SpVgg EGC Wirges is a German association football club from the city of

Wirges Wirges () is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Wirges lies in a high hollow in the further Westerwald between Köppel and Malberg, roughly 5 km northwest of Montabaur and 20 km northeast of Koble ...

, Rhineland-Palatinate. __TOC__

History

''Spielvereinigung Eintracht Glas-Chemie Wirges'' was formed 1 July 1972 through the merger of ''Sport Club Wirges'' (1924), ''Sportverein Rot-Weiß Keramchemie Siershahn'' (1921), and ''Sportverein Ebernhahn'' (1949). Through the late 1970s and early 1980s the club played third division football in the

Amateurliga Rheinland The Amateurliga Rheinland was the highest football league in the region of the Rheinland Football Association and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Ve ...

and Amateur Oberliga Südwest where they earned unremarkable results. ''SpVgg EGC'' made appearances in the opening round of the

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English language, English, is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competiti ...

(German Cup) competition in 1978 and 1979. Through the balance of the 1980s and into the 1990s the team played lower division football, highlighted by their third DFB-Pokal appearance in 1991. The club advanced to the Oberliga Südwest in 1994 for a two-year stint, and returned to the league once more in 1998, where they remained for many years as a mid-table side. During this time, the team also made another appearance in the DFB-Pokal in 2003. The club's fifteen seasons in the Oberliga came to an end in 2013 when it was relegated back to the

Rheinlandliga The Rheinlandliga is a German amateur football division administered by the Rhineland Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Rhineland state association, the Verbandsliga is currently a ...

for a season. Winning the title in this league, the club quickly returned to the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar in 2014. At the end of the 2015–16 season SpVgg EGC Wirges decided to withdraw from the Oberliga to the Rheinlandliga despite finishing in tenth place, well above the relegation ranks.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

(V-VI) ** Champions: 1983, 1987, 1998, 2014

Cup

Rhineland Cup The Rhineland Cup (German: ''Rheinlandpokal'') is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of German football. The winner of the competition gains entry to the first round of the German Cup. It is limited to clubs from the northern part of Rhinela ...

** Winners: 1991, 2003 ** Runners-up: 1978, 2000

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Fussball.de - Ergebnisse
Tables and results of all German football leagues *With the introduction of the

Regionalliga A (, plural ) is a regional league in numerous Sports governing body, sports governing bodies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, usually located in the upper or middle tiers of the sports leagues. The term is often associated with the Germa ...

s in 1994 and the

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...

in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. In 2012 the Oberliga Südwest was renamed

Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar The Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, formerly the ''Oberliga Südwest'', is the highest regional football league for the Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland states of Germany, organized by the Southwestern Regional Football Association. It is one of tw ...

References

External links

Official team site

SpVgg EGC Wirges at Weltfussball.de

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Wirges, SpVgg EGC Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Rhineland-Palatinate Association football clubs established in 1972 1972 establishments in West Germany