Hammer SpVg is a German association football club from the city of Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is part of a larger sports club with some 1,500 members in departments for aikido, judo, cheerleading, fitness and dance, gymnastics, handball, roller hockey, volleyball, and water gymnastics.
History The club was founded 11 April 1903 as Hammer FC and was joined in July 1912 by the membership of Gymnasialer FC Hamm which had been established 25 February 1903. In 1919, following World War I, the club merged with Hammer Turnverein 1859 to form TuS 1859/1903 Hamm. That union lasted only until 1922, when FC found a new partner in Hammer Sportverein 1904 to create Hammer SpVgg 03/04. The combined side soon began to enjoy some success in play in the regional top flight Rheinisch Westfälischer Spielverband. The club earned a second-place finish in 1929 and a divisional title in 1932.
Generally a lower division local side throughout its history, the club rose as high as third division play with a single season appearance in the Regionalliga West in 1966–67. After competing in the Verbandsliga Westfalen (IV-V) through the late-60s and the 70s Hamm won its way through to the Oberliga Westfalen (IV) in 1980 where they played there as a lower table side until being relegated in 1990. The club made German Cup appearances in 1980–81 and 1982–83, on both occasions advancing to the second round before going out. They returned to fourth division play in 1994 until being sent down in 1999. Hammer SpVg is again competing in the Oberliga Westfalen after emerging out of the Verbandsliga playoffs in 2006.
The club became part of the new NRW-Liga in 2008 but was relegated to the Westfalenliga in 2010. When the Oberliga Westfalen was reformed in 2012 Hammer SpVg became part of this league again.
Honours The club's honours: as Hammer SV Westphalia champions: 1920
as Hammer SpVg Verbandsliga Westfalen Champions: 1966, 1980, 1993, 2006
Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Historical German domestic league tablesFussball.de – Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues Season Division Tier Position 1963–64 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 III 9th 1964–65 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 6th 1965–66 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 1st ↑ 1966–67 Regionalliga West II 16th ↓ 1967–68 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 III 2nd 1968–69 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 3rd 1969–70 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 3rd 1970–71 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 2nd 1971–72 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 7th 1972–73 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 11th 1973–74 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 13th 1974–75 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 5th 1975–76 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 4th 1976–77 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 16th 1977–78 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 18th ↓↓ 1978–79 Landesliga Westfalen V ↑ 1979–80 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 IV 1st ↑ 1980–81 Oberliga Westfalen III 8th 1981–82 Oberliga Westfalen 10th 1982–83 Oberliga Westfalen 14th 1983–84 Oberliga Westfalen 16th 1984–85 Oberliga Westfalen 6th 1985–86 Oberliga Westfalen 13th 1986–87 Oberliga Westfalen 12th 1987–88 Oberliga Westfalen 9th 1988–89 Oberliga Westfalen 13th 1989–90 Oberliga Westfalen 14th ↓ 1990–91 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 IV 3rd 1991–92 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 9th 1992–93 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 1st 1993–94 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 2nd 1994–95 Oberliga Westfalen 11th 1995–96 Oberliga Westfalen 6th 1996–97 Oberliga Westfalen 9th 1997–98 Oberliga Westfalen 10th 1998–99 Oberliga Westfalen 16th ↓ 1999–2000 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 V 12th 2000–01 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 5th 2001–02 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 8th 2002–03 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 12th 2003–04 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 8th 2004–05 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 8th 2005–06 Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 1st ↑ 2006–07 Oberliga Westfalen IV 14th 2007–08 Oberliga Westfalen 8th ↓ 2008–09 NRW-Liga V 16th 2009–10 NRW-Liga 17th ↓ 2010–11 Westfalenliga 1 VI 5th 2011–12 Westfalenliga 1 2nd ↑ 2012–13 Oberliga Westfalen V 12th 2013–14 Oberliga Westfalen 13th 2014–15 Oberliga Westfalen 11th 2015–16 Oberliga Westfalen 14th 2016–17 Oberliga Westfalen 3rd 2017–18 Oberliga Westfalen 4th 2018–19 Oberliga Westfalen 16th 2019–20 Oberliga Westfalen 18th 2020–21 Oberliga Westfalen 21st 2021–22 Oberliga Westfalen 21st ↓ 2022–23 Westfalenliga 1 VI 9th 2023–24 Westfalenliga 1 16th ↓ 2024–25 Landesliga Westfalen 4 VII 10th 2025–26 Landesliga Westfalen 4
References
External links Official team site Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German football league tables (in German)