BV Cloppenburg

BV Cloppenburg

Full name	Ballspielverein Cloppenburg e. V.
Nickname(s)	BVC
Founded	1919
Ground	TimePartner Arena
Ground Capacity	5,001
Chairman	Bernhard Dorissen
Manager	Uwe Groothuis
League	Niedersachsenliga (V)
2015–16	Regionalliga Nord (IV), 17th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

BV Cloppenburg is a German association football club located in Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony.

History

The club was founded after World War I in 1919 as the successor to SV Cloppenburg 1911. Through the 50's they played in the Amateurliga Niedersachsen-West (II), and in the 60's in the Verbandsliga Niedersachsen West (III), before falling out of sight in the early 70's 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 (IV) from 2012 to 2016 Cloppenburg was relegated back to the Oberliga at the end of the 2015–16 season.

The club won their first German Cup berth in the 2006–07 tournament by way of a Niedersachsen Cup win last season over third division side VfL Osnabrück. They were eliminated from the competition in the first round after losing 1–0 to Bundesliga side 1. FC Nuremberg 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

External links

• Official team site (German)
• Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German football league tables (German)