USC Paloma Hamburg is a German association football club from the city of

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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 ...

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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,

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References

External links

Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables Paloma Association football clubs established in 1909 1909 establishments in Germany {{Germany-footyclub-stub