Sportclub Krefeld 05 (until 2024: SC Bayer 05 Uerdingen) is one of the largest

sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

s in the city of

Krefeld Krefeld ( , ; ), also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its c ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

, Germany. , it had over 6000 members. The club emerged from the 1995 dissolution of FC Bayer 05 Uerdingen, the football department of which is now known as

KFC Uerdingen 05 KFC Uerdingen 05 was a German football club in the Uerdingen district of the city of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The former Bundesliga side, which had its greatest successes in the 1980s, plays in the fourth-level Regionalliga. In 2025, th ...

. In 2020, the club entered into a joint venture with the

German Cricket Federation The German Cricket Federation () is the national governing body for cricket in Germany. It is commonly known as the DCB. Its current headquarters is in Buxtehude, Germany. The association is responsible for men's, women's and junior cricket acr ...

to construct Germany's national cricket performance centre, which includes the

Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground The Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Krefeld, Germany. Built to international standards, it is part of Germany's national cricket performance centre, which includes a three lane indoor training net facility. The performance ...

, an international standard facility. The performance centre is located adjacent to the club's

Stadion am Löschenhofweg Stadion am Löschenhofweg, also known as Stadion im Covestro Sportpark and Bayer Sportstadion, is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Uerdingen district of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Located within the ''Covestro spo ...

within the ''

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sports park'', in

Uerdingen Uerdingen () is a district of the city of Krefeld, Germany, with a population of 17,888 (2019). Originally a separate city in its own right, Uerdingen merged with the city of Krefeld in 1929. Today, Uerdingen is best known for a local distillery ...

, a district of Krefeld.

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* Multi-sport clubs in Germany Sport in Krefeld {{Germany-sport-team-stub