SC Preußen Münster

The club was founded as FC Preußen on 30 April 1906 and has its roots in a group formed at the Johann-Conrad-Schlaun Grammar School. Historians consider patriotic reasons for naming the club after Prussia. At first the club did not have its own ground and was playing at a parade ground of the army at Loddenheide. General Baron von Bissing gave permission only if the goals would be taken down again after training. On 24 June 1907, the Eagles won their first game against FC Osnabrück with 5–0. After successfully applying for the Western German League system, the team initially competed in the second tier. In 1908 the Eagles were promoted to the first league and in 1914 they won the Westphalian Championship. Between 1916 and 1926 the club played on Münstermannplatz, which was close to the current ground, the Preußenstadion. In 1921, they won the Championship a second time and also took on their current name. In 1933, Preußen advanced to the Gauliga Westfalen, one of sixteen top-flight leagues established through the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. They earned only mediocre results there and were relegated twice. Their second demotion in 1941 left them out of first division football until after World War II.

The team played three seasons in the Landesliga Westfalen Gr. 2 (II) before returning to the top-flight in the Oberliga West in the 1948–49 season. That arrival was accompanied by some notoriety, as Preußen Münster became the first German football…

Season 1948–49 Rudolf Prokoph Season 1949–50 Willi Multhaup Season 1950–51 Willi Multhaup Season 1951–52 Willi Multhaup Season 1952–53 Willi Multhaup Season 1953–54 Ludwig Tretter Season 1954–55 Paul Böhm Season 1955–56 Paul Böhm Season 1956–57 Günter Hentschke Season 1957–58 Günter Hentschke Season 1958–59 Kuno Klötzer Season 1959–60 Kuno Klötzer Season 1960–61 Kuno Klötzer Season 1961–62 Richard Schneider Season 1962–63 Richard Schneider Season 1963–64 Richard Schneider Season 1964–65 Richard Schneider Season 1965–66 Richard Schneider Season 1966–67 Prvoslav Mihajlović Season 1967–68 Bert Trautmann Season 1968–69 Bert Trautmann – from 17 September 1968 Rudolf Schnippe – from 31 December 1968 Richard Schneider Season 1969–70 Richard Schneider – Dagmar Drewes Season 1970–71 Richard Schneider – Falk Dörr – from 11 December 1970 Alfred Schmidt Season 1971–72 Alfred Schmidt Season 1972–73 Slobodan Čendić Season 1973–74 Slobodan Čendić – from 18 March 1974 Bernd Kipp and Günter Wellerdieck Season 1974–75 Werner Olk – from 1. April 1975 afterwards Hans-Werner Moors (as caretaker manager) Season 1975–76 Detlev Brüggemann – until 21 August 1975, from 8 September 1975 Rudi Faßnacht Season 1976–77 Rudi Faßnacht – until 22 February 1977 then Günter Wellerdieck as caretaker manager – from 1 April 1977 Werner Biskup Season 1977–78 Werner Biskup Season 1978–79 Werner Biskup Season 1979–80 Werner Biskup Season 1980–81 Günter Exner – from 13 January 1981 Rudi Faßnacht Season 1981–82 Zoltán…

The club's honours:

German championship Runners-up: 1951 German amateur championship Champions: 1994 Regionalliga West (IV) Champions: 2011, 2023 Amateur Oberliga Westfalen (III) Champions: 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993 Westphalia Cup Winner: 1997, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2021 Runners-up: 1987, 1998, 2012, 2022