SC Waldgirmes is a German association football club from Waldgirmes, Hesse. The 700 member club is best known for its football team, but also has departments for table tennis, women's gymnastics, alpine gymnastics, and cycling.

History

The association was founded in 1929 as ''SG Waldgirmes''. As a worker's side the club was banned for political reasons when the

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came to power in 1933 and a number of the footballers left for ''TV 05 Waldgirmes'' where they formed a football department. After World War II occupying Allied authorities banned all organizations in the country including sports and football associations. ''SG Waldgirmes'' was re-established in the summer of 1945 as a general community sports association. In 1948 the football side went its own way as the independent club ''FC Waldgirmes'' until being re-united with its parent in 1952 to form ''SC Waldgirmes''. The footballers were promoted to

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in 1970 and played at that level over the next three decades with the exception of single season demotions in 1975 and 1993. In 2002 ''Waldgirmes'' earned promotion to the

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(IV) after capturing their first Landesliga (V) title. They were relegated after a last place finish but immediately won their way back to fourth tier Oberliga play the next season, where they archived good results in the following season. In 2008–09, the club won the Oberliga but decided not to apply for a Regionalliga licence and remained at this level. In 2012–13 the club finished 14th in the league and was relegated after coming last in the relegation/promotion round.

Honours

The club's honours: *

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(V) ** Champions: 2009 ** Runners-up: 2010, 2011 *

(V) ** Champions: 2002, 2004

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Fussball.de - Ergebnisse
Tables and results of all German football leagues * With the introduction of the

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s in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. Also in 2008, a large number of football leagues in Hesse were renamed, with the Oberliga Hessen becoming the Hessenliga, the Landesliga becoming the Verbandsliga, the Bezirksoberliga becoming the Gruppenliga and the Bezirksliga becoming the Kreisoberliga.

References

External links

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SC Waldgirmes at Weltfussball.de

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Waldgirmes, SC Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Hesse Association football clubs established in 1929 1929 establishments in Germany