Sportfreunde Katernberg
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| Full name | Sportfreunde Katernberg 1913 e.V. | ||
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| Founded | 25 March 1913 | ||
| Dissolved | 24 March 2017 | ||
| Ground | Sportplatz "Am Lindenbruch" | ||
| 2016–17 | Kreisliga B Essen (IX), 9th | ||
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Sportfreunde Katernberg was a
Apart from football the club also offered a chess department when the team was a long-term member of the Chess Bundesliga.[2]
History
Formed in 1913 the club played its first three decades as a non-descript local side. Sportfreunde took part in the
Sportfreunde Katernberg became part of the new tier one
Sportfreunde Katernberg spend three more seasons in the Oberliga from 1950 to 1953 but never came close to the success of 1947–48 and was eventually relegated back to the 2. Oberliga. Two seasons in this league followed until another relegation in 1955 took the club permanently from the top levels of German football.[3][4]
Katernberg played the 1955–56 season in one of the three divisions of the tier three
The club experienced a brief revival in the late 1980s, winning promotion to the Verbandsliga again in 1988. It won the league in 1988–89 and was promoted to the tier three Oberliga Nordrhein. Katernberg spend two seasons in this league, finishing thirteenth in 1989–90 but coming last in 1990–91. Back in the Verbandsliga Sportfreunde suffered another relegation in 1991–92 and permanently dropped back into local amateur football again where it played until 2016–17.[3][4][6] In March 2017, the club merged with DJK Katernberg to become DJK Sportfreunde Katernberg, whose first team replaced the former in Kreisliga A, while the second team took over Sportfreunde in Kreisliga B.[7]
Honours
The club's honours:
- Oberliga West
- Runners-up: 1947–48
- Verbandsliga Niederrhein
- Champions: 1988–89
- Landesliga Niederrhein
- Champions: 1957–58, 1975–76, 1987–88
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[4][6]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–04 | Bezirksliga Group 4 | VII | 10th |
| 2004–05 | Bezirksliga Group 4 | 13th | |
| 2005–06 | Bezirksliga Group 4 | 15th ↓ | |
| 2006–07 | Kreisliga A Essen | VIII | 4th |
| 2007–08 | Kreisliga A Essen | 3rd | |
| 2008–09 | Kreisliga A Essen | IX | 1st ↑ |
| 2009–10 | Bezirksliga Group 6 | VIII | 7th |
| 2010–11 | Bezirksliga Group 6 | 16th ↓ | |
| 2011–12 | Kreisliga A Essen | IX | 6th |
| 2012–13 | Kreisliga A Essen | VIII | 14th ↓ |
| 2013–14 | Kreisliga B Essen | IX | 5th |
| 2014–15 | Kreisliga B Essen | 1st ↑ | |
| 2015–16 | Kreisliga A Essen | VIII | 16th ↓ |
| 2016–17 | Kreisliga B Essen | IX | 9th |
- With the introduction of the Verbandsliga Niederrhein to Oberligastatus in 2012 all leagues below were elevated one tier.
| ↑ Promoted | ↓ Relegated |
References
- ^ Erfolge des Vereins (in German) Sportfreunde Katernberg website – Honours, accessed: 5 November 2015
- ^ Schachbundesliga (in German) Sportfreunde Katernberg website – chess department, accessed: 5 November 2015
- ^ a b c d e Chronik der Auf- und Abstiege (in German) Sportfreunde Katernberg website – Promotions & relegations, accessed: 5 November 2015
- ^ a b c d e f Historic German football league tables (in German) Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 5 November 2015
- ^ Germany – Championships 1947–1963 rsssf.org, accessed: 5 November 2015
- ^ a b Sportfreunde Katernberg at Fussball.de (in German) accessed: 22 June 2017
- ^ Niklas Berkel (6 April 2017). "Landesliga-Träume in Katernberg". RevierSport. Retrieved 22 June 2017.