FFC Brauweiler Pulheim 2000 was a German women's football club based in Pulheim, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was founded when the women's section of Grün-Weiß Brauweiler in 2000 established its own club. The team played its last season in the Regionalliga, the German third division. Afterwards the club disbanded to join 1. FC Köln.
History
In 1974 Thomas Meyer established a training group which became the women's section of Grün-Weiß Brauweiler. The team played in the top division from the beginning on and relegations in 1980 and 1986 were followed by direct re-promotions. Despite three consecutive wins of the regional Mittelrheinpokal in 1989-91 Brauweiler did not qualify for the Bundesliga at its inception in 1990. The following season marked one of the club's greatest successes as promotion to the Bundesliga was achieved. Brauweiler won the cup in the same season, being still the only time a club from the second division was able to achieve this feat. The club fought its way to the Bundesliga final, there losing to TSV Siegen. After winning another cup in 1993 and several second places in the league Brauweiler won its first and only championship in 1997. A week later the club's third cup win completed the Double.
With a fourth place in 1997–98 Brauweiler qualified for the single-railed Bundesliga, but several seasons of mediocre performance followed. Eventually the team was relegated to the 2nd league in 2003–04. A direct re-promotion was followed by a year of constant fighting against being relegated yet again. The retirement of several core players led to a disastrous 2006–07 season where Brauweiler took loss after loss, resulting in relegation without having won a single point. The second consecutive relegation followed right away in a season that also brought financial turmoil for Brauweiler, leaving the team to play in the third division for the first time. In 2008–09 Brauweiler won the championship in the Regionalliga thus qualifying for the 2nd league once again. The club disbanded before the 2009–10 season to join 1. FC Köln, though.
Honours German football champions: 1997 Regionalliga champions: 2009 DFB-Pokal: 1991, 1994, 1997 Super-Cup: 1994, 1997
Notable past players
Sonja Fuss Maren Meinert Silke Rottenberg Tina Theune-Meyer Bettina Wiegmann Esmeralda Negron Karina Sefron
Statistics Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts DFB-Cup 1989–90 Regionalliga West (II) 4 11 6 5 51 17 28 Semifinal 1990–91 Regionalliga West (II) 1 18 2 0 62 11 38 Won 1991–92 Bundesliga Nord (I) RU (1) 13 4 3 51 13 30 Semifinal 1992–93 Bundesliga Nord SF (2) 12 4 2 45 10 28 Runner-up 1993–94 Bundesliga Nord RU (2) 14 3 1 66 9 31 Won 1994–95 Bundesliga Nord RU (1) 17 0 1 77 9 34 Semifinal 1995–96 Bundesliga Nord SF (1) 15 1 2 60 17 48 Quarterfinal 1996–97 Bundesliga Nord Won (1) 15 2 1 59 12 47 Won 1997–98 Bundesliga 4 12 3 7 35 28 39 3rd round 1998–99 Bundesliga 9 6 5 11 29 51 23 3rd round 1999–00 Bundesliga 5 11 6 5 50 30 39 Semifinal 2000–01 Bundesliga 4 12 1 9 56 32 37 Quarterfinal 2001–02 Bundesliga 7 10 3 9 37 27 33 Quarterfinal 2002–03 Bundesliga 6 9 4 9 41 27 31 Semifinal 2003–04 Bundesliga 11 3 6 13 30 57 15 Semifinal 2004–05 2. Bundesliga Nord (II) 1 18 2 2 95 25 56 3rd round 2005–06 Bundesliga 10 3 4 15 24 79 13 3rd round 2006–07 Bundesliga 12 0 0 22 15 100 0 2nd round 2007–08 2. Bundesliga Süd 12 3 5 14 25 64 14 1st round 2008–09 Regionalliga West (III) 1 20 2 4 64 25 62 1st round Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.
References
External links Official website