VfB Hüls is a German association football club from

Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia Marl () is a town and a municipality in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the Wesel-Datteln Canal, approx. 10 km north-west of Recklinghausen. It has about 90,000 people. Geography ...

History

The club was founded on 22 July 1948 as ''Eintracht Lippe'' and then renamed ''Verein für Rasenspiele 1948 e.V. Marl-Hüls'' on 27 January 1951. ''VfR'' merged with ''SuS Drewer-Süd'' in 1976 to create the current club. After claiming the title in the fifth division Verbandsliga Westfalen in 1997 the club was promoted to the Oberliga Westfalen (IV). In 2007 it was demoted to the Verbandsliga but won their division championship the next year to go back to the new NRW-Liga (V). In 2012 the NRW-Liga was dissolved and after four seasons there, 'VfR' was one of the clubs specially promoted to the

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) but was relegated after a 17th-place finish back to the refounded

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 ...

(V). The club finished in 16th place in 2015 but announced its restart in the Bezirksliga (VIII) for next season.

Stadium

''VfB Hüls'' plays its home matches in the Stadion am Badeweiher which has a capacity of 6,000.

Honours

The club's honours: *

** Champions: 2000 *

Westfalenliga The Westfalenliga (''formerly the '') is the second highest amateur football league in the region of Westphalia which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the sixth tier of the German football league system. It operates in two groups ...

– Group 1 ** Champions: 1990, 1994, 2008

References

External links

Official website
Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia Association football clubs established in 1948 Recklinghausen (district) 1948 establishments in Germany {{Germany-footyclub-stub