SC Wiedenbrück is a German association football club from the city of

Rheda-Wiedenbrück Rheda-Wiedenbrück (; Westphalian: ''Raie-Wienbrügge'') is a city in the district of Gütersloh, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography The twin community lies within the valley of the river Ems in the Westphalian Lowland south of the ...

, North Rhine-Westphalia. The footballers are part of a sports club of some 1,150 members that also includes departments for dance, gymnastics, and table tennis.

History

''Sportclub Wiedenbrück'' was created through the merger of ''DJK Wiedenbrück'' and ''Westfalia Wiedenbrück'' in 2000. Following the union the football side took up ''DJKs place in the sixth tier Berzirksliga, and quickly moved up to the

Verbandsliga Westfalen The Westfalenliga (''formerly the '') is the second highest amateur football league in the region of Westphalia which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the sixth tier of the German football league system. It operates in two groups ...

(V). The club slipped to play in the Landesliga in 2005, but recovered the next season, returning to the Verbandsliga where they finished as runners-up in 2007. That finish earned ''SC'' promotion to the fourth division

Oberliga Westfalen The Oberliga Westfalen is the highest level football league in the region of Westphalia, which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The league existed from 1978 to 2008, but was then replaced by the NRW-Liga, a new statewide league. Wi ...

alongside champions ''

SV Schermbeck SV Schermbeck is a German association football club from Schermbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia. The footballers are part of a larger sports club that also has departments for athletics, badminton, handball, swimming, table tennis, and water polo. ...

''. ''Wiedenbrück'' suffered through a poor season in 2007–08 and were relegated after a 17th-place result. After one season in the Verbandsliga, SC Wiedenbrück were runners-up in the

NRW-Liga The Nordrhein-Westfalen-Liga (''North Rhine-Westphalia League''; NRW-Liga) was the highest football league in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) from 2008 to 2012. It was one of the eleven Oberliga groups in German football, the fifth tie ...

. In the NRW-Liga the team won the championship and earned promotion to the tier four

Regionalliga West The Regionalliga West is a German semi-professional football division administered by the Western German Football Association based in Duisburg. It is one of the five German regional football associations. Being the single flight of the Western ...

, where they played for nine seasons before being relegated in 2019.

Stadium

The SC Wiedenbrück plays its home fixtures in the Jahnstadion, which was improved between 2003 and 2006 to include a seating area and enlarged general admission grandstand. In 2022 they added a roof to the standing section.

Current squad

Honours

The club's honours: *

** Champions: 2010 *

Group 1 (VI) ** Champions: 2009 ** Runners-up: 2007 *

Westphalia Cup The Westphalia Cup is a German football club Cup competition open to teams from the Westphalia region of the North Rhine-Westphalia state. The competition in its existing format is relatively new compared to many other regional cups in Germany. It ...

** Winners: 2011

References

External links

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Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables (in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Wiedenbruck 2000, SC Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia Association football clubs established in 2000 2000 establishments in Germany