List of rugby union clubs in Germany

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This is a List of rugby union clubs in Germany. It lists all rugby union clubs in Germany registered with the German Rugby Federation, the DRV,[1] or taking part in the German league system.[2] As of April 2010, the International Rugby Board lists the number of clubs in Germany at 110.[3]

Some of the clubs competing in the German league system are clubs of the US and British armed forces in Germany and therefore not necessarily members of the DRV. Examples of US Army rugby clubs in Germany are the teams in Illesheim,[4] Ramstein and Vilseck, while other clubs, like in the RC Kaiserslautern, recruit some of their players from the US forces but have German players as well.[5] Up to 32 US forces teams had been playing in Southern Germany at its peak, based in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, being organised in the "United States Forces Europe Rugby Union" (USFERU).[6] Most disappeared with the withdrawal of US forces from Germany at the end of the Cold War. A number of clubs remained but have since dropped out of the German league system, like the Bamberg RFC, Darmstadt 233rd BSB RFC, Hanau Hornets, Schweinfurt RFC, Spangdahlem RFC and Würzburg RFC, while a few, like the Ramstein Rogues RFC, Illesheim RFC and Baumholder RFC still compete in 2009–10.[7]

The RC Mönchengladbach Rhinos and the Elmpt Falcons are rugby teams of the British Army in Germany and still active.[8][9]

The oldest rugby union club in Germany is the DSV 78 Hannover, formed in 1878 as DFV Hannover, in a time when a differencation between rugby and football was not yet made in Germany.[10] While there is older clubs in Germany then DSV 78, like the Heidelberger TV which was formed in 1846, their rugby departments were established after DSV's.

Clubs by state[]

The German rugby clubs, listed by federal state, with the league their first men's and women's teams play in 2009–10, in as far as the clubs field a senior side at all:

Baden-Württemberg[]

Rugby clubs in the state of Baden-Württemberg:[11][12][13][14][15]

Club City 2015–16* Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Freiburg RLBW III — — [14] [1]
TSV Handschuhsheim Heidelberg BL I — — [11] [2]
RG Heidelberg Heidelberg BL I — — [11] [3]
Heidelberg RLBW III — — [14] [4]
Heidelberger RK Heidelberg BL I WBL I [11] [5]
Heidelberg RLBW III [14] [6]
Heidelberger TV Heidelberg RLBW III — — [11] [7]
SC Neuenheim Heidelberg BL I WBL I [11] [8]
Heidelberg RLRP III — — [11] [9]
Heilbronn RLBW III — — [12] [10]
Karlsruher SV Rugby Karlsruhe RLBW III — — [14] [11]
Konstanz RLBW III — — [12] [12]
TV Pforzheim Pforzheim BL I — — [15] [13]
TSB Ravensburg Ravens Ravensburg — — — — [13] [14]
RC Rottweil Rottweil RLBW III WRLS III [12] [15]
Stuttgarter RC Stuttgart 2BLS/W II WBL I [12] [16]
Ulm RLB III — — [13] [17]

(* pending updates)

Bavaria[]

Rugby clubs in the state of Bavaria:[13][16][17]

Club City 2014–15 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Augsburg RLB III — — [17] [18]
RFC Bad Reichenhall Bad Reichenhall RLB III — — [17] [19]
Bayreuth VLB IV — — [17]
Fürstenfeldbruck — — — — [13] [20]
Hafenlohr VLB IV — — [16] [21]
Illesheim VLB IV — — [16] [22]
Memmingen VLB IV — — [17] [23]
Ingolstadt RLB III — — [13] [24]
München RFC Munich 2BLS/W II W2BL II [13] [25]
StuSta München Munich 2BLS/W II WRLS II [13] [26]
RC Unterföhring Munich (district) 2BLS/W II WRLS II [16] [27]
Nuremberg RLB III — — [16] [28]
Regensburg RLB III — — [16] [29]
1. FC Schweinfurt 05 Schweinfurt VLB IV — — [17] [30]

Berlin[]

Rugby clubs in the state of Berlin:[18]

Club City 2009–10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Berliner RC Berlin BL I — — [18] [31]
RK 03 Berlin Berlin BL I W2BL II [18] [32]
Berliner SC Berlin RLEB IV — — [18] [33]
Berlin — — W2BL II [18] [34]
Berliner SV 92 Rugby Berlin RLEA III WRLE III [18] [35]
SC Siemensstadt Berlin RLEA III — — [18] [36]
Berlin Irish RFC Berlin RLEA III WRLE III [18] [37]
Berlin Bruisers Berlin RLEA III — — [18] [38]
Berlin BL I — — [18] [39]

Brandenburg[]

Rugby clubs in the state of Brandenburg:[18]

Club City 2009–10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Stahl Brandenburg Rugby Brandenburg an der Havel RLEA III — — [18] [40]
Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby Hennigsdorf RLEB IV — — [18] [41]
RU Hohen Neuendorf Hohen Neuendorf 2BLN/E II — — [18] [42]
USV Potsdam Rugby Potsdam 2BLN/E II — — [18] [43]
Trebbin ? ? — — [1] [44]
Velten RLEA III — — [18] [45]

Bremen[]

Rugby clubs in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen:[19]

Club City 2009–10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Bremen RLN III — — [19] [46]
Bremen RLN III WRLN III [19] [47]

Hamburg[]

Rugby clubs in the state of Hamburg:[19]

Club City 2009–10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Hamburg Exiles RFC Hamburg RLN III — — [19] [48]
Hamburger RC Hamburg 1BL N/E II — — [19] [49]
Hamburger SV Hamburg VLN IV — — [19] [50]
FC St Pauli Rugby Hamburg 1BL N/E II WBL I [19] [51]

Hesse[]

Rugby clubs in the state of Hesse:[11][20]

Club City 2009–10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Babenhausen RLH [D] III — — [11] [52]
Darmstadt RLH III — — [11] [53]
Eintracht Frankfurt Rugby Frankfurt am Main RLH III WRLW III [11] [54]
SC 1880 Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main BL I — — [11] [55]
Gießen RLH III — — [20] [56]
RK Heusenstamm Heusenstamm BL I WRLW III [11] [57]
Marburg RLH III WRLW III [20] [58]
Obertshausen — — — — [11] [59]
Offenbach am Main RLH III — — [11] [60]

Lower Saxony[]

Rugby clubs in the state of Lower Saxony:[20]

Club City 2009–10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Welfen SC Braunschweig Braunschweig RLN III — — [20] [61]
Göttingen RLLS III — — [20] [62]
VfR Döhren Hanover 2BLN/E [B] II — — [20] [63]
DRC Hannover Hanover 2BLN/E II — — [20] [64]
DSV 78 Hannover Hanover BL I — — [20] [65]
SV Odin Hannover Hanover 2BLN/E [B] II — — [20] [66]
Hanover — — — — [20] [67]
Hanover — — — — [20] [68]
FV 1897 Linden Hanover — — — — [20] [69]
TSV Victoria Linden Hanover 2BLN/E II — — [20] [70]
SC Germania List Hanover 2BLN/E II WBL I [20] [71]
SV 08 Ricklingen Hanover RLLS [A] III — — [20] [72]
Karlshöfen — — WRLN III [73]
Nienburg — — — — [20] [74]
Rastede RLLS III — — [19] [75]
Jesteburg RLN [C] III — — [19] [76]
Varel VLN IV — — [19] [77]

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern[]

Rugby clubs in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:[18]

Club City 2009–10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Rostock VLN IV — — [18] [78]

North Rhine-Westphalia[]

Rugby clubs in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia:[20][21][22]

Club City 2009–10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
RC Aachen Aachen 2BLW II WRLW III [22] [79]
Bielefeld VLNW IV — — [20] [80]
Bocholt VLNW IV — — [21] [81]
Bonn RLNW III — — [22] [82]
Brühl VLNW IV — — [22] [83]
Dortmund VLNW IV WRLW III [84]
Duisburg VLNW IV — — [21] [85]
Düsseldorf 2BLW II — — [21] [86]
Elmpt RLNW III — —
Essen VLNW IV — — [87]
Hürth VLNW IV — — [22] [88]
ASV Köln Rugby Cologne 2BLW II W2BL II [22] [89]
Krefeld — — — — [21] [90]
Lemgo VLNW IV — — [20] [91]
Lothe VLNW IV — —
Mönchengladbach RLNW III — — [21]
Münster 2BLW II — — [21] [92]
Solingen RLNW III — — [21] [93]
Rheda-Wiedenbrück RLNW III W2BL II [20] [94]

Rhineland-Palatinate[]

Rugby clubs in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate:[11][22]

Club City 2009–10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Andernach RLRP III — — [22] [95]
Baumholder RLRP III — — [96]
Kaiserslautern RLRP III — — [11] [97]
RC Mainz Mainz 2BLS/W II — — [22] [98]
Pünderich RLRP III — — [99]
Ramstein RLRP III — — [100]
Trier RLRP III WRLW III [22] [101]
Worms RLRP III — — [11] [102]

Saarland[]

Rugby clubs in the state of Saarland:[11]

Club City 2009–10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Saarbrücken RLRP III — — [11] [103]

Saxony[]

Rugby clubs in the state of Saxony:[23]

Club City 2009–10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Brandis E7 — — —
Chemnitz E7 — — — [104]
Dresden RLEB IV WRLE III [23] [105]
Freiberg E7 — — — [23] [106]
Gera E7 — — — [23]
Kittlitz E7 — — — [107]
RC Leipzig Leipzig RLEB IV WRLE III [23] [108]
Riesa — — — — [23] [109]
Zittau — — — — [23]

Saxony-Anhalt[]

Rugby clubs in the state of Saxony-Anhalt:[23]

Club City 2009–10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Halle E7 — — — [23] [110]
Magdeburg E7 — — —

Schleswig-Holstein[]

Rugby clubs in the state of Schleswig-Holstein:[19]

Club City 2009–10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
FT Adler Kiel Rugby Kiel 2BLN/E II — — [19] [111]
Geesthacht RLN [C] III — — [19] [112]

Thuringia[]

Rugby clubs in the state of Thuringia:[16]

Club City 2009–10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Erfurt E7 — W2BL — [16] [113]
USV Jena Jena RLEB IV W2BL — [114]

Foreign clubs[]

In the 2009–10 season, two clubs from outside the borders of Germany take part in German league competitions, one from Luxembourg and one from Austria:

Club City 2009–10 Source
Men Tier Women Tier Ref Link
Innsbruck — — WRLS III [115]
RC Luxembourg Luxembourg 2BLS/W II — — [116]

Defunct clubs & teams[]

Germany[]

The following clubs have ceased to exist or stopped operating a rugby department:

Club City Fate Ref
Berlin club switched codes from rugby to football, now defunct
Berlin
Tennis Borussia Berlin Berlin rugby department left club in 1936 to join Berliner SV and form Berliner SV 92 Rugby [24]
Hamburg rugby department defunct
Hanover rugby department defunct since the 1970s [25]
Hanover
Hanover club defunct since 1931 [26]
Hanover rugby department defunct since 1963, when the department joined [27]
FV Stuttgart Stuttgart club switched codes from rugby to football, merged to form VfB Stuttgart [28]

East Germany[]

The following clubs existed in the former country of East Germany. Some of them have ceased to exist or to operate a rugby department while others have changed their name:

Club City Fate Ref
Berlin rugby department defunct, club now [29]
Berlin rugby department now RK 03 Berlin [30]
ASK Vorwärts Berlin Berlin rugby department defunct
BSG Stahl Brandenburg Brandenburg now Stahl Brandenburg Rugby [31]
SG Dynamo Dresden Dresden rugby department defunct
Falkensee
Hennigsdorf club defunct
Hennigsdorf now Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby [32]
Leegebruch club defunct
DHfK Leipzig Leipzig rugby department now part of RC Leipzig [33]
BSG Gastronom Leipzig Leipzig rugby department now part of RC Leipzig [33]
BSG Lokomotive Wahren Leipzig Leipzig rugby department now part of RC Leipzig [33]
Potsdam club defunct [34]
RG 88 Potsdam Potsdam now USV Potsdam Rugby [34]
Velten now

Key[]

Notes[]

A. ^ Playing as 08 Ricklingen/Wunstorf, a partnership of SV 08 Ricklingen and .
B. ^ Playing as SG SV Odin/VfR Döhren, a partnership of SV Odin Hannover and VfR Döhren.
C. ^ Playing as SG Jesteburg/Geesthacht, a partnership of and .
D. ^ Playing as SG 80 III/Babenhausen, a partnership of the third team of SC 1880 Frankfurt and .
E. ^ The East 7s league, or Mitteldeutsche Siebener Liga, is a development league for emerging rugby clubs in what was formerly East Germany.

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