BV Cloppenburg is a
German association football club located in
Cloppenburg
Cloppenburg (; ; ) is a town in Lower Saxony, in north-western Germany, capital of Cloppenburg District and part of Oldenburg Münsterland. It lies 38 km south-south-west of Oldenburg in the Weser-Ems region between Bremen and the Dutch ...
,
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...
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History
The club was founded after World War I in 1919 as the successor to SV Cloppenburg 1911. Through the 1950s they played in the Amateurliga Niedersachsen-West (II), and in the 1960s in the Verbandsliga Niedersachsen West (III), before falling out of sight in the early-1970s to become an obscure local side. In recent years, BV managed to rise as high as the third division Regionalliga Nord in 1998 for a couple of seasons, before falling back to the Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen (IV).
After four seasons in the
Regionalliga Nord
The Regionalliga Nord () is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga N ...
(IV) Cloppenburg was relegated back to the Oberliga at the end of the 2015–16 season.
The club won their first
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English language, English, is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competiti ...
berth in the 2006–07 tournament by way of a Niedersachsen Cup win the previous season over third division side
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section.
The footba ...
. They were eliminated from the competition in the first round after losing 1–0 to
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...
side
1. FC Nürnberg at home.
Stadium
Cloppenburg plays its home games in the Stadion an der Friesoyther Strasse (now named TimePartner Arena) which has a capacity of 6,000 (~2,000 seats). Work on improving the venue by expanding it was recently undertaken, and the installation of floodlights is being considered.
Honours
The club's honours:
*
Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen
** Champions: 1995
*
Verbandsliga Niedersachsen
** Champions: 1993
*
Lower Saxony Cup
** Winners: 2006
Former managers
*
Franz Gerber
*
Wolfgang Steinbach
*
Hubert Hüring
*
Tom Saintfiet
* Jörg Uwe Klütz
* Alexander Woloschin
*
Jörg Goslar
References
External links
Official team site Das deutsche Fußball-Archivhistorical German football league tables
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Football clubs in Germany
Football clubs in Lower Saxony
Association football clubs established in 1919
1919 establishments in Germany
Cloppenburg
Cloppenburg (district)