SC Opel Rüsselsheim
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| Full name | Sportclub Opel 06 Rüsselsheim e.V. |
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| Founded | 12 August 1906 |
| Ground | Stadion am Sommerdamm |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
| Chairman | Jürgen Gelis |
| Manager | Jörg Nowka |
| League | Kreisoberliga Darmstadt/Gross-Gerau (VIII) |
| 2015–16 | 13th |
The SC Opel Rüsselsheim is a German association football club from the city of Rüsselsheim, Hesse.
Apart from its association with the company Opel, the clubs most notable achievement has been playing in Germany's second division from 1965 to 1972.
The club was formed on 12 August 1906 as SC Borussia 06 Rüsselsheim. In the 1920s, the club merged with a local gymnastics club, the Turngesellschaft and took its current name in reference to the fact that many of its members were employed at the local Opel factory. However, the club was never directly connected with or dependent on the company.
In 1932, the club took out its first local second-division championship, beating FSV Mainz 05 but it took until 1935 to earn promotion to the first division in the region, the Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen. SC Opel spent five seasons in this league until the collapse of Nazi Germany in 1945, mostly as an elevator team.
After the end of the Second World War, the club became part of the tier-two Landesliga Hessen, which was then staged in two regional groups. Upon the merger of the two leagues into one in 1947, the club had to step down one level.SC OPEL managed to return to Hesses highest league, which was now the tier-three Amateurliga Hessen, in 1950. The club stayed at this level until 1954, when it was relegated once more.
After a decade in the lower levels of amateur football, the club experienced a revival in 1964, earning promotion back to the Amateurliga. In this league, it won the championship convincingly, beating second placed Westend Frankfurt by eleven points. The champions of Hesse, alongside the Bavarian champions, were directly promoted to the Regionalliga Süd, one of Germany's regional second division below the Fußball-Bundesliga at this stage. The club also qualified for the DFB-Pokal 1965–66 where it lost to Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–5 in a qualification round. The club was then mostly listed as SC Rüsselsheim as it was seen as illegal advertising to carry a sponsors name in its title.
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