1. FC Schweinfurt 05
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1.FC Schweinfurt 05 is a German association football club
that plays in Schweinfurt
, Bavaria.
Schweinfurt finally gained first class status with its entry into the Bezirksliga Bayern
in 1931. The club had a couple of successful seasons in the Gauliga
era, wining the Gauliga Bayern
in 1939 and 1942 and qualifying for the German championship round.
After the 2nd World War, the club was integrated into the Oberliga Süd
where it played for the duration of the leagues existence until the Bundesliga, Germany's new professional league, was founded in 1963. One year later it found itself playing in the second tier Regionalliga Süd
. In 1966 the club made it to the Bundesliga advancement games but was unable to ascend to the top tier. With the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga Süd
in 1974, Schweinfurt qualified despite only finishing 15th in the last Regionalliga season.
After the 1976 season the club began to falter: poor results and financial problems saw the it descend first to the Amateurliga Bayern
(III) and then, for the first time in 1984, to the Landesliga Bayern-Nord
(IV). Schweinfurt became an "elevator club" ascending and descending between tiers III and IV, with just a pair of brief 2.Bundesliga appearances in 1990–91 and in 2001–02, the latter when the team's third place finish allowed it to pass the amateur division of VfB Stuttgart
because that club was not eligible to advance a second team into the professional ranks.
Disasters happened in 2004 when then club was forced to leave the Regionalliga Süd (III) because of financial reasons and 2005 when the club went bankrupt and the team's results in the Oberliga Bayern (IV) were annulled. A re-structured club has since enjoyed some success, working its way back into the Oberliga
Bayern (IV).
The club struggled from the start in its 2007–08 Oberliga Bayern season, but improved in the second half. In the end, a 16th place meant they had to go through a promotion round
with the third-placed Landesliga teams. After a convincing first round win over DJK Vilzing (5–1), the final match was lost to TSV Rain am Lech
, losing 0–3 after extra time. This result meant, the FCS would have had to return to the Landesliga for next season, but the refusal of a Regionalliga licence for the Sportfreunde Siegen
and the promotion of the 1. FC Eintracht Bamberg
in their stead meant, an additional Bayernliga spot was available, which went to the FCS.
, 1936
, 1942
, 1943
, 1954–55
, 1967–68
, 1968–69
, 1971–72
, 1974–75, 1975–76
, 1976–77
, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1996–97 and 2002–03.
The club made a semi-final appearance in 1936, when it lost 3–2 to FC Schalke 04
, the closest it ever came to winning a national title. All its other ventures in the national cup ended in the first or second round, except in 1989–90, when it lost to Eintracht Braunschweig
in the third round.
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
that plays in Schweinfurt
Schweinfurt
Schweinfurt is a city in the Lower Franconia region of Bavaria in Germany on the right bank of the canalized Main, which is here spanned by several bridges, 27 km northeast of Würzburg.- History :...
, Bavaria.
History
The club was founded on 5 May 1905 and played in the local leagues. The team attempted a merger with Turngemeinde Schweinfurt von 1848 which lasted from 1928 to 1930 before the two groups parted ways again and the football division became 1. Fussball-Club Schweinfurt 1905 VfL. While the club did not reap the expected benefits from the brief union, it improved dramatically after re-establishing itself as an independent club. Membership grew significantly and a number of new sports departments were formed within the organization.Schweinfurt finally gained first class status with its entry into the Bezirksliga Bayern
Bezirksliga Bayern
The Bezirksliga Bayern was the highest association football league in the German state of Bavaria from 1923 to 1933. The league was disbanded with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933.-Overview:...
in 1931. The club had a couple of successful seasons in the Gauliga
Gauliga
A Gauliga was the highest level of play in German football from 1934-45. The leagues were introduced in 1933, after the Nazi takeover of power by the Sports office of the Third Reich.-Name:...
era, wining the Gauliga Bayern
Gauliga Bayern
The Gauliga Bayern was the highest football league in the German state of Bavaria from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the five Gaue Bayreuth, Munich-Upper Bavaria, Swabia, Main Franconia and Franconia de...
in 1939 and 1942 and qualifying for the German championship round.
After the 2nd World War, the club was integrated into the Oberliga Süd
Oberliga Süd (1945-63)
The Oberliga Süd was the highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1945 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963.It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.-Overview:...
where it played for the duration of the leagues existence until the Bundesliga, Germany's new professional league, was founded in 1963. One year later it found itself playing in the second tier Regionalliga Süd
Regionalliga Süd (1963-74)
The Regionalliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system. It existed in the south of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen....
. In 1966 the club made it to the Bundesliga advancement games but was unable to ascend to the top tier. With the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga Süd
2nd Bundesliga Süd (1974-81)
The 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1974 until the formation of the single-division 2. Fußball-Bundesliga in 1981...
in 1974, Schweinfurt qualified despite only finishing 15th in the last Regionalliga season.
After the 1976 season the club began to falter: poor results and financial problems saw the it descend first to the Amateurliga Bayern
Oberliga Bayern
The Fußball-Bayernliga, commonly referred to as the Bayernliga, is the highest football league in the state of Bavaria and the Bavarian Football League System. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system...
(III) and then, for the first time in 1984, to the Landesliga Bayern-Nord
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
The Landesliga Bayern-Nord is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system....
(IV). Schweinfurt became an "elevator club" ascending and descending between tiers III and IV, with just a pair of brief 2.Bundesliga appearances in 1990–91 and in 2001–02, the latter when the team's third place finish allowed it to pass the amateur division of VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...
because that club was not eligible to advance a second team into the professional ranks.
Disasters happened in 2004 when then club was forced to leave the Regionalliga Süd (III) because of financial reasons and 2005 when the club went bankrupt and the team's results in the Oberliga Bayern (IV) were annulled. A re-structured club has since enjoyed some success, working its way back into the Oberliga
Oberliga (football)
The Oberliga is currently the name of the fifth tier of the German football leagues. Before the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier...
Bayern (IV).
The club struggled from the start in its 2007–08 Oberliga Bayern season, but improved in the second half. In the end, a 16th place meant they had to go through a promotion round
Promotion to the Oberliga Bayern
The Fußball-Bayernliga, the fifth tier of the German football league system and highest football league in the state of Bavaria, has four teams annually promoted to the league, the champions of the three Landesligas, and a fourth club, determined by an annual promotion round...
with the third-placed Landesliga teams. After a convincing first round win over DJK Vilzing (5–1), the final match was lost to TSV Rain am Lech
TSV Rain am Lech
The TSV Rain am Lech is a German association football club from the town of Rain am Lech, Bavaria.-History:The club was formed in 1896 under the name TV Rain am Lech as a gymnastics club...
, losing 0–3 after extra time. This result meant, the FCS would have had to return to the Landesliga for next season, but the refusal of a Regionalliga licence for the Sportfreunde Siegen
Sportfreunde Siegen
Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded in 1899 as the football department of the gymnastics club Turn Verein Jahn von 1879 Siegen...
and the promotion of the 1. FC Eintracht Bamberg
1. FC Eintracht Bamberg
FC Eintracht Bamberg is a German association football club from the city of Bamberg, Bavaria. The footballers are part of a sports club formed on 1 April 2006 out of the union of 1. FC Bamberg and TSV Eintracht Bamberg...
in their stead meant, an additional Bayernliga spot was available, which went to the FCS.
League
- Gauliga BayernGauliga BayernThe Gauliga Bayern was the highest football league in the German state of Bavaria from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the five Gaue Bayreuth, Munich-Upper Bavaria, Swabia, Main Franconia and Franconia de...
- Champions: (2) 1939, 1942
- Regionalliga SüdRegionalliga Süd (1963-74)The Regionalliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system. It existed in the south of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen....
(II)- Champions: 1966
- Oberliga BayernOberliga BayernThe Fußball-Bayernliga, commonly referred to as the Bayernliga, is the highest football league in the state of Bavaria and the Bavarian Football League System. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system...
- Champions: (2) 1990, 1998
- Runners-up: (2) 1982, 1989
- Landesliga Bayern-NordLandesliga Bayern-NordThe Landesliga Bayern-Nord is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system....
- Champions: (3) 1984, 1986, 2007
- Runners-up: 2010
Youth
- Bavarian Under 19 championship
- Winners: 2001
- Runners-up: (3) 1961, 1966, 1968
- Bavarian Under 17 championship
- Winners: 2005
- Runners-up: 1995
- Bavarian Under 15 championshipBavarian Under 15 championshipThe Under 15 Fußball-Bayernliga is the highest level of competition for under 15 football teams in Bavaria and the second tier of the Southern German league system, set below the Under 15 Regionalliga South.-History:...
- Winners: 2003
- Runners-up: (2) 1986, 1994
Recent managers
Recent managers of the club:| Manager | Start | Finish |
| Djuradj Vasic | 1 February 1994 | 14 September 2002 |
| Hans-Jürgen Boysen Hans-Jürgen Boysen Hans-Jürgen Boysen is a German former football player and current manager of FSV Frankfurt-External links:* at transfermarkt.de... |
18 September 2002 | 18 November 2003 |
| Rainer Hörgl | 19 November 2003 | 30 June 2004 |
| Rainer Ulrich Rainer Ulrich Rainer Ulrich is a German former footballer who is now assistant manager of Bayern Munich II.-External links:... |
1 July 2004 | 31 December 2004 |
| Rüdiger Mauder | 1 July 2005 | 30 June 2006 |
| Wolfgang Hau | 1 July 2007 | 16 January 2008 |
| Werner Dreßel Werner Dreßel Werner Dreßel is a German football coach and a former player. As a player, he spent nine seasons in the Bundesliga with SV Werder Bremen, Hamburger SV, 1. FC Nuremberg and Borussia Dortmund.-Honours:... |
17 January 2008 | 30 June 2008 |
| Frank Lerch | 1 July 2008 | 30 June 2009 |
| Klaus Scheer | 1 July 2009 | 18 September 2011 |
| Rüdiger Mauder | 19 September 2011 | Present |
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:| Season | Division | Tier Bavarian football league system The Bavarian football league system of the Bavarian Football Association ranks within the German football league system. Its highest division, the Fussball-Bayernliga, is currently the 5th tier of German football. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the 4th tier of the league system... |
Position |
| 1999–2000 | Regionalliga Süd Regionalliga Süd The Regionalliga Süd is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany... |
III | 11th |
| 2000–01 | Regionalliga Süd | 3rd ↑ | |
| 2001–02 | 2nd Bundesliga | II | 17th ↓ |
| 2002–03 | Regionalliga Süd | III | 12th |
| 2003–04 | Regionalliga Süd | 15th ↓ | |
| 2004–05 | Oberliga Bayern | IV | 19th ↓ |
| 2005–06 | Landesliga Bayern-Nord Landesliga Bayern-Nord The Landesliga Bayern-Nord is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system.... |
V | 7th |
| 2006–07 | Landesliga Bayern-Nord | 1st ↑ | |
| 2007–08 | Oberliga Bayern | IV | 16th |
| 2008–09 | Oberliga Bayern | V | 17th ↓ |
| 2009–10 | Landesliga Bayern-Nord | VI | 2nd ↑ |
| 2010-11 2010–11 Fußball-Bayernliga The 2010–11 season of the Bayernliga, the highest association football league in Bavaria, was the third season of the league at tier five of the German football league system and the 56th season overall since establishment of the league in 1945... |
Oberliga Bayern | V | 9th |
| 2011–12 | Oberliga Bayern |
- With the introduction of the BezirksoberligasBezirksoberligen BayernThe seven Bezirksoberligas Bayern are the third highest level of the Bavarian football league system, below Oberliga and Landesliga. They are the 7th tier of the German football league system.-Overview:...
in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the LandesligasLandesliga BayernIn the Bavarian football league system, the Landesliga Bayern is the second hightest level, below the Fußball-Bayernliga and organised in three regional divisions. The current Landesligas were formed in 1963, when the Fußball-Bundesliga was established...
, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3rd Liga3rd LigaThe 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2nd Bundesliga2. Fußball-Bundesliga- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...
, all leagues below dropped one tier.
DFB Cup appearances
The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup numerous times, in 1935Tschammerpokal 1935
The 1935 Tschammerpokal was the first time a national cup tournament was held in Germany. Its name was chosen in honour of Reichssportführer Hans von Tschammer und Osten, then the highest ranking sports official in the Third Reich. The tournament began on 6 January 1935 and ended on 8 December...
, 1936
Tschammerpokal 1936
The 1936 Tschammerpokal was the 2nd season of the competition. 5,291 teams competed in the tournament which was divided into four stages. The final stage ended with the final which was held on 3 January 1937 in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin...
, 1942
Tschammerpokal 1942
The 1942 Tschammerpokal was the 8th season of the competition. 64 teams competed in the final tournament stage of six rounds. In the final which was held on 15 November 1942 in the Olympic Stadium 1860 Munich defeated Schalke 04 2–0.- 1st round :...
, 1943
Tschammerpokal 1943
The 1943 Tschammerpokal was the 9th season of the competition. It was the last time the tournament was held. After the war it was reconstituted as the DFB-Pokal. 32 teams competed in the final tournament stage of five rounds...
, 1954–55
DFB-Pokal 1954–55
The DFB-Pokal 1954–55 was the 12th season of the competition. It began on 15 August 1954 and ended on 21 May 1955. 32 teams competed in the tournament of five rounds. In the final Karlsruher SC defeated Schalke 04 3–2.- 1st Round :-Replays:...
, 1967–68
DFB-Pokal 1967–68
The DFB-Pokal 1967–68 was the 25th season of the competition. It began on 27 January 1968 and ended on 9 June 1968. 32 teams competed in the tournament of five rounds. In the final the 1...
, 1968–69
DFB-Pokal 1968–69
The DFB-Pokal 1969 was the 26th season of the competition. It began on 4 January 1969 and ended on 14 June 1969. 32 teams competed in the tournament of five rounds. In the final Bayern Munich defeated Schalke 04 2–1, thereby winning their third title within four years and the fourth overall, making...
, 1971–72
DFB-Pokal 1971–72
The DFB-Pokal 1971–72 was the 29th season of the competition. It began on 4 December 1971 and ended on 1 July 1972. 32 teams competed in the tournament of five rounds. In the final Schalke 04 defeated Kaiserslautern 5–0, the largest margin by which a DFB-Pokal final was ever decided.- Mode :The...
, 1974–75, 1975–76
DFB-Pokal 1975–76
The DFB-Pokal 1975–76 was the 33rd season of the competition. It began on 1 August 1975 and ended on 26 June 1976. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds...
, 1976–77
DFB-Pokal 1976–77
The DFB-Pokal 1976–77 was the 34th season of the competition. It began on 6 August 1976 and ended on 30 May 1977. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds. In the final FC Köln defeated Hertha Berlin 1–0 in a replay after the first game ended in a draw after 120 minutes...
, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1996–97 and 2002–03.
The club made a semi-final appearance in 1936, when it lost 3–2 to FC Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04
Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...
, the closest it ever came to winning a national title. All its other ventures in the national cup ended in the first or second round, except in 1989–90, when it lost to Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:...
in the third round.