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1. FC Bocholt

1. FC Bocholt is a German football club based in Bocholt, North Rhine-Westphalia.

History

The team was founded 21 August 1900 as Fußball-Club Bocholt and in 1919 was joined by VfvB Bocholt which had been established in 1917 as Ballverein Bocholt. In 1937, they merged with another local side, Ballspielverein 1919 Bocholt which had played as the football department of Turnverein Phönix Bocholt until 1936. The new club played as BV 1900 Bocholt until after World War II and adopted its current name in 1946.^[1]

1. FC enjoyed its greatest successes through the late 70s and early 80s playing third division football. They earned short-lived single season promotions to the 2.Bundesliga in 1977-78 and 1980-81. The club also made an several appearances in DFB-Pokal (German Cup) play in that period and in 1984 advanced as far as the quarter-finals before going out 1:2 to Bayern Munich.

After slipping out of the Regionaliga West/Südwest (III) in 1997, Bocholt played for a decade in the Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) as a mid-to-lower table side. The club had a poor 2006-07 campaign and was relegated to the Verbandsliga Niederrhein (V) play.

Honours

• Amateurliga Niederrhein (III) champions: 1976
• Amateuroberliga Nordrhein (III) champions: 1980, 1984

Former players

• Manfred Bockenfeld
• Dirk Heitkamp
• Michael Tönnies
• Roland Wohlfarth
• Uwe Montelett
• Norbert Runge

External links

• Official team site
• The Abseits Guide to German Soccer

References

• Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)