SC Waldgirmes

SC Waldgirmes
Full name	Sport Club 1929 Waldgirmes e.V.
Founded	1929
Ground	Stadion in den Lahnauen
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Wolfgang Schmitt
Manager	Peter Bätzel
League	Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte (VI)
2015–16	3rd
Home colours	Away colours

SC Waldgirmes is a German association football club from Waldgirmes, Hesse. The 700 member club is best known for its football team, but also has departments for table tennis, women's gymnastics, alpine gymnastics, and cycling.

History

The association was founded in 1929 as SG Waldgirmes. As a worker's side the club was banned for political reasons when the Nazis came to power in 1933 and a number of the footballers left for TV 05 Waldgirmes where they formed a football department. After World War II occupying Allied authorities banned all organizations in the country including sports and football associations. SG Waldgirmes was re-established in the summer of 1945 as a general community sports association. In 1948 the football side went its own way as the independent club FC Waldgirmes until being re-united with its parent in 1952 to form SC Waldgirmes.

The footballers were promoted to Landesliga Hessen-Mitte in 1970 and played at that level over the next three decades with the exception of single season demotions in 1975 and 1993. In 2002 Waldgirmes earned promotion to the Oberliga Hessen (IV) after capturing their first Landesliga (V) title. They were relegated after a last place finish but immediately won their way back to fourth tier Oberliga play the next season, where they archived good results in the following season. In 2008–09, the club won the Oberliga but decided not to apply for a Regionalliga licence and remained at this level. In 2012–13 the club finished 14th in the league and was relegated after coming last in the relegation/promotion round.

Honours

The club's honours:

Hessenliga (V)
- Champions: 2009
- Runners-up: 2010, 2011
Landesliga Hessen-Mitte (V)
- Champions: 2002, 2004

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:^[1]

Manager	Start	Finish
Thorsten Krick	1 July 2006	present

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:^[2]^[3]

Season	Division	Tier	Position
1999–2000	Landesliga Hessen-Mitte	V	9th
2000–01	Landesliga Hessen-Mitte		12th
2001–02	Landesliga Hessen-Mitte		1st ↑
2002–03	Oberliga Hessen	IV	18th ↓
2003–04	Landesliga Hessen-Mitte	V	1st ↑
2004–05	Oberliga Hessen	IV	3rd
2005–06	Oberliga Hessen		3rd
2006–07	Oberliga Hessen		3rd
2007–08	Oberliga Hessen		5th
2008–09	Hessenliga	V	1st
2009–10	Hessenliga		2nd
2010–11	Hessenliga		2nd
2011–12	Hessenliga		14th
2012–13	Hessenliga		14th ↓
2013–14	Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte	VI	4th
2014–15	Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte		3rd
2015–16	Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte		3rd
2016–17	Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte

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. Also in 2008, a large number of football leagues in Hesse were renamed, with the Oberliga Hessen becoming the Hessenliga, the Landesliga becoming the Verbandsliga, the Bezirksoberliga becoming the Gruppenliga and the Bezirksliga becoming the Kreisoberliga.

↑ Promoted	↓ Relegated

References

^ SC Waldgirmes .:. Trainer von A-Z (in German) weltfussball.de, accessed: 5 December 2011
^ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
^ Fussball.de - Ergebnisse (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues