SC Herford

SC Herford

Full name	Sport-Club Herford
Founded	1972
Ground	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion
Capacity	18,400
Chairman	Gerhard Klippstein
Manager	Georg Koch
League	Westfalenliga 1 (VI)
2015–16	8th

SC Herford is a

, judo, swimming, table tennis, and volleyball.

History

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 predecessor 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 was headed to relegation.

Herforder was then joined by SuS (16 June 1972) to play as SC Herford which delivered a remarkable turnaround 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

play through the late 1970s and early 1980s where they advanced several times out of the first round, but could not make it past 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

(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). A 15th-place finish there in 2005–06 relegated the club to the Bezirksliga Westfalen, Gruppe 1 (VII), from where it returned to the Landesliga in 2008.

The club is now playing in the Westfalenliga again.

Stadium

SC Herford's home field is the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion and they share the use of the facility with the second division women's side of Herforder SV Borussia Friedenstal. Built in 1955 and re-furbished in the late 1990s, the stadium has a capacity of 18,400 which includes approximately 1,400 seats.

Honours

The club's honours:

• Verbandsliga Westfalen
  • Champions: 1976
• Landesliga Westfalen
  • Champions: 2014
• Westphalia Cup
  • Winners: 1979

External links

• Official website (football department)
• Official team site (general sports club)
• Abseits Guide to German Soccer