and Worms then lost the subsequent re-match 0–2. The league championship remained within the club's grasp almost to the last, but crucial points were lost in drawing two of the season's final three matches. All of this took place against a background of steadily growing financial problems. After struggling to avoid relegation through several poor seasons, the team finally slipped to the tier III Amateur Oberliga Südwest in 1982. A return to the 2. Bundesliga after a first-place finish in 1986 was frustrated when the club was denied a license because of its weak financial state. Wormatia continued to play third-division football until another financial crisis in 1994 drove them down to the Verbandsliga Südwest (V). The team returned to the Oberliga Südwest (IV) in 1998 and played there until 2008, when it qualified for the new Regionalliga West (IV) formed after the introduction of the 3. Liga. Finishing in the relegation zone at the end of its first season there, the club was saved from being sent down by the withdrawal of 12th-placed FSV Oggersheim from the league. Worms improved the following year and was moved to the Regionalliga Süd (IV) from 2010 to 2012. At the end of the 2011–12 season the club became part of the new Regionalliga Südwest (IV). They finished in a relegation position in 2014 but were spared from dropping back down to the Oberliga by the insolvency of SSV Ulm, but were relegated in 2019. Honours The club's honours: League Bezirksliga Main-Hessen (I) Champions: 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen (I) Champions: 1936, 1937, 1939 Oberliga Südwest (I) Runners-up: 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955 Regionalliga Südwest (II) Runners-up: 1965 Oberliga Südwest (III) Champions: 1986 Amateurliga Südwest (III) Champions: 1976, 1977 Verbandsliga Südwest (V) Champions: 1998 Cup South West Cup (Tiers III-VII) Winners: 1976, 1988, 1992, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2018 Current squad Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club: With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. Key Former coaches The managers of the club: References External links Official website The Abseits Guide to German Soccer Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables Wormatia Worms at Fussballdaten.de Wormatia Worms at Weltfussball.de Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Rhineland-Palatinate Association football clubs established in 1922 1922 establishments in Germany Worms,