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
Herne (ancient Haranni) was a tiny village until the 19th century. When the mining of c ...
. The team currently plays in the
Landesliga
The Landesliga () is a tier of football in some states of the German football league system.
In Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg, the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefore are the sixth tier. The r ...
, the seventh tier of German football. Although a regional league side today, the club played in the first division
Oberliga West Oberliga () may refer to:
Association football
* Oberliga (football), currently the fifth tier of the German football league system, formerly the first
* DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of football in East Germany until 1990, replaced by the NOFV-O ...
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 plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße.
The team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953, and the German championship in 1955. The latt ...
'' and qualified for the
German football championship
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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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