SC Hauenstein is a German association football club from the municipality of

Hauenstein Hauenstein is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Palatinate forest, approximately 20 km east of Pirmasens, and 20 km west of Landau. Hauenstein is the seat of the ''Ve ...

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

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History

''Sport-Club Hauenstein'' was established on 24 March 1919 at the "Gasthaus Zum Schwaninn". The club merged with ''DJK Hauenstein'' on 7 November 1930, but as a faith-based club, was banned in 1935 as politically undesirable under the

Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hit ...

regime. A new association was formed in partnership with ''Turnverein Hauenstein'' following World War II on 26 June 1946 as ''Sport-Gemeinshaft Hauenstein''. This was lost on 10 March 1950 and the membership of the defunct club immediately re-formed themselves on 17 March 1950 with ''SC'' and ''TV'' re-emerging as separate sides. ''SC'' joined the third tier 2. Amateurliga Westpfalz and in 1960 won its way to the 1.

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

(II). Following the establishment of the first division Bundesliga in 1963, lower division football in the country was reorganized. The Amateurliga Südwest became a third tier circuit (Verbandsliga) where ''Hauenstein'' competed until 1970, earning indifferent results until finally being sent down. The team remained in lower division play through the 70s and 80s and made a single season appearance in the Amateur Oberliga Südwest (III) in 1990–91. They returned to the AOL Südwest, which was now a fourth tier circuit, in 1993, and then became part of the Regionalliga West/Südwest (III) in a subsequent league restructuring. ''Hauenstein'' was relegated in 1997 to play in the Oberliga Südwest (IV). Generally a mid-table side, ''SC'' earned a second-place result in 2003 and finished third in 2005. In the 2012 the league was renamed Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar with ''SCH'' continuing to achieve good results, culminating in a runners-up finish in 2015 and participation in the promotion round to the

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ( en, Regional League Southwest) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together wit ...

. After a draw and a loss the club missed out on promotion with

Bahlinger SC Bahlinger SC is a German association football club from the Kaiserstuhl town of Bahlingen, Baden-Württemberg. History The club was founded 16 June 1929 as ''FC Bahlingen'' and merged with ''TV Bahlingen'' in 1946 to form the present-day side ...

promoted instead. In the following season the club once more failed in the Regionalliga promotion round after another runners-up finish in the Oberliga.

Honours

The club's honours: * Oberliga Südwest ** Runners-up: 2003 *

Verbandsliga Südwest The Verbandsliga Südwest is a German amateur football division administered by the Southwest German Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Southwestern state association, the Verbandslig ...

** Champions: 1990, 1993 *

South West Cup The South West Cup (german: Südwestpokal) 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 Rheinhessen-Pfalz region of R ...

** Winners: 2016 * South West Indoor championship ** Champions: 1987, 1993, 1994

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 The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the fourt ...

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 The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

, 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 the fif ...

References

External links

Official team site

SC Hauenstein at Weltfussball.de

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Hauenstein, SC Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Rhineland-Palatinate Association football clubs established in 1919 1919 establishments in Germany