KFC Uerdingen 05
Former Bundesliga club from Krefeld-Uerdingen.
KFC Uerdingen 05 is a German football club based in the Uerdingen district of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The former Bundesliga side achieved its greatest successes in the 1980s. As of 2025, the club plays in the fifth-level Oberliga Niederrhein after withdrawing from its Regionalliga group.
Quick Facts
- Full name
- Krefelder Fußballclub; Uerdingen 05 e.V.
- Founded
- 1905
- Ground
- Grotenburg-Stadion
- Capacity
- 34,500
- Chairman
- Christian Gummert
- Manager
- Julian Stöhr
- League
- Oberliga Niederrhein (V)
- Season
- 2025–26
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History
Two years later, the club reclaimed its original name, FC Uerdingen 05. Bayer still supports the club’s non-football departments under the name Sport-Club Bayer 05 Uerdingen. For most of its early years, Uerdingen competed in local amateur leagues. A second-place finish in 1974–75 earned promotion to the Bundesliga, though they finished last. After three seasons in the 2. The club’s golden era came in the 1980s. After losing the first leg 2–0 away and trailing 3–1 at halftime in the return leg at home, Uerdingen roared back with six unanswered goals to win 7–3.
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