Sportverein 19 Straelen e.V., commonly known as simply SV 19 Straelen or SV Straelen, is a German association football club from

Straelen Straelen (; Low Rhenish: ''Strale'') is a municipality in the district of Cleves, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, approx. 10 km north-east of Venlo Venlo () is a List of cities in th ...

, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was established in 1919 and today has nearly 2,400 members with departments for

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, badminton, basketball, gymnastics,

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, swimming, and volleyball. __TOC__

History

Long an unheralded local side, ''Sportverein Straelen'' first won promotion to the fourth tier

Oberliga Nordrhein The Oberliga Nordrhein was the highest Football League in the region of Nordrhein which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1978 to 2008. In its last season, it was one of nine Oberligas in German football, the 4th tier of the Ge ...

in 1996. The team finished just inside the relegation zone the following season, but avoided being sent down when the second team side of ''

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'', which had finished ahead of ''SV'', folded due to the loss of the club's sponsor. After their retrieve, ''Straelen'' had a three-year stay at the Oberliga level that ended with a 17th-place finish in 2001. During this period the team earned an appearance in the opening round of the

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(German Cup) following a 1999 regional cup win. ''SV'' returned to the Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) in 2006 on the strength of a

Verbandsliga Niederrhein The Oberliga Niederrhein () is a German amateur football division administered by the Football Association of the Lower Rhine, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Lower Rhine state association, the Oberli ...

(V) title. In 2007–08, the club clearly missed the qualifying criteria for the new

Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen The Nordrhein-Westfalen-Liga (''North Rhine-Westphalia League''; NRW-Liga) was the highest football league in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) from 2008 to 2012. It was one of the eleven Oberliga groups in German football, the fifth tie ...

, coming last in the league. In an odd twist, while the first team was relegated to the Verbandsliga, the reserve team achieved promotion from the Landesliga at the same time. For this reason, the club fields both teams in the same league in the 2008–09 season, a novelty at this level of play.Table of the Niederrheinliga 2008–09
Fussball.de, accessed: 6 November 2008 They were promoted to the

Regionalliga West The Regionalliga West is a German professional football division administered by the German Football Association#Western Germany, Western German Football Association based in Duisburg. It is one of the five German regional football associations. ...

after winning the

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in 2017–18, but were relegated the following season. They returned to the Regionalliga in 2020. In February of 2024, the club reported financial difficulties and is set to be relegated from the

after the 2023-24 season ends.

Honours

The club's honours: *

** Champions (V): 2017–18 ** Champions (V): 2019–20 *

** Champions (V): 1995–96, 2005–06 *

Landesliga Niederrhein The Landesliga Niederrhein is the second highest amateur football league in the Lower Rhine region which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and since 2012 the sixth tier of the German football league system. It operates in two groups wh ...

2 ** Champions (V): 1982–83, 1993–94 *

Lower Rhine Cup The Lower Rhine Cup (German: ''Niederrheinpokal'') is a German football club Cup competition open to teams from the Lower Rhine region of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The competition is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of German foo ...

** Winners:

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Stadium

''SV Straelen'' play their home fixtures at Sportplatz Römerstraße, which has a seating area and general admission grandstand with a capacity of 2,300.

Players

Current squad

References

External links

Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Straelen, SV Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia Association football clubs established in 1919 1919 establishments in Germany