1. Rödelheimer FC 02

The first Roedelheimer Football Club 02 is a German sports club based in the district today Roedelheim in Frankfurt am Main. The football team of the " Blue - Yellow " played in the season 1943/44, in the Gauliga Hessen- Nassau, and in the postwar period came with promotion to the Football Oberliga Süd in 1948 again for a year the leap into excellence. On a regional level, the club but could not last long, now plays the team in the leagues of soccer district of Frankfurt.

History

Foundation

The club from the former western suburbs at the Nidda was founded on April 12, 1902 under the present name. After the merger with the FV Wacker 1910 Frankfurt, which was still the football section of the TG Roedelheim until 1923, the club first Roedelheimer FC Wacker called 02 Six years later it was renamed the VfL ​​Roedelheim as a result of complete fusion with the TG.

Gauliga

Under this name succeeded to Rödel Heimern 1943 promotion to the top division at that time, the Gauliga Hesse -Nassau. In the promotion round the VfL ​​continued, inter alia, against 1 FSV Mainz 05 by. Among the ten clubs in the league Roedelheim closed the season 1943/44, in seventh place from, inter alia before the State Railroad TSV Rot-Weiss Frankfurt. Among the highlights was next to the biggest win in the Gauliga 6-0 over Opel Rüsselsheim certainly the 4-1 home victory over runner- Hanau 93 The 2:9 at home against Eintracht Frankfurt is the biggest defeat in the Gauliga. For the season 1944/45, the Gauliga was dissolved and played in the form of a round of the cup all probably 50 remaining clubs in Hesse- Nassau. Therefore, the topic Gauliga was completed without descent for VfL, about cutting off founded with Rot-Weiß Frankfurt KSG Roedelheim / Rot-Weiß Frankfurt nothing is known.

After the Second World War

After the end of World War II the Roedelheimer firmierten briefly as a cultural and SG Roedelheim before the club again in 1946 accepted the old and existing to this day name. First classified in the sub-prime division Hesse -West, the first FC missed twice the rise in the newly formed top division, the Oberliga Süd. 1946 was Roedelheim second in the division Hessen- West in the rise of games. First, the FC put in a decider against champions SV Wiesbaden by 3-1. This game had been scheduled due to various protests. Overall, it was a result of numerous protests two months had been until a decision on the rise. Sporty completed the three ascent games against the champions of Season Hesse -east of Victoria from Aschaffenburg, for Roedelheim each with defeats. A year later Roedelheim sat in the national league Hesse -West, this time as the first table by. In the promotion round of the Hessian of the first clubs FC finished third behind Up Rot-Weiss Frankfurt and VfL Hessen Kassel.

Oberliga

The climb finally succeeded in 1948. 's Now single-track division Hesse Roedelheim champion before Hessen Kassel. In the promotion round to the Oberliga Süd, the first FC placed second behind the BC Augsburg before SportVg Feuerbach and Amicitia home by four. In the Oberliga Süd 1st Roedelheimer FC was present together with the local rival Eintracht Frankfurt and FSV as a third club. After only one season, however, the Roedelheimer rose as severed Table again. The most notable result was the 4-1 home win over the reigning champions 1.FC Nuremberg, however, played a total of weak this season. This success was also the highest ever league victory ever for the Roedelheimer. More victories come at home against VfB Stuttgart, TSV Schwaben Augsburg and the BC Augsburg as well as abroad at the 1 FC Schweinfurt 05 and TSG Ulm 1846. Against the local rivals from Frankfurt there were in all four games defeats, but the highest league defeat meant the 12:10 on home turf against the league champions Offenbacher Kickers.

Rapid descents

The descent into the second division followed the rapid fall in the Viertklassigkeit. Although the Roedelheimer FC 1950 could still hold in the Hessian League eleventh. Qualification for the new second division as a substructure for Oberliga Süd they missed not only clear but rose in 1951 even from the highest Hessian game class.

Apart from a stint in the - then fourth division - Group League ( 1972-1977 ) of the Roedelheimer FC plays since then in the lower classes of the football circle Frankfurt.

Known player

• Alfred Pfaff - Football World Cup 1954
• Hubert Schieth