SV Sodingen is a
German association football club based in
Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Herne () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area directly between the cities of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen.
History
Like most other cities in the region, Herne (ancient Haranni) was a tiny village until the ...
. The team currently plays in the
Landesliga, the seventh tier of German football. Although a regional league side today, the club played in the first division
Oberliga West through most of the 1950s and into the early 1960s. In 1955, they finished in second place behind ''
Rot-Weiss Essen
Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club currently plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße.
The team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953, and the German championship in 195 ...
'' and qualified for the
German football championship playoffs, finishing third in their group.
Honours
*
2. Liga-West
** Champions: 1952, 1960
External links
SV Sodingen website(in German)
Football clubs in Germany
Association football clubs established in 1912
1912 establishments in Germany
Football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia
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