1. FC Bocholt is a German association football club based in Bocholt, North Rhine-Westphalia.

History

The team was founded 21 August 1900 as ''Fußball-Club Bocholt'' and in 1919 was joined by ''VfvB Bocholt'', which had been established in 1917 as ''Ballverein Bocholt''. In 1937, they merged with another local side, ''Ballspielverein 1919 Bocholt'', which had played as the football department of ''Turnverein Phönix Bocholt'' until 1936. The new club played as ''BV 1900 Bocholt'' until after World War II and adopted its current name in 1946.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ''1. FC'' enjoyed its greatest successes through the late 1970s and early 1980s playing third-division football. They earned short-lived single-season promotions to the 2. Bundesliga in 1977–78 and 1980–81. The club also made several appearances in

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(German Cup) play in that period and in 1984 advanced as far as the quarter-finals before going out 2–1 to ''

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''. After slipping out of the Regionaliga West/Südwest (III) in 1997, Bocholt played for a decade in 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) as a mid-to-lower table side. The club had a poor 2006–07 campaign and was relegated to the

Verbandsliga Niederrhein The Oberliga Niederrhein ( en, Premier League of the Lower Rhine) is a German amateur football division administered by the Football Association of the Lower Rhine, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Lowe ...

(V) play. The club dropped as far as the

Landesliga Niederrhein The Landesliga Niederrhein is the second highest amateur football league in the Lower Rhine region 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 groups wh ...

, but a division title there in 2014 took it back up to what is now the

Oberliga Niederrhein The Oberliga Niederrhein ( en, Premier League of the Lower Rhine) is a German amateur football division administered by the Football Association of the Lower Rhine, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Lowe ...

Honours

The club's honours: *

Amateurliga Niederrhein The Oberliga Niederrhein ( en, Premier League of the Lower Rhine) is a German amateur football division administered by the Football Association of the Lower Rhine, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Lowe ...

(III) ** Champions: 1976 *

Amateuroberliga 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 ...

(III) ** Champions: 1980, 1984 *

(V) ** Champions: 2022 *

Lower Rhine Cup The Lower Rhine Cup (German: ''Niederrheinpokal'') 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 foo ...

** Winners: 1983

References

External links

Official website

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