Eintracht Wetzlar

Football club infobox
clubname = Eintracht Wetzlar


fullname = Eintracht Wetzlar 1905 e.V.
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founded = 1905
ground = Stadion Wetzlar
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chairman = Hans-Jürgen Irmer
manager = Claus-Peter Zick
league = Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte (VI)
season = 2007-08
position = Oberliga Hessen 17th (relegated)
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Eintracht Wetzlar is a German football club based in Wetzlar, Hesse. Formed on July 30, 1905 as "Wetzlarer Fußball Club", they merged with "Wetzlarer Ballspielclub 1910" in 1927 to become "Sportverein Wetzlar 05". From the early 30s until the early 40s, the team played second division football until a title win advanced them to the Gauliga Hessen-Nassau (I) for a single season.

Following World War II a number of local sides including "SV" were combined to create "Sportgemeinde Eintracht Wetzlar" which, for all but five seasons, played third division football as a lower table side until the formation of the Bundesliga – Germany’s first top-flight professional league – in 1963. "SG" carried on as a third tier club in the Oberliga Hessen until an 18th place result in 1971 saw the side relegated. After thirty-six years in lower tier competition, "Eintracht" returned to the Oberliga Hessen (IV) in 2007 after capturing the second place in the Landesliga Hessen-Mitte (V), but this lasted only for one season, the club being relegated again.

Honours

Hessenpokal (Hessen Cup) winner: 1947, 1957

External links

[http://www.eintracht-wetzlar.de/ Official team site]

References

*Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9