About Wuppertaler SV

Wuppertaler SV is a German football club from Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed on 8 July 1954 by the merger of TSG Vohwinkel and SSV Wuppertal, clubs whose roots go back to 1880 and 1904. The new club immediately won the second-division Oberliga West title and became one of the leading sides of the region, playing its home matches at the Stadion am Zoo.

In 1972 Wuppertal won the Regionalliga West and the promotion play-offs to reach the Bundesliga. Its debut season, 1972–73, was the best in the club's history: the newly promoted side spent weeks in second place and finished fourth, earning a place in the 1973–74 UEFA Cup, where it went out in the first round to Ruch Chorzów after a 5–4 home win. The club spent three seasons in the Bundesliga before relegation in 1975.

In 2004 the club merged with Borussia Wuppertal and played as Wuppertaler SV Borussia, returning to its original name in 2013 after financial difficulties. Today it competes in the regional leagues of German football.