SC Preußen Münster (English: Prussia Münster) is a German sports club based in
Münster
Münster (; ) is an independent city#Germany, independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a ...
,
North Rhine-Westphalia
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which is mostly recognised for its
football
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section. The football team currently plays in the
2. Bundesliga which is the second tier in German football. Preußen Münster also fields teams in
tennis
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,
athletics
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Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competitio ...
,
futsal
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,
handball
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,
fistball
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,
darts
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Point ...
and
esports
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.
History
The club was founded as FC Preußen on 30 April 1906 and has its roots in a group formed at the Johann-Conrad-Schlaun Grammar School. Historians consider patriotic reasons for naming the club after Prussia. At first the club did not have its own ground and was playing at a parade ground of the army at Loddenheide. General Baron von Bissing gave permission only if the goals would be taken down again after training. On 24 June 1907, the Eagles won their first game against FC Osnabrück with 5–0. After successfully applying for the Western German League system, the team initially competed in the second tier. In 1908 the Eagles were promoted to the first league and in 1914 they won the Westphalian Championship. Between 1916 and 1926 the club played on Münstermannplatz, which was close to the current ground, the
Preußenstadion
Preußenstadion, currently known as LVM-Preußenstadion for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-use stadium in Münster, Germany. It is used as the stadium of SC Preußen Münster, Preußen Münster matches. The capacity of the stadium is 14,300 spec ...
. In 1921, they won the Championship a second time and also took on their current name.
In 1933, Preußen advanced to the
Gauliga Westfalen
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, one of sixteen top-flight leagues established through the re-organization of German football under the
Third Reich
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. They earned only mediocre results there and were relegated twice. Their second demotion in 1941 left them out of first division football until after World War II.

The team played three seasons in the Landesliga Westfalen Gr. 2 (II) before returning to the top-flight in the
Oberliga West Oberliga () may refer to:
Association football
* Oberliga (football), currently the fifth tier of the German football league system, formerly the first
* DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of football in East Germany until 1990, replaced by the NOFV-O ...
in the 1948–49 season. That arrival was accompanied by some notoriety, as Preußen Münster became the first German football club to build a team by buying players, something previously unheard of in a country committed to the ideal of amateurism. Siegfried Rachuba, Adolf Preissler, Rudolf Schulz,
Felix Gerritzen, and Josef Lammers formed a front five dubbed by the press as the "Hundred-Thousand-Mark Line", even though that much money never did change hands. Rachuba is still Münsters most successful first tier striker of all times with 97 goals in 238 games.
The investment paid dividends as the club appeared in the
1951 national final in front of 107,000 spectators at Berlin's Olympic Stadium against
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...
. Preußen striker Gerritzen scored first but the team lost after two goals from
Ottmar Walter
Ottmar Kurt Herrmann Walter (6 March 1924 – 16 June 2013) was a German footballer who played as a forward.
He played together with his brother, Fritz Walter, at the club 1. FC Kaiserslautern. They also played together for the West Germany n ...
.
Founding member of the Bundesliga
Their results as a mid-table side in the tough Oberliga West in the ten years prior to the formation of the
Bundesliga
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in 1963 were good enough to earn Preußen Münster the admission as one of the five teams from that league to earn a place in Germany's new sixteen-team professional circuit. The club made only a cameo appearance in the Bundesliga, being relegated after a next-to-last 15th-place finish.
1964–2006: Second and Third Division
Preußen Münster played out in the 1960s and 1970s as a second division side in the Regionalliga West and 2. Bundesliga Nord. In the 1970s the Preußen made several attempts to return to
Bundesliga
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. Under club president Günter Wellerdieck (from 1970 to 1978) the club took a considerable financial risk to achieve the promotion to first tier. Preußen failed to do so by finishing on 5th place in the 1973–74 season and on 3rd place in the 1977–78 and 1978–79 seasons. After Wellerdieck and other staff of the club's management resigned due to financial difficulties and accusations of tax fraud in 1978, the decline of Preußen Münster continued. They slipped to the Amateur Oberliga Westfalen (III) in the 1981–82 season, and except for a short adventure in the 2. Bundesliga in the 1990 and 1991 seasons, played third-tier football in the Regionalliga West/Sudwest (1993–2000) and Regionalliga Nord until 2006. During this period, they captured the German Amateur Championship in 1994 with a 1–0 win over
Kickers Offenbach
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.
2006–2011: Fourth and Fifth Division
In 2006, the club was relegated to the
Oberliga Westfalen
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, now a fourth-tier circuit. Management subsequently invested significant financial resources into a high-profile team of experienced second- and third-tier players in pursuit of immediate re-promotion. The attempt ended in failure and the club re-built itself with young players in place of expensive veterans and also put in place a young and relatively unknown coach,
Roger Schmidt. The re-worked side finished in first place in the 2007–08 season, and so qualified for the new
Regionalliga West
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which replaced the Oberliga in the league system. They ended the season in fourth place in the Regionalliga in 2008–09, and in sixth in 2009–10. For season 2008–09 the club qualified for the
DFB-Pokal
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the first time since season 1997–98 (where they were defeated by
1.FSV Mainz 05). The opponent was
VfL Bochum
Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...
which competed in
Bundesliga
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at that time. After a penalty shootout Preußen lost 5–6. In the following year the Eagles were defeated in the extra time against another first tier team,
Hertha BSC
Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC () or Hertha Berlin, is a German professional football club based in Berlin. Hertha BSC plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football league system, German footbal ...
. The match ended 1–3.
2011–present: 3. Liga and 2. Bundesliga
They were finally promoted to
3. Liga
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The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...
after finishing as champions of the West Group of the Regionalliga in the 2010–11 season. The manager of that time was
Marc Fascher
Marc Fascher (born 4 August 1968) is a German football manager and former player, who last managed Sportfreunde Lotte.
Coaching career
Fascher began his coaching career with Harburger SC, before being named head coach at SC Concordia in 2000. ...
. Preußen were defeated by another Bundesliga team in the German cup,
VfL Wolfsburg
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(1–2). The first season 2011–12 in the third tier of German football after five years ended with a 12th place. In the following seasons the team finished significantly better and even had chances to get promoted again to
2. Bundesliga. In season 2012–13 they almost succeeded and ended in fourth place. In that season the team was also able to defeat the Bundesliga team
Werder Bremen
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in the first round of the DFB-Pokal, 4–2 after extra time. In the second round, the club lost against
Augsburg
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. In season 2013–14 they ended in sixth place. Again the club managed to win against a team from a higher league in the DFB-Pokal,
St. Pauli
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from 2. Bundesliga. In the next round Preußen was defeated again by FC Augsburg.
In the 2014–15 season, the club had a promising start, and was even at the top of the league during winter. Unfortunately, the team was not able to keep up the good results and finished 8th. The season 2015–16 also started with good results, but again the team lost ground in the long run and finished ninth. During the season the club switched managers, from
Ralf Loose
Ralf Loose (; born 5 January 1963) is a German football coach and former player who last managed Swiss club Winterthur. He is most noted for his stint with the Liechtenstein national football team.
Playing career
Loose played as a sweeper betwee ...
to
Horst Steffen
Horst Steffen (born 3 March 1969) is a German Association football, football coach and a former player. He is the currently manager of Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen.
Club career
Steffen began his youth career at KFC Uerdingen 05, Bayer Uerdin ...
. The following season brought big changes in the club administration. After changing the coach from Horst Steffen to the former SCP-player
Benno Möhlmann several high-ranking positions in the club were also manned with new personalities. To serve as chairman Preußen Münster could win over Christoph Strässer, a former politician of the German
Bundestag
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. Among others, the board of directors now contains Walther Seinsch who is well known in German football for his work with then fourth tier club
Augsburg
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. Furthermore, with Friedrich Lucas the club's board now has a fans' representative for the first time in the history of Preußen Münster. In April 2017, Malte Metzelder manned the position of director of football. He is also a former player of the Eagles.
In 2017, Preußen Münster celebrated the club's 111th anniversary. In celebration, the club used a special anniversary logo in 2017. The logo contained the text "111 Jahre" (111 years) on top and "1906–2017" on the bottom, along with the club's usual
Prussian eagle
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surrounded by a wreath. The club also gave away 111
litre
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s of free
beer
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to fans at the stadium.
At the end of the 2019–20 season, despite a switch of managers from
Sven Hübscher to
Sascha Hildmann in the winter break, the club was relegated to Regionalliga West again. Following the relegation Malte Metzelder resigned as director of football and was replaced by former
Bundesliga
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player
Peter Niemeyer. In the following three seasons the club rebuild itself. After a third place in season 2020–21 the Eagles came second in the 2021–22 season and were only three goals short of promotion. Finally in the following season they dominated the league and at the end of the season were promoted to return to
3. Liga
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The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...
. On the final matchday of the
2023–24 season, they achieved a 2–0 victory over
Unterhaching
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, securing a second-place finish and promotion to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time since 1991.
After two promotions in a row, the club was not only fighting for survival in the 2. Bundesliga since the first matchday of the
2024/2025 season. The club had to upgrade its stadium infrastructure, which had not previously been in place, just in time for the start of the season. Specifically, goal-line technology, a VAR environment, and additional locations for TV cameras had to be created for the match and broadcast operations. In addition, measures for away fans had to be implemented on the main stand and the opposite stand. These costly infrastructure improvements were essential for the match operations in the 2. Bundesliga. A large part of the promotion team remained together in the second division. The contracts of captain
Marc Lorenz and other veterans were extended in time. Additionally, the Preußen were able to attract several notable players, such as
Jorrit Hendrix
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Club career PSV
Hendrix started playing youth football at hometown club SV ...
,
Joshua Mees, and
Mikkel Kirkeskov, to the Hammer Straße. However, the team had to pay a hefty price in terms of sports performance, especially at the start of the season. Despite some solid performances in the winter months, the team could never escape the relegation zone. At the end of the first half of the season, they managed to stay above the relegation line in 15th place. The second half of the season, however, proved just as challenging as the first. The team fought with direct rivals from
Regensburg
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,
Ulm
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Ulm is located on the eastern edges of the Swabian Jura mountain range, on the up ...
, and
Braunschweig
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for survival. After a defeat on Easter Sunday at
1. FC Köln
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and a draw at home against
SV Darmstadt, the Münster team dropped to 17th place in the standings on matchday 31. As a result, the club made a drastic decision three matchdays before the end of the season and dismissed coach Sascha Hildmann and assistant coach Louis Cordes. The dismissal of the two-time promotion hero Hildmann sparked a heated debate within the club and the city. Supporters of the decision argued that it was overdue and even too late, while opponents highlighted Hildmann's achievements and the desire for continuity in the coaching position. The discussions ended as quickly as they had started. Under the interim management duo
Christian Pander
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Club career
FC Schalke 04
Pander spent ...
and Kieran Schulze-Marmeling, the team fought to a remarkable 0–5 victory at third-place
Magdeburg
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Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archbishopric of Mag ...
. Following this, seven players from the Preußen made it into Kicker's Team of the Day. The team also won their next home game against
Hertha BSC
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, so a draw on the final matchday at already-relegated SSV Ulm was enough to secure their place in the league. The season's goal of staying in the division was thus achieved.
Honours
The club's honours:
*
German championship
** Runners-up:
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
*
German amateur championship
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History
Overview
The championship was ...
** Champions: 1994
*
Regionalliga West
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(IV)
** Champions: 2011,
2023
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*
Amateur Oberliga Westfalen (III)
** Champions: 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993
*
Westphalia Cup
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** Winner: 1997, 2008, 2009, 2010,
2014
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,
2021
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** Runners-up: 1987, 1998, 2012,
2022
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Players
Current squad
Out on loan
Staff
* Manager:
Alexander Ende
* Assistant manager: Zlatko Muhovic
* Goalkeeping coach:
Andre Poggenborg
* Director of sport
Ole Kittner* Director of finance: Dr. Marcu
Sass* Chef Scout: Kieran Schulz
Marmeling* Kit manager: Jürgen Keseberg
Manager history
* Season 1948–49 Rudolf Prokoph
* Season 1949–50
Willi Multhaup
Willi Multhaup (19 July 1903 – 18 December 1982) was a German football manager and player who led Borussia Dortmund to victory in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1966.
Career
Multhaup won the 1964–65 Bundesliga with Werder Bremen. He won th ...
* Season 1950–51 Willi Multhaup
* Season 1951–52 Willi Multhaup
* Season 1952–53 Willi Multhaup
* Season 1953–54 Ludwig Tretter
* Season 1954–55 Paul Böhm
* Season 1955–56 Paul Böhm
* Season 1956–57 Günter Hentschke
* Season 1957–58 Günter Hentschke
* Season 1958–59
Kuno Klötzer
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Born in Geyer, Germany, Klötzer managed several clubs included Arminia Hannover, Hannover 96, ...
* Season 1959–60 Kuno Klötzer
* Season 1960–61 Kuno Klötzer
* Season 1961–62
Richard Schneider
* Season 1962–63 Richard Schneider
* Season 1963–64 Richard Schneider
* Season 1964–65 Richard Schneider
* Season 1965–66 Richard Schneider
* Season 1966–67 Povoslav Mihailovic
* Season 1967–68
Bernhard "Bert" Trautmann
* Season 1968–69 Bernhard "Bert" Trautmann – from 17 September 1968 Rudolf Schnippe – from 31 December 1968 Richard Schneider
* Season 1969–70 Richard Schneider – Dagmar Drewes
* Season 1970–71 Richard Schneider – Falk Dörr – from 11 December 1970
Alfred Schmidt
* Season 1971–72 Alfred Schmidt
* Season 1972–73
Slobodan Cendic
* Season 1973–74 Slobodan Cendic – from 18 March 1974 Bernd Kipp and Günter Wellerdieck
* Season 1974–75
Werner Olk – from 1. April 1975 afterwards Hans-Werner Moors (as caretaker manager)
* Season 1975–76 Detlev Brüggemann – until 21 August 1975, from 8 September 1975
Rudi Faßnacht
* Season 1976–77
Rudi Faßnacht – until 22 February 1977 then Günter Wellerdieck as caretaker manager – from 1 April 1977 Werner Biskup
* Season 1977–78 Werner Biskup
* Season 1978–79 Werner Biskup
* Season 1979–80 Werner Biskup
* Season 1980–81 Günter Exner – from 13 January 1981 Rudi Faßnacht
* Season 1981–82
Zoltán Varga – from 7 December 1981
Horst Blankenburg
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(as caretaker manager)
* Season 1982–83 Ernst Mareczek
* Season 1983–84 Ernst Mareczek
* Season 1984–85 Ernst Mareczek
* Season 1985–86 Günter Exner
* Season 1986–87 Helmut Horsch
* Season 1987–88 Helmut Horsch
* Season 1988–89 Helmut Horsch
* Season 1989–90 Elmar Müller – from 8 March 1990 Ernst Mareczek
* Season 1990–91
Gerd Roggensack – from 24 April 1991
Siegfried Melzig until 17 June 1991
* Season 1991–92 Hans-Werner Moors
* Season 1992–93 Hans-Werner Moors
* Season 1993–94 Hans-Werner Moors – from 9 May 1994 Ernst Mareczek
* Season 1994–95 Fritz Bischoff
* Season 1995–96 Bernd Kipp (15 August – 28 August 1995), afterwards Alfons Weusthoff
* Season 1996–97
Paul Linz
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Playing career
Linz was born in Trier, Germany.
As a professional player, Paul Linz played 33 Bundesliga matches for SV Werder Bremen (197 ...
(did not start working), afterwards
Peter Vollmann
* Season 1997–98 Peter Vollmann
* Season 1998–99 Hans-Werner Moors
* Season 1999–00 Hans-Werner Moors (until 23 September 1999),
Klaus Berge
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As player he most notably played for FC Schalke 04 and 1. FC Saarbrücken.
In 1997, he started his managerial career at ...
(until 2 November 1999), Stefan Grädler
* Season 2000–01 Stefan Grädler
* Season 2001–02 Stefan Grädler (until 16 December 2001) – from January
Neale Marmon
* Season 2002–03 Neale Marmon (until 20 November 2002) – from December
Peter Vollmann
* Season 2003–04 Peter Vollmann (until 10 November 2003), then Hans-Werner Moors
* Season 2004–05 Hans-Werner Moors
* Season 2005–06
Colin Bell (until 20 November 2005), then Stefan Grädler (as caretaker manager), from 19 December 2005 Hans-Werner Moors
* Season 2006–07 Georg Kreß – from 6 April 2007 Carsten Gockel (as caretaker manager)
* Season 2007–08
Roger Schmidt
* Season 2008–09 Roger Schmidt
* Season 2009–10 Roger Schmidt (until 19 March 2010), from 21 March 2010 Marc Fascher
* Season 2010–11
Marc Fascher
Marc Fascher (born 4 August 1968) is a German football manager and former player, who last managed Sportfreunde Lotte.
Coaching career
Fascher began his coaching career with Harburger SC, before being named head coach at SC Concordia in 2000. ...
* Season 2011–12 Marc Fascher (until 23 January 2012), from 24 January 2012
Pavel Dochev
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. He is following Fascher, who was fired the previous day for having differences with club management.
* Season 2012–13 Pavel Dochev
* Season 2013–14 Pavel Dochev until 5 September 2013. Carsten Gockel (as caretaker manager). From 15 September 2013 the new coach
Ralf Loose
Ralf Loose (; born 5 January 1963) is a German football coach and former player who last managed Swiss club Winterthur. He is most noted for his stint with the Liechtenstein national football team.
Playing career
Loose played as a sweeper betwee ...
takes over.
* Season 2014–15 Ralf Loose
* Season 2015–16 Ralf Loose until 19 December 2015, from 25 December 2015
Horst Steffen
Horst Steffen (born 3 March 1969) is a German Association football, football coach and a former player. He is the currently manager of Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen.
Club career
Steffen began his youth career at KFC Uerdingen 05, Bayer Uerdin ...
.
* Season 2016–17 Horst Steffen until 4 October 2016, from 15 October 2016
Benno Möhlmann.
* Season 2017–18 Benno Möhlmann until 10 December 2017, from 12 December 2017
Marco Antwerpen.
* Season 2018–19 Marco Antwerpen
* Season 2019–20 Sven Hübscher until 30 November 2019, from 1 December 2019
Arne Barez (as caretaker manager).
* From 27 December 2019 to 27 April 2025
Sascha Hildmann, from 28 April
Kieran Schulze-Marmeling (as caretaker manager).
* Season 2025–26
Alexander Ende
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
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Stadium
The club plays at the
Preußenstadion
Preußenstadion, currently known as LVM-Preußenstadion for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-use stadium in Münster, Germany. It is used as the stadium of SC Preußen Münster, Preußen Münster matches. The capacity of the stadium is 14,300 spec ...
, which was built in 1926. Once considered one of the most modern stadiums in Germany, the arena slowly fell into disrepair which resulted in reducing the capacity from 40,000 in the 1950s to 15,000, and, after removing one stand, to the current 12,754.
Construction of a new facility was considered in the 80s, but the idea was abandoned in December 2000. In spring 2008 it was decided to renovate the Preußenstadion, to make the stadium more attractive and fitting to modern standards. The seating area was replaced by a new one including 2,931 seats and VIP lounges. Some of the terraces which were still uncovered got a roof. The works finished in May 2009.
Further plans have been brought up to continue to modernize the stadium and actions were taken in 2014 to change the development plan of the stadium area by the local administration. In December 2018 the local administration granted 40 million Euros to modernize the stadium, which was extended to 60 million in November 2022 and to 88 Million in 2024
As a first step the western was torn down at the end of season 2021–22 to check the filling material underneath. It has been replaced by a noise barrier that shows a design with several former club legends on it.
On September 16th 2024 the city announced that the building company Hellmich was awarded the contract to rebuild the stands in the west, east and north. The rebuilding is planned to be finished at the end of 2027 with some outer works till spring of 2028.The final capacity will be 19.156.
The club also plans to erect two new buildings to have more space for the youth teams and the neighboring basketball club
Uni Baskets and volleyball club
USC Münster USC may refer to:
Education
United States
* Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, Santurce, Puerto Rico
* University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
** University of South Carolina System, a state university system of South Carolina
* ...
.
Some improvements in the training facilities have already been made. In 2023 two new training pitches have been completed.
Fans
Due to the club's promotion from
Regionalliga West
The Regionalliga West is a German professional football division administered by the German Football Association#Western Germany, Western German Football Association based in Duisburg. It is one of the five German regional football associations. ...
to
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 ...
, average attendance significantly increased. During its years in fourth tier of the German league system, the average crowd never exceeded 4,500 fans, with the exception of the 2010–11 season, during which the club was promoted, with an average attendance of 5,628.
In the following years the average crowd grew from 7,025 people in 2011–12 season to 8,986 people in season 2012–13. In season 2013–14 there was a decrease to 7,958 people. The 2020s marked a new spike in the popularity of the club which showed in the average attendance. In the 2022–23 season, which ended in the promotion of the Eagles, the club had an average attendance of 8,752 in fourth tier which comes close to the highest number in third tier in 2012–13. In the 2023–24 season the number went up to 10,77
Due to the high ticket demand after being promoted to 2. Bundesliga the club capped the amount of season tickets for the 2023–24 season to 8.00
The fans of Münster have rivalries especially with supporters of
Arminia Bielefeld
DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia is most well known as ...
and
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section.
The footba ...
. The close proximity between the four cities which are located within a 65-kilometer radius led the press to the name of the Bermuda Triangle of Münster, Osnabrück and Bielefeld in
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 ...
.
Another minor rival of Preußen Münster supporters is
Rot Weiss Essen.
Preußen Münster has currently 10,000 members (''in May 2025''
Part of the club is the ''Fangemeinschaft Preußen Münster e. V.'' which serves as a voice for supporters to club management. It also arranges bus tours to matches and events to support charity organizations in the Münster-area. Furthermore, the Fanprojekt offers a radio during matches for people not present, ''Radio Mottekstrehle''.
References
External links
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1906 establishments in Germany
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2. Bundesliga clubs
3. Liga clubs