OSC Bremerhaven
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| Full name | Olympischer-Sport-Club Bremerhaven
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| Founded | 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ground | Nordseestadion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Verbandsliga Bremen (V) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004-05 | Verbandsliga Bremen, 3rd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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OSC Bremerhaven is a German sports club based in Bremen, in the federal state of the same name, and was founded in 1972 as Olympischer Sport-Club Bremerhaven in a merger of various local football clubs including ATS Bremerhaven, which has roots going back to 1859, Polizei Sportverein, TuS Bremerhaven 93, and the Judo-Klub. They are the largest sports club in the city, claiming some 4500 members, but football is not their primary focus. Their minor league side currently competes at the tier V level after a decade spent in tiers II and III, from the mid-70's through to the mid-80's.
OSC can make a stong claim to being the successor to TuS Bremerhaven 93, which was officially disbanded in 1974. While many members of TuS 93 joined OSC, others continued to field a separate football team until 1977. In 1991, the football players left OSC en masse to form FC Bremerhaven 93, leaving OSC with just a rump side.
