{{short description|German football club}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = SpVgg Erkenschwick | image = [[File:SpVggErkenschwick.png|150px|Logo]] | fullname = Spielvereingung 1916 Erkenschwick e.V. | nickname = | founded = 9 June 1916 | ground = [[Stimbergstadion]] | capacity = 14,380 | chairman = Hermann Silvers | manager = Magnus Niemöller | league = [[Oberliga Westfalen]] (V) | season = [[2024–25 Oberliga Westfalen|2024-25]] | position = 17th | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1= | leftarm1=ff0000|body1=FF0000|rightarm1=ff0000|shorts1=000000|socks1=ffffff | pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2= | leftarm2=ffffff|body2=ffffff|rightarm2=ffffff|shorts2=ffffff|socks2=ffffff| }}
'''SpVgg Erkenschwick''' is a [[Football in Germany|German football club]] based in [[Oer-Erkenschwick]] in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]].
== History == Founded as ''Sportverein Erkenschwick'' in 1916, they joined ''Emscher-Lippe-Spielverband'' to form ''Sportfreunde Erkenschwick'' in 1918, which in then merged with ''Turn- und Leichtathletikverein TV Erkenschwick'' in 1921 to form the sports club still known today as ''TuS 09 Erkenschwick''. The football side separated from this club and joined the footballers from ''Blau-Weiss Oer'' to form ''SpVgg Erkenschwick''.
The side was competitive from 1943 through to 1953, playing top-flight football in the [[Gauliga Westfalen]] until the end of World War II and in the [[Oberliga West]] (I) immediately after the war.
Through the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, ''Erkenschwick'' played as a third division side with just three seasons spent in the [[2. Fußball-Bundesliga|2. Bundesliga]] (1974–75, 1975–76, and 1980–81). At the turn of the century they slipped to fourth and fifth level competition, and, since 2012, play in [[Oberliga Westfalen]] (V) again.
== Honours == The club's honours: * '''[[Oberliga Westfalen]]''' (III) ** Champions: 1980, 1987 * '''Verbandsliga Westfalen Nordost''' (IV) ** Champions: 1965, 1967, 1968 * '''Verbandsliga Westfalen Südwest''' (V) ** Champions: 2004 * '''[[Westphalia Cup]]''' ** Winners: 1987, 1993
== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.spvgg-erkenschwick.de/}} {{in lang|de}} * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030606185535/http://abseits-soccer.com/clubs/erken.html Abseits Guide to German Soccer]}}
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