Union Solingen
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| Full name | 1. Fussball Club Union Solingen e.V. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ground | Stadion am Hermann-Löns-Weg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 15,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004-05 | Oberliga Nordrhein, 8th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Union Solingen is a German football club that plays in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The side can trace its roots back to an earlier Union Soligen club founded in 1897 out of the merger of a number of clubs from the district of Ohligs that would over time include Ohligs FC 06, VfR Ohligs, Walder Ballspielverein, and BV Adler Ohligs.
In 1949, after World War II, the club was re-formed as Union Ohligs and began play in the 2.Oberliga West (Gruppe 2). By the early 70's they were playing in the Amateurliga Niederrhein (III). A 1973 merger with VfL Wald Ohligs 1897 led to the formation of a club that played in the Regionalliga Nord (II) as Ohligs SC Solingen for a single season before being relegated. Re-named SG Union Solingen the next year, the team earned promotion to the 2.Bundesliga-Nord by the middle of the decade. They would stay fourteen seasons in the professional ranks, their best finishes being a fifth and sixth in 1984-85. They returned to the Amateur-Oberliga Nordrhein (III) in 1989: by this time the club was suffering financially and would soon be bankrupt.
The current club was formed as 1. FC Union Solingen in 1990 and started play in the Verbandsliga Niederrhein (IV). The team bounced up and down between tier IV and V from 1996 to 2002 before settling in to the Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) where they play today.
[edit] Honours
- Amateurliga Niederrhein champions: 1973, 1975
- Verbandsliga Niederrhein champions: 1994, 2002
- Landesliga Niederrhein champions: 1969, 2000
[edit] Team trivia
- Of the club's predecessor sides only VfR Ohligs would distinguish itself with any time spent in first division football when they played the 1940-41 season in the Gauliga Niederrhein before being relegated on the heels of last place finish.
