SG Betzdorf


SG Betzdorf is a German association football club from the city of Betzdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate. The team has its origins as a football department established within the gymnastics club Betzdorfer Turnverein on 6 September 1906. The footballers soon became independent as Verein für Jugend- und Volksspiele Betzdorf which was later renamed Betzdorfer Fußball Club 1906.

History

FC was joined by Reichssportverein Betzdorf in 1934 and then was re-united with its parent club Betzdorf TV in 1936 to play as Reichsbahn-SG Betzdorf. The club played second division football on the Bezirksliga Mittelrhein and made failed promotion playoff appearances in 1938 and 1941. They became part of the Gauliga Moselland in 1943 and finished third in the Staffel Ost of the division. It was intended to resume play in the 1944–45 season with three sections within the division, but by this time Allied armies were entering Germany in the latter stages of World War II and it is not known what teams were able to take the field and how many matches they were able to complete.
Following the war, occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of most organizations in the country, including sports and football clubs. SG disappeared briefly, but was re-established in 1947. The club merged with Eisenbahn-Sportverein Betzdorf in 1962 to form ESG 06 Betzdorf. The combined side made a single season appearance in the Amateurliga Rheinland in 1971–72 but finished last. The union lasted until 1979 when the two sides went their separate ways.
In 1994, SG Betzdorf won promotion to the Oberliga Südwest for a three-season turn. They were immediately re-promoted out of the Verbandsliga Rheinland and played another two Oberliga seasons. SG returned once again to the Oberliga in 2004, before again being sent down in 2007. The club won promotion to the Oberliga once more in 2007–08 with a Verbandsliga championship. From 2012–13 the Oberliga Südwest was renamed Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, with SGB continuing in this league until 2015 when a last place finish meant relegation.

Honours

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
SeasonDivisionTierPosition
1999–2000Oberliga SüdwestIV16th ↓
2000–01Verbandsliga RheinlandV5th
2001–02Verbandsliga RheinlandV5th
2002–03Verbandsliga RheinlandV3rd
2003–04Verbandsliga RheinlandV1st ↑
2004–05Oberliga SüdwestIV14th
2005–06Oberliga SüdwestIV16th
2006–07Oberliga SüdwestIV16th ↓
2007–08Verbandsliga RheinlandV1st ↑
2008–09Oberliga SüdwestV6th
2009–10Oberliga SüdwestV13th
2010–11Oberliga SüdwestV3rd
2011–12Oberliga SüdwestV14th
2012–13Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/SaarV9th
2013–14Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/SaarV12th
2014–15Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/SaarV18th ↓
2015–16RheinlandligaVI15th
2016–17RheinlandligaVI

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