TSG Pfeddersheim is a German association football club from the Pfeddersheim suburb of Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate.
The club's most notable achievement has been to qualify for the first round of the DFB-Pokal on six occasions, in 1989–90, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2000–01 and 2013–14.
History The club was formed in 1982, when the football department of the multi-sports club TSG Pfeddersheim, formed in 1886,TSG Pfeddersheim von 1886 website accessed: 3 August 2012 left the mother club.Club history TSG Pfeddersheim website, accessed: 3 August 2012 TSG Pfeddersheim Fußball, as the new club was officially called, won promotion to the tier-four Verbandsliga Südwest, the highest league of the Southwest football federation. In this league too, TSG achieved good results. Their performance culminated in a league championship in 1992 and promotion to the third division Oberliga Südwest.Verbandsliga Südwest tables Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv, accessed: 3 August 2012
Pfeddersheim spent the next eight seasons in the Oberliga, and achieved good results in the first four seasons. It missed out on qualifying for the new Regionalligas in 1994, the new third tier of the German league system, but finished an excellent third in the league in 1996. After this result the club declined and TSG was relegated again from the Oberliga in 2000.Oberliga Südwest tables Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv, accessed: 3 August 2012 TSG was unable to recover, instead suffering another drop in 2002, now to the Landesliga, where it was relegated from too in 2003.
After an absence of seven seasons the club was back in the Verbandsliga in 2009, becoming an upper table side once more. Another league title in 2012 took the team up to the Oberliga once more which had now been renamed Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar.
The club plays its home games at the Uwe-Becker-Stadion, which holds 3,000.Uwe-Becker-Stadion Weltfussball.de, accessed: 3 August 2012
DFB-Pokal The club has made it to the first round of the DFB-Pokal, Germany's national cup competition, on six occasions. In 1989–90 the team defeated VfB Gaggenau 2–0 in the first round to lose to Kickers Offenbach 1–3 in the second.DFB-Pokal 1989/1990 .:. Spielplan Weltfussball.de, accessed: 3 August 2012 Its second appearance, in 1993–94, saw the club receive a bye in the first round, defeating Greifswalder SC 2–0 and losing to MSV Duisburg 1–3 in extra time.DFB-Pokal 1993/1994 .:. Spielplan Weltfussball.de, accessed: 3 August 2012
In the 1995–96 edition TSG drew Borussia Dortmund at home as its opposition in the first round, the current German champions at the time. The amateur club managed to hold Dortmund to a one all draw but lost 3–4 on penalties in front of 25,500.TSG Pfeddersheim-Borussia Dortmund fussballdaten.de, accessed: 3 August 2012 Its fourth appearance, in 1996–97, saw Pfeddersheim draw FSV Zwickau in the first round and exiting after a 1–2 loss.DFB-Pokal 1996/1997 .:. Spielplan Weltfussball.de, accessed: 3 August 2012 The club's fifth appearance in the German Cup ended in a 0–7 loss to TSV 1860 Munich on 27 August 2000.DFB-Pokal 2000/2001 .:. Spielplan Weltfussball.de, accessed: 3 August 2012
After the club's sixth South West Cup triumph in 2013 the team qualified for the first cup round once more, losing to SpVgg Greuther Fürth on 2 August 2013 in the first round of the 2013–14 DFB-Pokal.
Honours The club's honours:
League Verbandsliga Südwest (VI) Champions: 1992, 2012 Runners-up: 1991 Landesliga Südwest-Ost Runners-up: 2009 Bezirksliga Rheinhessen Champions: 2007 Runners-up: 2005
Cup South West Cup (Tiers III-VII) Winners: 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2013
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 1999–2000 Oberliga Südwest IV 17th ↓ 2000–01 Verbandsliga Südwest V 7th 2001–02 Verbandsliga Südwest 16th ↓ 2002–03 Landesliga Südwest-Ost VI 14th ↓ 2003–04 Bezirksliga Rheinhessen VII 2004–05 Bezirksliga Rheinhessen 2nd 2005–06 Bezirksliga Rheinhessen 6th 2006–07 Bezirksliga Rheinhessen 1st ↑ 2007–08 Landesliga Südwest-Ost VI 3rd 2008–09 Landesliga Südwest-Ost VII 2nd ↑ 2009–10 Verbandsliga Südwest VI 4th 2010–11 Verbandsliga Südwest 3rd 2011–12 Verbandsliga Südwest 1st ↑ 2012–13 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar V 11th 2013–14 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 7th 2014–15 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 3rd 2015–16 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 6th 2016–17 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 11th 2017–18 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 12th 2018–19 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 3rd 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. In 2012 the Oberliga Südwest was renamed Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar.
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
References
External links Official team site Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables TSG Pfeddersheim at Weltfussball.de