SC Verl

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SC Verl

Full name

Sportclub Verl von 1924 e.V.

Founded

September 6, 1924

Ground

Stadion an der Poststraße
(Capacity 5,000)

Chairman

Peter Mankarz

Manager

Mario Ermisch

League

Regionalliga Nord (III)

2006-07

Oberliga Westfalen (IV), 1st





Home colours





Away colours

SC 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.

1 History
2 Current squad (2007/08)
3 Famous players
4 Club culture
5 External links

[edit] History

Verl has played in the Landesliga Westfalen (IV) since 1970, and qualified for the re-structured Verbandsliga Westfalen-Nordost (IV) in 1978. In 1979 they took part in the DFB-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. In 1991 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. In 1992 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, second only to Arminia Bielefeld. The club won its third Westfalenpokal in 1999, 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 had to spend 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 (II).

[edit] Current squad (2007/08)

Goalkeeper Fatih Kalintas Benjamin Finke	Defense Marcel Leenemann Josef Cinar Christopher Beck Tobias Beckmann Lars Remmert Dennis Kroos Andreas Saur Lionel Djebi-Zadi	Midfield Cosmin Uilacan Tim Hagedorn Michel Amaral Lukas Krause Temel Hop Selcuk Erdem Mariusz Rogowski Alexander Ende Daniel Koberstein Fabian Großeschallau	Forwards Silvio Pagano Christian Knappmann Enrico Maaßen Robert Mainka Soner Dayangan Babacar N´Diaye Ali Abou-Saleh

[edit] 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 in 2000. He would go on to appear for the national side and currently captains Hertha BSC Berlin.

[edit] 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.