SC Baden-Baden is a German football club from the town of

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History

The club was founded as ''Fußball-Verein Baden-Baden'' in 1902, and merged with neighbors ''Fußball-Club Olympia 1904'' in 1919 to become ''Sportverinigung Baden-Baden 1902''. ''SpVgg'' merged with another neighboring club ''VfB 1920 Baden-Baden West'' in 1945 and adopted the present name a year later. ''SC'' was a founding member of the Landesliga Südbaden (later

Amateurliga Südbaden The Amateurliga Südbaden was the highest football league in the region of the Südbaden FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1945 to the formation of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and the Verbandslig ...

) in 1945. It first won the league in 1950, but it was not promoted when the league became a third-tier competition and feeder to the new

2. Oberliga Süd The 2. Oberliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1950 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse. Overvi ...

(II). The club participated in the promotion rounds to the 2. Oberliga as South Baden runners-up in 1952 but lost. In 1958 ''SC'' was relegated to the 2. Amateurliga (IV) but returned to the Landesliga next season and in 1962 became South Baden champions for the second time. For this win, they earned an entry in the promotion round once again but lost promotion to ''

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'' in the last match 2–0. ''SC'' joined the promotion round to the Regionalliga Süd (II) via a third South Baden title in 1973 but again, it ended up last and failed. In 1977 ''SC'' was definitely relegated from the Amateurliga and in the next decades, played in lower, regional leagues. Today they play in Kreisliga A Baden-Baden (IX).

Stadium

The Club play their home games at the Aumattstadion in Baden-Baden. The ground has a capacity of around 6000 (mostly standing, and the matches take place on a floodlit natural-grass surface surrounded by an athletics track. It is the main sports ground in the city.

Honors

*Landesliga/Amateurliga Südbaden **Winners: 1950, 1962, 1973

References

External links

Official club site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Badenbaden, SC Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Baden-Württemberg Association football clubs established in 1902 1902 establishments in Germany Baden-Baden Sport in Karlsruhe (region)