SV Schermbeck is a German association football club from

Schermbeck Schermbeck is a municipality in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Schermbeck is situated near the river Lippe, approximately 20 km east of Wesel, and 8 km north-west of Dorsten. Its maximum dilatatio ...

, North Rhine-Westphalia. The footballers are part of a larger

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that also has departments for

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, badminton,

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, swimming, table tennis, and

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History

An informal gymnastics group emerged in Schermbeck in the summer of 1912 and, with the support of local club ''Weseler Turnverein'', a sports meet was held on 16 August that year to raise funds for the establishment of a new club. This led to the formation of ''Schermbecker Turnverein'' which claimed a membership of 62 by 1 January 1913. The club suspended its activities in mid-1917 because of World War I, not taking up sport again until late 1919, following the end of the conflict. A football department was soon formed within the club, however by the early 30s the popularity of the sport in the Schermbeck area was challenged by a local enthusiasm for

fistball Fistball is a sport of European origin, primarily played in the German-speaking nations of Austria, Germany and Switzerland, as well as in Brazil. The objective of the game is similar to volleyball, in that teams try to hit a ball over a net, bu ...

. The football club ''Grün-Weiß Schermbeck'', formed in 1934, merged with ''TV Schermbeck'' on 1 November 1934 to form ''Turn- und Sportverein Schermbeck'' in an attempt to sustain a football department within the club. However, the senior sides soon faded away, leaving only youth teams active by 1937. The subsequent collapse of the club's management and the outbreak of World War II led to the association again suspending operations. Following the war the club was re-established as ''Spielverein Schermbeck'' and included football and athletics departments. The club enjoyed some limited success in the 60s, advancing out of their local league and into district level competition. In the late 90s ''Schermbeck'' failed in its attempt to win promotion to the

Landesliga Westfalen The Landesliga Westfalen is a German amateur football division administered by the Westphalian Football and Athletics Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the third level of the Westphalian state association, the La ...

(VI) on three consecutive occasions, until finally advancing to the Landesliga Westfalen (VI) in 2000 and then winning promotion 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 next year. Just two seasons later the club was again promoted, this time 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). After two 13th-place results, they were relegated in 2006 following a 16th-place finish, but promptly returned to the Oberliga after a Verbandsliga title in 2006–07. Relegated again in 2013 the club played in the tier six

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 ...

for two seasons where a runners-up finish in 2015 qualified it for the promotion round to the Oberliga. After defeating Westfalia Wickede 3–0 the club returned to the Oberliga but was relegated again after finishing 17th in 2015–16.

Honours

The club's honours: *

** Champions: 2003, 2007 ** Runners-up: 2015 *

** Champions: 2001

External links

SV SchermbeckSV Schermbeck football department
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