The FC Hertha Wiesbach is a German association football club from the Wiesenbach suburb of Eppelborn, Saarland.
The club's greatest success has been to earn promotion to the tier five Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar in 2013.
History The club was formed in August 1908 as SSK Hertha Mangelhausen, with the name Hertha derived from the much more famous Hertha BSC Berlin. In the mid-1920s the club adopted its current name.100 Jahre FC Hertha Wiesbach 1908 – 2008 FC Hertha Wiesenbach website – Club history, accessed: 13 September 2014
For most of its history the club has been a non-descript amateur side in local football. The clubs slow rise through the league system began in 1992 when it earned promotion to the then tier-six Bezirksliga Saarland-Nord. Wiesenbach played in this league for the next eight season until a league championship took it up to the Landesliga in 2000.
Four seasons in the Landesliga Saarland-Nordost followed until 2004, when another league title meant promotion to the Verbandsliga Saarland. Wiesenbach spend five seasons in this league, generally achieving good results. In 2009 the Saarlandliga was introduced as a new league in the Saarland between the Oberliga and the Verbandsliga and the club qualified for this league on the strength of a third place in 2008–09. The next four seasons Wiesenbach always finished in the top four, culminating in another league championship in 2013.
The later allowed the club to leave the Saarland league system for the first time and earn promotion to the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar. In its first season there Wiesenbach finished in eighth place.Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar tables & results Weltfussball.de, accessed: 13 September 2014
Honours The club's honours:
League Saarlandliga Champions: 2013 Landesliga Saarland-Nordost Champions: 2004 Bezirksliga Saarland-Nord Champions: 2000 Runners-up: 1999
Cup Saarland Cup Runners-up: 2013
Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 13 September 2014Fussball.de – Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues, accessed: 13 September 2014 Season Division Tier Position 1999–2000 Bezirksliga Saarland-Nord VII 1st ↑ 2000–01 Landesliga Saarland-Nordost VI 9th 2001–02 Landesliga Saarland-Nordost 10th 2002–03 Landesliga Saarland-Nordost 4th 2003–04 Landesliga Saarland-Nordost 1st ↑ 2004–05 Verbandsliga Saarland V 8th 2005–06 Verbandsliga Saarland 3rd 2006–07 Verbandsliga Saarland 3rd 2007–08 Verbandsliga Saarland 5th 2008–09 Verbandsliga Saarland VI 3rd 2009–10 Saarlandliga 3rd 2010–11 Saarlandliga 3rd 2011–12 Saarlandliga 4th 2012–13 Saarlandliga 1st ↑ 2013–14 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar V 8th 2014–15 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 10th 2015–16 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 5th 2016–17 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. With the introduction of the Saarlandliga in 2009 all leagues below dropped one tier.
Key ↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
References
External links Official team site Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables