Rugby was established in Rottweil in 1969 when it was introduced by former German international Günther Thiel at a local school. In the following year RC Rottweil was formed, which entered the Rugby-Regionalliga in 1971 and won the league championship in its first season there. After another Regionalliga championship the following year Rottweil played in the Rugby-Bundesliga for a season in 1973–74 but was relegated again immediately.[1]
RCR won another Regionalliga title in 1975 and once more moved up to the Bundesliga. While the club was able to avoid relegation this time around it found the travel expenses to high and voluntarily withdrew to the Regionalliga again in 1976. Three more Regionalliga titles followed before the club decided to move up to the Bundesliga again in 1979. Rottweil spend the next six seasons at this level, the most successful era in the club's history. It managed to qualify for the play-offs on three occasions, in 1981, 1982 and 1985 but each time was knocked out in the quarter finals by clubs from Hanover.[1]
After an unsuccessful 1985–86 season the club was relegated from the Bundesliga once more but made a brief return in 1988. From 1992 to 1994 Rottweil played in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga, a new league slotted in between Bundesliga and Regionalliga. The club's fortunes declined from then on, neglecting its youth department and having to withdraw from league rugby altogether for a time. It restarted its youth program in 1996 and eventually was able to field a senior team again. From 2008 onwards RC Rottweil played in the Rugby-Regionalliga again and, in 2013, won promotion to the 2. Bundesliga once more.[1]
In 2013–14 and 2014–15 the club showed strong performances in the 2. Bundesliga, finishing runners-up to Heidelberger TV in the south west division each season and losing the 2014 DRV-Pokal final to the latter.[2] In the 2014–15 season the club finished second in the south-west DRV-Pokal group and lost to Heidelberger TV in the final after a bye in the first round and victories over Berliner SV 92 Rugby and RC Leipzig.
Until 2001, when the single-division Bundesliga was established, the season was divided in autumn and spring, a Vorrunde and Endrunde, whereby the top teams of the Rugby-Bundesliga would play out the championship while the bottom teams together with the autumn 2nd Bundesliga champion would play for Bundesliga qualification. The remainder of the 2nd Bundesliga teams would play a spring round to determine the relegated clubs. Where two placing's are shown, the first is autumn, the second spring. In 2012 the Bundesliga was expanded from ten to 24 teams and the 2nd Bundesliga from 20 to 24 with the leagues divided into four regional divisions.
Referencesedit
^ abcGeschichte des Rugby Club Rottweil 2015-04-16 at the Wayback Machine(in German) RC Rottweil website – Club history, accessed: 26 April 2015
^ abTables & results from the German rugby union leagues (in German) rugbyweb.de, accessed: 26 April 2015
External linksedit
Official website (in German)
RC Rottweil team info at totalrugby.de (in German)
November 27, 2023
rottweil, german, rugby, union, club, from, rottweil, baden, württemberg, currently, playing, rugby, bundesliga, full, namerugby, club, rottweil, uniongerman, rugby, federationfounded1970locationrottweil, germanychairmankarl, heinz, bahrleague, rugby, bundesli. The RC Rottweil is a German rugby union club from Rottweil Baden Wurttemberg currently playing in the 2nd Rugby Bundesliga RC RottweilFull nameRugby Club Rottweil e V UnionGerman Rugby FederationFounded1970LocationRottweil GermanyChairmanKarl Heinz BahrLeague s 2 Rugby Bundesliga II 2015 162 Rugby Bundesliga South 6thTeam kitOfficial websitewww wbr rcrottweil wbr de Contents 1 History 2 Honours 3 Recent seasons 4 References 5 External linksHistory editRugby was established in Rottweil in 1969 when it was introduced by former German international Gunther Thiel at a local school In the following year RC Rottweil was formed which entered the Rugby Regionalliga in 1971 and won the league championship in its first season there After another Regionalliga championship the following year Rottweil played in the Rugby Bundesliga for a season in 1973 74 but was relegated again immediately 1 RCR won another Regionalliga title in 1975 and once more moved up to the Bundesliga While the club was able to avoid relegation this time around it found the travel expenses to high and voluntarily withdrew to the Regionalliga again in 1976 Three more Regionalliga titles followed before the club decided to move up to the Bundesliga again in 1979 Rottweil spend the next six seasons at this level the most successful era in the club s history It managed to qualify for the play offs on three occasions in 1981 1982 and 1985 but each time was knocked out in the quarter finals by clubs from Hanover 1 After an unsuccessful 1985 86 season the club was relegated from the Bundesliga once more but made a brief return in 1988 From 1992 to 1994 Rottweil played in the 2nd Rugby Bundesliga a new league slotted in between Bundesliga and Regionalliga The club s fortunes declined from then on neglecting its youth department and having to withdraw from league rugby altogether for a time It restarted its youth program in 1996 and eventually was able to field a senior team again From 2008 onwards RC Rottweil played in the Rugby Regionalliga again and in 2013 won promotion to the 2 Bundesliga once more 1 In 2013 14 and 2014 15 the club showed strong performances in the 2 Bundesliga finishing runners up to Heidelberger TV in the south west division each season and losing the 2014 DRV Pokal final to the latter 2 In the 2014 15 season the club finished second in the south west DRV Pokal group and lost to Heidelberger TV in the final after a bye in the first round and victories over Berliner SV 92 Rugby and RC Leipzig Honours editDRV Pokal Finalist 2014 2015Recent seasons editRecent seasons of the club 2 Year Division Tier Position2008 09 Rugby Regionalliga Baden Wurttemberg III 7th2009 10 Rugby Regionalliga Baden Wurttemberg 7th2010 11 Rugby Regionalliga Baden Wurttemberg IV 7th2011 12 Rugby Regionalliga Baden Wurttemberg 3rd Promoted2012 13 3rd Liga South West III 2nd Promoted2013 14 2 Rugby Bundesliga qualification round South II 1stDRV Pokal South West 2nd Runners up2014 15 2 Rugby Bundesliga qualification round South 1stDRV Pokal South West 2nd Runners up2015 16 2nd Rugby Bundesliga South 6thUntil 2001 when the single division Bundesliga was established the season was divided in autumn and spring a Vorrunde and Endrunde whereby the top teams of the Rugby Bundesliga would play out the championship while the bottom teams together with the autumn 2nd Bundesliga champion would play for Bundesliga qualification The remainder of the 2nd Bundesliga teams would play a spring round to determine the relegated clubs Where two placing s are shown the first is autumn the second spring In 2012 the Bundesliga was expanded from ten to 24 teams and the 2nd Bundesliga from 20 to 24 with the leagues divided into four regional divisions References edit a b c Geschichte des Rugby Club Rottweil Archived 2015 04 16 at the Wayback Machine in German RC Rottweil website Club history accessed 26 April 2015 a b Tables amp results from the German rugby union leagues in German rugbyweb de accessed 26 April 2015External links editOfficial website in German RC Rottweil team info at totalrugby de in German Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title RC Rottweil amp oldid 1176818976, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
