The Germania Teveren is a

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from the Teveren suburb of

Geilenkirchen Geilenkirchen (, Ripuarian: ) is a town in the district Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Wurm, approx. 15 km (9.3 mi) north-east of Heerlen and 20 k ...

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. The club's greatest success has been to earn promotion to the tier three

Regionalliga West/Südwest The Regionalliga West/Südwest was the third tier of the German football league system in the states of Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen from 1994 to 2000. Overview The Regionalliga West/Südwest was formed in 1994 to form a r ...

in 1996, where it played for two seasons.

History

Germania Teveren was formed in 1910 and, for the most of its history, has been a non-descript amateur side in local football. The club's rise began in the early 1980s when it won promotion to the Bezirksliga for the first time, followed by promotion to the

Landesliga Mittelrhein The Landesliga Mittelrhein is the second highest amateur football league in the region of Middle Rhine which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and since 2012 the sixth tier of the German football league system. It operates in two group ...

in 1985. ''Germania'' moved between those two league for the next decade until it earned promotion to the

Verbandsliga Mittelrhein The Mittelrheinliga ( en, Middle Rhine League), sometimes also referred to as Oberliga Mittelrhein after its elevation to Oberliga status in 2012, is a German amateur football division administered by the Football association of the Middle Rhine, ...

in 1992 and to the Oberliga after a championship in the former the following season. ''Germania'' played the next three seasons in the

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

, coming eleventh in its first season there. The club greatly improved after this, coming fourth in 1995 and winning the league in 1996. The later also allowed the club direct promotion to the

Regionalliga The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the four ...

for the first time. In the

from 1996 to 1998 the club came twelfth in its first season there but finished last the year after, ending the ''Germania's'' spell in the third division. Back in the Oberliga Germania came ninth in 1999 but was relegated in 2000 after a sixteenth place. It remained in the Verbandsliga until 2003 when it dropped back to the Landesliga for a season. The club dropped out of the Verbandsliga again in 2006, playing in the Landesliga for two seasons. From 2008 to 2011 it returned to the Verbandsliga but was relegated once more and now plays in the Landesliga.

Honours

The club's honours: *

** Champions: 1996 *

** Champions: 1993 ** Runners-up: 2005, 2009 *

2 ** Champions: 2004, 2008 ** Runners-up: 1992

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 21 September 2014Fussball.de – Ergebnisse
Tables and results of all German football leagues, accessed: 21 September 2014Germania Teveren leagues & placings 1948 to 2006
Germania Teveren website, accessed: 21 September 2014 *With the introduction of the

s in 1994 and the

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...

in 2008 as the new third tier, below the

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

, all leagues below dropped one tier.

Key

References

External links

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Official team site
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Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Teveren, Germania Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia Association football clubs established in 1910 1910 establishments in Germany Heinsberg (district)