SC Paderborn 07

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Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 (pronounced [ʔɛs t͡seː paːdɐˈbɔʁn nʊl ziːbm̩]) or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed[tone] its greatest success[tone] since the turn of the millennium,[clarification needed] becoming a fixture[vague] in the 2. Bundesliga before securing promotion to the Bundesliga in the 2013–14 season. However, they got relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after only a season in the top division, and then again to the 3. Liga the season after. This relegation streak almost continued as low as the Regionalliga West, but were saved in the 2016-17 season because 1860 Munich were refused a license. The club returned to 2. Bundesliga, reaching 2nd place in the 2018–19 season and was promoted to the Bundesliga. The club finished 18th in the 2019–20 season and returned to the 2. Bundesliga.

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SC Paderborn
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Full nameSport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V.
Founded1907; 117 years ago (1907)[contradictory]
GroundBenteler-Arena
Capacity15,000[citation needed]
PresidentElmar Volkmann[citation needed]
Head coachLukas Kwasniok
League2. Bundesliga
2023–242. Bundesliga, 7th of 18
Websitescp07.de
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History

Fusion into SC Paderborn

For most of the twentieth century, Paderborn had two football clubs: TuS Schloss Neuhaus and FC Paderborn, who remained rivals until the 1980s. After Neuhaus had been promoted to the 2. Bundesliga and finished last in 1983, this set-up had reached its athletic and financial ceiling.[jargon] Thus, in 1985, the two clubs merged into TuS Paderborn/Neuhaus. In 1997, the club adopted its current identity by assuming the name SC Paderborn 07, named after TuS Neuhaus's founding date 1907.[vague][contradictory][1]

Beginnings in amateur football (1985–2005)

During most of the 1980s, the recently merged club competed in the third-tier Oberliga Westfalen, where they counted among the leading teams[according to whom?] but never achieved promotion. In 1994, Paderborn won the league and thereby qualified for the promotion playoffs. The team lost to Eintracht Braunschweig and Fortuna Düsseldorf, but secured a place in the newly formed third-tier of the German football pyramid, the Regionalliga West/Südwest. Except for a brief stint in the fourth tier, Paderborn enjoyed[tone] moderate success with regular trips to the DFB Pokal.[vague][2]

During one of these, in 2004/5, the club reached the round of 16, beating MSV Duisburg and Bundesliga side Hamburger SV on the way. It later emerged that latter match had been affected by match fixing; referee Robert Hoyzer had received a bribe to let Paderborn win the game.[vague] The incident remains the most significant betting scandal in the history of German football.[3]

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Coach André Breitenreiter in the 2013–14 promotion season

Consolidation in the 2. Bundesliga (2005–15)

Paderborn returned to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time in nearly thirty years at the end of the same season. The team's advance into professional football brought with it a professionalisation of its structures, and, in 2005, construction began on a new 15,000-seat stadium, which replaced the dated Hermann-Löns-Stadion. All of this helped to establish the club as a regular component of Germany's professional football landscape.[vague][4] This process culminated in the club's first promotion to the Bundesliga after the 2013/14 season under coach André Breitenreiter, who had only joined the club from TSV Havelse at the start of the season.[5]

Bundesliga and years of turbulence (2015–present)

Having never been in the Bundesliga before, Paderborn were described[by whom?][clarification needed] as "the biggest outsider in Bundesliga history" going into the season. The team started well; in the fourth game of the campaign against Hannover 96, midfielder Moritz Stoppelkamp scored a volley from 83 metres out,[clarification needed] headline a Bundesliga record for the furthest ever goal. This goal also put the team top of the Bundesliga table at the time.[6]

Paderborn were 10th in the table at the halfway point, but suffered a number of heavy losses in the second half of the season. On the second last matchday of the season, they dropped to last place, and were relegated on the final day.[7] Upon relegation, a number of key players such as Alban Meha, Mario Vrančić, Lukas Rupp, Marvin Ducksch and captain Uwe Hünemeier left the club, while coach Breitenreiter joined Schalke.

Starting the 2015–16 season with Markus Gellhaus in charge, Paderborn surprisingly[according to whom?] gave former Germany international Stefan Effenberg his first coaching job in October 2015.[vague] In March, Effenberg was sacked, with the team bottom of the table and heading for a second consecutive relegation, which was later confirmed.[8] Competing in the 3. Liga for the first time since 2009, Paderborn again found themselves[tone] at the bottom of the table. After Steffen Baumgart took over as coach in April, the team picked up 11 points from his five games in charge, but could not escape the relegation zone, finishing in 18th position. That should have been a third relegation in a row, this time to the non-professional Regionalliga West, but Paderborn were unexpectedly saved by 1860 Munich not receiving a license to play in the 3. Liga. 1860 Munich were forced[by whom?] to move to the Regionalliga Bayern, which allowed Paderborn to stay in the third tier.[9]

Having been saved narrowly, Baumgart's team surprisingly[according to whom?] finished second in the 2017–18 season and returned to the 2. Bundesliga. In 2019, a remarkable turn of events,[according to whom?] the newly promoted side[vague] completed another top-two finish, which returned Paderborn to the Bundesliga after years of turbulence.[tone][10] The 2019–20 season, however, ended in the same way their first Bundesliga campaign did, as Paderborn finished last, meaning relegation back to the second tier in June 2020.[11] The following season, Paderborn finished 9th in the 2. Bundesliga, the first time since 2012–13 that the club finished outside the promotion or relegation places.

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Historical chart of Paderborn league performance
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Recent seasons

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Year Division Tier Position
1985–86 Oberliga Westfalen III 2nd
1986–87 Oberliga Westfalen 6th
1987–88 Oberliga Westfalen 8th
1988–89 Oberliga Westfalen 9th
1989–90 Oberliga Westfalen 2nd
1990–91 Oberliga Westfalen 8th
1991–92 Oberliga Westfalen 5th
1992–93 Oberliga Westfalen 5th
1993–94 Oberliga Westfalen 1st
1994–95 Regionalliga West/Südwest 9th
1995–96 Regionalliga West/Südwest 5th
1996–97 Regionalliga West/Südwest 10th
1997–98 Regionalliga West/Südwest 9th
1998–99 Regionalliga West/Südwest 7th
1999–00 Regionalliga West/Südwest 13th ↓
2000–01 Oberliga Westfalen IV 1st ↑
2001–02 Regionalliga Nord III 14th
2002–03 Regionalliga Nord 8th
2003–04 Regionalliga Nord 3rd
2004–05 Regionalliga Nord 2nd ↑
2005–06 2. Bundesliga II 9th
2006–07 2. Bundesliga 11th
2007–08 2. Bundesliga 17th ↓
2008–09 3. Liga III 3rd ↑
2009–10 2. Bundesliga II 5th
2010–11 2. Bundesliga 12th
2011–12 2. Bundesliga 5th
2012–13 2. Bundesliga 12th
2013–14 2. Bundesliga 2nd ↑
2014–15 Bundesliga I 18th ↓
2015–16 2. Bundesliga II 18th ↓
2016–17 3. Liga III 18th
2017–18 3. Liga 2nd ↑
2018–19 2. Bundesliga II 2nd ↑
2019–20 Bundesliga I 18th ↓
2020–21 2. Bundesliga II 9th
2021–22 2. Bundesliga 7th
2022–23 2. Bundesliga 6th
2023–24 2. Bundesliga 7th
2024–25 2. Bundesliga
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Players

Current squad

As of 6 August 2024[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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SC Paderborn II

As of 15 September 2024[13]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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Coaching & medical staff

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ManagerPoland Lukas Kwasniok
Assistant managersPoland Kacper Szczepanek
Poland Kazimierz Polański
Goalkeeping coachPoland Andrzej Andrzejczyk
Athletic coachPoland Piotr Kowałski
Poland Krzysztof Jarzyński
Match analystPoland Mateusz Bielik
Poland Maciej Pawłowicz
Poland Krystian Szczepiński
DoctorPoland Dr. Tymoteusz Kamiński
Poland Dr. Janusz Oczipka
PhysiotherapistPoland Sebastian Wawrinka
Medical director physiotherapyPoland Tomasz Szymański
Lead Academy PhysiotherapistPoland Patryk Białek
Kit ManagerPoland Tadeusz Stepiński
Academy managerPoland Kamil Lewandowski
Poland Jarosław Pawłowicz
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References

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