The RU Hohen Neuendorf is a German rugby union club from Hohen Neuendorf, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga.
The club is located in the Oberhavel district, north west of Berlin. The district is home to two more rugby union clubs, Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby and Veltener RC.
History The club was formed in November 1997,RU Hohen Neuendorf club info at totalrugby.de , accessed: 7 April 2010 when Grün-Weiß Birkenwerder and the Rugbyclub Hohen Neuendorf merged.Chronik der Rugbyunion RUH website - History, accessed: 7 April 2010
It achieved promotion from the Rugby-Regionalliga to the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga in 2003 and spent three seasons at this level, with a fourth place in 2005 as its best result.
After returning to the Regionalliga in 2006, it won promotion to the second division once more in 2008 and now played there as a mid-table side until 2012 when it was forcefully relegated after missing two league matches without adequate excuse.Jetzt ist es endgültig, die RU Hohen Neuendorf fliegt aus der 2. Bundesliga totlarugby.de, published: 13 July 2012, accessed: 22 August 2012
A championship in the Regionalliga in 2012–13 took the club back up to the 2nd Bundesliga again for the following season. The club qualified for the DRV-Pokal in 2013–14 and was knocked out by Heidelberger TV in the quarter-finals of the play-offs. Promoted to the Rugby-Bundesliga for 2014–15 the club qualified for the championship round where it came seventh and missed out on play-off qualification.
Recent seasons Recent seasons of the club:RugbyWeb Ergebnisarchiv rugbyweb.de - Results archive, accessed: 24 July 2012 Year Division Position 2002-03 Rugby-Regionalliga (III) Promoted 2003-04 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East (II) 6th 2004-05 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East 4th 2005-06 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East 8th — Relegated 2006-07 Rugby-Regionalliga East A (III) 3rd North/East championship round 4th 2007–08 Rugby-Regionalliga East A 2nd — Promoted 2008–09 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East (II) 6th 2009–10 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East 3rd 2010–11 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East 4th 2011–12 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East 9th — Relegated 2012–13 Rugby-Regionalliga East 1st 2013–14 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga qualification round – East 2nd DRV-Pokal – North-East 3rd — Quarter finals 2014–15 Rugby-Bundesliga qualification round – East 4th Rugby-Bundesliga championship round – North-East 7th 2015–16 Rugby-Bundesliga North-East 8th - Relegated
References
External links Official website RU Hohen Neuendorf club info at totalrugby.de