FC Süderelbe
History
History
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FC Süderelbe was founded in 1949 when the football department of [TV Fischbek](/wiki/TV_Fischbek "TV Fischbek") split off from the parent club. For decades, the club was only active at the [Kreisliga](/wiki/Kreisliga "Kreisliga") and [Bezirksliga](/wiki/Bezirksliga "Bezirksliga") levels. The sporting upswing began in the 1970s when [Fred Asmußen](/wiki/Fred_Asmu%C3%9Fen "Fred Asmußen") took over the chairmanship in 1975\. Two years later, [Bernd Enge](/wiki/Bernd_Enge "Bernd Enge") joined FC Süderelbe, where he worked as a coach, manager and president in the following years. In 1980, the team was promoted to the [Landesliga](/wiki/Landesliga "Landesliga").

After finishing third in 1983, the club gained promotion to the then fourth\-division [Verbandsliga Hamburg](/wiki/Verbandsliga_Hamburg "Verbandsliga Hamburg") two years later. Just four years later, FC Süderelbe secured the [Verbandsliga](/wiki/Verbandsliga "Verbandsliga") runners\-up spot behind the amateurs of [Hamburger SV](/wiki/Hamburger_SV_II "Hamburger SV II"). This qualified the team for the promotion round to the [Oberliga Nord](/wiki/Oberliga_Nord "Oberliga Nord"), where FC Süderelbe won both games against [Kickers Emden](/wiki/Kickers_Emden "Kickers Emden"). Ultimately, the South Hamburg team finished third. In October 1989, [Bernd Enge](/wiki/Bernd_Enge "Bernd Enge") announced his withdrawal at the end of the season. The team once again became [Verbandsliga](/wiki/Verbandsliga "Verbandsliga") runners\-up, this time behind [VfL Stade](/wiki/VfL_Stade "VfL Stade"). However, before the start of the promotion round, almost all of the regular players had already signed contracts for the upcoming season with other clubs.

Despite these turbulences, the Süderelbe team had realistic promotion chances after a surprising 2–1 win over [VfB Lübeck](/wiki/VfB_L%C3%BCbeck "VfB Lübeck"). However, these were squandered on the last matchday with a 3–3 draw against [TuS Celle](/wiki/TuS_Celle_FC "TuS Celle FC"). This was followed by a rapid downfall. In 1991, FC Süderelbe were [relegated](/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation "Promotion and relegation") to the Landesliga and were promptly demoted to the Bezirksliga. Only with difficulty could a third consecutive relegation be prevented. In the mid\-1990s, the football department of [Hausbruch\-Neugrabener Turnerschaft](/wiki/Hausbruch-Neugrabener_TS "Hausbruch-Neugrabener TS") joined FC Süderelbe, who again focused more on their own youth work. In 1999, the club returned to the [Landesliga](/wiki/Landesliga "Landesliga").

Three years later, FC Süderelbe missed out on promotion to the Verbandsliga after a 1–4 defeat in the decisive game against [TSV Wandsetal](/wiki/TSV_Wandsetal "TSV Wandsetal"). Finally, in 2005, the club achieved their second promotion to the Verbandsliga, only to be relegated again the following season. This was followed by several years in the middle of the Landesliga, until the team finished as runners\-up behind [Buxtehuder SV](/wiki/Buxtehuder_SV "Buxtehuder SV") in 2014\. After [Oststeinbeker SV](/wiki/Oststeinbeker_SV "Oststeinbeker SV") withdrew their team to the [Kreisliga](/wiki/Kreisliga "Kreisliga"), FC Süderelbe were allowed to be promoted to the [Oberliga](/wiki/Oberliga_%28football%29 "Oberliga (football)").


How did the football department of Hausbruch-Neugrabener Turnerschaft join FC Süderelbe?