VfL Neuwied
| VfL Neuwied | |||
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| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | Association for physical exercises Neuwied eV |
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| Seat | Neuwied , Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| founding | September 8, 1908 | ||
| Colours | blue White | ||
| Website | www.vflneuwied.de | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Venue | Raiffeisen Stadium | ||
| Places | 10,000 | ||
| league | District league B Westerwald / Wied Nord | ||
| 2013/14 | 11th place | ||
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The VfL Neuwied (full name: Verein für Leibesübungen Neuwied eV ) is a sports club from Neuwied . The first football team plays in the district league B. In the 1940s, the team played for two years in the then first-class Gauliga Moselland , while in the 1950s seven seasons followed in the second-class II. Division Southwest.
history
The club was founded on September 8, 1908 as FC Viktoria 08 Neuwied . In 1910, the Germania Neuwied club joined FC Viktoria. In 1919 the name was changed to SV Viktoria 08 Neuwied . Between September 8, 1941 and 1945, SV Viktoria was involved in the KSG Neuwied . On February 8, 1947, the association changed its name to TuS Neuwied , before the current name was adopted on December 9, 1947.
SV Viktoria first appeared in national football in 1941 when the club was included in the newly created Gauliga Moselland. In the seasons 1941/42 and 1942/43, the new again were each last in the Eastern group. During the 1943/44 season, the team was withdrawn from the game.
In 1951 VfL Neuwied became Rhineland champions and qualified for the German amateur championship . In the round of 16, the team lost to SSV Troisdorf 05 . For the 1951/52 season, VfL was included in the newly created II. Southwest Division. The greatest success of this time was fourth place in the 1953/54 season . In 1958 he was relegated to the amateur league of the Rhineland , whose championship was in 1963.
After several years in the midfield of the amateur league, VfL won the championship again in 1970. The promotion to the Regionalliga Südwest was missed because the Neuwied only last of the promotion round behind Pegulan Frankenthal and VfB Theley . As runner-up in the amateur league, VfL qualified again for the German amateur championship in 1975. Here the new again eliminated in the first round against SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg .
In 1978 VfL missed the qualification for the newly created Oberliga Südwest . Then began a sporty decline that was only ended in the lowest division. Between 2002 and 2008, the club joined the Neuwied syndicate before VfL ventured into the D district league again. After two promotions in a row, VfL has been playing in the district league B since 2010.
literature
- Hardy Grüne , Christian Karn: The big book of the German football clubs . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2009, ISBN 978-3-89784-362-2 , p. 353.