Eintracht Nordhorn was a German association football club from the city of

Nordhorn Nordhorn ( Northern Low Saxon: ''Nothoorn'' (or ''Notthoarn'', ''Netthoarn'' and ''Noordhoorn'')) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the district seat of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony's southwesternmost corner near the border with the ...

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

. The club was founded in 1945 as ''Sportverein Nordhorn'' and adopted the name ''Eintracht Nordhorn'' in 1947. A separate football club known as ''SV Concordia Nordhorn'' briefly split away in 1953, but rejoined the parent association four years later. The football side was part of a larger sports club that had departments for basketball, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball. __TOC__

History

The team climbed up out of local league play into the Amateurliga Niedersachsen (II) in the early 50s and by the middle of the decade was playing the first division Oberliga Nord. They earned only lower table results and were relegated in 1960. ''Eintracht'' returned briefly to the top flight two seasons later, but following the formation of the

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, Germany's first professional league, in 1963, settled firmly into what had become third division play in the Amateurliga. The club's best results came in the 70s; they captured the Niedersachsenpokal (Lower Saxony Cup) in 1974, earned a second-place result in the Amateurliga in 1975, and made appearances in

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(German Cup) play in 1975, 1978, 1979, and 1981. This was followed by a slide that ended in relegation to the Verbandsliga Niedersachsen (IV) in 1981. The club made a re-appearance in third tier competition in the Oberliga Nord in 1990 but fell to the Verbandsliga Niedersachsen West (V) by 1994. Since then ''Eintracht'' has largely played fourth division football in the Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen or Oberliga Nord, with the exception of a three-season turn in the Regionalliga Nord (III) in the late 90s. In 2012 ''Einracht'' slid to Landesliga Weser-Ems (VI) and in 2014 slid again to Bezirksliga Weser-Ems (VII). Due to insolvency concerns, in 2015 ''Eintracht'' merged with ''Türkischer Verein Nordhorn'' to become ''SV Eintracht TV Nordhorn''. Forward Gert Goolkate was the top goalscorer in Oberliga play across the country in the 2004–05 season with 44 goals.

Stadium

''Eintracht'' played its home matches in the Eintracht-Stadion am Heideweg which has a capacity of 7,500.

Honours

The club's honours: * Lower Saxony Cup ** Winners: 1974, 2008 * Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen ** Champions: 1997 * Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-West ** Champions: 1953, 1954, 1955, 1995

References

External links

Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables (in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Nordhorn, Eintracht Defunct football clubs in Germany Defunct football clubs in Lower Saxony Association football clubs established in 1945 1945 establishments in Germany Association football clubs disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in Germany Football clubs in Germany