- SC Verl
Football club infobox
clubname = SC Verl
fullname = Sportclub Verl von 1924 e.V.
nickname =
founded =September 6 , 1924
ground = Stadion an der Poststraße
capacity = 5,000
chairman = Peter Mankarz
manager = Mario Ermisch
league =Regionalliga West (IV)
season = 2007-08
position =Regionalliga Nord (III), 18th
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pattern_la2= | pattern_b2=_thinwhitesides | pattern_ra2= | leftarm2=0000FF | body2=0000FF | rightarm2=0000FF | shorts2=000000 | socks2=0000FFSC Verl is a German football club based in
Verl ,North Rhine-Westphalia . The club was founded in 1924, and since 1970 has consistently played in the higher echelons of amateur football.__TOC__
History
"Verl" has played in the Landesliga Westfalen (IV) since 1970, and qualified for the re-structured Verbandsliga Westfalen-Nordost (IV) in
1978 . In1979 they took part in theDFB-Pokal (German Cup) tournament for the first time and defeated third division club "VfB Oldenburg " and fourth tier "Spvgg Elversberg" before going out to 2. Bundesliga side "Stuttgarter Kickers ".The capture of the Verbandsliga title in
1986 put the club into the Oberliga Westfalen (III), at that time the highest amateur class in German football. In1991 they won the title in that league, and participated in the promotion round for the 2. Bundesliga. "SC Verl" stood to be the smallest town to ever field a German pro football team, but failed to advance. In1992 they won the Westfalenpokal (Westphalia Cup) and again qualified for the DFB-Pokal, but lost an all-amateur match in the first round.In 1994, the Regionalliga was introduced as the new third level competition above the Oberliga, reducing the number of divisions in the third tier from ten to four. "SC Verl" qualified for the newly formed for the West/Südwest division. They finished as runners-up in the first season, behind "
Arminia Bielefeld ". The club won its third Westfalenpokal in1999 , and in the first round of German Cup play put out the Bundesliga's "Borussia Mönchengladbach " 6:5 on penalties. They were in turn eliminated by "Eintracht Frankfurt ", the second Bundesliga club they faced in the competition (0:4).After the German league system was restructured again in
2000 , the number of third-tier leagues was reduced from four to two and "Verl" again qualified for play in the highest amateur class. In 2003, a 15th place finish in the Regionalliga Nord (III) saw the team sent down after 17 consecutive seasons in the third tier. They spent four years in the Oberliga Westfalen (IV) before winning the championship and advancing to Regionalliga again in 2007. In the same year, the club qualified for their fourth appearance in the DFB-Pokal, but lost in the first round against "TSV 1860 München "."SC Verl" suffered through a poor 2007-08 campaign and finished in 18th place. They will remain in the Regionalliga which will become a fourth division circuit with the introduction of the
3. Liga in 2008-09.Current squad (2008/09)
Famous players
"SC Verl" has seen many players who would go on to pro careers, the most notable being
Arne Friedrich who played his last amateur season with the club before joining "Arminia Bielefeld " in2000 . He would go on to appear for the national side and currently captains "Hertha BSC Berlin".Club culture
"SC Verl" followers share a heartfelt rivalry with nearby "
FC Gütersloh " whose supporters look down on the "village club", while "SCV" supporters in their turn tease the "big city club" over its inconsistent performance and financial woes.External links
* [http://www.scverl.de Official team site]
* [http://www.scv-fans.de Fanclub site]
* [http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/verl.html Abseits Guide to German Soccer]
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