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History

The club was established on 10 April 1908 by a group of two dozen young men at the ''Zum Schützenhof'' restaurant. ''Germania'' enjoyed some success in local play, but did not advance to regional level competition. The club was forced to suspend its activities during both world wars as many of its members were called away to serve in the armed forces. Following World War II the team played in the

Amateurliga Hessen The Hessenliga (until 2008 ''Oberliga Hessen'') is the highest football league in the state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system. ...

from 1952 to 1963, at that time the country's highest amateur league. Their best result was a third-place finish in 1960 behind ''

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'', who then defeated them 2–1 in the promotion round for the 2nd Oberliga Süd (II). After their descent in 1963, it would be nearly thirty years before the club returned to upper level regional play with an advance to the

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(V) in 1992. A vice-championship in 2003 led to the

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(IV) for a three season long stint. They returned to Oberliga play in 2007 on the strength of a Landesliga title. but once more were relegated after three seasons. In the Verbandsliga, in the following season, the club finished last and consequently dropped down to the tier seven Gruppenliga for 2011–12.

Stadium

1. FC Germania 08 Ober-Roden play their home matches at Sportanlage Frankfurter Straße which has a capacity of 1,000.An der Frankfurter Straße
Weltfussball.de, accessed: 10 December 2011

Honours

** Champions: 2007 ** Runners-up: 2003

References

External links

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Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables
Germania Ober-Roden at worldfootball.net
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