FC-Astoria Walldorf

The FC Astoria Walldorf is a pure football club with over 1150 members (January 2008 ) from the Palatine Walldorf.

History

The first FC 08 Walldorf was originally a division of SG - Walldorf Astoria. In 1952 the detachment of footballers from the rest of the club and the foundation of pure football club FC 1 08 A minority led to football within the SG further and launched in 1953 new in Heidelberg B-Class. The first FC 08 took over during the 1951/52 season, the old division of the old club and played in the second amateur league Rhein- Neckar. Later, the table tennis players joined the new club, as some footballers were also active table tennis players. In 1975 the separation and formation of TTG 47 Walldorf. The first FC played 08 1982-1993 a total of eleven years in the Association League North swimming. After being relegated twice in a row, they found themselves in 1994/95 in the district league Heidelberg again. There, since 1970 they met for the first time in points playing on the soccer players of SG Astoria. The initiative for the " reunion of all Walldorfer footballers" came from the leadership of the department SG Astoria. Initial discussions among neutral line of the then Assistant Secretary and today Mayor Heinz Merklinger took place during the winter break of the 1994/95 season. The aim of the merger, which was adopted on 15 February 1995 between 1 FC 08 Walldorf and the football section of the SG Walldorf Astoria 02 took place and on 3 March 1995 at the meetings of the members of both clubs finally, to higher-class football in Walldorf was establish. After a very difficult first years of this goal now seems to be successful. In the season 2006/ 07 the FC Astoria Walldorf won the championship of the Association League swimming and rose to the Oberliga Baden- Württemberg.

Successes before the merger

• Master the national league Rhein- Neckar 1982 ( FC )
• Master the district league Heidelberg 1995 ( FC )
• Master the district league Heidelberg 1992 ( SG)
• Master of the A-Class 1963, 1966, 1971 ( FC )
• Master of the A-Class 1970 ( SG)
• Master of the B-Class 1965 ( SG)

Success after the merger

• Master of the Association League North Baden 2007
• Promotion to the Association League North Baden 2001

Standings from the last few years

Current Teams

Stadium

The FC Astoria Walldorf plays its home games in 2006 completed the FC Astoria Stadium, a football-only stadium from. To reset Around the beginning of 2008 the new grandstand was taken with VIP boxes and the new changing rooms in operation.

In addition, in the adjacent municipal sports center two artificial turf fields, a small natural grass pitch and the stadium forest stand with a natural grass pitch available.

During the FIFA World Cup 2006, housed in Walldorf national team of Costa Rica took advantage of the Astoria Sports Centre as a training facility, where they fought out a friendly match against the FC Astoria. In 2009, played in the stadium two Women's U-19 internationals. In preparation for the World Cup 2010, the Honduran national football team took advantage of the Astoria- sports center, where they fought out a game against Walldorf.

Known (former) players and coaches

• Andreas Gaber, player
• Sven Eller, player
• Mario Divine, player
• Nico Hillenbrand, player
• Stephan winner, player
• Roberto Pinto, player
• Timo core player
• Nicolai Large, Players
• Rüdiger Menges, coaches
• Roland Dickgießer, coaches

Fanscene

In the league season 2008/ 09 were an average of 600 spectators per home game to the home games of Walldorf. So that the audience figures were indeed significantly lower than those of SV Waldhof Mannheim, 1.FC Heidenheim or SSV Ulm 1846, but still in the top half. With the Fan Club '87 Walldorf, the club also has its own fan club.