1. FC Union Solingen was a German association football club from

Solingen Solingen (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 25 km east of Düsseldorf along the northern edge of the Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr. After Wuppertal, it is the second-largest city in the Bergisches Land, and a member of ...

, North Rhine-Westphalia.

History

The club was founded in 1990 in the aftermath of the bankruptcy of ''

SG Union Solingen SG Union Solingen was a German association football club from Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia. History The side can trace its roots back to an earlier ''Union Solingen'' club founded in 1897 out of the merger of a number of clubs from the d ...

'' by former members of that club. ''1. FC Union Solingen'' also failed and was dissolved in 2012 with ''OFC Solingen'' and ''BSC Union Solingen'' emerging as successors.Drei Insolvenzen und ein Todesfall
fupa.net, accessed: 27 March 2014 Both sides lay claim to the tradition of the earliest club named ''Union Solingen'', founded in 1897 out of the merger of a number of clubs from the district of Ohligs in Solingen. Over time these would include ''Ohligs FC 06'', ''VfR Ohligs'', ''Walder Ballspielverein'', and ''BV Adler Ohligs''. Of these clubs, 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 The Gauliga Niederrhein was the highest Association football, football league in the northern part of the Prussian Rhine Province from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Ger ...

before being relegated after a last place result.

Former coaches

* Frank Zilles (2007–2009) * Harald Becker (2007) * Eddy Malura (2006–2007) *

Sven Demandt Sven Demandt (born 13 February 1965) is a German football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), ...

(2003–2006) * Bernd Klotz (2002–2003) * Olaf Rosenthal (2000–2002) *

Gerd Zewe Gerd Zewe (born 13 June 1950) is a German former Association football, football player and manager. Zewe was a youngster for SV Stennweiler and an amateur for Borussia Neunkirchen. Starting his career with his sole professional club, Fortuna D� ...

(1999–2000)

Former players

Dennis Malura Dennis Malura (born 20 June 1984) is a German professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football ...

* Babacar N'Diaye

Honours

Verbandsliga Niederrhein The Oberliga Niederrhein () is a German amateur football division administered by the Football Association of the Lower Rhine, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Lower Rhine state association, the Oberli ...

** Champions: 1994, 2002 *

Landesliga Niederrhein The Landesliga Niederrhein is the second highest amateur football league in the Lower Rhine region which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and since 2012 the sixth tier of the German football league system. It operates in two groups wh ...

** Champions: 2000

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Solingen, 1. Fc Union Defunct football clubs in Germany Defunct football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia Association football clubs established in 1990 1990 establishments in Germany Association football clubs disestablished in 2012 2012 disestablishments in Germany