Wandsbeker TSV Concordia is a German

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and sports club from the

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borough of

Wandsbek Wandsbek () is the second-largest of seven Boroughs and quarters of Hamburg#Boroughs, boroughs that make up the city and state of Hamburg, Germany. The name of the district is derived from the river Wandse which passes through here. Hamburg-Wandsb ...

History

The club was founded on 27 March 2013 as a merger of ''

SC Concordia von 1907 SC Concordia von 1907 was a German football club from Marienthal, a quarter in the Wandsbek borough of the city of Hamburg. In 2013, the club has merged with neighbours TSV Wandsbek-Jenfeld 81'(already having used their ground for a couple of y ...

'' and ''TSV Wandsbek-Jenfeld 1881''. ''Wandsbek-Jenfeld'' was founded in 2000 and it originated as a workers' club ''FTSV Wandsbek'', later known as ''FWSV Wandsbek-Hinschenfelde'', which was founded in 1881 and dissolved in 1933. The dissolved club's members joined ''Jenfelder SV Ost-Wandsbek'' which later changed name to ''SV Ost-Wandsbek 1913''. On 25 April 2014 the merged club absorbed ''Wandsbek MTV 1872''. The football section played in the

Oberliga Nord The Oberliga Nord was the fourth tier of the German football league system in the north of Germany. It covered the states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. With the introduction of the 3. Liga, the league ceased to exist f ...

, then one of the top divisions in German football, in 1947–53 and 1956–63. The new club took over ''Concordias place in the Landesliga Hansa (VI) and finished fourth in 2013–14. A runners-up finish in 2014–15 qualified it for promotion playoffs against the Landesliga Hammonia runners-up ''TuS Osdorf''. ''Wandsbek'' lost the away leg 1-2 but succeeded at home 3–0, and promoted to the Oberliga Hamburg (V). In the 2021–22 season, Concordia was the only Oberliga Hamburg team which applied for a spot in the

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 ...

. After a draw against SV Todesfelde and defeats against

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and

Bremer SV Bremer SV is a German association football club, based in the city of Bremen, which was founded in 1906. The club play their home games at the Panzenberg Stadium and currently participate in the 4th tier Regionalliga Nord. History Bremer SV w ...

, they finished 4th in the promotion play-offs and therefore stayed in the Oberliga.

Other departments

The club also has other sections namely in

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, children's athletics,

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tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

, and

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References

External links

Official club websiteFirst team site
Football clubs in Hamburg Association football clubs established in 2013 2013 establishments in Germany Wandsbek {{Germany-footyclub-stub