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| Full name | Fußball-Club Remscheid e.V. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | FCR | ||
| Founded | 25 October 1908; 116 years ago (25 October 1908) | ||
| Ground | Röntgen-Stadion | ||
| Capacity | 12,463 | ||
| Chairman | Ralf Flügge | ||
| Manager | Thorsten Legat | ||
| League | Landesliga Niederrhein 1 (VI) | ||
| 2015–16 | 15th | ||
FC Remscheid is aGerman association football club fromRemscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia formed on 1 July 1990 out of the merger ofBV Lüttringhausen andVfB Marathon Remscheid.
Predecessor sideMarathon was formed in 1906 andBV Lüttringhausen was founded 25 October 1908 in the northern city district of the same name.VfB merged with a club calledBV Remscheid in 1971 whileLüttringhausen became the similarly namedBVL 08 Remscheid in July 1985. Both clubs played primarily as third division sides, althoughBVL Lüttringhausen enjoyed three seasons in the2. Bundesliga in the 80s (1982–84 and 1987–88).
After the 1 July 1990 merger ofVfB andBVL the combined sideFußball-Club Remscheid won the Oberliga Nordrhein (III) title in 1991 and emerged from a promotion round playoff into the 2. Bundesliga where they played two seasons before being relegated. The club then played third and fourth tier football until bailing out part way through the 1998–99 season under the weight of debts of over DM 1.5 million. The team resumed play in theVerbandsliga Niederrhein (V) in 2000 before slipping to theLandesliga Niederrhein (VI) in 2003, where it plays today.
TheVfB Remscheid has since reformed, playing under the name ofVfB Marathon Remscheid 1990 in theKreisliga B Remscheid.
as VfB Marathon 06
as BV 08 Lüttringhausen
as FC Remscheid
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