- VfL Leverkusen
Football club infobox
clubname = VfL Leverkusen
fullname = Verein für Leibesübungen Leverkusen 04/14 e.V.
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founded = 1950
ground = Tannenbergstraße
capacity = 2,000
chairman =
manager =
league =Verbandsliga Mittelrhein (VI)
season = 2007-08
position = 1st
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leftarm2=ffffff|body2=ffffff|rightarm2=ffffff|shorts2=ffffff|socks2=ffffffVfL Leverkusen is a German football club from the central district of Küppersteg in the city of
Leverkusen ,North Rhine-Westphalia .History
The club is the product of the 25 July 1950 union of "Turn- und Sport 1904 Manfort", established 21 June 1904 as "Ballspielverein Manfort", and "Turn- und Sport Jahn 1914 Küppersteg", established 15 February 1914. "Küppersteg" played the 1949-50 season in the Amateurliga Mittelrhein (II); the newly combined side took up their place and competed there through the early- to mid 50s before slipping into the Landesliga Mittelrhein (III). [Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9]
League re-structuring saw the club sent down to fourth division play in 1956. "VfL" returned to the
Amateurliga Mittlerhein (III) in 1964 for a two season turn before falling back through the Landesliga Mittelrhein (IV) into lower division play by 1966. They returned to the Landesliga in 1972 and narrowly escaped relegation in each of the next several seasons until finally being sent down in 1977."Leverkusen" finally recovered a place in the Landesliga Mittelrhein in 2003, capturing the division title that same year, winning immediate promotion to the
Verbandsliga Mittelrhein (V).Honours
* Landesliga Mittelrhein (VI) champions: 2003
External links
* [http://www.vfl-leverkusen.de/ Official team site]
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German domestic league tables de iconReferences
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