- VfB Eppingen
Football club infobox
clubname = VfB Eppingen
fullname = VfB Eppingen 1921 e.V.
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founded = 1921
ground = Hugo-Koch-Stadion
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chairman =
manager =
league = Landesliga Rhein-Neckar (VII)
season = 2007-08
position = 4th
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFffff|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFVfB Eppingen is a German football club based in
Eppingen ,Baden-Württemberg with a membership of about 450 people.History
The club has its roots in the sports club "Turnverein 1865 Eppingen" whose primary focus was gymnastics and formed a football side around 1910. At the end of
World War I , footballers received some tutoring from an unlikely source in the form of an English officer in charge of prisoners-of-war locally. "VfB Eppingen" was established as a separate club devoted to football in 1921 and went on to win the local Gau title in 1925."Eppingen" enjoyed a successful decade in the 70's beginning with a 2.Amateur Liga Rhein-Neckar championship in 1973 and following up with
Amateurliga Nordbaden titles in 1974 and 1979. A highlight of the club's history in this period was their 2:1 win over "Hamburger SV " in the 1974 German Cup, which was part of their run through first three rounds of the competition to the Achtelfinale (eighthfinal) where they were finally put out 0:2 by "Werder Bremen ". "Eppingen"'s series of regional league wins culminated in a rapid move up through theOberliga Baden-Württemberg to the 2nd Bundesliga Süd for a single season in 1980-81, when the club finished second in the Oberliga, behindVfB Stuttgart II . The club finished last in the 2nd Bundesliga and was relegated back to the Oberliga, where another straight relegation put the club back in the Verbandsliga Nordbaden.The team played one more season in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (III) in 1990-91. Since then, the club has been fluctuating between Verbandsliga and Landesliga. In 2003, the club fell as far as the tier-VII "Bezirksliga" but rebounded impressivly, winning their division with 25 wins, five draws and no loss in 2003-04 [ [http://www.fussball.de/fussball/servlet/content/60?next=%2F0304%2F013%2F042%2F010%2F325039&tag=50001 Fussball.de - Table of the Bezirksliga Sinsheim 2003-04] accessed:
16 July 2008 ] . Since then, the club has been playing in the Landesliga, interrupted by two seasons in the Verbandsliga.Honors
* Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (III) runners-up and promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga: 1980
* Amateurliga Nordbaden (III) champions: 1975
* Verbandsliga Nordbaden (IV) champions: 1979, 1990Recent seasons
External links
* [http://www.vfb-eppingen.de Official team website]
References
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