SpVgg Neckarelz is a German association football club from the city of Neckarelz, Baden-Württemberg, playing in the Verbandsliga Baden.
History The club was established in June 1921 as Fußballverein Neckarelz and was renamed Spielvereinigung Neckarelz in April 1930.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. . The club reached its highest level of play when they advanced to the Amateurliga Nordbaden (III) in 1974. They played four seasons at that level before failing to qualify for the new Amateuroberliga Baden-Württemberg formed in 1979 out of the four separate circuits then existing in the state. Their best result came as a 6th-place finish in 1977. SpVgg has appeared twice in play for the DFB Pokal, the German Cup, going out in the first round 1:6 to Freiburger FC in 1979, and 1:3 to Bayern Munich in 2010.
Following a Verbandliga (VI) title in 2010, Neckarelz became part of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, where they competed until 2013, when a league championship earned the club promotion to the Regionalliga Südwest. After three Regionalliga seasons Neckarelz was relegated back to the Oberliga again in 2016.
Current squad
Honours The club's honours: Oberliga Baden-Württemberg Champions: 2013 Verbandsliga Nordbaden Champions: 2010 Runners up: 1979 Landesliga Odenwald Champions: 2006 Runners up: 2004 North Baden Cup Winners: 2009 Runners-up: 2012, 2016
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 2003–04 Landesliga Odenwald VI 2nd ↑ 2004–05 Verbandsliga Nordbaden V 17th ↓ 2005–06 Landesliga Odenwald VI 1st ↑ 2006–07 Verbandsliga Nordbaden V 14th 2007–08 Verbandsliga Nordbaden 9th 2008–09 Verbandsliga Nordbaden VI 4th 2009–10 Verbandsliga Nordbaden 1st ↑ 2010–11 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg V 4th 2011–12 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 3rd 2012–13 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 1st ↑ 2013–14 Regionalliga Südwest IV 9th 2014–15 Regionalliga Südwest 12th 2015–16 Regionalliga Südwest 17th ↓ 2016–17 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg V 18th ↓ 2017–18 Verbandsliga Baden VI 13th ↓ 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.
Key ↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
Stadium The club plays its home games at the Elzstadion, which has a capacity of 4,500 and was opened in 1963.Wie das Elzstadion entstand SpVgg Neckarelz website, accessed: 2 October 2011Elzstadion Weltfussball.de, accessed: 2 October 2011
References
External links Official team site SpVgg Neckarelz profile at Weltfussball.de Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables