VfR Warbeyen
| Full name | Verein für Rasenspiele Schwarz-Weiß Warbeyen 1945 e. V. | ||
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| Founded | 1945 | ||
| Ground | Bresserbergstadion | ||
| Capacity | 6,000 | ||
| 1st Chairman | Christian Nitsch | ||
| Head coach | Sandro Scuderi | ||
| League | 2. Bundesliga | ||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga West, 1st of 12 (promoted) | ||
| Website | vfr-warbeyen.de | ||
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The VfR Warbeyen (officially Verein für Rasenspiele Schwarz-Weiß Warbeyen 1945 e. V.) is a German association football club from the town of Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia. Its women's team will play in the 2. Bundesliga from the 2025–26 season onwards.
History
Having played in the Landesliga throughout the 2000s and 2010s, Warbeyen's women's team won promotion to the fourth-tier Niederrheinliga in 2018.[1] After an eighth place in 2019, the team was crowned as Niederrheinliga champions in 2020 on a points-per-game basis, as the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic - with Warbeyen having sat third on points with two games in hand.[2][3] In 2021–22, Warbeyen won the Niederrheinpokal and thereby qualified for the 2022–23 DFB-Pokal.[4] They were beaten 1:2 by Borussia Bocholt during the first round.[5] Having finished third and second in the preceding seasons of the Regionalliga West, Warbeyen played a dominant season in 2024–25, winning promotion four matches in advance.[6][7] Their title-winning season, one which earned them their maiden promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, ended on a controversial note: head coach Sandro Scuderi and his coaching team had decided to announce during a training session in the week of their title-clinching match against Bayer Leverkusen II that eight players, including captain Pauline Dallmann, her sister Jule, and top goalscorer Jolina Opladen would not be included in the club's plans going into the 2025-26 season.[8] This led to the players initially forming up in two separate groups following the Leverkusen game, before eventually being convinced into taking a group photo.[9]
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
The club's honours:
Women's
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Cup
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Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[10][11]
Women's
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
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| 2003–04 | Landesliga Niederrhein, Gruppe 3 | V | 7th |
| 2004–05 | Landesliga Niederrhein, Gruppe 3 | 7th | |
| 2005–06 | Landesliga Niederrhein, Gruppe 3 | 3rd | |
| 2006–07 | Landesliga Niederrhein, Gruppe 2 | 5th | |
| 2007–08 | Landesliga Niederrhein, Gruppe 2 | 4th | |
| 2008–09 | Landesliga Niederrhein, Gruppe 2 | 9th | |
| 2009–10 | Landesliga Niederrhein, Gruppe 2 | 8th | |
| 2010–11 | Landesliga Niederrhein, Gruppe 2 | 2nd | |
| 2011–12 | Landesliga Niederrhein, Gruppe 2 | 7th | |
| 2012–13 | Landesliga Niederrhein, Gruppe 2 | 3rd | |
| 2013–14 | Landesliga Niederrhein, Gruppe 1 | 3rd | |
| 2014–15 | Landesliga Niederrhein, Gruppe 1 | 4th | |
| 2015–16 | Landesliga Niederrhein, Gruppe 1 | 2nd | |
| 2016–17 | Landesliga Niederrhein, Gruppe 1 | 3rd | |
| 2017–18 | Landesliga Niederrhein, Gruppe 1 | 1st ↑ | |
| 2018–19 | Niederrheinliga | IV | 8th |
| 2019–20 | Niederrheinliga | 1st* ↑ | |
| 2020–21 | Regionalliga West | III | 6th* |
| 2021–22 | Regionalliga West | 5th | |
| 2022–23 | Regionalliga West | 3rd | |
| 2023–24 | Regionalliga West | 2nd | |
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga West | 1st ↑ |
*Season abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| ↑ Promoted | ↓ Relegated |
References
- ^ ONLINE, RP (28 May 2018). "Lokalsport: Frauenfußball: VfR Warbeyen steigt in Niederrheinliga auf". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ Oversteegen, Maarten (8 June 2020). "Frauenfußball: Der VfR Warbeyen bangt noch immer". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "Frauen Niederrheinliga - Niederrhein – Frauen - 2019/2020: Ergebnisse, Tabelle und Spielplan bei FUSSBALL.DE". www.fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "Pokaldebütant VfR Warbeyen: "Kämpferherzen" aus Kleve". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. Deutscher Fußball-Bund. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "DFB-Pokal: VfR Warbeyen verliert nach großem Kampf". FuPa. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "VfR Warbeyen am Ziel der Träume: Aufstieg in die 2. Bundesliga". FuPa. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "VfR Warbeyen feiert größten Erfolg seiner Geschichte". wdfv.de (in German). Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "Durch den Zweitliga-Aufsteiger VfR Warbeyen geht ein tiefer Riss". FuPa (in German). Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "Tränen statt Party beim VfR Warbeyen". FuPa (in German). Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
- ^ Fussball.de – Ergebnisse (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
External links
- Official team site
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)