SC Idar-Oberstein

Football club infobox
clubname = SC Idar-Oberstein


fullname = Sport Club Idar-Oberstein
nickname = Schmuckstädter (Jewelry City)
founded = 1907
ground = Stadion Im Haag
capacity = 6,000
chairman =
manager = Michael Dusek
league = Oberliga Südwest (V)
season = 2007-08
position = 11th
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SC Idar-Oberstein is a German football club from the town of Idar-Oberstein, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club was created in 1971 out of the merger of "1. FC Idar", established 1 January 1907 as "SC Alemannia Idar", and "Sportvereinigung Idar", formed in 1908. The club currently has departments for football, athletics, and women's gymnastics, as well as youth football and recreational sport.

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History

The first football club organized in the Nahe region, "1. FC Idar" was a moderately successful amateur side in the years leading up to and following World War II, playing in the highest level regional amateur league through the 20s and into the early 30s, the "Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar". In 1938 a trio of "FC" players joined "Hannover 96" and helped that club win the national championship. Following the war "FC" joined the 2nd Oberliga Südwest (II) where they competed briefly until being sent down in 1954. "SpVgg Idar" remained a lower tier local club during this time.

Despite the 1971 merger, newly formed "SC" performed poorly through the rest of the decade and on into the late 80s. An effort by a group of former players revitalized the club and a series of division championships led "Idar" out of the Bezirksliga Nahe (VII), through the Landesliga Südwest-West (VI) and Verbandsliga Südwest (V), and on to the Oberliga Südwest (IV). The team captured the SWFV-Pokal (Southwest Cup) in 1998, and in 1999 made its first appearance in DFB-Pokal (German Cup) play. They also won their way to the third division Regionalliga West/Südwest that year, but were overmatched and quickly relegated. Since then "Idar" has played as a fourth or fifth tier team and is currently in the Oberliga Südwest (IV).

Honours

*Bezirksliga Nahe (VII) champions: 1992
*Landesliga SW-West (VI) champions: 1994
*Verbandsliga Südwest (V) champions: 1995, 2007
*Oberliga Südwest (IV) champions: 1999
*SWFV-Pokal (Southwest Cup) winners: 1998

Recent seasons

tadium

Since 1990 "SC Idar-Oberstein" has played at the Sportgelände Im Haag (capacity 6,000, 400 seats) where they have enjoyed good fan support throughout their years in the Oberliga.

External links

* [http://www.sc07-io.de Official team site]
* [http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/idar.html Abseits Guide to German Soccer]

References

*Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German domestic league tables (in German)
* [http://www.eufo.de/football/ger/sc_itein.htm eufo.de] European football club profiles and current team rosters