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.
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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:SC Idar-Oberstein .:. Trainer von A-Z weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 July 2012 Manager Start Finish Patric 1 July 2007 9 September 2007 Michael Dusek 10 September 2007 30 June 2011 Sascha Hildmann 1 July 2011 30 June 2013 Olaf Marschall 1 July 2013 29 August 2014 Christoph Schunck 29 August 2014 5 September 2014 Murat Yasar 5 September 2014 5 November 2018 Uwe Hartenberger 5 November 2018 30 June 2020 Andy Baumgartner 1 July 2020 11 April 2023 Christian Henn 11 April 2023 30 June 2023 Tomasz Kakalla 1 July 2023 Present
Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Historical German domestic league tablesFussball.de – Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues 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 SüdwestVI 9th 2016–17 Verbandsliga Südwest 2nd ↑ 2017–18 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/SaarV 11th 2018–19 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 17th ↓ 2019–20 Verbandsliga SüdwestVI 9th 2020–21 Verbandsliga Südwest 1st (Season annulled) 2021–22 Verbandsliga Südwest 2nd 2022–23 Verbandsliga Südwest 4th 2023–24 Verbandsliga Südwest 1st ↑ 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 Oberliga Südwest was renamed Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar.
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
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
References
Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag
External links Official team site
SC Idar-Oberstein at Weltfussball.de Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables