SC Herford
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| Full name | Sport-Club Herford e.V. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ground | Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 18,000 (~1,300 seats) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Landesliga Westfalen Ost (VI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004-05 | Verbandsliga Westfalen-NO, 15th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SC Herford is a German football club based in Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed out of the merger of several local sides in the late 60s and early 70s and then went on to enjoy a short turn in second division football in the late 70s and early 80s.
SpVgg Union 08 Herford was the most successful of the club's predecessor sides having taken part in the early rounds of national championship play in 1930-31. The team also found its way to the first tier Gauliga Westfalen in 1944, but only played a pair of matches that year as the division collapsed as World War II drew to a close and Allied armies advanced into Germany.
In 1963 SuS 1928 Herford was playing in the Landesliga Westfalen (IV) and was followed the next season by Union. In 1967 Union and VfB Einigkeit 07 Herford merged to form Herforder SC 07/08 which continued to compete in the Landesliga. The combined side earned a second place finish in 1971 before plunging to the bottom of the table the next season and being headed to relegation. Herforder was then joined by SuS to play as SC Herford which delivered a remarkable performance in capturing the division in 1973 and advancing to the Amateurliga Westfalen (III). After two consecutive second place results SC was able to win promotion to the 2.Liga Nord in 1976 where they would play four of the next five seasons before finally being sent down in 1981.
During this period, in 1979, Herford captured the Westfalen Cup and as a result took part in German Cup competition in 1980-81. They beat Eintracht Nordhorn 3:0 in the opening round before going out 0:1 to SSV Ulm 1846 in the second round.
The club's turn in second tier football left them with a considerable debt and they began a slow, but steady slide that saw a descent to the Verbandsliga Westfalen Nordost (V) by the mid 90s. They returned to the Oberliga Westfalen (IV) for a couple of seasons at the turn of the millennium, but fell back to Verbandsliga, and in 2005 descended to play in the Landesliga Westfalen Ost (VI) where they compete today.
[edit] External links
- Official team site (SC Herford)
- Abseits Guide to German Soccer
- Das deutsche Fussball Archiv (historical German league results, in German)
