VfR Wormatia 08 Worms is a German association football club that plays in Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club and its historical predecessors were regular participants in regional first-division football competition until the formation of the national top-flight Bundesliga in 1963.
| Full name | Verein für Rasenspiele Wormatia Worms 08 e.V. | |||
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| Founded | 23 May 1908 | |||
| Ground | EWR-Arena | |||
| Capacity | 5,624[1] | |||
| President | Florian Natter[2] | |||
| Head coach | John Antuna (interim)[3] | |||
| League | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | |||
| 2023–24 | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, 5th of 20 | |||
| Website | http://www.wormatia.de | |||
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History
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SC Wormatia was formed on 23 May 1908 and renamed VfL Wormatia Worms in 1921 just before merging with VfR Wormatia Worms in 1922. VfR was the product of the 1919 merger of Union 08 and Viktoria 1912. Both VfL and VfR were playing in the Kreisliga Hessen (I).[4]
The combined side played in the Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar earning mid-table results. In 1927, SC joined the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen and enjoyed first- and second-place finishes in that league's Gruppe Hessen. German football was re-organized under the Third Reich into sixteen Gauligen, or regional upper class leagues, in 1933. Wormatia found themselves playing in the Gauliga Südwest (I) where they continued to play well, capturing the division title three times. The side was merged into Reichsbahn TuSV Worms in 1938 and then played on under that name. The Gauliga Südwest was broken up into a two divisions in 1941 and the club went to the Gauliga Hessen-Nassau, playing there for only a couple of seasons before the end of World War II and the collapse of league play.
The club re-emerged as VfR Wormatia Worms after the war and joined the Oberliga Südwest (I) earning finishes in the upper half of the table in its first decade of play there, but only once advancing into the national championship rounds. That performance slipped somewhat in the years leading up to the formation of the Bundesliga, Germany's first professional league, in 1963. In the late 1960s, Wormatia became one of the first clubs to display advertising on its jerseys. Wormatia was seeded into the second division Regionalliga Südwest (2. Bundesliga after 1973) where, except for two seasons in the mid-1970s, the club played until 1981. The club's best results came in 1965, when it finished second and played in the Bundesliga promotion rounds, and in 1979, when it earned a third-place finish in the 2. Bundesliga.
The 1979 season was full of drama for Wormatia. At the mid-way point of the season the side led the 2.Bundesliga Süd as the Herbstmeisterschaft, or Autumn champions. Their second round German Cup match against Hertha BSC Berlin was called at 1–1 when the lights in Berlin's Olympiastadion failed and Worms then lost the subsequent re-match 0–2. The league championship remained within the club's grasp almost to the last, but crucial points were lost in drawing two of the season's final three matches. All of this took place against a background of steadily growing financial problems.
After struggling to avoid relegation through several poor seasons, the team finally slipped to the tier III Amateur Oberliga Südwest in 1982. A return to the 2. Bundesliga after a first-place finish in 1986 was frustrated when the club was denied a license because of its weak financial state. Wormatia continued to play third-division football until another financial crisis in 1994 drove them down to the Verbandsliga Südwest (V). The team returned to the Oberliga Südwest (IV) in 1998 and played there until 2008, when it qualified for the new Regionalliga West (IV) formed after the introduction of the 3. Liga. Finishing in the relegation zone at the end of its first season there, the club was saved from being sent down by the withdrawal of 12th-placed FSV Oggersheim from the league. Worms improved the following year and was moved to the Regionalliga Süd (IV) from 2010 to 2012. At the end of the 2011–12 season the club became part of the new Regionalliga Südwest (IV). They finished in a relegation position in 2014 but were spared from dropping back down to the Oberliga by the insolvency of SSV Ulm, but were relegated in 2019.
Honours
editThe club's honours:
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Current squad
editThis article needs to be updated. (August 2023) |
- As of 11 November 2018[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former players
editRecent seasons
editThe recent season-by-season performance of the club:[6][7]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
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| 1999–2000 | Oberliga Südwest | IV | 7th |
| 2000–01 | Oberliga Südwest | 16th | |
| 2001–02 | Oberliga Südwest | 15th | |
| 2002–03 | Oberliga Südwest | 3rd | |
| 2003–04 | Oberliga Südwest | 3rd | |
| 2004–05 | Oberliga Südwest | 8th | |
| 2005–06 | Oberliga Südwest | 4th | |
| 2006–07 | Oberliga Südwest | 3rd | |
| 2007–08[a] | Oberliga Südwest | 3rd ↑ | |
| 2008–09 | Regionalliga West | 16th | |
| 2009–10 | Regionalliga West | 17th | |
| 2010–11 | Regionalliga Süd | 12th | |
| 2011–12 | Regionalliga Süd | 4th | |
| 2012–13 | Regionalliga Südwest | 12th | |
| 2013–14 | Regionalliga Südwest | 16th | |
| 2014–15 | Regionalliga Südwest | 5th | |
| 2015–16 | Regionalliga Südwest | 9th | |
| 2016–17 | Regionalliga Südwest | 6th | |
| 2017–18 | Regionalliga Südwest | 13th | |
| 2018–19 | Regionalliga Südwest | 16th ↓ | |
| 2019–20[b] | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | V | 7th |
| 2020–21[b] | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | 1st | |
| 2021–22 | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | 3rd ↑ | |
| 2022–23 | Regionalliga Südwest | IV | 16th ↓ |
| 2023–24 | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | V | 5th |
| 2024–25 | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar |
- ^ 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.[8]
- ^ a b Season abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Key
edit| ↑ Promoted | ↓ Relegated |
Former coaches
editThe managers of the club:[9][10]
| 1920–1969 | 1970–1989 | 1990–2009 | 2010–present |
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References
edit- ^ "Daten & Fakten". Wormatia Worms (in German). Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ Mannshausen, Stefan (3 July 2024). "Wormatia-Präsident: "Wir wollen uns breiter aufstellen"". Wormser Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ Schröder, Torben (24 October 2024). "Wormatia Worms in der Rolle des Jägers". Mittelhessen (in German). Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. ISBN 978-3-89784-147-5.
- ^ "Wormatia Worms Squad". Archived from the original on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Archived 5 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
- ^ Fussball.de - Ergebnisse Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
- ^ "Official DFB article on the 3rd Bundesliga and Regionalliga" (in German). DFB. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
- ^ "Trainer". Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ Wormatia Worms .:. Trainer von A-Z Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 23 December 2011
External links
edit- Official website (in German)
- The Abseits Guide to German Soccer
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)
- Wormatia Worms at Fussballdaten.de
- Wormatia Worms at Weltfussball.de