Neckarsulmer SU is a German sports club from the town of

Neckarsulm Neckarsulm () is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, near Heilbronn, and part of the district of Heilbronn. , Neckarsulm had 26,800 inhabitants. The name Neckarsulm derives from the city's location where the Neckar and Sulm rivers ...

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. The football club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier five

Oberliga Baden-Württemberg The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest association football league in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German footb ...

in 2016 and participation in the first round of the

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. The club also has, among many others, a rugby union department, with the team playing in the

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since 2012. The women's handball team played in the

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Football

History

The origins of the club date back to 1908 when two football clubs were formed in Neckarsulm, Phoenix 08 and 1. FC Neckarsulm. Two years later the two clubs merged to form Sportverein Neckarsulm. After years of playing in the lower amateur leagues of Württemberg the club won promotion to the tier three

Amateurliga Württemberg The Amateurliga Württemberg was the highest football league in the region of the Württemberg Football Association and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1945 until the formation of the Oberliga Baden-Württ ...

in 1958. In 1960 this league was split into two regional divisions and Neckarsulm became part of the new Amateurliga Nordwürttemberg. It was relegated from this level again in 1961 but returned the following season. After three seasons as a lower table side the club was relegated again in 1965. Before that, in 1964, it won the

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for the first time, something the club repeated in 1969. In the following decades Neckarsulm returned to the lower amateur leagues, fluctuating between the Kreisliga, Bezirksliga and Landesliga. On 1 January 2009 Sportvereinigung Neckarsulm merged with Sportfreunde Neckarsulm to form the Neckarsulmer Sport-Union. In 2013, after a Landesliga title, the new club won promotion to the

Verbandsliga Württemberg The Verbandsliga Württemberg is a German amateur football division administered by the Württemberg Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Württemberg state association, the Verbandslig ...

for the first time. The club qualified for the first round of the

, the German Cup, as the runners-up of the

, taking up

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's spot after the latter had been banned from the competition. Neckarsulm lost 7–0 to

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in the first round and was knocked out. After three Verbandsliga seasons from 2013 to 2016 the club won the league in 2015–16 and won promotion to the tier five

for the first time.

Honours

** Champions: 2015–16 * Landesliga Württemberg I ** Champions: 2012–13 * Bezirksliga Unterland ** Champions: 2005–06, 2008–09 *

** Winners: 1963–64, 1968–69

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club: * With the introduction of 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. results before 2009 are for the Sportvereinigung Neckarsulm.

References

External links

Official website

Official website of the football department

Official website of the rugby union department

Neckarsulmer SU at Weltfussball.de
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