SC Geislingen is a German association football club from the city of Geislingen,

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established 31 May 1900. The football department became independent on 1 July 1911 and later took on the name ''Fußballverein 1919 Geislingen''. In the years immediately before and after

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, ''Geislingen'' flirted with promotion to first and second division football, but failed to advance in three attempts, instead remaining a third or fourth tier side until the mid-1990s. The club's best known player was

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, who spend four years of his youth career at ''SC Geislingen'' from 1974 to 1978, before joining

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History

German football was reorganized into 15 regional top-flight divisions in 1933 and at the end of the 1936–37 season ''SC'' took part in group qualification play for the

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(I), but failed to advance after finishing fifth in their group. After the war, sports and football clubs across the country were dissolved by occupying Allied authorities as part of the process of

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. The club was reestablished in May 1946 as ''SC Geislingen'' and became part of the Amateurliga Württemberg (III) in 1952 and, later in 1960, the Amateurliga Nordwürttemberg. Following a first-place result in 1959 and a second-place finish the next season, the team took part in promotion playoffs for the 2. Liga-Süd (II), but did poorly on both occasions, and missed advancing. ''SC'' struggled through the 1970s, moving up and down between Amateurliga and Verbandsliga play. By the mid-1980s they had settled in as a lower table side in what had become the Amateuroberliga Baden-Württemberg (III), with the exception of the 1986–87 and 1991–92 seasons spent in the Verbandsliga Württemberg (IV). The team has made three appearances (1982, 1985, 1990) in play for the DFB Pokal (German Cup). Their best run came in 1985 when they upset

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side ''

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'' (2:0) in the opening round and then defeated ''

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'' (4:2) before being put out by a second Bundesliga club, '' Bayer Uerdingen'', (0:2) in the third round as that club made its way to the cup final where they beat '' Bayern Munich''. Geislingen dropped out of the Oberliga in 1996 and out of the Verbandsliga two years later and has been unable to reach former heights since then.

Former players

* Thorsten Walther

Honours

The club's honours: * Verbandsliga Württemberg ** Champions: 1987 * Bezirksliga Neckar/Fils (VIII) ** Champions: 2011 ** Runners up: 1984, 1992 * Württemberg Cup ** Winners: 1984, 1989

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 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.

References

External links

Official team siteSC Geislingen profile at Weltfussball.deDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Geislingen, Sc Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Baden-Württemberg Association football clubs established in 1911 1900 establishments in Germany