FC Eintracht Norderstedt 03 is a German football club based in Norderstedt,

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, currently playing in the

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(IV).

History

The team was founded in 1945 as ''SV Eintracht Garstedt'', which joined ''1. SC Norderstedt'' in 1972. ''1. SC'' was established just two years earlier on 7 January 1970 as ''Tanzportverein Norderstedt''. The football department split from the club in 2003 to create ''FC Eintracht Norderstedt 03''. Playing as ''1. SC'', the footballers were part of the

Amateuroberliga Nord The Oberliga Nord was the fourth tier of the German football league system in the north of Germany. It covered the states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. With the introduction of the 3. Liga, the league ceased to exist f ...

(III) for seven seasons from 1987–1994. They finished second there in 1993 and took part in the promotion round for the 2. Bundesliga where they performed poorly. The following season they crashed out of Amateuroberliga play after a 15th-place result. The team rebounded, earning a second-place result in the

Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein The Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein was the fourth tier of the German football league system in the north of Germany, existing from 1994 to 2004. It covered the states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. With the re-formation of the Oberliga No ...

(IV), and the following year joined the new

(III). ''1. SC'' faced relegation after ending the 1997–98 season in 16th, but escaped demotion due to the withdrawal of '' VfL Hamburg 93''. They played two more seasons as a mid-table side in the Regionalliga, before again becoming part of the Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein (IV) following league reorganization. Despite a strong 3rd-place finish in 2002, they withdrew from the Oberliga the next year. The team has made two appearances in play for the

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...

(German Cup), going out in the opening rounds in 1996 and 2000. Following their departure from the club in 2003, the footballers – now playing as ''FC Eintracht'' – restarted in the Kreisliga (VIII) competition and climbed back to fifth tier competition after three consecutive promotions. In 2013, the club was given a Regionalliga license and was promoted to the

Stadium

FC Eintracht Norderstedt 03 plays its home fixtures at the 5,068 capacity Edmund-Plambeck-Stadion.

Current squad

Honours

Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa The Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the second-highest league in the German state of Hamburg, together with the ''Landesliga Hamburg-Hammonia''. It is named after the Hanseatic League (''Hanse''), ...

** Champions: 1977, 2006 *

Hamburg Cup The Hamburger Pokal ( en, Hamburg Cup) is an annual football cup competition, shortly known as Hamburg pokal, held by the ( en, Hamburg Football Association) since 1982. For sponsorship reasons, the official name of the competition is ODDSET-Poka ...

** Winners: 1995, 1999,

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References

External links

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