TuS Altrip
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TuS Altrip is a German football club
from the municipality of Altrip
, Rhineland-Palatinate
. The club was established 13 August 1906 as the gymnastics club Turnverein Altrip and adopted the name Turn- und Sportverein Altrip in 1920. Four years later the football department became independent as Sportverein Altrip. Sometime around 1933 the footballers were reunited with their parent club.
TuS won promotion to the Amateurliga Südwest (III) in 1961 and were sent down in 1964. They made a single season appearance there in 1965–66 but fared poorly. They returned to Amateurliga play for a three season turn from 1971–74. After two consecutive 6th place finishes they crashed to 16th in 1974 and were relgated.
Today the footballers play in the Landesliga Rheinland Ost (VI) and are part of a larger sports club that includes departments for athletics, badminton
, and gymnastics.
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 municipality of Altrip
Altrip
Altrip is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approx. 7 km southeast of Ludwigshafen.-References:...
, Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
. The club was established 13 August 1906 as the gymnastics club Turnverein Altrip and adopted the name Turn- und Sportverein Altrip in 1920. Four years later the football department became independent as Sportverein Altrip. Sometime around 1933 the footballers were reunited with their parent club.
TuS won promotion to the Amateurliga Südwest (III) in 1961 and were sent down in 1964. They made a single season appearance there in 1965–66 but fared poorly. They returned to Amateurliga play for a three season turn from 1971–74. After two consecutive 6th place finishes they crashed to 16th in 1974 and were relgated.
Today the footballers play in the Landesliga Rheinland Ost (VI) and are part of a larger sports club that includes departments for athletics, badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
, and gymnastics.