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German association-football club

Football club

SC Verl Full name Sportclub Verl von 1924 e.V. Founded 6 September 1924; 101 years ago (1924-09-06) Ground Sportclub Arena Capacity 5,207[1] Chairman Raimund Bertels Manager Tobias Strobl League 3. Liga 2025–26 3. Liga, 6th of 20 Home colours Away colours Third colours Current season

**SC Verl** is a [German association football club](/source/Football_in_Germany) based in [Verl](/source/Verl), [North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/North_Rhine-Westphalia). The club was founded on 6 September 1924,[2] and since 1970 has consistently played in the higher echelons of amateur football. The club was promoted to the professional [3. Liga](/source/3._Liga) in 2020.

## History

After almost 50 years of comparably insignificant existence, SC Verl advanced to the Landesliga Westfalen (IV) in 1970. Since then, SC Verl have been relegated only once (in 2003), qualified for newly introduced higher-class leagues three times out of four, won their league twice, and played the promotion round for [2. Bundesliga](/source/2._Bundesliga) once (in 1991). Had they advanced, SC Verl would have been the smallest town ever to field a German pro football team. Their second bid for advancing to professional football was the 1994–95 season, when they finished second in the newly formed Regionalliga Nord (III), six points behind [Arminia Bielefeld](/source/Arminia_Bielefeld).

Historical chart of the club's league performance

### German Cup appearances

SC Verl have appeared in the [DFB-Pokal](/source/DFB-Pokal) (German Cup) tournament six times. In 1979, they defeated [VfB Oldenburg](/source/VfB_Oldenburg) (III)[3] and [Spvgg Elversberg](/source/SV_Elversberg) (IV)[4] before going out to [Stuttgarter Kickers](/source/Stuttgarter_Kickers) (II).[5] In 1992, they lost an all-amateur match in the first round. In 1999, they eliminated the [Bundesliga](/source/Bundesliga) club [Borussia Mönchengladbach](/source/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach) 6–5 on penalties, with [Arne Friedrich](/source/Arne_Friedrich) scoring the decisive penalty.[6] They were defeated by the Bundesliga side [Eintracht Frankfurt](/source/Eintracht_Frankfurt) in the second round.[7] In both their fourth (2007) and fifth (2010) appearances, they lost their first round matches against [TSV 1860 Munich](/source/TSV_1860_Munich) (II) – in the 2010 match by 2–1 after they led 1–0 at half-time.[8][9]

In the [2019–20 season](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_DFB-Pokal) Verl caused a major upset by beating the Bundesliga club [Augsburg](/source/FC_Augsburg) 2–1 in the first round[10] and 2. Bundesliga [Holstein Kiel](/source/Holstein_Kiel) on penalties in the second round[11] before losing 1–0 to [Union Berlin](/source/1._FC_Union_Berlin).[12]

### Relegation and non-qualification

In 2003, a 15th-place finish in the Regionalliga Nord (III) saw the team relegated for the first time in over thirty years. Some dispute surrounds Verl having to play the last game of the season in Paderborn during torrential rain, while [Hamburger SV II](/source/Hamburger_SV_II) were able to claim unplayable conditions and played the next day, securing a victory against [KFC Uerdingen](/source/KFC_Uerdingen) to remain in the league.[13]

SC Verl had to play the [Oberliga Westfalen](/source/Oberliga_(football)) (IV) for four years before winning the championship and advancing to Regionalliga again in 2007. One season later, the [3. Liga](/source/3._Liga) was introduced between the [2. Bundesliga](/source/2._Bundesliga) and the Regionalliga, which in turn was split up from two into three divisions. SC Verl suffered through a poor 2007–08 campaign, finishing 18th and failing to qualify for the 3. Liga.

### 2009 European football betting scandal

Two SC Verl games from the 2008–09 season – among over two hundred games by other clubs – were suspected of having been rigged by players, leading to significant attention by the press as, for several days, SC Verl was the only club actually named. The two players accused were summarily suspended, and their contracts were eventually terminated.[14][15]

### Amateur success

Having played at least fourth tier level since 1970, with 17 consecutive seasons in the third tier, makes SC Verl one of the most consistent top teams of Germany's amateur football. One of the smallest cities to field a fourth-tier football team, and together with neighbouring club [SC Wiedenbrück](/source/SC_Wiedenbr%C3%BCck) one of only two clubs in the [Regionalliga West](/source/Regionalliga_West) working under amateur conditions (both players and coaches have day-time jobs), the club is without any liabilities – a direct result of a continued policy of "no credit financing".

The club achieved mid-table finishes for their first eleven seasons in the Regionalliga West after 2008.

### Into 3. Liga

In the truncated [2019–20 season](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_Regionalliga), the club finished second on the points-per-game rule, but advanced to the promotion play-offs after first-placed [SV Rödinghausen](/source/SV_R%C3%B6dinghausen) declined to apply for a licence to play in the [3. Liga](/source/3._Liga). Verl then beat [Lokomotive Leipzig](/source/1._FC_Lokomotive_Leipzig) on away goals to win promotion to the 3. Liga for the first time.[16]

In their first professional season, SC Verl performed strongly and finished 7th. Their second season went less smoothly, and they secured a third season only in their last match when they drew 1–1 against [MSV Duisburg](/source/MSV_Duisburg).

## Honours

The club's honours:

- **[Oberliga Westfalen](/source/Oberliga_Westfalen)** - Champions: 1991, 2007

- **[Westphalia Cup](/source/Westphalia_Cup)** - Winners: 1992, 1999, 2007, [2026](/source/2025%E2%80%9326_Verbandspokal)

## Players

### Current squad

- *As of 30 January 2026[17][18][19][20]*

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under [FIFA eligibility rules](/source/FIFA_eligibility_rules); some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK GER Philipp Schulze 2 DF GER Raphael Araoye 5 DF GER Martin Ens 6 MF GER Joshua Eze 7 MF GER Julian Stark 8 MF GER Dennis Waidner 9 FW GER Jonas Arweiler 10 FW GER Berkan Taz 11 FW GER Marco Wörner (on loan from SC Paderborn) 13 FW BIH Alem Japaur 14 DF GER Paul Lehmann (on loan from Dynamo Dresden) 17 MF BIH Almin Mešanović 18 MF GER Fabian Wessig No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF GER Niko Kijewski (captain) 20 DF MAR Oualid Mhamdi 21 DF GER Tobias Knost 22 MF GER Marco Mannhardt 23 FW SUI Alessio Besio (on loan from SC Freiburg II) 24 DF GER Michel Stöcker 26 MF CYP Antonio Foti 28 MF GER Yari Otto 30 MF GER Timur Gayret 32 GK GER Fabian Pekruhl 34 DF GER Fynn Otto 40 GK GER Marlon Zacharias

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under [FIFA eligibility rules](/source/FIFA_eligibility_rules); some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF GER Konstantin Gerhardt (at SC Wiedenbrück until 30 June 2026)

## Famous players

SC Verl has seen many players who went on to professional careers, the most notable being [Arne Friedrich](/source/Arne_Friedrich), who played his last amateur season with the club before joining [Arminia Bielefeld](/source/Arminia_Bielefeld) in 2000, appeared for the [national side](/source/Germany_national_football_team) and captained [Hertha Berlin](/source/Hertha_BSC).

### International players

- [Musemestre Bamba](/source/Musemestre_Bamba) – 3 A-Games for the [Democratic Republic of the Congo national football team](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_national_football_team)

- [Ousseni Labo](/source/Ousseni_Labo) – 6 A-Games for the [Togo national football team](/source/Togo_national_football_team)

- [Etienne Barbara](/source/Etienne_Barbara) – 30 A-Games for the [Malta national football team](/source/Malta_national_football_team)

- [Heinrich Schmidtgal](/source/Heinrich_Schmidtgal) – 15 A-Games for the [Kazakhstan national football team](/source/Kazakhstan_national_football_team)

## Stadium

After its establishment in 1924 and through part of the 1930s, SC Verl played at Auf der Heide. Sometime in the 1930s they moved to Birkenallee, where they remained until the end of World War II in 1945. Between 1945 and '55 their home ground was the Sportplatz Poststraße, and after 1955 the Stadion an der Poststraße. After capturing the Amateuroberliga Westfalen title in 1991, the team played its promotion round matches in the Heidewaldestadion Gütersloh in its failed attempt to advance to the [2. Bundesliga](/source/2._Bundesliga) (as the Poststraße was not up to the task both capacity- and security-wise). The Stadion an der Poststraße was last expanded in 2015–16 to a capacity of 5,153, and renamed "Sportclub-Arena".

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-arena_infos_1-0)** ["Sportclub Arena – Infos"](https://www.sportclub-verl.de/Seite/434/SPORTCLUB-ArenaInfos) (in German). SC Verl. Retrieved 19 March 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [3-89784-147-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-89784-147-9)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [VfB Oldenburg – SC Verl, 26.08.1979](http://sport-dienst.fussball.de/dfb-pokal/1980/runde1/oldenburg-verl/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110827185637/http://sport-dienst.fussball.de/dfb-pokal/1980/runde1/oldenburg-verl/) 27 August 2011 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [SV Elversberg – SC Verl, 29.09.1979](http://sport-dienst.fussball.de/dfb-pokal/1980/runde2/verl-elversberg/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110827190111/http://sport-dienst.fussball.de/dfb-pokal/1980/runde2/verl-elversberg/) 27 August 2011 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [SC Verl – Stuttgarter Kickers, 12.01.1980](http://sport-dienst.fussball.de/dfb-pokal/1980/runde3/verl-stkickers/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110827190235/http://sport-dienst.fussball.de/dfb-pokal/1980/runde3/verl-stkickers/) 27 August 2011 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** dfb.de: [SC Verl – Borussia Mönchengladbach, 31.07.1999](https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=160463)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** dfb.de: [SC Verl – Eintracht Frankfurt, 08.08.1999](https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=160461)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** dfb.de: [SC Verl – TSV 1860 München, 04.08.2007](https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=503057&action=showSchema&lang=D&liga=dfbpokm&saison=07&saisonl=2007&spieltag=1&spielid=653&cHash=c793841eb3)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** dfb.de: [SC Verl – 1860 München, 14.08.2010](https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=509984&no_cache=1&action=showSchema&lang=D&liga=dfbpokm&saison=10&saisonl=2010&spieltag=1&spielid=122593&cHash=e06aafd73e)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Viertligist Verl wirft Augsburg aus dem DFB-Pokal, Lautern besiegt Mainz"](https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/dfb-pokal-viertligist-verl-wirft-bundesligist-augsburg-raus-a-1281383.html). *Der Spiegel*. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["DFB-POKAL"](https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal/spieltag/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2301983). 10 May 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["DFB-POKAL"](https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal/spieltag/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2302011). 10 May 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** [Regionalliga Nord 2002/03, 34th gameday](http://www.fussballdaten.de/regionalliga/nord/2003/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** [Neumanns Platz im Verler Kader ist frei](http://www.rootdirectory.de/scv/20091217.html)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] in: *Neue Westfälische*, 17 December 2009

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** [*SC Verl kündigt Hagedorn*](http://www.scv-fans.de/03c1989d290cc7b01.php)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] in: *Westfalenblatt*, 24 February 2010

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Der SC Verl spielt das Rückspiel in Bielefeld"](https://www.kicker.de/der_sc_verl_spielt_das_rueckspiel_in_bielefeld-778486/artikel). *[Kicker](/source/Kicker_(magazine))* (in German). [kicker](/source/Kicker_(sports_magazine)). 26 June 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Die Erste"](http://www.sportclub-verl.de/Mannschaft/2497/Die-Erste) (in German). SC Verl. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["SC Verl – Squad 2021/2022"](https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te13213/sc-verl/squad/). *worldfootball.net*. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["Verstärkung für die Defensive!"](https://www.sportclub-verl.de/artikel/100384/verstaerkung-fuer-die-defensive). *www.sportclub-verl.de* (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** ["Erster Winterneuzugang beim Sportclub!"](https://www.sportclub-verl.de/artikel/100284/erster-winterneuzugang-beim-sportclub). *www.sportclub-verl.de* (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2026.

## External links

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- [Official website](https://www.sportclub-verl.de/) (in German)

- [Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv](http://www.f-archiv.de/) historical German domestic league tables (in German)

- [Abseits Guide to German Soccer](https://web.archive.org/web/20030606185644/http://abseits-soccer.com/clubs/verl.html)

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