Düsseldorfer Eislauf-Gemeinschaft or Düsseldorfer EG (short DEG) is a German professional
ice hockey
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team in
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...
. It was Germany's most successful hockey club for a long time and had many international players. The famous Eisstadion at the Brehmstrasse was the home venue for most of the team's history. The team now plays in the
Deutsche Eishockey Liga
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(German Ice Hockey League, abbreviated DEL); the home venue is the
PSD Bank Dome.
The club was founded on 8 November 1935 as Düsseldorfer Eislauf Gemeinschaft (DEG) and was renamed DEG Metro Stars on 1 March 2002. It was renamed again as Düsseldorfer Eislauf-Gemeinschaft (DEG) in 2012.
Honors
* German champions 1967, 1972, 1975, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996
* German