SV Lippstadt is a
German association football club from the city of
Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia.
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History
The two predecessors of the current-day club were both established in March 1908. ''Borussia Lippstadt'' was founded 24 March by students of the Gymnasium Ostendorf, while ''Lippstädter SV Teutonia'' was also founded sometime late in the month. ''Teutonia'' merged with ''SV Westfalia Lippstadt'' in 1921 and established a ground at Waldschlößchen that same year. This club played briefly in the top-flight regional league in 1931–33 until a general re-organization of German football under the
Third Reich
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
into sixteen first division Gauliga in 1933 saw then shuffled down to second-level competition.
Late in World War II ''Teutonia'' and ''SV Borussia Lippstadt'' played alongside ''Luftwaffe Sportverein Lipperbruchbaumas'' as part of the combined wartime side, or Kriegspielgemeinshaft, ''KSG Lippstadt''. This team was inserted into the crumbling first division Gauliga Westfalen/Group 3 but never played a league match as war overtook the area. Following the conflict, occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of organizations across the country, including sports and football clubs.
Both ''Borussia'' and ''Teutonia'' were re-established as separate sides after the war and in 1957 finished one-two competing against each other in the Landesliga Westfalen (III). ''Borussia'' was promoted directly into Verbandsliga Westfalen, while ''Teutonia'' also advanced after winning its way through a promotion playoff. Both sides were quickly sent down with the former playing only a single season at that level, while the latter played two seasons. For the most part over the next few decades the two clubs were up and down between the city and district circuits. They both enjoyed stints in the Verbandsliga beginning in the mid-70s, while ''Teutonia'' spent the first half of the 80s in the Oberliga.
''Teutonia'' emerged from the Landesliga Westfalen (VI) and into 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) in 1994. A merger in 1997 united the two clubs to create ''SV Lippstadt 08'' and the new team earned promotion to the
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 ...
(IV) on the strength of a second-place result in the 1997–98 season. Their play has been uneven since their arrival into the country's highest amateur league. After earning top three finishes in their first two seasons at that level ''Lippstadt'' has since generally ended in the lower half of the table, including a close brush with relegation in 2005 but it remained in the league until the Oberliga Westfalen was disbanded in 2008.
Not strong enough to compete in the new
NRW-Liga the club played in the
Westfalenliga
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 ...
until 2012 when a league championship took it back up to the now reformed Oberliga Westfalen. A league championship in the Oberliga in 2013 earned it promotion to the tier four
Regionalliga West
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but it was relegated from this level after only one season. It returned to the Regionalliga West in 2018 after again winning the Oberliga Westfalen.
Honours
The club's honours:
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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 ...
** Champions: 2012–13, 2017–18
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Westfalenliga
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 ...
– Group 1
** Champions: 2011–12
Current players
Famous players
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Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, came up through the youth system of Borussia Lippstadt before joining
Bayern Munich and going on to play for the
German national side
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Daniel Farke, played for SV Lippstadt for 3 stints during his career before managing the club, and later going on to manage English club
Norwich City
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in the
Premier League
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.
References
External links
Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archivhistorical German football league tables
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Football clubs in Germany
Football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia
Association football clubs established in 1997
1997 establishments in Germany