DSC Wanne-Eickel
Encyclopedia
DSC Wanne-Eickel is a German association football club
that plays in Herne
, North Rhine-Westphalia.
A third division side since 1960, it earned promotion to the 2.Bundesliga Nord late in the 70's and played the 1978 and 1979 seasons there. The club voluntarily bowed out in spite of 11th and 13th place finishes well clear of the relgation zone in the face of dismal attendance and an increasingly untenable financial situation. It returned to third division play where it played until the early 90's before slipping to the Verbandsliga Westfalen-Sudwest (V). The football department became independent in 2000 and from the 2003–04 season played in the tier VI Landesliga Westfalen-West, gaining promotion to the Verbandsliga Westfalen
again in 2005.
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
that plays in Herne
Herne, Germany
Herne is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area directly between the cities of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen.- History :Like most other cities in the region Herne was a tiny village until the 19th century...
, North Rhine-Westphalia.
History
The club was founded in 1954 as TB Eickel when it left behind Sportfreunde Wanne-Eickel, a short-lived union it had formed with SV Preußen 04 Wanne in 1950. It took on the name DSC Wanne-Eickel in 1969. In addition to a football team the club has departments for Judo, model airplane flying, bowling, handball, watersports and physical fitness.A third division side since 1960, it earned promotion to the 2.Bundesliga Nord late in the 70's and played the 1978 and 1979 seasons there. The club voluntarily bowed out in spite of 11th and 13th place finishes well clear of the relgation zone in the face of dismal attendance and an increasingly untenable financial situation. It returned to third division play where it played until the early 90's before slipping to the Verbandsliga Westfalen-Sudwest (V). The football department became independent in 2000 and from the 2003–04 season played in the tier VI Landesliga Westfalen-West, gaining promotion to the Verbandsliga Westfalen
Verbandsliga Westfalen
The Westfalenliga is the second highest football league in the region of Westphalia which is part of the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen. It operates in two separate groups which run parallel below the NRW-Liga. Currently the sixth tier of the German football league system, the Westfalenligen were...
again in 2005.
Stadium
DSC plays in the Sportpark Wanne-Süd (capacity 16,000) built in 1956. A seating grandstand was added in the early 90's.Notable players
- Norbert Lücke, one of the 2.Bundesliga side and currently chairman of the football department
- Ralf Regenbogen
- Ingo Peter, one of the 2.Bundesliga side
- Heinz Blasey, goalkeeper for the 2.Bundesliga side