VfB Eppingen
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| Full name | VfB Eppingen 1921 e.V. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Hugo-Koch-Stadion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Verbandsliga Nordbaden (V) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004-05 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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VfB Eppingen is a German football club based in Eppingen, Baden-Württemberg with a membership of about 450 people. 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 the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg to the 2.Bundesliga Süd for a single season in 1980-81. The team played one more season in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (III) in 1990-91 and plays today in the Verbandsliga Nordbaden (V).
