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, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed through the merger in June 2009 of ''FC Germania Dattenfeld'', ''1. Windeck FC'' and ''TSV Dreisel''. In addition to its football side, the club has departments for

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, tennis, women's gymnastics, and volleyball.

History

Predecessor ''FC Germania Dattenfeld'' was founded in 1910 and first came to note with the advance of its football side to the Landesliga Mittelrhein (VI) in 1999, where they captured the title in 2001 to win promotion to the

Verbandsliga Mittelrhein The Mittelrheinliga ( en, Middle Rhine League), sometimes also referred to as Oberliga Mittelrhein after its elevation to Oberliga status in 2012, is a German amateur football division administered by the Football association of the Middle Rhine, ...

(V). ''Germania'' continued to deliver strong performances, earning a vice championship in its debut season in fifth-tier play and a succession of upper-table finishes in subsequent seasons. In 2007 the club rose to the

Oberliga Nordrhein The Oberliga Nordrhein was the highest Football League in the region of Nordrhein which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1978 to 2008. In its last season, it was one of nine Oberligas in German football, the 4th tier of the Ge ...

(IV) on the strength of a Verbandsliga title. The rapid climb by the club out of Bezirksliga C-Klasse football is credited to Chairman Heinz Georg Willmeroth and his friend and the club's main sponsor, Franz-Josef Wernze. Partners ''1. Windeck FC'' and ''TSV Dreisel'' were both established in 1919 and have only ever played in lower-level local competition. Currently the club plays in the tier five Oberliga Mittelrhein.

Honours

The club's honours: *

(V) ** Champions: 2007 *

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I (VI) ** Champions: 2001 *

Middle Rhine Cup The Middle Rhine Cup (German: ''Mittelrheinpokal'') is a German football club Cup competition open to teams from the Lower Rhine region of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The competition is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of German fo ...

** Winners: 2009, 2010, 2011

Stadium

The club plays its home matches in the ''Germania Dattenfelder Sports Park'' which has a capacity of 1,000. A grandstand with seating for 150 is planned. In August 2007 the club made headlines when, in the third match of the season, the goalkeeper of visiting SV Straelen noticed the crossbar was too low. A measurement showed the goal 14–17 cm lower than the required 2.44 m. Straelen officially protested their 0–4 loss but were initially denied. In November 2007, following an appeal of the original decision, the match was ordered replayed.

Notable coaches

* Hermann-Josef Werres * Michael Boris

References

External links

Official website

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables (in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Windeck, Germania Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia Association football clubs established in 1910 1910 establishments in Germany