SC Idar-Oberstein

SC Idar-Oberstein

Full name	Sport Club Idar-Oberstein
Nickname(s)	Schmuckstädter (Jewelry City Dwellers)
Founded	1907
Ground	Stadion Im Haag
Capacity	6,000
Manager	Michael Dusek
League	Verbandsliga Südwest (VI)
2014–15	Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar (V), 14th ↓
Home colours Away colours

SC Idar-Oberstein is a German association football club from the town of Idar-Oberstein, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club was created in 1971 out of the merger of 1. FC Idar, established 1 January 1907 as SC Alemannia Idar, and Sportvereinigung Idar, formed in 1908. The club currently has departments for football, athletics, and women's gymnastics, as well as youth football and recreational sport.

History

The first football club organized in the Nahe region, 1. FC Idar was a moderately successful amateur side in the years leading up to and following World War II, playing in the highest level regional amateur league through the 20s and into the early 30s, the Kreisliga Saar, later the Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar, and then, for a season, the Gauliga Mittelrhein. In 1938 a trio of FC players joined Hannover 96 and helped that club win the national championship. Following the war FC joined the 2nd Oberliga Südwest (II) where they competed briefly until being sent down in 1954. SpVgg Idar remained a lower tier local club during this time.

Despite the 1971 merger, newly formed SC performed poorly through the rest of the decade and on into the late 80s. An effort by a group of former players revitalized the club and a series of division championships led Idar out of the Bezirksliga Nahe (VII), through the Landesliga Südwest-West (VI) and Verbandsliga Südwest (V), and on to the Oberliga Südwest (IV). The team captured the SWFV-Pokal (Southwest Cup) in 1998, and in 1999 made its first appearance in DFB-Pokal (German Cup) play. They also won their way to the third division Regionalliga West/Südwest that year, but were overmatched and quickly relegated, dropping as far down as the Verbandsliga Südwest again by 2005. The team recovered and climbed the ranks again after this low point and, for the 2011–12 season, the club moved to the Regionalliga West where it stayed until 2012 when it became part of the new Regionalliga Südwest. The club lasted for only one season at this level before being relegated back to the Oberliga, now the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar. After two seasons at Oberliga level the club suffered another relegation in 2015, now to the Verbandsliga.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

• Oberliga Südwest (IV-V)
  • Champions: 1999, 2011
• Verbandsliga Südwest (V)
  • Champions: 1995, 2007
• Landesliga Südwest-West (VI)
  • Champions: 1994
• Bezirksliga Nahe (VII)
  • Champions: 1992

Cup

• South West Cup
  • Winners: 1998

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:

Manager	Start	Finish
Patric Muders	1 July 2007	9 September 2007
Michael Dusek	10 September 2007	30 June 2011
Sascha Hildmann	1 July 2011	Present

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:

Season	Division	Tier	Position
1999–2000	Regionalliga West/Südwest	III	18th ↓
2000–01	Oberliga Südwest	IV	14th
2001–02	Oberliga Südwest		4th
2002–03	Oberliga Südwest		4th
2003–04	Oberliga Südwest		15th
2004–05	Oberliga Südwest		17th ↓
2005–06	Verbandsliga Südwest	V	2nd
2006–07	Verbandsliga Südwest		1st ↑
2007–08	Oberliga Südwest	IV	11th
2008–09	Oberliga Südwest	V	5th
2009–10	Oberliga Südwest		4th
2010–11	Oberliga Südwest		1st ↑
2011–12	Regionalliga West	IV	16th
2012–13	Regionalliga Südwest		18th ↓
2013–14	Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar	V	6th
2014–15	Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar		14th ↓
2015–16	Verbandsliga Südwest	VI

• With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. In 2012, the number of Regionalligas was increased from three to five with all Regionalliga West clubs from the Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate entering the new Regionalliga Südwest.

Stadium

Since 1990 SC Idar-Oberstein has played at the Sportgelände Im Haag (capacity 6,000, 400 seats) where they have enjoyed good fan support throughout their years in the Oberliga.

Current squad

As of 2 August 2012

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Andreas Forster
2	DF	GER	Paul Garlinski
3	DF	GER	Karsten Schug
4	DF	GER	Christoph Schunck
5	MF	GER	Michael Lehmann (captain)
6	MF	GER	Christoph Lawnik
7	MF	DOM	Alfonso Marte
8	MF	GER	Christoph Schmell
9	FW	GER	Patrick Stumpf
10	DF	GER	Simon Maurer
11	FW	TUR	Ferhat Gündüz

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	MF	GER	Florian Cordier
15	DF	GER	Eugen Vetter
17	MF	GER	Holger Knartz
18	MF	AUT	Dino Medjedovic
19	MF	GER	Jan Stutz
20	DF	GER	Tim Schwartz
23	GK	GER	Martin Michel
25	GK	GER	Nico Adami
26	MF	GER	Dennis Schröder
27	DF	GER	Philipp Galle
—	MF	USA	Andy Riemer

References

• Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9

External links

• Official team site
• Abseits Guide to German Soccer
• SC Idar-Oberstein at Weltfussball.de
• Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables Template:De icon