In the 1950s, they had some success. A young Hennes Weisweiler became head coach in 1952, and lead RSV to the Oberliga-West, then the top regional division.
The highpoint of the soccer squad was probbaly 1990, when they reached the finals of the German amateur championship, losing 0-2 to FSV Salmrohr.
A moderately successful Oberliga run in the 1990s came to an end in October 2002, when the club went into bankruptcy proceedings and all results were annulled.
Fullname |
Rheydter Spielverein - Verein zur Pflege körperlicher Übungen
e.V.
City |
Mönchengladbach
(Nordrhein-Westfalen). Pop: 263,000 (2002). Formerly
a seperate city, Rheydt is merged into Gladbach in 1975. The population of the district is around 70,000.
| Address |
Postfach 201014, 41210 Mönchengladbach | . Phone: (02166) 22409 or (0171) 8485232 Fax: (02166) 22409 e-mail: info@rheydter-spielverein.com The business office is located at Jahnplatz 10. Colors |
Black and White
| Nickname |
SPÖ
| Stadium |
Jahnstadion Nordstraße Capacity: 12,000 | This stadium was built in 1922, and originally was sized to hold some 40,000. Tickets |
| Supporters |
| Friends |
SPÖ-Magazin is the game day publication, about 600 copies printed. Usually available in PDF format on the web.
|
Foes |
Wuppertaler SV. Not really an enemy, but some of the best crowds, up to
15,000, watched Rheydt take on WSV in early Oberliga days.
| Heroes |
| Zeroes |
| Beer |
|
Pub Grub |
| The Net |
The official page is
www.rheydter-spielverein.com Also www.rheydter-sv.de seems to
work.
| |
1963-64 (III) Amateurliga Niederrhein 5th
1964-65 (III) Amateurliga Niederrhein 12th
1965-66 (III) Amateurliga Niederrhein 11th
1966-67 (III) Amateurliga Niederrhein 5th
1967-68 (III) Amateurliga Niederrhein 5th
1968-69 (III) Amateurliga Niederrhein 3rd
1969-70 (III) Amateurliga Niederrhein 2nd
1970-71 (III) Amateurliga Niederrhein 7th
1971-72 (III) Amateurliga Niederrhein 13th
1972-73 (III) Amateurliga Niederrhein 13th
1973-74 (III) Amateurliga Niederrhein 5th
1974-75 (III) Amateurliga Niederrhein 16th
1975-75 (IV) Landesliga Niederrhein-2 5th
1976-76 (IV) Landesliga Niederrhein-2 3rd
1977-78 (IV) Landesliga Niederrhein-2 3rd
1978-79 (IV) Verbandsliga Niederrhein 13th
1979-80 (IV) Verbandsliga Niederrhein 14th
1980-86 (V) Landesliga Niederrhein-2
1986-87 (IV) Verbandsliga Niederrhein 1st
1987-88 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 12th
1988-89 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 5th
1989-90 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 2nd
1990-91 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 5th
1991-92 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 11th
1992-93 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 8th
1993-94 (III) Am.Oberliga Nordrhein 13th
1994-95 (IV) Oberliga Nordrhein 11th
1995-96 (IV) Oberliga Nordrhein 12th
1996-97 (IV) Oberliga Nordrhein 9th
1997-98 (IV) Oberliga Nordrhein 13th
1998-99 (IV) Oberliga Nordrhein 5th
1999-00 (IV) Oberliga Nordrhein 5th
2000-01 (IV) Oberliga Nordrhein 15th
2001-02 (IV) Oberliga Nordrhein 14th
2002-03 (IV) Oberliga Nordrhein results annulled: bankruptcy
2003-04 (V) Verbandsliga Niederrhein 12th
2004-05 (V) Verbandsliga Niederrhein
2005-06 (VI) Landesliga Niederrhein-2 15th
2006-07 (VII) Bezirksliga Niederrhein-5 8th
2007-08 (VII) Bezirksliga Niederrhein-5
(c) Abseits Guide to Germany - www.abseits-soccer.com