1. Fußball-Club Düren e.V., commonly known as 1. FC Düren, is a German association football club based in the town of

Düren Düren (; Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne, on the river Rur (river), Rur. History Roman era The area of Düren was part of Gallia Belgica, more specifically the ter ...

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History

FC Düren-Niederau

FC Düren-Niederau was founded in 1908 as ''FC 08 Niederau-Krauthausen'' and later adopted the name ''FC Düren-Niederau.'' The team's greatest success was being promoted into the

Verbandsliga Mittelrhein The Mittelrheinliga (), 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, one of the 21 German st ...

in 1981, in which they would later go on to reach fourth place in the 1984/85 season — the best performance in the club's history. In 1991 the club were relegated from the league. In 2008 they were re-promoted into the league, but were shortly relegated at the end of the next season. In 2012 they then were relegated further from the Verbandsliga to the Bezirksliga, but promptly re-entered the Verbandsliga the following season. Their junior teams also showed great success, with the ''C-Juniors'' winning the Mittelrheinpokal in 2005 and 2012, and the ''D-Juniors'' in 2000 and 2004. Johanna Elsig became the

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champion.

SG GFC Düren 99

The parent club of 1. FC Düren, SG GFC Düren 99, was a product of multiple fusions between other clubs and a team associated with two Germany national football team players:

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and

Georg Stollenwerk Georg Stollenwerk (19 December 1930 – 30 April 2014) was a German footballer and trainer. His career started with SD Düren 99. From 1953 to 1966 he played for 1. FC Köln as defender and midfielder. The member of the German 1958 FIFA W ...

. Their roots stem back to 1899, where the team was founded as Germania Düren. On August 8, 1935, this team merged with Düren SC 03 to form SG Düren 99. SG Düren 99 went on to play in the top division

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league during the 1930s, and then later in the second division 2. Oberliga West following the end of

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. During the 1980s and 90s the club found themselves in a downward spiral and dropped to Kreisliga B. On 29 June 2001, the team merged with Schwarz-Weiß Düren to form ''SG Schwarz-Weiß Düren 99.'' Six years later, however, Schwarz-Weiß Düren was re-founded as a separate team. On 1 April 2011, SG Düren 99 merged with GFC Düren 09, who had played in the fourth division

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from 2002 to 2007, to form SG GFC Düren 99.

Founding of 1. FC Düren

1. FC Düren was founded on 30 November 2017, and took over the football section of FC Düren-Niederau, which finished the 2017–18 season in the sixth-division

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 ...

under their old name. On 25 April 2018, the

Middle Rhine Football Association The Middle Rhine Football Association (, FVM) is the umbrella organization of the football clubs in the German mid-Rhein area and covers the football districts of Aachen, Berg, Bonn, Düren, Euskirchen, Heinsberg, Cologne, Rhein-Erft-Kreis and ...

approved the merger of the youth and senior football departments of SG GFC Düren 99, also playing in the Landesliga Mittelrhein, with 1. FC Düren, which took effect on 15 June 2018. FC Düren-Niederau finished the 2017–18 season in third place, while SG GFC Düren 99 won the Landesliga Mittelrhein and earned promotion, resulting in 1. FC Düren playing their inaugural 2018–19 season in the fifth-division

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. During the 2018–19 season, 1. FC Düren reached the semi-finals of the

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before losing to

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, and finished eighth in the

. In the following season under new manager Giuseppe Brunetto, Düren finished in second place in the league behind

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after the season was curtailed due to the

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. In addition, the club won the

against Alemannia Aachen, securing their qualification for the

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, in which they were beaten by

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Stadium

The club plays its home matches at the Westkampfbahn in

, which has a capacity of 6,000. The stadium was opened on 9 August 1914, and was last renovated in 2014. Prior to foundation of 1. FC Düren, the clubs Germania Düren, SG Düren 99 and SG GFC Düren 99 also played at the stadium.

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:

Players

Honours

The club's honours: *

** Champions: 2022–23 *

** Champions: 2019–20

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duren, 1 Fc Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia Association football clubs established in 2017 2017 establishments in Germany