FC Wegberg-Beeck is a German association football club from the town of Wegberg, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier four Regionalliga West four times since 2015.
The club has also taken part in the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, on one occasion, courtesy of a Middle Rhine Cup win.
History The club was formed as Sportvereins 1920 Beeck in February 1920, became SC Beeck after the Second World War and adopted its current name in July 1996.Geschichte FC Wegberg-Beeck website – Club history, accessed: 7 May 2015
SC Beeck began its rise from local amateur level in 1993 when it won promotion to the Landesliga Mittelrhein followed by promotion to the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein the year after. The club won promotion to the Oberliga Nordrhein after a runners-up finish in the Verbandsliga in 1996 and achieved good results in its first three seasons there, a third-place finish in 1999 as its best result. The following three seasons the team gradually declined and was eventually relegated in 2002. It had to drop to the tier six Landesliga Mittelrhein for a season in 2002–03 but quickly recovered.
Returning to the tier five Verbandsliga Mittelrhein from 2003 the club finished seventh in its first season but won the league the year after. It was promoted to the Oberliga Nordrhein once more but lasted for only one season before dropping back down in 2006. Four more Verbandsliga seasons followed in which FC Wegberg-Beeck finished third in the first but then slipped to mid-table finishes for the next two. It qualified for the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal after a Middle Rhine Cup win the season before, but lost 4–1 to Alemannia Aachen in the first round.Aachen siegt mit 3:1 gegen Wegberg-Beeck Weltfussball.de, published: 9 August 2008, accessed: 7 May 2015 In 2009–10 it took out its second Verbandsliga title and moved up to NRW-Liga, the Oberliga Nordrhein having been disbanded in favour of a statewide league.
Again the club lasted only one season before being relegated again and returning to the Verbandsliga in 2011. After the 2011–12 season the NRW-Liga was disbanded after only four seasons and the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein took its place in the Middle Rhine region, becoming the Mittelrheinliga. The club played in this league until 2015 when a league championship earned it promotion to the Regionalliga West but lasted for just one season at Regionalliga level before being relegated again. Since 2015 the club has experienced repeated promotions and relegations between the Mittelrheinliga and the Regionalliga West.
Current squad
Honours The club's honours:
League Mittelrheinliga Champions: 2015, 2017, 2020 Runners-up: 2014, 2019, 2023 Verbandsliga Mittelrhein Champions: 2005, 2010 Runners-up: 1996, 2012 Landesliga Mittelrhein 2 Champions: 2003
Cup Middle Rhine Cup Winners: 2008 Runners-up: 2014
Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Historic German football league tables Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 7 May 2015FC Wegberg-Beeck at Fussball.de accessed: 7 May 2015 Season Division Tier Position 2003–04 Verbandsliga Mittelrhein V 7th 2004–05 Verbandsliga Mittelrhein 1st ↑ 2005–06 Oberliga Nordrhein IV 17th ↓ 2006–07 Verbandsliga Mittelrhein V 3rd 2007–08 Verbandsliga Mittelrhein 11th 2008–09 Verbandsliga Mittelrhein VI 8th 2009–10 Verbandsliga Mittelrhein 1st ↑ 2010–11 NRW-Liga V 14th ↓ 2011–12 Verbandsliga Mittelrhein VI 2nd 2012–13 Mittelrheinliga V 7th 2013–14 Mittelrheinliga 2nd 2014–15 Mittelrheinliga 1st ↑ 2015–16 Regionalliga West IV 19th ↓ 2016–17 Mittelrheinliga V 1st ↑ 2017–18 Regionalliga West IV 16th ↓ 2018–19 Mittelrheinliga V 2nd 2019–20 Mittelrheinliga 1st ↑ 2020–21 Regionalliga WestIV 17th 2021–22 Regionalliga West 17th ↓ 2022–23 Mittelrheinliga V 2nd ↑ 2023–24 Regionalliga West IV 17th ↓ 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.
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
References
External links Official team site FC Wegberg-Beeck at Weltfussball.de