Eintracht Nordhorn

Football club infobox
clubname = Eintracht Nordhorn


fullname = Sportverein Eintracht Nordhorn e.V.
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founded = 1945
ground = Stadion am Heideweg
capacity = 9,000
chairman = Heinz Buscher
manager = J. Wessels
league = Oberliga Niedersachsen-West (V)
season = 2007-08
position = Oberliga Nord (IV) 15th
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Eintracht Nordhorn is a German football club from the city of Nordhorn, Lower Saxony. The club was founded in 1945 as "Sportverein Nordhorn" and adopted the name "Eintracht Nordhorn" in 1947. A separate football club known as "SV Concordia Nordhorn" briefly split away in 1953, but rejoined the parent association four years later. Today's football side is part of a larger sports club that has departments for basketball, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball.

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History

The team climbed up out of local league play into the Amateurliga Niedersachsen (II) in the early 50s and by the middle of the decade was playing the the first division Oberliga Nord. They earned only lower table results and were relegated in 1960. "Eintracht" returned briefly to the top flight two seasons later, but following the formation of the Bundesliga, Germany's first professional league, in 1963, settled firmly into what had become third division play in the Amateurliga. The club's best results came in the 70s; they captured the Niedersachsenpokals (Lower Saxony Cup) in 1974, earned a second place result in the Amateurliga in 1975, and made appearances in DFB Pokal (German Cup) play in 1975, 1978, 1979, and 1981. This was followed by a slide that ended in relegation to the Verbandsliga Niedersachsen (IV) in 1981. The club made a re-appearance in third tier competition in the Oberliga Nord in 1990 but fell to the Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-W (V) by 1994. Since then "Eintracht" has largely played fourth division football in the Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen or Oberliga Nord, with the exception of a three season turn in the Regionalliga Nord (III) in the late 90s.

Forward Gert Goolkate was the top goalscorer in Oberliga play across the country in the 2004-05 season with 44 goals.

"Eintracht" plays its home matches in the Eintracht-Stadion am Heideweg which has a capacity of 9,000.

External links

* [http://www.eintracht-nordhorn.de Official team site]
* [http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/nordhorn.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://eufo.de/football/ger/einthorn.htm eufo.de] European football club profiles