The club was founded in 1945, as old clubs merged together: FC Egelsbach 1903, TV 1874 Egelsbach, (this allows them to claim "1874"), TG 1885 Egelsbach and the Arbeiter-Radfahrverein 1905.
The club wallowed in obscurity until the mid 1990s, when they lasted in the Regionalliga Süd for 3 seasons. In 1998, the club had 2 points subtracted, as apparently they didn't pay their fair-share of referee wages. (! - it's a wonder they got any points at all!) Rather than pay up, they voluntarily relegated themselves down to the Bezirksliga.
Full Name | Sportgemeinschaft Egelsbach 1874 e.V. - Verein für Leibesübungen | ||||||||||||||||
City | Egelsbach (Hessen). A small town north of Darmstadt. pop: 9,570 (2007) | ||||||||||||||||
Address |
Heinestraße, 63329 Egelsbach Phone: (06103) 45352 | ||||||||||||||||
Colors | Black and white checkered jersey, white shorts, white socks. | ||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Am Berliner Platz. Capacity: 6,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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The club has it's own pub, Sportlertreff at the stadium. Hours are
TuThuFri from 5:00pm, and 11:00am on Saturday.
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The official site is underway at
www.sgegelsbach.de Not much soccer info.
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Recent History:
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1978-79 (IV) Landesliga Hessen-Süd 1st
1979-80 (III) Am.Oberliga Hessen 8th
1980-81 (III) Am.Oberliga Hessen 14th
1981-82 (IV) Landesliga Hessen-Süd 9th
1982-83 (IV) Landesliga Hessen-Süd 6th
1983-84 (IV) Landesliga Hessen-Süd 11th
1984-85 (IV) Landesliga Hessen-Süd 2nd
1985-86 (IV) Landesliga Hessen-Süd 6th
1986-87 (IV) Landesliga Hessen-Süd 5th
1987-88 (IV) Landesliga Hessen-Süd 4th
1988-89 (IV) Landesliga Hessen-Süd 1st
1989-90 (III) Am.Oberliga Hessen 17th
1990-91 (IV) Landesliga Hessen-Süd 1st
1991-92 (III) Am.Oberliga Hessen 4th
1992-93 (III) Am.Oberliga Hessen 4th
1993-94 (III) Am.Oberliga Hessen 4th
1994-95 (III) Regionalliga Süd 12th
1995-96 (III) Regionalliga Süd 14th
1996-97 (III) Regionalliga Süd 18th
1997-98 (IV) Oberliga Hessen 7th
1998-99 (VI) Bezirks-Oberliga Darmstadt
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02 (VIII) Kreisliga A-West Offenbach
2003-04 (VII) Bezirksliga Frankf./Offenbach
2004-05 (VII) Bezirksliga Frankf./Offenbach
2005-06 (VII) Bezirksliga Frankf./Offenbach 3rd
2006-07 (VII) Bezirksliga Frankf./Offenbach 9th
2007-08 (VII) Bezirksliga Frankf./Offenbach
(c) Abseits Guide to Germany