SC Idar-Oberstein is a German association football club from the town of Idar-Oberstein, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club was created in 1971 out of the merger of 1. FC Idar, established 1 January 1907 as SC Alemannia Idar, and Sportvereinigung Idar, formed in 1908. The club currently has departments for football, athletics, and women's gymnastics, as well as youth football and recreational sport.

SC Idar-Oberstein
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Full nameSport Club Idar-Oberstein
Nickname(s)Schmuckstädter (Jewelry City Dwellers)
Founded1907
GroundStadion Im Haag
Capacity6,000
ManagerMichael Dusek
LeagueVerbandsliga Südwest (VI)
2023–241st (promoted)

History

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The first football club organized in the Nahe region, 1. FC Idar was a moderately successful amateur side in the years leading up to and following World War II, playing in the highest level regional amateur league through the 20s and into the early 30s, the Kreisliga Saar, later the Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar, and then, for a season, the Gauliga Mittelrhein. In 1938 a trio of FC players joined Hannover 96 and helped that club win the national championship. Following the war FC joined the 2nd Oberliga Südwest (II) where they competed briefly until being sent down in 1954. SpVgg Idar remained a lower tier local club during this time.

Despite the 1971 merger, newly formed SC performed poorly through the rest of the decade and on into the late 80s. An effort by a group of former players revitalized the club and a series of division championships led Idar out of the Bezirksliga Nahe (VII), through the Landesliga Südwest-West (VI) and Verbandsliga Südwest (V), and on to the Oberliga Südwest (IV). The team captured the SWFV-Pokal (Southwest Cup) in 1998, and in 1999 made its first appearance in DFB-Pokal (German Cup) play. They also won their way to the third division Regionalliga West/Südwest that year, but were overmatched and quickly relegated, dropping as far down as the Verbandsliga Südwest again by 2005. The team recovered and climbed the ranks again after this low point and, for the 2011–12 season, the club moved to the Regionalliga West where it stayed until 2012 when it became part of the new Regionalliga Südwest. The club lasted for only one season at this level before being relegated back to the Oberliga, now the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar. After two seasons at Oberliga level the club suffered another relegation in 2015, now to the Verbandsliga.

Honours

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The club's honours:

Recent managers

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Recent managers of the club:[1]

Manager Start Finish
Patric Muders 1 July 2007 9 September 2007
Michael Dusek 10 September 2007 30 June 2011
Sascha Hildmann 1 July 2011 30 June 2013
Olaf Marschall 1 July 2013 29 August 2014
Christoph Schunck 29 August 2014 5 September 2014
Murat Yasar 5 September 2014 5 November 2018
Uwe Hartenberger 5 November 2018 30 June 2020
Andy Baumgartner 1 July 2020 11 April 2023
Christian Henn 11 April 2023 30 June 2023
Tomasz Kakalla 1 July 2023 Present

Recent seasons

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

Season Division Tier Position
1999–2000 Regionalliga West/Südwest III 18th ↓
2000–01 Oberliga Südwest IV 14th
2001–02 Oberliga Südwest 4th
2002–03 Oberliga Südwest 4th
2003–04 Oberliga Südwest 15th
2004–05 Oberliga Südwest 17th ↓
2005–06 Verbandsliga Südwest V 2nd
2006–07 Verbandsliga Südwest 1st ↑
2007–08 Oberliga Südwest IV 11th
2008–09 Oberliga Südwest V 5th
2009–10 Oberliga Südwest 4th
2010–11 Oberliga Südwest 1st ↑
2011–12 Regionalliga West IV 16th
2012–13 Regionalliga Südwest 18th ↓
2013–14 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar V 6th
2014–15 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 14th ↓
2015–16 Verbandsliga Südwest VI 9th
2016–17 Verbandsliga Südwest 2nd ↑
2017–18 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar V 11th
2018–19 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 17th ↓
2019–20 Verbandsliga Südwest VI 9th
2020–21 Verbandsliga Südwest 1st (Season annulled)
2021–22 Verbandsliga Südwest 2nd
2022–23 Verbandsliga Südwest 4th
2023–24 Verbandsliga Südwest 1st ↑
Promoted Relegated

Stadium

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Since 1990 SC Idar-Oberstein has played at the Sportgelände Im Haag (capacity 6,000, 400 seats) where they have enjoyed good fan support throughout their years in the Oberliga.

Current squad

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As of 2 August 2012

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   GER Andreas Forster
2 DF   GER Paul Garlinski
3 DF   GER Karsten Schug
4 DF   GER Christoph Schunck
5 MF   GER Michael Lehmann (captain)
6 MF   GER Christoph Lawnik
7 MF   DOM Alfonso Marte
8 MF   GER Christoph Schmell
9 FW   GER Patrick Stumpf
10 DF   GER Simon Maurer
11 FW   TUR Ferhat Gündüz
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF   GER Florian Cordier
15 DF   GER Eugen Vetter
17 MF   GER Holger Knartz
18 MF   AUT Dino Medjedovic
19 MF   GER Jan Stutz
20 DF   GER Tim Schwartz
23 GK   GER Martin Michel
25 GK   GER Nico Adami
26 MF   GER Dennis Schröder
27 DF   GER Philipp Galle
MF   USA Andy Riemer

References

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  1. ^ SC Idar-Oberstein .:. Trainer von A-Z (in German) weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 July 2012
  2. ^ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
  3. ^ Fussball.de – Ergebnisse (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
  • Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9
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