Wormatia Worms
Full name | Verein für Rasenspiele Wormatia Worms 08 e.V. | |||
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Founded | 23 May 1908 | |||
Ground | EWR-Arena | |||
Capacity | 5,724 | |||
Chairman | Tim Brauer | |||
Manager | Marcel Geebhardt | |||
League | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | |||
2022–23 | Regionalliga Südwest, 16th (relegated) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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VfR Wormatia 08 Worms is a German association football club that plays in Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club and its historical predecessors were regular participants in regional first-division football competition until the formation of the national top-flight Bundesliga in 1963.
History
SC Wormatia was formed on 23 May 1908 and renamed VfL Wormatia Worms in 1921 just before merging with VfR Wormatia Worms in 1922. VfR was the product of the 1919 merger of Union 08 and Viktoria 1912. Both VfL and VfR were playing in the Kreisliga Hessen (I).[1]
The combined side played in the
The club re-emerged as VfR Wormatia Worms after the war and joined the
The 1979 season was full of drama for Wormatia. At the mid-way point of the season the side led the 2.Bundesliga Süd as the Herbstmeisterschaft, or Autumn champions. Their second round German Cup match against
After struggling to avoid relegation through several poor seasons, the team finally slipped to the tier III Amateur Oberliga Südwest in 1982. A return to the 2. Bundesliga after a first-place finish in 1986 was frustrated when the club was denied a license because of its weak financial state. Wormatia continued to play third-division football until another financial crisis in 1994 drove them down to the Verbandsliga Südwest (V). The team returned to the Oberliga Südwest (IV) in 1998 and played there until 2008, when it qualified for the new Regionalliga West (IV) formed after the introduction of the 3. Liga. Finishing in the relegation zone at the end of its first season there, the club was saved from being sent down by the withdrawal of 12th-placed FSV Oggersheim from the league. Worms improved the following year and was moved to the Regionalliga Süd (IV) from 2010 to 2012. At the end of the 2011–12 season the club became part of the new Regionalliga Südwest (IV). They finished in a relegation position in 2014 but were spared from dropping back down to the Oberliga by the insolvency of SSV Ulm, but were relegated in 2019.
Honours
The club's honours:
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Current squad
This article needs to be updated.(August 2023) |
- As of 11 November 2018[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[3][4]
Season | Division | Tier | Position |
1999–2000 | Oberliga Südwest | IV | 7th |
2000–01 | Oberliga Südwest | 16th | |
2001–02 | Oberliga Südwest | 15th | |
2002–03 | Oberliga Südwest | 3rd | |
2003–04 | Oberliga Südwest | 3rd | |
2004–05 | Oberliga Südwest | 8th | |
2005–06 | Oberliga Südwest | 4th | |
2006–07 | Oberliga Südwest | 3rd | |
2007–08 | Oberliga Südwest | 3rd ↑ | |
2008–09 | Regionalliga West | 16th | |
2009–10 | Regionalliga West | 17th | |
2010–11 | Regionalliga Süd | 12th | |
2011–12 | Regionalliga Süd | 4th | |
2012–13 | Regionalliga Südwest | 12th | |
2013–14 | Regionalliga Südwest | 16th | |
2014–15 | Regionalliga Südwest | 5th | |
2015–16 | Regionalliga Südwest | 9th | |
2016–17 | Regionalliga Südwest | 6th | |
2017–18 | Regionalliga Südwest | 13th | |
2018–19 | Regionalliga Südwest | 16th ↓ | |
2019–20 | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | V | 7th |
- With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.
Key
↑ Promoted | ↓ Relegated |
Former coaches
The managers of the club:[5][6]
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References
- ISBN 978-3-89784-147-5.
- ^ "Wormatia Worms Squad". Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
- ^ Fussball.de - Ergebnisse (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
- ^ "Trainer".
- ^ Wormatia Worms .:. Trainer von A-Z (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 23 December 2011
External links
- Official website (in German)
- The Abseits Guide to German Soccer
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)
- Wormatia Worms at Fussballdaten.de
- Wormatia Worms at Weltfussball.de