Small Town On The Big Stage
The team is known popularly as kleiner HSV (en: Little HSV), a play on the name of better known Hamburger SV. They represented the smallest town competing in top-flight German competition in the regional Oberliga Nord (I) in 1956–57 and 1960–61 against the likes of larger clubs including Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Werder Bremen, and FC St.Pauli. The club's appearances in the top flight were brief, but they were enthusiastically supported, regularly drawing large crowds. The highlight of Heider's 1956–57 season was a 2:0 victory over Hamburger SV before a crowd of 12,000, an attendance record that still stands to this day.
In 1951, 1953, and 1955, Heider took part in the country's amateur championship with their best result coming as an advance to the semi-finals in 1955 where they were put out by Sportfreunde Siegen (1:3). The club also made failed attempts to return to Oberliga play in 1954, 1958, 1959, and 1962.
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