OSC Vellmar is a German

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based in

Vellmar Vellmar is a town in the Kassel (district), Kassel district, in Hesse, Germany. It is located on the Ahne river. History Vellmar gained city rights on August 30, 1975, to mark its 1200th anniversary, becoming, together with Baunatal, the youngest ...

, Hesse which has departments for

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, weight lifting,

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, dance, table tennis, gymnastics, and winter sports.

History

The club's

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was established in 1918 and has played in the fourth division

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since 2000 with the exception of the 2003–04 and 2007–08 seasons played in the

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(V). Their best result was a second-place finish in 2013–14. The origins of the club go back to the 1892 founding of ''Älterer Turnverein Obervellmar''. In 1933, the association was forced to merge with ''Arbeiter Turn- und Sportverein 1907 Obervellmar'' under the policies of the

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regime which saw to the dissolution of worker's clubs which were considered to be ideologically undesirable. By 1934 the club was known as ''TuS Obervellmar'' and was renamed ''OSC Vellmar'' in 1976. ''OSC'' plays its home matches at the Sportplatz Heckershäuser Straße which has a capacity of 4,000.

Honours

The club's honours: *

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(V) ** Runners-up: 2014 *

(V) ** Champions: 2000, 2008 ** Runners-up: 1999, 2004

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:

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

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s in 1994 and the

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in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. Also in 2008, a large number of football leagues in Hesse were renamed, with the Oberliga Hessen becoming the Hessenliga, the Landesliga becoming the Verbandsliga, the Bezirksoberliga becoming the Gruppenliga and the Bezirksliga becoming the Kreisoberliga.

References

Sources

*Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag

External links

Official team site

OSC Vellmar at Weltfussball.de

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Vellmar, OSC Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Hesse Association football clubs established in 1918 1918 establishments in Germany Kassel (district) Sport in Kassel (region)