The SG Post/Süd Regensburg was a German association football club from the city of Regensburg, Bavaria. The club is still active in many sports, having twenty-two separate departments,Unsere Abteilungen SG Post website – sports departments, accessed: 28 June 2009 but no longer fields a football side since that department left to merge with Jahn Regensburg in 2002.
History Formed in 1928, the club made its first notable appearance on the German football scene when it qualified for the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) competition in 1981, then under the name Post SV Regensburg as a fifth division Bezirksliga side. Away at Tennis Borussia Berlin, the team left a good impression, losing to the Oberliga Berlin (III) club 4–3 in Berlin. That same season, 1981–82, the club won promotion to the tier-four Landesliga Bayern-Mitte as well.Landesliga Mitte Bayern 1981/82 Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 28 June 2009
It played only a Landesliga single season, but was back two years later, for an eleven-year stint from 1985 to 1996. As an additional attraction, the league often included local powerhouse Jahn Regensburg which had fallen on hard times. In 1988, the club merged with TSG Süd Regensburg to form the SG Post/Süd Regensburg.Landesliga Mitte Bayern 1987/88 Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 28 June 2009
After a number of seasons spent mid-table, the club began to improve in 1993 and earned promotion to the Oberliga Bayern in 1996 after winning a Landesliga title. It managed to stay at this level for three seasons, a third place in 1997–98 being the absolute highlight. In the 1997–98 season, former German international Dieter Eckstein played for the club.Dieter Eckstein profile at Weltfussball.de accessed: 8 June 2009 The team also made another appearance in the German Cup in 1998. Twice in this era, the club was coached by Karsten Wettberg, one of the most successful coaches in Bavarian amateur football, having six Bavarian championships in his name.Karsten Wettberg website – Honours accessed: 28 June 2009
The season after, it was relegated from the Oberliga but managed to break the fall and remain a good Landesliga side. In 2002, the club earned promotion to the Oberliga once more, but refused the move, instead merging its football department with Jahn Regensburg and becoming that club's reserve side, playing in the Oberliga.Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen – Die saison 2001/02 German amateur football yearbook, publisher: DSFS, page: 258, accessed: 28 June 2009 Parent club SG Post/Süd still exists, but no longer has a football department.
Honours The club's honours:
League Landesliga Bayern-Mitte (V) Champions: (2) 1996, 2002
Cup Bavarian Cup Runners-up: 1998 Oberpfalz Cup Winners: 1998 Runners-up: 2000
Youth Under 17 Bayernliga Runners-up: 1998
Final seasons The season-by-season performance of the club in its final years:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Historical German domestic league tablesFussball.de – Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues Season Division Tier Position 1992–93 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte IV 9th 1993–94 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 5th 1994–95 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte V 3rd 1995–96 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 1st ↑ 1996–97 Bayernliga IV 6th 1997–98 Bayernliga 3rd 1998–99 Bayernliga 16th ↓ 1999–2000 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte V 3rd 2000–01 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 5th 2001–02 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 1st ↑ With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
DFB Cup appearances The club reached the first round of the German Cup twice, both times against a club from Berlin: Season Round Date Home Away Result Attendance 1981–82 First roundSG Post Süd Regensburg – Hertha BSC Berlin Official DFB website, accessed: 5 November 2008 28 August 1981 Tennis Borussia Berlin SG Post/Süd Regensburg 4–3 1998–99 First roundDFB-Pokal 1981/1982 .:. 1. Runde Weltfussball.de, accessed: 28 June 2008 30 August 1998 SG Post/Süd Regensburg Hertha BSC Berlin 0–2 5,000
References
External links Official team site SG Post/Süd profile at Weltfussball.de Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables