FFC Brauweiler Pulheim 2000 was a German

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club based in

Pulheim Pulheim (; Ripuarian: ''Pullem'') is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since the 1920s, a large substation of the ''Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk AG'' ( RWE) is located at Pulheim. It is the end of t ...

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. It was founded when the women's section of Grün-Weiß Brauweiler in 2000 established its own club. The team played its last season in the

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, the German third division. Afterwards the clubs disbanded to join

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History

In 1974 Thomas Meyer established a training group which became the women's section of Grün-Weiß Brauweiler. The team played in the top division from the beginning on and relegations in 1980 and 1986 were followed by direct re-promotions. Despite three consecutive wins of the regional ''Mittelrheinpokal'' in 1989-91 Brauweiler did not qualify for the

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at its inception in 1990. The following season marked one of the club's greatest successes as promotion to the Bundesliga was achieved. Brauweiler won the cup in the same season, being still the only time a club from the second division was able to achieve this feat. The club fought its way to the Bundesliga final, there losing to

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. After winning another cup in 1993 and several second places in the league Brauweiler won its first and only championship in

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. A week later the club's third cup win completed the Double. With a fourth place in 1997–98 Brauweiler qualified for the single-railed Bundesliga, but several seasons of mediocre performance followed. Eventually the team was relegated to the 2nd league in 2003–04. A direct re-promotion was followed by a year of constant fighting against being relegated yet again. The retirement of several core players led to a disastrous 2006–07 season where Brauweiler took loss after loss, resulting in relegation without having won a single point. The second consecutive relegation followed right away in a season that also brought financial turmoil for Brauweiler, leaving the team to play in the third division for the first time. In 2008–09 Brauweiler won the championship in the

thus qualifying for the 2nd league once again. The club disbanded before the 2009–10 season to join

, though.

Honours

German football champions The German football champions are the annual winners of the highest association football competition in Germany. History The history of the German football championship is complex and reflects the turbulent history of the country through the co ...

: 1997 * Regionalliga champions: 2009 *

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English language, English, is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competiti ...

: 1991, 1994, 1997 * Super-Cup: 1994, 1997

Notable past players

* Sonja Fuss *

Maren Meinert Maren Meinert (born 5 August 1973) is a German football coach and former player who played as a midfielder and striker. She was most recently the head coach of Germany women's national under-20 football team. As a player, Meinert played for Ge ...

Silke Rottenberg Silke Rottenberg (born 25 January 1972) is a former German football goalkeeper. Career She last played for 1. FFC Frankfurt. She announced her retirement from the German national team on 27 May 2008. After the game Germany versus Wales on 2 ...

Tina Theune-Meyer Christina Theune (formerly Theune-Meyer; born 4 November 1953) is a German former football manager, and the former national coach of the German women's national team. Biography Theune was born into a sporting family. Her father was a track and ...

* Bettina Wiegmann * Esmeralda Negron

Statistics

References

External links

Official website
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