The SG Egelsbach is a German association football club from the city of Egelsbach, Hesse.
History The club was formed after the Second World War in 1945 when four local sports associations merged, the FC Egelsbach 1903, TV 1874 Egelsbach, TG 1885 Egelsbach and the Arbeiter-Radfahrverein 1905. Through the TV 1874, which was formed on 15 August 1874, the current club claims its foundation date within the club's name.SG Egelsbach website accessed: 18 October 2008 Like in most other towns and cities within the US occupation zone, only one sports club was permitted to exist. The new SGE was heavily based on the pre-1933 workers clubs, which had been outlawed by the Nazis. But unlike most other places, where, after the liberlisation of occupation laws, the old sport associations re-surfaced, in Egelsbach the merger of the four formerly separate clubs endured.SG Egelsbach website – Die Gründung accessed: 18 October 2008
For the most part of its history, the club existed as a minor local amateur side. The SGE first rose to attention when it earned promotion to the Landesliga Hessen-Süd (IV) in 1974. After a couple of good seasons in this league, a championship was won in 1979 and the SGE entered the Oberliga Hessen for the first time. Before that, in 1976, the club managed for the first time to qualify for the German Cup. In the DFB Cup 1976–77, it beat the 1. FC Mülheim 0–3 in the first roundSG Egelsbach .:. Die Bilanz gegen 1. FC Mülheim Weltfussball.de , accessed: 18 October 2008 before falling to the VfL Osnabrück 0–2 in the next round.SG Egelsbach .:. Die Bilanz gegen VfL Osnabrück Weltfussball.de accessed: 18 October 2008
The club only lasted for two seasons in this league before returning to the Landesliga in 1981. Another decent cup run in the DFB Cup 1980–81 saw the team again reach the second round. After defeating the TuS Neuendorf 3–4 in extra time,SG Egelsbach .:. Die Bilanz gegen TuS Koblenz Weltfussball.de accessed: 18 October 2008 the 1. FC Kaiserslautern ended their run in round two.SG Egelsbach .:. Die Bilanz gegen 1. FC Kaiserslautern Weltfussball.de , accessed: 18 October 2008 A runners-up spot in 1985 was the highlight of the following Landesliga seasons, before another league championship in 1989 earned it the return to the Oberliga. Immediate relegation from this league was followed by another Landesliga championship and another return to the highest league in the state of Hesse.
The following three seasons saw the SGE do rather well, finishing fourth each year and subsequently earning entry to the new Regionalliga Süd in 1994.
In this league, the club was never more than a struggler and being able to survive for three seasons was certainly a success in itself. Eventually, however, relegation could not be avoided and in 1997 the team went back to the Oberliga. The adventure Regionalliga however had cost the club dearly in financial terms and almost send it broke.SG Egelsbach website – Wachstum und Reife accessed: 18 October 2008 A third appearance in the German Cup in 1994 did not change this all that much. Another loss to Kaiserslautern, this time in round one, was nevertheless quite honorable with a 0–2 result.SG Egelsbach .:. Die Bilanz gegen 1. FC Kaiserslautern Weltfussball.de accessed: 18 October 2008
Back in the Oberliga Hessen, the SGE finished a respectable seventh but a two-point deduction combined with the financial repercussions of semi-professional football forced the club in 1998 to downgrade its ambitions.Saison Statistik 1997/98, Yearbook of German amateur football, publisher: DSFS, published: 1998, page: 28, accessed: 18 October 2008
The club stepped down to the Bezirksoberliga Darmstadt (VI) for the 1998–99 season.
After a fall to as far as the Kreisliga A-West Offenbach (VIII), the club returned to the Bezirksliga Frankfurt/Offenbach (VII) in 2003. After the 2007–08 season, the Hesse FA overhauled its league system, renaming the Bezirksliga to Kreisoberliga.
In 2008–09, the club had a bad start, sitting on last place in its league all season long, the Kreisoberliga Gruppe Offenbach, and being relegated at the end.Kreisoberliga Gruppe Offenbach 2008–09 accessed: 18 October 2008 It took SGE until 2013 to win promotion back to the Kreisoberliga, after winning the championship in the Kreisliga.
Honours The club's honours:
League Landesliga Hessen-Süd (IV) Champions: 1979, 1989, 1991 Kreisliga A Offenbach-West Champions: 2013
Cup Hesse Cup Winner: 1994
Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Historical German domestic league tablesFussball.de – Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues Season Division Tier Position 2002–03 Kreisliga A Offenbach-West VIII ↑ 2003–04 Bezirksliga Frankfurt/Offenbach VII 9th 2004–05 Bezirksliga Frankfurt/Offenbach 5th 2005–06 Bezirksliga Frankfurt/Offenbach 3rd 2006–07 Bezirksliga Frankfurt/Offenbach 7th 2007–08 Bezirksliga Frankfurt/Offenbach 14th 2008–09 Kreisoberliga Gruppe Offenbach VIII 16th ↓ 2009–10 Kreisliga A Offenbach-West IX 3rd 2010–11 Kreisliga A Offenbach-West 7th 2011–12 Kreisliga A Offenbach-West 3rd 2012–13 Kreisliga A Offenbach-West 1st ↑ 2013–14 Kreisoberliga Offenbach VIII 9th 2014–15 Kreisoberliga Offenbach 3rd 2015–16 Kreisoberliga Offenbach 5th 2016–17 Kreisoberliga Offenbach 2017–18 Kreisoberliga Offenbach 5th 2018–19 Kreisoberliga Offenbach 8th With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. Also in 2008, a large number of football leagues in Hesse were renamed, with the Oberliga Hessen becoming the Hessenliga, the Landesliga becoming the Verbandsliga, the Bezirksoberliga becoming the Gruppenliga and the Bezirksliga becoming the Kreisoberliga.
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
References
External links Official team site
SG Egelsbach profile at Weltfussball.de Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables