BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden is a German

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based in the municipality of

Rehden Rehden is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately eight km east of Diepholz. The 44 TWh Rehden natural gas storage facility connects to the Rehden–Hamburg gas pipeline. Rehden is als ...

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. The club's

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division currently plays in the fourth-tier

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord () 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 Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga N ...

History

The club was founded in 1954. After spending its early history in the local amateur leagues, the club was promoted to the fifth-tier

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in 2001. Rehden then qualified for the 2003–04

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, where they were eliminated by

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in the first round. In 2011–12 Rehden won promotion to the

for the first time in their history, by finishing fourth in the

Oberliga Niedersachsen The Oberliga Niedersachsen (), sometimes referred to as ''Niedersachsenliga'' (Lower Saxony league), is the fifth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Lower Saxony (). Since 1994, the league was s ...

. They played in the Regionalliga until the end of the 2022−23 season, when they were relegated back to the Oberliga. In the 2013–14

, Rehden took on

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in the first round. Rehden lost the match 5–0.

Current squad

Stadium

The club's home ground, ''Sportplatz Waldsportstätten'', holds 4,350 spectators, 350 of those seated.Stadiondaten – Sportplatz Waldsportstätten
, accessed: 13 May 2013

Honours

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Notable managers

* Marek Leśniak

References

External links

Official website
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