SG Heidelberg-Kirchheim is a German association football club from the Kirchheim district of the city of

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...

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

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on three occasions, in 1984, 1996 and 1998. It last played at this level in the 2000–01 season. The club has also qualified for the

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, the German Cup, on two occasions courtesy to

North Baden Cup The North Baden Cup (German: ''Badischer Pokal'' or ''BFV-Pokal'') is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of German football. The winner of the competition gains entry to the first round of the German Cup. History The Cup was established in ...

wins.

History

SG Heidelberg-Kirchheim was formed in 1945 but the roots of some of its department date back earlier. The gymnastic department dates back to 1879, when the TV 1879 Kirchheim was formed while the footballers originated in the ''Fußballgesellschaft'', formed in 1910. The club first reached the highest level of play in North Baden when it earned promotion to the tier three

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in 1952. After a fourth-place finish in its first season there it came sixteenth the year after and was relegated again. The club returned to this league in 1957 and played as a mid-table side until 1963, when it was once more relegated. It made an immediate return in 1964 but came last in the league in 1967 and dropped down again and did not return to this level until the league was disbanded in 1978. SG Heidelberg-Kirchheim was not part of either the new

or the

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

below it when those leagues were formed in 1978 but gained promotion to the latter in 1980. It finished runners-up in its first season there but failed to win promotion. In 1984 it won the league and moved up to the Oberliga for the first time. In a five-season stint in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg from 1984 to 1989 a seventh place in 1985–86 was the club's best result. After relegation back to the Verbandsliga the club remained a top side in this league, finishing runners-up on three occasions between 1996. During this era

wins in 1988 and 1992 qualified the SG Heidelberg-Kirchheim for the

twice. In 1988–89 it lost 1–3 to

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and in 1992–93 it received a bye for the first round and lost 3–0 in the second to

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, a team that would go on to reach the cup final that season.DFB-Pokal 1992/1993
Weltfussball.de, accessed: 24 April 2015 A runners-up finish in 1996 and success in the promotion round took the club back up to the Oberliga for a season before suffering relegation again. It returned after a league championship in 1998 and played three seasons there until 2001. In this era falls the club's greatest success in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg when it finished third in 1999–2000. After returning to the Verbandsliga in 2001 he club entered a weaker era in this league, playing the next nine seasons as a mid-table side until relegation in 2010 forced it to drop to the Landesliga Rhein-Neckar. SG Heidelberg-Kirchheim recovered and returned to the Verbandsliga after two seasons in 2012 where it plays today.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

** Champions: 1984, 1998 ** Runners-up: 1981, 1991, 1992, 1996

Cup

** Winners: 1988, 1992 ** Runners-up: 2005

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Historic German football league tables
Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 23 April 2015SG Heidelberg-Kirchheim at Fussball.de
accessed: 23 April 2015 * With the introduction of 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 ...

s in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.

References

External links

Official club siteOfficial site of the football departmentSG Heidelberg-Kirchheim at Weltfussball.de
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