SC Paderborn Colors, Facts and History

SC Paderborn history

Sport-Club Paderborn 07, usually shortened to SC Paderborn, carries its 1907 founding year in its name. The 2026-27 season has the club in the Bundesliga, but getting there has been a roller coaster.

Paderborn's best years came after the turn of the millennium, when it settled in the 2. Bundesliga and then won promotion to the top flight in 2013-14. The stay lasted a single season. Back-to-back relegations followed, first to the second tier and then to the 3. Liga, and a third drop to the Regionalliga West looked likely until 1860 Munich were refused a license in 2016-17 and went down instead. Given that reprieve, Paderborn bounced back up, finished second in the 2. Bundesliga in 2018-19, and returned to the Bundesliga. That spell ended with an 18th-place finish in 2019-20. Few clubs have ridden the elevator between divisions quite this often.

Did you know?

• A license refusal for 1860 Munich saved Paderborn from a third straight relegation in 2016-17.
• Paderborn first reached the Bundesliga by winning promotion in 2013-14.
• The 07 in SC Paderborn 07 refers to the club's 1907 founding.