SpVgg Neckarelz is a German association football club from the city of

Neckarelz Neckarelz is a suburb of Mosbach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Geography Neckarelz is in northern Baden-Württemberg, between the Odenwald and Kraichgau, at the confluence of the Neckar and Elz rivers. On the other side of the Neckar, are t ...

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, playing in 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 ...

History

The club was established in June 1921 as ''Fußballverein Neckarelz'' and was renamed ''Spielvereinigung Neckarelz'' in April 1930. The club reached its highest level of play when they advanced to the

Amateurliga Nordbaden The Amateurliga Nordbaden was the highest football league in the region of the North Baden Football Aassociation and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1945 to the formation of the Oberliga Baden-Württember ...

(III) in 1974. They played four seasons at that level before failing to qualify for the new Amateuroberliga Baden-Württemberg formed in 1979 out of the four separate circuits then existing in the state. Their best result came as a 6th place finish in 1977. ''SpVgg'' has appeared twice in play for the

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, the German Cup, going out in the first round 1:6 to ''

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'' in 1979, and 1:3 to ''

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'' in 2010. Following a Verbandliga (VI) title in 2010, ''Neckarelz'' became part of the

Oberliga Baden-Württemberg The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest association football league in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German footb ...

, where they competed until 2013, when a league championship earned the club promotion to the

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ( en, Regional League Southwest) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together wit ...

. After three Regionalliga seasons Neckarelz was relegated back to the Oberliga again in 2016.

Current squad

Honours

The club's honours: *

** Champions: 2013 *

Verbandsliga Nordbaden 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 ...

** Champions: 2010 ** Runners up: 1979 * Landesliga Odenwald ** Champions: 2006 ** Runners up: 2004 *

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 ...

** Winners: 2009 ** Runners-up: 2012,

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Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club: * 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.

Key

Stadium

The club plays its home games at the ''Elzstadion'', which has a capacity of 4,500 and was opened in 1963.Elzstadion
Weltfussball.de, accessed: 2 October 2011

References

External links

Official team siteSpVgg Neckarelz profile at Weltfussball.deDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Neckarelz, Spvgg Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Baden-Württemberg Association football clubs established in 1921 1921 establishments in Germany Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis