The German club Niederndorf showed something that we will hardly see ever again. The second team of the club, which takes part in one of the amateur divisions in Germany, had 11 players with the same surname in the starting lineup. Moreover, all the coaches and the substitutions were with the same surname!
The town of Niederndorf is located in Freudenberg (Westphalia) and its population is about 1700 people. However, every tenth person there is with the Uebach surname!
So, a couple of months ago, the playing coach of the team Uwe Uebach has proposed to select only players with the Uebach surname for only one match. For the purpose, Uwe has selected for the team his two sons. However, there have already had lots of players with that surname. The squad has also been fulfilled with 2 veteran players and 3 men, who had never played for the team.
The match was against Littfeld II, and the Uebachs clinched an astonishing 11-3 victory, totally outplaying the opponent. Jan and Alexander Uebach were the best on the pitch, finishing with 4 goals each. Eventually, the victory was disallowed, because two of the Niederndorf II’s players have already taken part in the first team, which competes in an upper division.
Alexander Uebach opened the score just 4 minutes after the first referee’s whistle. Then, Jan doubled the score 8 minutes later. The visitors managed to find Niederndorf’s net in the 20th minute. However, Alexander and Jan, who are obviously the most talented Niederndorf’s forwards kept going and the score was 6-1 at the break. Nils and Kevin Uebach added one goal each in the second half.
Several players of the team live at “Uebach” street, which leads to the park “Uebach”. To continue with, the game was the highest attended match from the beginning of the season. About 700 people attended the match and guess what – more than 50 of the spectators were with the same surname.