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{{short description|German sports club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
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| fullname = Olympischer-Sport-Club Bremerhaven
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| founded = 1972
| ground = Nordseestadion
| capacity = 10,000
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| league = [[Bremen-Liga]] (V)
| season = 2023–24
| position = 3rd
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'''OSC Bremerhaven''' is a German [[sports club]] based in [[Bremerhaven]], in the [[states of Germany|federal state]] of [[Bremen (state)|Bremen]].

==History==
The club was founded in 1972 as ''Olympischer Sport-Club Bremerhaven'' in a merger of various [[List of football clubs in Germany|local football clubs]] including ''ATS Bremerhaven'', which has roots going back to 1859, ''Polizei Sportverein'', ''TuS Bremerhaven 93'', and the ''Judo-Klub''. They are the largest sports club in the city, claiming some 4500 members, but football is not their primary focus. Their minor league side currently competes at the tier V level after a decade spent in tiers II and III, from the mid-70s through to the mid-80s.

<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:TuS Bremerhaven.png|thumb|left|100px|Logo of predecessor side ''TuS Bremerhaven 93''.]] -->OSC can make a strong claim to being the successor to ''TuS Bremerhaven 93'', which was officially disbanded in 1974. While many members of ''TuS 93'' joined OSC, others continued to field a separate football team until 1977. In 1991, the football players left OSC en masse to form ''[[FC Bremerhaven]]'', leaving OSC with just a rump side. The ''TuS 93'' was a quite successful side in northern German football, playing in the [[Oberliga Nord (1947–63)|Oberliga Nord]] (I) from 1948 to 1963 and then in the [[Regionalliga Nord (1963–74)|Regionalliga Nord]] (II) until 1974.

Nowadays the club plays in the highest league in the state, the [[Bremen-Liga]].<ref>[http://www.fussball.de/mannschaft/osc-bremerhaven-osc-bremerhaven-bremen/-/saison/1415/team-id/011MI9HG18000000VTVG0001VTR8C1K7#!/section/stage OSC Bremerhaven at Fussball.de] {{in lang|de}} Tables and results of the German football leagues, accessed: 11 March 2015</ref>

==Honours==
===TuS Bremerhaven 93===
* '''[[Oberliga Nord (1947–63)|Oberliga Nord]]''' (I)
** Runners-up: 1955
* '''[[Amateurliga Bremen]]''' (II)
** Champions: 1948

===OSC Bremerhaven===
* '''[[Oberliga Nord]]''' (III)
** Champions: 1977
** Runners-up: 1979
* '''[[Bremer Pokal]]'''
** Winners: 1981, 1984

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official|https://www.osc-bremerhaven.de}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030619111928/http://abseits-soccer.com/clubs/oscbremer.html The Abseits Guide to German Soccer]}}

{{Bremen-Liga}}
{{2. Bundesliga}}
{{Landesliga Bremen}}

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[[Category:1972 establishments in West Germany]]
[[Category:2. Bundesliga clubs]]