The SV Eichede is a German association football club from the Eichede suburb of

Steinburg Steinburg () is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, administered from Itzehoe. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Dithmarschen, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Segeberg and Pinneberg, and by the Elbe River (and the dist ...

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

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

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord ( en, Regional League North) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regional ...

in 2013 and again in 2016. On each occasion the club was relegated from the Regionalliga after just one season.

History

The club was formed in 1947 and played for the first five decades as a local amateur team. ''SV'' for the first time made an appearance in the highest league of the state in 1994 when it was promoted to the tier five

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, helped by the introduction of the

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s that season which allowed an increased number of promoted teams to the league. After coming sixth in the league in its first season there the club's results declined and it was relegated again in 1998. Eichede returned to the Verbandsliga in 2003 and finished as high as runners-up in 2006 before being relegated again in 2008. Changes to the league system in 2008 meant that the Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein was renamed to

Schleswig-Holstein-Liga The Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein, formerly referred to as ''Schleswig-Holstein-Liga'', is the fifth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in Germ ...

and the four regional divisions below to Verbandsligas. SV Eichede was grouped in the Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein-Süd-Ost, won this league and moved up to the highest state level again.Historic German football league tables
Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 3 February 2015SV Eichede at Fussball.de
accessed: 3 February 2015 In the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga the club became a top side, finishing in the top four in all of the next four seasons and eventually winning the league in 2012–13. Through this it earned promotion to the tier four

for the first time, while the club's reserve team won promotion to the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga at the same time. SV Eichede played the 2013–14 season in the Regionalliga but came only seventeenth and was relegated again, dropping back to the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga, while the reserve team had to drop back to the Verbandsliga.Regionalliga Nord tables and results
Weltfussball.de, accessed: 3 February 2015 A league title in 2015–16 and success in the promotion round took the club back up to the Regionalliga for 2016–17, only to suffer an immediate return to the renamed Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein.

Honours

The team's honours: *

: 2013, 2016; runners-up 2006, 2011 * Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein-Süd-Ost: 2009, 2013^‡ ^‡ Won by reserve team.

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club: * With the introduction of the

s in 1994 and 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. The Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein was renamed to Schleswig-Holstein-Liga and elevated to Oberliga status in 2008 while the leagues below were renamed to Verbandsliga. With the introduction of the

Landesliga The Landesliga ( en, Football State League) is a tier of football in some states of the German football league system. In Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg, the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefore ...

s in 2017 as the new sixth tier, below the Oberliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. The Schleswig-Holstein-Liga was renamed to Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein.

References

External links

Official club website

SV Eichede at worldfootball.net
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eichede, Sv Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Schleswig-Holstein Association football clubs established in 1947 1947 establishments in Germany