Global InformationFC Schwalbe Hannover information
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| Full name | Fussball Club Schwalbe von 1899 e.V. |
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| Union | German Rugby Federation |
| Founded | 1899 |
| Location | Hanover, Germany |
| Ground(s) | Bezirkssportanlage Döhren |
| Chairman | Rudolf Hille |
| League(s) | inactive |
| 2011-12 | Rugby-Regionalliga North (III), 7th |
| Official website | |
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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.
- ^ Willkommen beim FC Schwalbe! Archived 2010-05-14 at the Wayback Machine (in German) FCS website, accessed: 13 April 2010
- ^ 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