SVN Zweibrücken is a German association football club from the Niederauerbach quarter of

Zweibrücken Zweibrücken (; ; , ; literally translated as "Two Bridges") is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach (Blies), Schwarzbach River. Name The name ''Zweibrücken'' means 'two bridges'; older forms of the name include Middl ...

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...

History

The association was founded in 1929 as ''SV Niederauerbach'' and remained an anonymous local side until winning its way to the

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(V). A decade later the team captured the division title and was promoted to the Oberliga Südwest (V). ''SV'' also advanced to the finals of the Südwest Pokal ( South West Cup) in that successful 2007–08 season, which earned the club a place in the

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(German Cup) tournament in 2008–09. In June 2009 the club changed its name to ''SVN Zweibrücken''. Since entering the Oberliga Südwest in 2008 the team has achieved good results, culminating in a second-place finish in 2011–12. From 2012 to 2013 the Oberliga Südwest was renamed Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, with ''SVN Zweibrücken'' taking out the league title in its inaugural season and earning promotion to the

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ('Regional League Southwest') is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with t ...

. After a seventh-place finish in the league in 2014 the club came last in the following season and was relegated back to the Oberliga. In December 2015 the club announced that it would not pay its players any more and had not done so since October. The club was in danger of becoming insolvent and had been lingering at the bottom of the table. In January 2016 the club withdrew its team from the Oberliga and restarted in one of the 10th-tier leagues below, the B-Klasse Pirmasens-Zweibrücken, for the following season by forming a joint team with FC Oberauerbach.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar The Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, formerly the ''Oberliga Südwest'', is the highest regional football league for the Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland states of Germany, organized by the Southwestern Regional Football Association. It is one of tw ...

** Champions: 2013 ** Runners-up: 2012 *

(V) ** Champions: 2008 ** Runners-up: 2002

Cup

* South West Cup ** Winners: 2011 ** Runners-up: 2008,

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Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Fussball.de - Ergebnisse
Tables and results of all German football leagues * With the introduction of the

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s in 1994 and the

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in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. In 2012 the Oberliga Südwest was renamed

Key

References

External links

Official team site
(archived)
SVN Zweibrücken
at Weltfussball.de
Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
– historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Zweibrucken, Svn Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Rhineland-Palatinate Association football clubs established in 1929 1929 establishments in Germany