SpVgg Bendorf is a German association football club from the town of Bendorf,

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. The club first came to note as a second division side in the various

Amateurliga Rheinland The Amateurliga Rheinland was the highest football league in the region of the Rheinland Football Association and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Ve ...

leagues in place after

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History

''SpVgg'' became part of the Amateurliga Rheinland-Mitte in 1950 and captured the division title there in 1952. They won a second title the following season in the Amateurliga Rheinland and spent seven of the next ten seasons in Amateurliga competition generally earning upper table results.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag Following the formation of the new first division

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in 1963, ''Bendorf'' would spend another dozen seasons in the now third tier Amateurliga Rheinland. A championship season in 1964–65 led to their participation in the promotion round playoff for the Regionalliga Südwest (II) where they finished second to ''

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'' and so failed to advance. After a second-place finish in 1970, the team took part in the opening round of the German national amateur championship where they were eliminated by ''

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slipped from third division play following a 15th-place finish. The club now plays in the tier seven Kreisliga A Koblenz.

Honours

-Mitte ** Champions: 1952 * Amateurliga Rheinland ** Champions:

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References

External links

Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Bendorf, SpVgg Football clubs in Germany 1911 establishments in Germany Football clubs in Rhineland-Palatinate Association football clubs established in 1911