- SV Straelen
Football club infobox
clubname = SV Straelen
fullname = Sportverein 19 Straelen e.V.
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founded = 1919
ground = Sportplatz Römerstraße
capacity = 2,300
chairman = Hermann Tecklenburg
manager = Jürgen Krust
league =Verbandsliga Niederrhein (VI)
season = 2007-08
position =Oberliga Nordrhein (IV), 18th (relegated)
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leftarm2=ffffff|body2=ffffff|rightarm2=ffffff|shorts2=ffffff|socks2=ffffffSV Straelen is a German football from
Straelen ,North Rhine-Westphalia . The club was established in 1919 and today has nearly 2,400 members with departments for athletics,badminton ,basketball ,gymnastics ,handball ,karate ,swimming , andvolleyball .__TOC__
History
Long an unheralded local side, "Sportverein Straelen" first won promotion to the fourth tier Oberliga Nordrhein in 1996. The team finished just inside the relegation zone the following season, but avoided being sent down when the second team side of "
KFC Uerdingen ", which had finished ahead of "SV", folded due to the loss of the club's sponsor. "Straelen" parlayed their reprieve into a three year stay at the Oberliga level that ended with a 17th place finish in 2001. During this period the team earned an appearance in the opening round of theDFB-Pokal (German Cup) following a 1999 regional cup win."SV" returned to the Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) in 2006 on the strength of a Verbandsliga Niederrhein (V) title. In 2007-08, the club clearly missed the qualifying criteria for the new
Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen , coming last in the league. In an odd twist, while the first team was relegated to the Verbandsliga, the reserve team archived promotion from the Landesliga at the same time. For this reason, the club could field both teams in the same league in the 2008-09 season.Honours
Verbandsliga Niederrhein (V) champions: 2006tadium
"SV Straelen" play their home fixtures at Sportplatz Römerstraße which has a seating area and general admission grandstand with a capacity of 2,300.
External links
* [http://www.sv19straelen.de/ Official team site]
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/sv_selen.htm eufo.de] European football club profiles and current team rosters
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