USC Paloma


USC Paloma Hamburg is a German association football club from the city of Hamburg.

History

The club was formed in August 1909 by a group of sports-mad juveniles and takes its name from the Spanish word for dove. A multi-sport club, Paloma has departments for badminton, basketball, gymnastics, judo, jiu jitsu, kung fu, table tennis, and handball. The handball-team won the Hamburg Oberliga championship in 2007–08.
After their first Hamburger Pokal win in 2002 Paloma took part in the opening round of the 2002–03 DFB-Pokal where they lost 0–5 to Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern. A second Hamburger Pokal win in 2014 returned the team to DFB-Pokal play, this time to face Bundesliga club TSG [1899 Hoffenheim] who beat USC 0–9.
After two seasons in the Oberliga Hamburg Paloma was relegated in 2016 and currently play in the Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa.

Honours

The club's honours: