Full name | SG Stahl Brandenburg Rugby |
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Union | German Rugby Federation |
Founded | 1950 (club) 1959 (rugby department) |
Location | Brandenburg, Germany |
Ground(s) | Medizinsportplatz |
Chairman | Michael Domke |
Coach(es) | Torsten Busse |
Captain(s) | Sebastian Pfeiffer |
League(s) | Rugby-Regionalliga East |
2014–15 | 6th |
Official website | |
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Stahl Brandenburg Rugby is a German rugby union club from Brandenburg, currently playing in the Rugby-Regionalliga East A.
The club, located in former East Germany, used to be part of the BSG Stahl Brandenburg, a multi-sports club formed in November 1950. Stahl was home, apart from rugby, to a football department, now the FC Stahl Brandenburg, as well as a large number of other sports. Stahl, German for steel, took its name from its association with the local steelworks. [1]
Rugby union came first to the city of Brandenburg in 1958, when an international between the German Democratic Republic and Romania was played there. [2]
The following year, in 1959, a rugby department was formed at the Thälmannwerft, a shipbuilding company, as part of the BSG Motor Nord. The Thälmannwerft, and BSG Motor Nord, were closed in 1961-62 and the rugby players moved to the BSG Stahl Brandenburg. [2]
The team took part in the East German rugby union championship without actually winning a championship, coming closest in 1988, when it finished runners-up to Stahl Hennigsdorf. The club also managed to provide five players to the East Germany national team. [2]
With the German reunion, the club lost many players and was in real danger of having to close its rugby department, but managed to avoid this drastic step. [2]
The team competed at third-tier level in the following years, the local division of the Rugby-Regionalliga, until 2000, when a second place in the league and a good performance in the promotion round meant qualification to the tier-two 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East. [2]
Stahl suffered relegation from this league in 2002 but returned in 2005 after a championship in the Regionalliga. It played two more seasons in the 2nd Bundesliga before returning to the Rugby-Regionalliga East A again in 2007, where it plays today.
Recent seasons of the club: [3]
Year | Division | Position |
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1999-2000 | ||
2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East relegation round | 9th — Promoted | |
2000-01 | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East (II) | 6th |
2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East relegation round | 3rd | |
2001-02 | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East | 8th — Relegated |
2002-03 | ||
2003-04 | Rugby-Regionalliga East (North) (III) | 3rd |
Placings round 1 | 2nd | |
2004-05 | Rugby-Regionalliga East A | 4th |
North/East championship round | 1st — promoted | |
2005-06 | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East (II) | 5th |
2006–07 | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East | 8th — Relegated |
2007–08 | Rugby-Regionalliga East A (III) | 5th |
2008–09 | Rugby-Regionalliga East A | 4th |
2009–10 | Rugby-Regionalliga East (III) | 4th |
Rugby-Regionalliga East A | 4th | |
2010–11 | Rugby-Regionalliga East | 5th |
2011–12 | Rugby-Regionalliga East | 10th |
2012–13 | Rugby-Regionalliga East | 5th |
2013–14 | Rugby-Regionalliga East | 6th |
2014–15 | Rugby-Regionalliga East | 6th |
2015–16 | Rugby-Regionalliga East |
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