1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen (formerly TuS Niederkirchen) is a German

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club based in Niederkirchen,

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. The team plays in the German 2. Bundesliga.

History

TuS Niederkirchen

TuS Niederkirchen was founded in 1900. Since 1969 the club had a

department, which was a member of the women's Bundesliga at its inception. After winning the championship in 1992–93 the club was relegated to the

Regionalliga A (, plural ) is a regional league in numerous Sports governing body, sports governing bodies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, usually located in the upper or middle tiers of the sports leagues. The term is often associated with the Germa ...

in 2000. Several seasons of promotions and relegations followed. In the last season at TuS Niederkirchen the club finished 9th in the 2. Bundesliga. When the club's management decided not to apply for a license for the next season, but did not inform the players about that decision, the entire women's section left the club to found their own. On 25 April 2008 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen was established, and began playing in the

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ('Regional League Southwest') is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with t ...

in 2008–09.

1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen

After two years in the Regionalliga, the team returned to the 2nd Bundesliga as champions in 2010 and secured its place in the league on the antepenultimate match day. In April 2011 a co-operation - initially lasting two years - was announced with 1. FC Kaiserslautern from 1 July 2011, which was extended by two years in July 2013. In 2015, the team was relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga, but managed direct re-promotion in 2016. Two years later, 1. FFC was relegated again before being promoted after the 2019–20 season.

Honours

* Champion of the Fußball-Bundesliga (women): 1993 * Winner of the SWFV association cup: 2005, 2010 * Champion of the Regionalliga Südwest: 2005

Notable past players

* Nicole Bender * Nadine Fols *

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* Conny Pohlers * Carmen Roth * Sandra de Pol

Statistics

TuS Niederkirchen

¹ The second team of TuS Niederkirchen was also qualified and reached the round of 16.

1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen

References

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