VfL Leverkusen was a German association football club from the central district of Küppersteg in the city of

Leverkusen Leverkusen () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the south, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne, and to the north the state capital, Düsseldorf. With about 161,000 inhabitants, Leverkusen is on ...

, North Rhine-Westphalia.

History

The club was the product of the 25 July 1950 union of ''Turn- und Sport 1904 Manfort'', established 21 June 1904 as ''Ballspielverein Manfort'', and ''Turn- und Sport Jahn 1914 Küppersteg'', established 15 February 1914. ''Küppersteg'' played the 1949–50 season in the Amateurliga Mittelrhein (II); the newly combined side took up their place and competed there through the early- to mid 50s before slipping into the Landesliga Mittelrhein (III). League re-structuring saw the club sent down to fourth division play in 1956. ''VfL'' returned to the Amateurliga Mittlerhein (III) in 1964 for a two-season turn before falling back through the

Landesliga Mittelrhein The Landesliga Mittelrhein is the second highest amateur football league in the region of Middle Rhine which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and since 2012 the sixth tier of the German football league system. It operates in two group ...

(IV) into lower division play by 1966. They returned to the Landesliga in 1972 and narrowly escaped relegation in each of the next several seasons until finally being sent down in 1977. ''Leverkusen'' finally recovered a place in the Landesliga Mittelrhein in 2003, capturing the division title that same year, winning immediate 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, ...

(IV). In 2008 the club won the Verbandsliga championship but was not promoted as that league and others below it were downgraded by one level with the foundation of the

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...

. Verbandsliga Mittelrhein was renamed Mittelrheinliga where the club remained for three more seasons before it went down to Landesliga 1 (VI). Three more seasons were spent there before ''Leverkusen'' finished second in 2014 for a return to the renamed Oberliga Mittelrhein. The club was relegated back to the Landesliga at the end of the 2015–16 season. In February 2017, the club was declared insolvent and, consequently, withdrew from competitions thereafter. Results from its previous games in the Landesliga were expunged while its remaining fixtures were cancelled and the club was placed last in the table. It later closed down in March and a successor, ''SC Leverkusen'', was founded to inherit VfL's youth department.

Honours

The club's honours: *

(VI) ** Champions: 2003 *

(V) ** Champions: 2008

Notable players

Jens Hegeler Jens Hegeler (born 22 January 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Youth and early career Hegeler began his career at SV Westhoven in 1993 and moved after two years to SpVgg Porz. He left Porz afte ...

* Bahadir Incilli * Sascha Marquet

References

External links

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Leverkusen, VfL Defunct football clubs in Germany Defunct football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia Vfl Leverkusen Association football clubs established in 1950 Association football clubs disestablished in 2017 1950 establishments in West Germany 2017 disestablishments in Germany