SF Oestrich Iserlohn

Football club infobox
clubname = SF Oestrich Iserlohn


fullname = Sportfreunde Oestrich-Iserlohn 1949 e.V.
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founded = 1949
ground = Schleddestadion
capacity = 5,000
chairman = Rainer Schmitt
manager = Oliver Ruhnert
league = Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen (V)
season = 2007-08
position = Oberliga Westfalen (IV), 14th
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Sportfreunde Oestrich Iserlohn is a German football club from the district of Oestrich in the city of Iserlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia.

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History

The club's predecessor side was "Oestricher Fußballclub" which was formed in 1911 and later merged with the football department of "Turnverein Oestrich von 1881". Like other German organizations, including sports and football associations, the club was dissolved by occupying Allied authorities after World War II. It was re-established as "Fußballverein Sportfreunde Oestrich" on September 10 1949 and in 1975 adopted its current name.

Until the mid-70s the team played in the city and district circuits until earning promotion to the Landesliga Westfalen in 1975. Just three years later they again moved up, this time to the Verbandsliga Westfalen (V). They played there until 1995 when they won honours as league champions and advanced to the Oberliga Westfalen (IV). "Sportfreunde" earned mid-to-lower table results as an Oberliga side until a 17th place finish in 2002 returned them to fifth division competition.

In 2006 the club earned a second place result but was promoted to the Oberliga over first place "DSC Wanne-Eickel" when that club was denied a license.

Honours

* Landesliga Westfalen champions: 1975
* Verbandsliga Westfalen champions: 1995
* Verbandsliga Westfalen vice-champions: 2006
* A-youth Westfalen Pokal (Westphalia Cup) winner: 1970, 1994
* B-youth Westdeutschen Fußballverbandes Pokal (West German Football Federation Cup) winner: 1992
* C-youth Westfalen champions: 2001
* C-youth West German Football Federation vice-champions: 2001
* C-youth Westfalen Cup winner: 2001

External links

* [http://www.sf-oestrich.de/ Official team site]
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German domestic league tables (in German)
* [http://www.eufo.de/ eufo.de] European football club profiles and current rosters