Wedeler TSV is a German association football club from the town of

Wedel Wedel is a town in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, approximately south of Elmshorn, and west of Hamburg. History Foundation and Middle Ages The first known mention of ...

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, on the outskirts of Hamburg. Established in 1863 as a gymnastics club, the current day sports club has departments for

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, badminton,

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, dance, fitness, gymnastics,

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, running, swimming, and table tennis. The football side currently plays in the

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(V).

History

Following World War II Germany was divided into four occupation zones by the victorious Allies. Most organizations in the country, including sports and football clubs, were dissolved by occupying authorities as having been politically comprised under the

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regime. Football competition was quickly reestablished within Hamburg, which was part of the British occupation zone. ''Wedeler'' played in the Bezirksklasse Hamburg (III) in 1947–49 and became part of the new Amateurliga Hamburg (II) following a first-place finish there and league reorganization in 1949. The club spent only a single season at that level before slipping back to compete as a third-tier side through the 1950s, 1960s, and on into the early 1970s. League restructuring reduced the club to the fifth division. They narrowly missed making their way back up after losing the deciding match of the 1975–76 season which left them tied on points for first place with '' FC Viktoria Wilhelmsburg'' which advanced instead. ''TSV'' continued to be competitive finishing in second place in each of the next two seasons behind '' Harburger TB'' and the second-team side of ''

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'' before finally being relegated in 1980. ''Wedel'' remained a fifth- and sixth-tier side into the new millennium. They made a single season appearance in the

Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein The Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein was the fourth tier of the German football league system in the north of Germany, existing from 1994 to 2004. It covered the states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. With the re-formation of the Oberliga No ...

(IV) in 2003–04, but were quickly relegated after finishing 17th. A Landesliga title in 2009 returned the team to the Oberliga, which was now a fifth-tier circuit after the introduction of the 3. Liga. After relegation from the Oberliga in 2011 the club returned to playing in the

Landesliga Hamburg-Hammonia The Landesliga Hamburg-Hammonia is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the second-highest league in the German state of Hamburg, together with the ''Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa''. It is named after the Latin word for Hamburg, Hammo ...

again. Following a 2nd place in the 2015–16 season the club won promotion to the

,Hamburg Landesliga Hammonia Tabelle 2015/16
/ref> from which its first team withdrew in 2019 for personnel reasons, dropping down to the Kreisklasse A (IX) after forming a joint team with a new club ''Sportfreunden Holm''.

Honours

The club's honours: *

: 1996, 2009; runners-up: 2016

References

External links

*
Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Wedeler, TSV Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Schleswig-Holstein Association football clubs established in 1863 1863 establishments in Germany