USC Paloma Hamburg is a German association football club from the city of

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History

The club was formed in August 1909 by a group of sports-mad juveniles and takes its name from the Spanish word for dove. A multi-sport club, ''Paloma'' has departments for badminton, basketball, gymnastics, judo, jiu jitsu, kung fu, table tennis, and handball. The handball-team won the Hamburg Oberliga championship in 2007–08. After their first Hamburger Pokal (Hamburg Cup) win in 2002 ''Paloma'' took part in the opening round of the 2002–03 DFB-Pokal (German Cup) where they lost 0–5 to

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side ''

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''. A second Hamburger Pokal win in 2014 returned the team to

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play, this time to face Bundesliga club ''

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'' who beat ''USC'' 0–9. After two seasons in the

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(V) ''Paloma'' was relegated in 2016 and currently play in the

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(VI).

Honours

The club's honours: * Hamburger Pokal ** Champions: 2002,

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References

External links

Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables Paloma Association football clubs established in 1909 1909 establishments in Germany {{Germany-footyclub-stub