Westfalia Rhynern is a German association football club from the district of Rhynern in the city of Hamm,

Westphalia Westphalia (; german: Westfalen ; nds, Westfalen ) is a region of northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has an area of and 7.9 million inhabitants. The territory of the regio ...

History

The club was established in 1935 as ''Turn- und Sportverein Rhynern'', but disappeared after two years when, like many other clubs, it was caught up in the politically motivated sports policies of the

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regime. Following

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, a group that included many of the club's pre-war membership reformed the club in 1946 as ''Sportverein Westfalia Rhynern''. The footballers advanced 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) in 1997 and two years later narrowly missed promotion 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. Wit ...

(IV) when they finished just two points behind champions '' SC Herford''. In 2002, the team slipped 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) after losing a decisive match to '' Borussia Emsdetten''. They immediately returned to fifth-tier play the next season and in 2006 finished as runners-up in the division. ''Westfalia'' captured the championship in 2010 and moved up to the NRW-Liga (V). Since 2012 the club has played in the tier-five

except for one season in the

Regionalliga West The Regionalliga West is a German semi-professional football division administered by the Western German Football Association based in Duisburg. It is one of the five German regional football associations. Being the single flight of the Western ...

in 2017–18.

Current squad

Honours

The club's honours: *

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 ...

– Group 1 ** Champions: 2010

Recent seasons

Recent seasons of the club:

References

External links

Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables
fussballdaten.de
Football clubs in Germany Association football clubs established in 1935 1935 establishments in Germany Football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia {{Germany-footyclub-stub