The actual roots started in 1903, when the Ball Club Hamborn was born. In 1911 they combined with SV Marxloh to form Sportfreunde Hamborn 07. (Where the "07" comes from, I'm not sure! Most likely Marxloh was founded that year). Most of the play was in the local leagues, with derbies against rivals such as Union Hamborn. (Hamborn was at the time an independent town, but has since been merged and is a district of Duisburg.)
The 1930s were among the highlights of Hamborn football. They were one of the stronger clubs in the Ruhr area, and one of the founders of the Gauliga Niederrhein, winning the title in 1942. During WW-II, there was also a temporary merger with local rivals Union Hamborn, as the KSG 07/Union Hamborn. However, this really only lasted a year, as the war made matches impossible, and the alliance was soon dissolved.
One claim to fame was is TV fame. Hamborn played St.Pauli in the DFB-Cup at the Millerntor, and won 4-3. This was the first live football broadcast on German TV.
Fullname | Sportfreunde Hamborn 1907 Fußballabteilung e.V.
City |
Duisburg (Nordrhein-Westfalen). Pop:
512,000
(2002). Hamborn is a district of the city, about 73,000 inhabitants (2007)
| Address |
Westerwaldstraße 43, 47167 Duisburg. | Phone: (02 03) 59 53 24 e-mail: info@hamborn-07.de Colors |
Yellow and black jersey, black shorts; also red jersey, black shorts.
| Nickname |
Die Löwen (the Lions)
| Stadium |
Bezirkssportanlage Am Holtkamp Capacity: 5,500. | This facility, owned by the club, has been it's home since 1978. From 1954-69, Hamborn played in the August-Thyssen-Stadion. They then moved to the Schwelgernstadion for a decade. Tickets |
Easy to get. Just show up at game time.
| Supporters |
They averaged only around 450 fans per match in 2000, 385 in 2004
(Verbandsliga).
| Friends |
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Foes |
Probably MSV Duisburg, especially since the Meiderichers have
usurped the town name.
| Heroes |
Midfielder Josef Rodzinski was capped 3 times for Germany in 1936. He would later lose a leg in WW-II. Famed coach
Christoph Daum also came out of the club, although I'm not sure you could consider him a hero...
| Zeroes |
| Beer |
Königs-Pils is brewed
locally in Duisburg and is the town
favorite.
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Pub Grub |
| The Net |
A nice official web site at
www.hamborn-07.de , which puts many larger club sites to shame.
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Recent History:
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1963-64 (II) Regionalliga West 14th
1964-65 (II) Regionalliga West 14th
1965-66 (II) Regionalliga West 8th
1966-67 (II) Regionalliga West 5th
1967-68 (II) Regionalliga West 9th
1968-69 (II) Regionalliga West 11th
1969-70 (II) Regionalliga West 16th
1970-71 (II) Regionalliga West 18th
1971-72 (III) Amateurliga Niederrhein 16th
1972-73 (IV) Landesliga Niederrhein-3 10th
1973-74 (IV) Landesliga Niederrhein-3 6th
1974-75 (IV) Landesliga Niederrhein-3 14th
1975-76
1976-77
1977-78 (IV) Landesliga Niederrhein-3 3rd
1978-79 (III) Verbandsliga Niederrhein 5th
1979-80 (III) Verbandsliga Niederrhein 1st
1980-81 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 2nd
1981-82 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 9th
1981-83 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 9th
1981-84 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 9th
1984-95 (IV) Verbandsliga Niederrhein 1st
1985-86 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 9th
1986-87 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 9th
1987-88 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 4th
1988-89 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 12th
1989-90 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 7th
1990-91 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 8th
1991-92 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 4th
1982-93 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 13th
1983-94 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 15th
1994-95 (IV) Oberliga Nordrhein 16th
1995-96 (V) Verbandsliga Niederrhein 15th
1996-97 (VI) Landesliga Niederrhein-3 1st
1997-98 (V) Verbandsliga Niederrhein 5th
1998-99 (V) Verbandsliga Niederrhein 9th
1999-00 (V) Verbandsliga Niederrhein 6th
2000-01 (V) Verbandsliga Niederrhein 1st
2001-02 (IV) Oberliga Nordrhein 16th
2002-03 (V) Verbandsliga Niederrhein 10th
2003-04 (V) Verbandsliga Niederrhein 13th
2004-05 (V) Verbandsliga Niederrhein
2005-06 (V) Verbandsliga Niederrhein 13th
2006-07 (V) Verbandsliga Niederrhein 17th
2007-08 (VI) Landesliga Niederrhein-3
(c) Abseits Guide to Germany