FC Schwalbe Hannover

FC Schwalbe Hannover
Full nameFussball Club Schwalbe von 1899 e.V.
UnionGerman Rugby Federation
Founded1899
LocationHanover, Germany
Ground(s)Bezirkssportanlage Döhren
ChairmanRudolf Hille
League(s)inactive
2011-12Rugby-Regionalliga North (III), 7th
Official website
www.fcschwalbe.de
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The FC Schwalbe Hannover is a German rugby union club from Hanover, until recently playing in the Rugby-Regionalliga Lower Saxony. Apart from rugby, the club also offers other sports like tennis, basketball and boxing. It is based in the Döhren suburb of Hanover and is the biggest sporting club there.[1]

FC Schwalbe has three German rugby union championship to its name, won in 1923, 1926 and 1936 but has not reached a final since.[2]

The term Schwalbe is the German word for swallow.

  1. ^ Willkommen beim FC Schwalbe! Archived 2010-05-14 at the Wayback Machine (in German) FCS website, accessed: 13 April 2010
  2. ^ Die Deutschen Meister der Männer Archived October 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in German) DRV website - German rugby union champions (men), accessed: 13 April 2010