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'''SC Verl''' is a [[Germany|German]] [[Football (soccer)|football]] [[List of football clubs in Germany|club]] based in [[Verl]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]. The club was founded in 1924, and for fifty years played in the lower Westphalian leagues without causing much stir before rising to the higher echelons of amateur [[Football (soccer)|football]].
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==History==
The club played in the Landesliga Westfalen (V) through the 70s until winning promotion to the Verbandsliga Westfalen-NONordost (IV) in [[1978]]. TheIn club[[1979]] they qualified for the [[1979]] [[DFB-Pokal]], (German Cup) for the first time where they defeated third division club ''[[VfB Oldenburg (III)]]'' and fourth tier ''[[Spvgg Elversberg (IV)]]'' before losinggoing out to 2.Bundesliga side ''[[Stuttgarter Kickers]] (II)''.
CaptureThe capture of the Verbandsliga title in [[1986]] put the club into the [[Oberliga (football)|Oberliga Westfalen]] (III), at that time third-tier andthe highest amateur class in German football. In [[1991]] they won the title in that league, and participated in the promotion round for the [[Second Bundesliga|2. Bundesliga]]. ''SC Verl'' wouldstood haveto beenbe the smallest town to ever field a German pro soccerfootball team, but they failed to advance. In [[1992]] they won the Westfalenpokal ([[DFB-Pokal]] qualification cup) and madeagain theirqualified second appearance infor the [[DFB-Pokal]] itself, but lost an all-amateur match in the first round.
In [[1994]], the number of third-tier footballs leagues in Germany was reduced from ten to four and ''Verl'' qualified for the newly formed [[Regionalliga (football)|Regionalliga West/Südwest]]. becameThey thefinished newas thirdrunners-tierup ofin Germanthe football,first reducingseason thatand tieragain fromtook 10part toin 4qualification leaguesplay for the 2. Bundesliga]] without success. The SCclub Verlwon qualifiedits forthird theWestfalenpokal newin league,[[1999]] and finishedin asfirst runner-upround inof theGerman firstCup season,play anotherput closeout brushthe withBundesliga's ''[[SecondBorussia Bundesliga|2Mönchengladbach]]'' 6:5 on penalties. BundesligaThey were in turn eliminated by ''[[Eintracht Frankfurt]]'', andthe prosecond soccerBundesliga club they faced in the competition (0:4).
After the German league system was restructured again in [[2000]] the number of third-tier leagues was reduced from four to two and ''Verl'' again qualified for play in the highest amateur class. In [[2003]], a 15th place finish in the Regionalliga Nord (III) saw the team sent down after 17 consecutive seasons in the third tier. Since then they playhave played in the [[Oberliga (football)|Oberliga Westfalen]] (IV), where they have earned two second place finishes in the last three seasons as they try to fight their way back up. ▼
In [[1999]] the club won the Westfalenpokal again, and in the first round of the [[DFB-Pokal]] scored a 6:5 win after penalties over [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] (I) before yielding 0:4 to [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] (I) in the second round.
In [[2000]], another reformation of the German league system reduced the number of third-tier leagues from 4 to 2, and again the club qualified for playing the highest amateur class.
▲In [[2003]], a 15th place finish in the Regionalliga Nord (III) saw the team sent down after 17 consecutive seasons in the third tier. Since then they play the [[Oberliga (football)|Oberliga Westfalen]] (IV), where they have earned two second place finishes in the last three seasons as they try to fight their way back up.
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