Editing SC Paderborn 07 (section)

===Beginnings in amateur football (1985–2005)===
During most of the 1980s, the recently merged club competed in the third-tier [[Oberliga Westfalen]], where they counted among the leading teams but never achieved promotion. In 1994, Paderborn won the league and thereby qualified for the promotion playoffs. The team lost to [[Eintracht Braunschweig]] and [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]], but secured a place in the newly formed third-tier of the [[German football league system|German football pyramid]], the [[Regionalliga West/Südwest]]. Except for a brief stint in the fourth tier, Paderborn enjoyed moderate success with regular trips to the [[DFB Pokal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scp07.de/4-Verein/431-Struktur/27-Chronik/505-%DCber-Fusionen-zur-Einheit.html|title=Der gemeinsame Weg (1985-heute)|website=SCP07.de|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523213801/https://www.scp07.de/4-Verein/431-Struktur/27-Chronik/505-%25DCber-Fusionen-zur-Einheit.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

During one of these, in [[2004–05 DFB-Pokal|2004/5]], the club reached the round of 16, beating [[MSV Duisburg]] and Bundesliga side [[Hamburger SV]] on the way. It later emerged that latter match had been affected by [[Bundesliga scandal (2005)|match fixing]]; referee Robert Hoyzer had received a bribe to let Paderborn win the game. The incident remains the most significant betting scandal in the history of German football.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/article5933223/Hoyzer-zerstoerte-Toppmoellers-Karriere.html|title=Hoyzer zerstörte Toppmöllers Karriere|newspaper=Die Welt|date=22 January 2010|access-date=23 May 2019|last1=Anker|first1=Jens|archive-date=3 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003180420/https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/article5933223/Hoyzer-zerstoerte-Toppmoellers-Karriere.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 
[[File:Breitenreiter, André Trainer SCP 13-14 WP.JPG|thumb|225x225px|Coach [[André Breitenreiter]] in the [[2013–14 2. Bundesliga|2013–14]] promotion season]]