TSG 1881 Sprockhövel is a German association football club based in

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, North Rhine-Westphalia. With over 2,500 members, ''TSG'' is the largest sport club in the town and includes departments for athletics, badminton, basketball,

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History

The roots of the club go back to the establishment in 1881 of ''Turngemeinde Sprockhövel'' which later became ''Turnverein Sprockhövel''. In 1938, ''TV'' merged with ''Sportverein Sprockhövel'', which was formed in 1907 and renamed ''Athene Sprockhövel'' in 1909, to create the current day club. Between 1922 and 1927 the team played in the highest level regional league where it faced sides such ''

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''. ''TSG'' spent several decades in lower tier local play until a series of promotions; first to the Landesliga (VI) in 1996, the

Verbandsliga Westfalen The Westfalenliga (''formerly the '') is the second highest amateur football league in the region of Westphalia which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the sixth tier of the German football league system. It operates in two grou ...

Südwest (V) in 1997, and to the

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(IV) for the first time in 2000. Since then the club has played as an elevator side, moving up and down frequently between fourth- and fifth-tier play, and last won promotion to the Oberliga Westfalen (V) again in 2012. A third-place finish in the Oberliga in 2015–16 earned the club direct promotion to the

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after runners-up SpVgg Erkenschwick declined, but they were relegated back to the Oberliga after just one season.

Honours

The club's honours: *

– Group 2 (V) ** Champions: 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009

Stadium

''Sprockhövel'' plays its home matches at Im Baumhof which was opened in 1936 and has a capacity of 3,500.

External links

Official website

Fan site
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