KFC Uerdingen 05

The club was founded on 17 November 1905 as Fußball-Club Uerdingen 05. On 1 August 1919, following World War I, FC was joined by Sportvereinigung des Realgymnasiums Uerdingen. During World War II from 1941 to 1945 the club played as part of the combined wartime side Kriegspiel-Gemeinschaft KSG Uerdingen alongside VfB 1910 Uerdingen (which was known from 1910 to 1919 as Sport-Club Preussen Uerdingen). That partnership continued after the war with the two clubs playing as Spielvereinigung Uerdingen 05. On 20 February 1948, VfB became independent again and in 1950 SpVgg resumed their original identity as FC Uerdingen 05. In 1953, the club merged with the Werkssportgruppen Bayer AG Uerdingen, the local worker's sports club of the chemical giant Bayer AG, becoming FC Bayer 05 Uerdingen. Bayer withdrew its sponsorship of the football team in 1995 at which time the club took on the name Krefelder Fußball-Club Uerdingen 05. Bayer continues to support the non-footballing departments of the club as Sport-Club Bayer 05 Uerdingen.

Uerdingen played in the amateur local leagues throughout their early history. By the early 1960s they had advanced as far as the Amateurliga Niederrhein (III) where they would play until 1971 when they stepped up into the Regionalliga West (II). The club then enjoyed a succession of strong finishes: a second-place result in 1974–75 earned them promotion to the top flight Bundesliga, where they finished last. After three seasons in the second tier 2.…

1 July 1970 – 30 June 1977 Klaus Quinkert 1 July 1977 – 30 June 1979 Siegfried Melzig 1 July 1979 – 30 June 1981 Horst Buhtz 1 July 1981 – 30 June 1983 Werner Biskup 1 July 1983 – 30 June 1984 Friedhelm Konietzka 1 July 1984 – 30 June 1987 Karl-Heinz Feldkamp 1 July 1987 – 12 January 1987 Horst Köppel 12 August 1987 – 30 June 1989 Rolf Schafstall 1 July 1989 – 25 November 1990 Horst Wohlers 26 November 1990 – 6 February 1991 Friedhelm Konietzka 6 March 1991 – 13 May 1996 Friedhelm Funkel 14 May 1996 – 30 June 1996 Armin Reutershahn 1 July 1996 – 30 June 1997 Hans-Ulrich Thomale 1 July 1997 – 29 September 1998 Jürgen Gelsdorf 30 September 1998 – 28 March 1999 Henk ten Cate 28 March 1999 – 30 June 1999 Ernst Middendorp 7 January 1999 – 31 October 1999 Herbert Schäty 11 January 1999 – 30 June 2000 Peter Vollmann 1 July 2000 – 30 June 2002 Jos Luhukay 1 July 2002 – 13 May 2004 Claus-Dieter Wollitz 1 July 2004 – 30 June 2006 Wolfgang Maes 1 July 2006 – 30 June 2007 Jürgen Luginger 1 July 2007 – 22 March 2008 Aleksandar Ristić 24 March 2008 – 30 June 2008 Klaus Berge 1 July 2008 – 8 November 2008 Richard Towa 8 November 2008 – 18 September 2009 Uwe Weidemann 18 September 2009 – 30 March 2010 Wolfgang Maes 31 March 2010 – 17 May 2010 Edgar Schmitt 10 June 2010 – 5 November 2011 Peter Wongrowitz 15 November 2011 – 24 May 2012 Jörg Jung 26 May 2012 – 31 June 2012 Erhan Albayrak & Ronny Kockel 1 July 2012 – 28 March 2014 Eric van der Luer 28 March 2014 – 14 April 2014 Erhan…

Senior

DFB-Pokal Winners: 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup Semi-finalists: 1985–86 2. Bundesliga Winners: 1991–92 Regionalliga West Winners: 2017–18 Oberliga Niederrhein Winners: 2012–13, 2016–17 Verbandsliga Niederrhein Winners: 2010–11 Lower Rhine Cup Winners: 2000–01, 2018–19 Intertoto Cup Winners: 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93

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German Under 19 championship Winners: 1986–87 German Under 17 championship Winners: 1986–87