olympic Stadium against
1. FC Kaiserslautern. Preußen striker Gerritzen scored first but the team lost after two goals from
Ottmar Walter
Ottmar Kurt Herrmann Walter (6 March 1924 – 16 June 2013) was a German footballer who played as a striker.
He played together with his brother, Fritz Walter, at the club 1. FC Kaiserslautern. They also played together for the Germany nation ...
.
Founding member of the Bundesliga
Their results as a mid-table side in the tough Oberliga West in the ten years prior to the formation of the
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...
in 1963 were good enough to earn Preußen Münster the admission as one of the five teams from that league to earn a place in Germany's new sixteen-team professional circuit. The club made only a cameo appearance in the Bundesliga, being relegated after a next-to-last 15th-place finish.
Post Bundesliga play
Preußen Münster played out the 1960s and 1970s as a second division side in the Regionalliga West and 2. Bundesliga Nord. In the 1970s the Preußen made several attempts to return to
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...
. Under club president Günter Wellerdieck (from 1970 to 1978) the club took a considerable financial risk to achieve the promotion to first tier. Preußen failed to do so by finishing on 5th place in the 1973–74 season and on 3rd place in the 1977–78 and 1978–79 seasons. After Wellerdieck and other staff of the club's management resigned due to financial difficulties and accusations of tax fraud in 1978, the decline of Preußen Münster continued. They slipped to the Amateur Oberliga Westfalen (III) in the 1981–82 season, and except for a short adventure in the 2. Bundesliga in the 1990 and 1991 seasons, played third tier football in the Regionalliga West/Sudwest (1993–2000) and Regionalliga Nord until 2006. During this period, they captured the German Amateur Championship in 1994 with a 1–0 win over
Kickers Offenbach
Offenbacher Kickers, also known as Kickers Offenbach, is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs in ...
.
In 2006, the club was relegated to the
Oberliga Westfalen
The Oberliga Westfalen is the highest level football league in the region of Westphalia, which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The league existed from 1978 to 2008, but was then replaced by the NRW-Liga, a new statewide league. Wi ...
, now a fourth tier circuit. Management subsequently invested significant financial resources into a high-profile team of experienced second- and third-tier players in pursuit of immediate re-promotion. The attempt ended in failure and the club re-built itself with young players in place of expensive veterans and also put in place a young and relatively unknown coach,
Roger Schmidt. The re-worked side finished in first place in the 2007–08 season, and so qualified for the new
Regionalliga West
The Regionalliga West is a German semi-professional football division administered by the Western German Football Association based in Duisburg. It is one of the five German regional football associations. Being the single flight of the Western ...
which replaced the Oberliga in the league system. They ended the season in fourth place in the Regionalliga in 2008–09, and in sixth in 2009–10. For season 2008–09 the club qualified for the
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...
the first time since season 1997–98 (where they were defeated by
1.FSV Mainz 05
1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05 () or simply Mainz (), is a German sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. 1. FSV Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top ...
). The opponent was
VfL Bochum
Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seas ...
which competed in
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...
at that time. After a penalty shootout Preußen lost 5–6. In the following year the Eagles were defeated in the extra time against another first tier team,
Hertha BSC
Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charl ...
. The match ended 1–3.
They were finally promoted to
3. Liga after finishing as champions of the West Group of the Regionalliga in the 2010–11 season. The manager of that time was
Marc Fascher
Marc Fascher (born 4 August 1968 in) is a German football manager and former player, who last managed Sportfreunde Lotte.
Coaching career
Fascher began his coaching career with Harburger SC, before being named head coach at SC Concordia in 2000 ...
. Preußen were defeated by another Bundesliga team in the German cup,
VfL Wolfsburg
Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...
(1–2). The first season 2011–12 in the third tier of German football after five years ended with a 12th place. In the following seasons the team finished significantly better and even had chances to get promoted again to
2. Bundesliga. In season 2012–13 they almost succeeded and ended in fourth place. In that season the team was also able to defeat the Bundesliga team
Werder Bremen
Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are be ...
in the first round of the DFB-Pokal, 4–2 after extra time. In the second round the club lost against
FC Augsburg
Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e. V., commonly known as FC Augsburg () or Augsburg, is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. The team was founded as ...
. In season 2013–14 they ended in sixth place. Again the club managed to win against a team from a higher league in the DFB-Pokal,
FC St. Pauli
Fußball-Club St Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St Pauli (), is a German professional football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga.
The football department is part of a larger sp ...
from 2. Bundesliga. In the next round Preußen was defeated again by FC Augsburg.
In the 2014–15 season, the club had a promising start, and was during winter even at the top of the league. Unfortunately the team was not able to keep up the good results and finished 8th. The season 2015–16 also started with good results, but again the team lost ground in the long turn and finished ninth. During the season the club switched managers, from
Ralf Loose
Ralf Loose (; born 5 January 1963) is a German football coach and former player who last managed Swiss club Winterthur. He is most noted for his stint with the Liechtenstein national football team.
Playing career
Loose played as a sweeper betwe ...
to
Horst Steffen. The following season brought up big changes in the club administration. After changing the coach from Horst Steffen to the former SCP-player
Benno Möhlmann
Benno Hans Möhlmann (born 1 August 1954) is a German retired football player and manager. He played for Preußen Münster, Werder Bremen, and Hamburger SV.
Playing career
Möhlmann began his senior career in 1972 as a midfielder with Preußen ...
several high ranking positions in the club were also manned with new personalities. To serve as chairman Preußen Münster could win over Christoph Strässer, a former politician of the German
Bundestag
The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons ...
. Among others, the board of directors now contains Walther Seinsch who is well known in German football for his work with then fourth tier club
FC Augsburg
Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e. V., commonly known as FC Augsburg () or Augsburg, is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. The team was founded as ...
. Furthermore, with Friedrich Lucas the club's board now has a fans' representative for the first time in the history of Preußen Münster. In April 2017, Malte Metzelder manned the position of director of football. He is also a former player of the Eagles.
In 2017, Preußen Münster celebrated the club's 111th anniversary. In celebration, the club used a special anniversary logo in 2017. The logo contained the text "111 Jahre" (111 years) on top and "1906–2017" on the bottom, along with the club's usual
Prussian eagle The state of Prussia developed from the State of the Teutonic Order. The original flag of the Teutonic Knights had been a black cross on a white flag. Emperor Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II in 1229 granted them the right to use the b ...
surrounded by a wreath. The club also gave away 111
litre
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s of free
beer
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to fans at the stadium.
Honours
The club's honours:
*
German championship
** Runners-up: 1951
*
German amateur championship
The German amateur football championship was a national football competition in Germany organized by the German Football Association (German: Deutscher Fußball-Bund; DFB) and in existence from 1950 to 1998.
History
Overview
The championship was ...
** Champions: 1994
*
Regionalliga West
The Regionalliga West is a German semi-professional football division administered by the Western German Football Association based in Duisburg. It is one of the five German regional football associations. Being the single flight of the Western ...
(IV)
** Champions: 2011
*
Amateur Oberliga Westfalen
The Oberliga Westfalen is the highest level football league in the region of Westphalia, which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The league existed from 1978 to 2008, but was then replaced by the NRW-Liga, a new statewide league. Wit ...
(III)
** Champions: 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993
*
Westphalia Cup
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** Winner: 1997, 2008, 2009, 2010,
2014
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,
2021
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** Runners-up: 1987, 1998, 2012,
2022
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Players
Current squad
Staff
* Manager:
Sascha Hildmann
* Assistant manager: Louis Cordes
* Goalkeeping coach:
Carsten Nulle
* Director of sport: Peter Niemeyer
* Scout: Harald Menzel
* Kit manager: Jürgen Keseberg
Manager history
* Season 1948–49 Rudolf Prokoph
* Season 1949–50
Willi Multhaup
Willi Multhaup (19 July 1903 – 18 December 1982) was a German football manager and player who led Borussia Dortmund to victory in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1966.
Career
Multhaup won the 1964–65 Bundesliga with Werder Bremen. He won th ...
* Season 1950–51 Willi Multhaup
* Season 1951–52 Willi Multhaup
* Season 1952–53 Willi Multhaup
* Season 1953–54 Ludwig Tretter
* Season 1954–55 Paul Böhm
* Season 1955–56 Paul Böhm
* Season 1956–57 Günter Hentschke
* Season 1957–58 Günter Hentschke
* Season 1958–59
Kuno Klötzer
Kuno Klötzer (19 April 1922 – 6 August 2011) was a German football player and coach who won the 1977 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup managing Hamburger SV.
Born in Geyer, Germany, Klötzer managed several clubs included Arminia Hannover, Hannover 9 ...
* Season 1959–60 Kuno Klötzer
* Season 1960–61 Kuno Klötzer
* Season 1961–62
Richard Schneider
* Season 1962–63 Richard Schneider
* Season 1963–64 Richard Schneider
* Season 1964–65 Richard Schneider
* Season 1965–66 Richard Schneider
* Season 1966–67 Povoslav Mihailovic
* Season 1967–68
Bernhard "Bert" Trautmann
* Season 1968–69 Bernhard "Bert" Trautmann – from 17 September 1968 Rudolf Schnippe – from 31 December 1968 Richard Schneider
* Season 1969–70 Richard Schneider – Dagmar Drewes
* Season 1970–71 Richard Schneider – Falk Dörr – from 11 December 1970
Alfred Schmidt
* Season 1971–72 Alfred Schmidt
* Season 1972–73
Slobodan Cendic
Slobodan ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан) is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name which means "free" (''sloboda'' / meaning "freedom, liberty") used among other South Slavs as well. It was coined by Serbian liberal politician Vladimir Jovanović w ...
* Season 1973–74 Slobodan Cendic – from 18 March 1974 Bernd Kipp and Günter Wellerdieck
* Season 1974–75
Werner Olk
Werner Olk (born 18 January 1938) is a German former professional football player and manager.
Club career
Olk started his football career as a youth player with SG Letter 05 (Hanover region) in 1948 and eventually switched into the youth te ...
– from 1. April 1975 afterwards Hans-Werner Moors (as caretaker manager)
* Season 1975–76 Detlev Brüggemann – until 21 August 1975, from 8 September 1975
Rudi Faßnacht
* Season 1976–77
Rudi Faßnacht – until 22 February 1977 then Günter Wellerdieck as caretaker manager – from 1 April 1977 Werner Biskup
* Season 1977–78 Werner Biskup
* Season 1978–79 Werner Biskup
* Season 1979–80 Werner Biskup
* Season 1980–81 Günter Exner – from 13 January 1981 Rudi Faßnacht
* Season 1981–82
Zoltán Varga – from 7 December 1981
Horst Blankenburg
Horst Blankenburg (born 10 July 1947) is a German former professional footballer, who played as a sweeper. He is best known for the early 1970s period, during which he played for Ajax and won the European Cup three times (1971, 1972, 1973), the ...
(as caretaker manager)
* Season 1982–83 Ernst Mareczek
* Season 1983–84 Ernst Mareczek
* Season 1984–85 Ernst Mareczek
* Season 1985–86 Günter Exner
* Season 1986–87 Helmut Horsch
* Season 1987–88 Helmut Horsch
* Season 1988–89 Helmut Horsch
* Season 1989–90 Elmar Müller – from 8 March 1990 Ernst Mareczek
* Season 1990–91
Gerd Roggensack – from 24 April 1991
Siegfried Melzig
Siegfried Melzig (born 12 July 1940) is a German former football player and manager.
He played as a goalkeeper for SpVgg Weisenau and SV Meppen.
He managed VfL Osnabrück, Bonner SC, Bayer Uerdingen, Panionios, FC 08 Homburg, Freiburger FC, MS ...
until 17 June 1991
* Season 1991–92 Hans-Werner Moors
* Season 1992–93 Hans-Werner Moors
* Season 1993–94 Hans-Werner Moors – from 9 May 1994 Ernst Mareczek
* Season 1994–95 Fritz Bischoff
* Season 1995–96 Bernd Kipp (15 August – 28 August 1995), afterwards Alfons Weusthoff
* Season 1996–97
Paul Linz
Paul Linz (born 4 January 1956) is a German football manager and former player who played as a forward.
Playing career
Linz was born in Trier, Germany.
As a professional player, Paul Linz played 33 Bundesliga matches for SV Werder Bremen (1 ...
(did not start working), afterwards
Peter Vollmann
Peter Vollmann (born 22 December 1957) is a German former football player and manager who last managed VfR Aalen. As a player, he spent one season in the 2. Bundesliga with Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid.
Coaching career Early career
Vollmann was head ...
* Season 1997–98 Peter Vollmann
* Season 1998–99 Hans-Werner Moors
* Season 1999-00 Hans-Werner Moors (until 23 September 1999),
Klaus Berge
Klaus Berge (born 4 October 1961) is a former German football player and current manager who last managed DSC Wanne-Eickel.
As player he most notably played for FC Schalke 04 and 1. FC Saarbrücken.
In 1997, he started his managerial career at ...
(until 2 November 1999), Stefan Grädler
* Season 2000–01 Stefan Grädler
* Season 2001–02 Stefan Grädler (until 16 December 2001) – from January
Neale Marmon
* Season 2002–03 Neale Marmon (until 20 November 2002) – from December
Peter Vollmann
Peter Vollmann (born 22 December 1957) is a German former football player and manager who last managed VfR Aalen. As a player, he spent one season in the 2. Bundesliga with Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid.
Coaching career Early career
Vollmann was head ...
* Season 2003–04 Peter Vollmann (until 10 November 2003), then Hans-Werner Moors
* Season 2004–05 Hans-Werner Moors
* Season 2005–06
Colin Bell (until 20 November 2005), then Stefan Grädler (as caretaker manager), from 19 December 2005 Hans-Werner Moors
* Season 2006–07 Georg Kreß – from 6 April 2007 Carsten Gockel (as caretaker manager)
* Season 2007–08
Roger Schmidt
* Season 2008–09 Roger Schmidt
* Season 2009–10 Roger Schmidt (until 19 March 2010), from 21 March 2010 Marc Fascher
* Season 2010–11
Marc Fascher
Marc Fascher (born 4 August 1968 in) is a German football manager and former player, who last managed Sportfreunde Lotte.
Coaching career
Fascher began his coaching career with Harburger SC, before being named head coach at SC Concordia in 2000 ...
* Season 2011–12 Marc Fascher (until 23 January 2012), from 24 January 2012
Pavel Dochev
Pavel Dochev ( bg, Павел Дочев) (born 28 September 1965) is a Bulgarian retired football defender, who last managed Erzgebirge Aue. Since his retirement from professional football in 2002, he has managed several football teams, mostly ...
. He is following Fascher, who was fired the previous day for having differences with club management.
* Season 2012–13 Pavel Dochev
* Season 2013–14 Pavel Dochev until 5 September 2013. Carsten Gockel (as caretaker manager). From 15 September 2013 the new coach
Ralf Loose
Ralf Loose (; born 5 January 1963) is a German football coach and former player who last managed Swiss club Winterthur. He is most noted for his stint with the Liechtenstein national football team.
Playing career
Loose played as a sweeper betwe ...
takes over.
* Season 2014–15 Ralf Loose
* Season 2015–16 Ralf Loose until 19 December 2015, from 25 December 2015
Horst Steffen.
* Season 2016–17 Horst Steffen until 4 October 2016, from 15 October 2016
Benno Möhlmann
Benno Hans Möhlmann (born 1 August 1954) is a German retired football player and manager. He played for Preußen Münster, Werder Bremen, and Hamburger SV.
Playing career
Möhlmann began his senior career in 1972 as a midfielder with Preußen ...
.
* Season 2017–18 Benno Möhlmann until 10 December 2017, from 12 December 2017
Marco Antwerpen.
* Season 2018–19 Marco Antwerpen
* Season 2019–20 Sven Hübscher until 30 November 2019, from 1 December 2019
Arne Barez (as caretaker manager). From 27 December 2019
Sascha Hildmann.
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
;Key
Stadium
![Preußenstadion Münster](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Preu%C3%9Fenstadion_M%C3%BCnster.jpg)
The club plays at the
Preußenstadion
Preußenstadion is a multi-use stadium in Münster, Germany. It is used as the stadium of SC Preußen Münster
SC Preußen Münster (English: Prussia Münster) is a German sports club based in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia which is mostly r ...
, which was built in 1926. Once considered one of the most modern stadiums in Germany, the arena slowly fell into disrepair which resulted in reducing the capacity from 40,000 in the 1950s to the current 15,000. Construction of a new facility was considered in the 80s, but the idea was abandoned in December 2000. In spring 2008 it was decided to renovate, to make the stadium more attractive and fitting to modern standards. The seating area was replaced by a new one including 2,931 seats and VIP lounges. Some of the terraces which were still uncovered got a roof. The works finished in May 2009.
Further plans have been brought up to continue to modernize the stadium and actions were taken in 2014 to change the development plan of the stadium area by the local administration. Results are pending but in the end, the club wants to rebuild the western and eastern stand to give spectators more comfort and make the club more competitive financially. Furthermore, the Eagles want to extend training possibilities for the professional team and the junior teams.
Fans
![SC Preußen Münster Fans](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/SC_Preu%C3%9Fen_M%C3%BCnster_Fans.JPG)
Due to the club's promotion from
Regionalliga West
The Regionalliga West is a German semi-professional football division administered by the Western German Football Association based in Duisburg. It is one of the five German regional football associations. Being the single flight of the Western ...
to
3. Liga, average attendance significantly increased. During its years in fourth tier of the German league system, the average crowd never exceeded 4,500 fans, with the exception of the 2010–11 season, during which the club was promoted, with an average attendance of 5,628. In the following years the average crowd grew from 7,025 people in 2011–12 season to 8,986 people in season 2012–13. In season 2013–14 there was a decrease to 7,958 people.
The fans of Münster have rivalries especially with supporters of
Arminia Bielefeld
DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...
and
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its football section.
History Foundation to WW2
The cl ...
. The close proximity between the three cities which are located within a 65-kilometer radius led the press to the name of the Bermuda Triangle of Münster, Osnabrück and Bielefeld in
3. Liga. Another minor rival of Preußen Münster supporters is
Rot Weiss Essen.
Preußen Münster has currently 1980 members (''in December 2014'').
Part of the club is the ''Fanprojekt Preußen Münster e. V.'' which serves as a voice for supporters to club management. It also arranges bus tours to matches and events to support charity organizations in the Münster-area. Furthermore, the Fanprojekt offers a radio during matches for people not present, ''Radio Mottekstrehle''.
References
External links
*
The Abseits Guide to German SoccerBlog and Database about Preußen MünsterSupporters Forum
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Football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia
Association football clubs established in 1906
1906 establishments in Germany
Football clubs in Germany
Sport in Münster
Bundesliga clubs
2. Bundesliga clubs
3. Liga clubs