SC Wiedenbrück is a German association football club

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...

 from the city of Rheda-Wiedenbrück

Rheda-Wiedenbrück

Rheda-Wiedenbrück is a town in the district of Gütersloh, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Rheda-Wiedenbrück is located on the river Ems, approx. 10 km south-west of Gütersloh.-Neighbouring municipalities:* Oelde* Herzebrock-Clarholz...

, North Rhine-Westphalia. The footballers are part of a sports club of some 1,150 members that also includes departments for dance, gymnastics, and table tennis.

History

Sportclub Wiedenbrück was created through the merger of DJK Wiedenbrück and Westfalia Wiedenbrück in 2000. Following the union the football side took up DJKs place in the sixth tier Berzirksliga, and quickly moved up 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...

 (V). The club slipped to play in the Landesliga in 2005, but recovered the next season, returning to the Verbandsliga where they finished as vice-champions in 2007. That finish earned SC promotion to the fourth division Oberliga Westfalen

Oberliga Westfalen

From 1978 to 2008, the Oberliga Westfalen was the highest Football League in the region of Westphalia which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In its last season, it was one of nine Oberligas in German Football, the 4th tier of the German football league system...

 alongside champions SV Schermbeck

SV Schermbeck

SV Schermbeck is a German association football club from Schermbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia. The footballers are part of a larger sports club that also has departments for athletics, badminton, handball, swimming, table tennis, and water polo.-History:...

. The Wiedenbrück side suffered through a poor season in 2007–08 and were relegated after a 17th place result. After one season in the Verbandsliga, SC Wiedenbrück were runners-up in the NRW-League. In the NRW-League the team also won the championship. In the season 2010/2011 SC Wiedenbrück play in the Regionalliga West

Regionalliga West

The Regionalliga West is the fourth tier of the German football league system since its introduction in 2008. It covers the states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and North Rhine-Westphalia and is one of three leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Nord and the Regionalliga...

Current squad

As of 8 November, 2011.

Honours

• NRW-Liga champions: 2010
• 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...
  
  Group 1 (VI) champions: 2009
• Verbandsliga Westfalen (V) vice-champions: 2007

Stadium

The SC Wiedenbrück plays its home fixtures in Jahnstadion, which was improved between 2003 and 2006 to include a seating area and enlarged general admission grandstand.

External links

• Official website