SC Klinge Seckach is a German

Germany

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 women's football club based in Seckach

Seckach

Seckach is a town in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.-References:...

, Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

. The club has played eight seasons in the Bundesliga

Fußball-Bundesliga (women)

The Women's Football Bundesliga is the main league competition for women's football in Germany. In 1990 the German Football Association created the German Women's Bundesliga, based on the model of the men's Bundesliga. It was first played with north and south divisions, but in 1997 the groups...

, but at the end of the 1990s their performance fell off and today Klinge Seckach's first team plays in the fifth-tier Verbandsliga.

History

The origins of Klinge Seckach lie at SV Schlierstadt. Schlierstadt won the championship of Baden in 1975 and again in 1977. Following the 1977 championship they had even reached the semi-final of the German championship where they lost to FC Oberst Schiel 1902 Niederrad. The club won consecutive championships from 1979 to 1981, but was never able to advance beyond the second round of the national championship. Also in 1981 the DFB-Pokal was held for the first time and Schlierstadt reached the quarter-final of the competition.

In 1981 the ladies of Schlierstadt decided to form their own club and on 28 June 1981 SC Klinge Seckach was founded as an independent women's football club. While the club resides in Seckach

Seckach

Seckach is a town in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.-References:...

 the "Klinge" part of the name refers to initial ground of the club which was in the Klinge district of Seckach. Klinge Seckach continued to have success a and reached the semi-final of the national championship again in 1982 where they lost to eventual champions SSG Bergisch Gladbach. In the following seasons Klinge Seckach established themselves as a club participating routinely in national tournaments, failing to qualify for the cup and the championship only in 1987. In 1983 they had their most successful season, reaching the quarter-final of the championship and the semi-final fo the cup.

When the Bundesliga

Fußball-Bundesliga (women)

The Women's Football Bundesliga is the main league competition for women's football in Germany. In 1990 the German Football Association created the German Women's Bundesliga, based on the model of the men's Bundesliga. It was first played with north and south divisions, but in 1997 the groups...

 was incepted in 1990 Klinge Seckach was among the twenty teams eligible. In 1996 they reached the final of the DFB-Pokal, losing 1–2 to 1. FFC Frankfurt

1. FFC Frankfurt

1. FFC Frankfurt is a German women's association football club based in Frankfurt, Hesse and has a membership of about 430. The team currently plays in the German first division women's Bundesliga.- History :...

. Having achieved mid-table results for seven consecutive seasons the clubs performance declined steeply afterwards leading to two consecutive relegations in 1998 and 1999. Klinge Seckach managed promotion back to second-tier football in 2001, but another relegation in 2006 and the introduction of two new levels further up in the pyramid steadily moved the club to fifth-tier football.

Notable Past Players

The following players of Klinge Seckach had appearances in the German national football team

Germany women's national football team

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:
Petra Bartelmann Renate Lingor

Renate Lingor

Renate Lingor is a retired female German international football player.-Club career:Lingor began her career in 1981 with SV Blankenloch at the age of six, in 1983 she joined the youth team of Karlsruher SC. Aged 14 she signed with SC Klinge Seckach where she started her professional career in...

 Silvia Neid

Silvia Neid

Silvia Neid is a former professional soccer player, and, since July 2005, has served as the head coach of the Germany women's national football team after having been assistant to Tina Theune-Meyer for some time...

Honours

• DFB-Pokal runners-up: 1996
• Member of the Bundesliga
  Fußball-Bundesliga (women)
  The Women's Football Bundesliga is the main league competition for women's football in Germany. In 1990 the German Football Association created the German Women's Bundesliga, based on the model of the men's Bundesliga. It was first played with north and south divisions, but in 1997 the groups...
  
  (8 seasons): 1990–1998
• Regional champion of Baden: (6x) 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990
• Winner of the cup of Baden: (6x) 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990

In addition the team won the following honours while still being a part of SV Schlierstadt:

• Regional champion of Baden: (7x) 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
• Winner of the cup of Baden: (1x) 1980