TuRU Düsseldorf

TuRU Düsseldorf is a German sports club (football and handball) from the city of Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia.

TuRU Düsseldorf
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Full nameTurn- und Rasensport Union 1880 e.V. Düsseldorf
Nickname(s)Die Tauben (The Doves)
Founded1919
GroundStadion an der Feuerbachstraße
Capacity7,500
ChairmanPaul-Ludwig Spies
LeagueOberliga Niederrhein (V)
2017–1814th

History

Turn- und Rasensport Union Düsseldorf claims a number of early Düsseldorf clubs in its heritage. Düsseldorf Fußball Klub Union was created on 10 May 1905 as Düsselsdorfer Fußball Klub Union through the merger of Vorwärts Düsseldorf and Borussia Düsseldorf with onetime members of Fußball Club Britannia Düsseldorf. The club was renamed Düsseldorfer Sport Club Union in 1911 and in 1913 advanced to the final of the Westdeutcher Fußball Verband where they lost to Duisburger Spielverein, which then went on to the national final against VfB Leipzig. SC joined Verein für Rasensport Düsseldorf and Friedrichstädter Turnverein 1880 to form TuRU in 1919. Until July 1916 VfR had played as Sport Club Athen Düsseldorf.

TuRU in its turn advanced to the final of the Westdeutcher Fußball Verband in 1923 where they dropped a 3:4 decision to Arminia Bielefeld. Two years later they avenged themselves on both Duisburger SV and Bielefeld, defeating these sides on their way to a national quarterfinal match up versus Hertha BSC Berlin where they were eliminated.

From 1935 to 1942 Düsseldorf played in the Gauliga Niederrhein, one of sixteen top flight divisions formed in the 1933 reorganization of German football under the Third Reich. TuRU made its only DFB-Pokal (German Cup) appearance in 1937 in play for the Tschammerpokal, predecessor to the modern day cup competition, and also sent two representatives to the national side in the late 1930s.

Following World War II TuRU played briefly (1949–52) in the 2. Oberliga West (II), and then in the Landesliga Niederrhein (III) until late in the decade, before slipping into lower level amateur football. The club returned to the Landesliga in 1965 and established itself in fourth- and fifth-tier play over the next several decades. They captured Landesliga Niederrhein titles in 1994 (V tier) and 2003 (VI tier). Düsseldorf was promoted to the Oberliga Nordrhein on the strength of their 2004 Verbandsliga Niederrhein (V) title and have played at that level until 2008, earning lower-table results.

The club currently plays in the tier five Oberliga Niederrhein.

Honours

The club's honours:

Stadium

TuRU Düsseldorf plays its home fixtures in the Stadion an der Feuerbachstraße (capacity ~7,500).

Current football squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Dennis Prostka
2 DF Germany GER Marc Sesterhenn
3 MF North Macedonia MKD Sinisa Nedeljkovic
4 DF Germany GER Stephan Bork
5 DF Germany GER Bernd Willems
6 MF Germany GER Markus Weiß
7 DF Germany GER Hassan Nounouh
8 MF Germany GER Sebastian Schweers
9 MF Turkey TUR Engin Kizilaslan
10 MF Spain ESP Miguel Lopez-Torres
11 FW Turkey TUR Fatih Duran
12 DF Germany GER Daniel Theisen
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF Germany GER Samuel Sibilski
14 MF Germany GER Patrick Scheulen
15 MF Germany GER Dennis Homann
16 MF Turkey TUR Serdar Özdemir
17 MF Turkey TUR Aykut Ceker
18 FW Germany GER Michael Rentmeister
19 FW Germany GER Redouan Yotla
20 DF Spain ESP Daniel Rey-Alonso
22 GK Germany GER Marc Ernzer
24 MF Germany GER Domenico Cozza
30 GK Germany GER Fabian Rech
37 GK Germany GER Fabian Stanscheit
MF South Korea KOR Jung Yeon-woong
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