USC Paloma Hamburg is a
German association football club from the city of
Hamburg
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Hamburgian(s)
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History
The club was formed in August 1909 by a group of sports-mad juveniles and takes its name from the Spanish word for dove. A multi-sport club, ''Paloma'' has departments for badminton, basketball, gymnastics, judo, jiu jitsu, kung fu, table tennis, and handball. The handball-team won the Hamburg Oberliga championship in 2007–08.
After their first
Hamburger Pokal (Hamburg Cup) win in 2002 ''Paloma'' took part in the opening round of the
2002–03 DFB-Pokal (German Cup) where they lost 0–5 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 ...
side ''
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern () or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to football, the club also operates in sev ...
''. A second Hamburger Pokal win in 2014 returned the team to
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 considered ...
play, this time to face Bundesliga club ''
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim'' who beat ''USC'' 0–9.
After two seasons in the
Oberliga Hamburg (V) ''Paloma'' was relegated in 2016 and currently play in the
Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa
The Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the second-highest league in the German state of Hamburg, together with the ''Landesliga Hamburg-Hammonia''. It is named after the Hanseatic League (''Hanse''), ...
(VI).
Honours
The club's honours:
*
Hamburger Pokal
** Champions: 2002,
2014
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References
External links
Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archivhistorical German domestic league tables
Paloma
Association football clubs established in 1909
1909 establishments in Germany
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