BSK Olympia Neugablonz
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The BSK Olympia Neugablonz is a German association football club
from the Neugablonz suburb of the city of Kaufbeuren
, Bavaria
.
The suburb of Neugablonz in Kaufbeuren was formed after the Second World War, when refugees
from the former German speaking territories
in the Czech Republic
, mainly from the region around the city of Gablonz, now Jablonec nad Nisou
, settled there. While the name Neugablonz quickly became the common name for the suburb, it was not until August 1952, that it was officially recognised, almost two years after the football club BSK Neugablonz was formed by the former residents of Gablonz.
During the Second World War, the area that was to become Neugablonz was an ammunition
factory operated by the Dynamit-Aktiengesellschaft
. The factory was notorious for its inhuman treatment of the forced labour
employed there.
The club was formed on 21 October 1950 under the name of BSK Neugablonz and took up play in the local C-Klasse the lowest possible level, in 1951. Formed by refugees from the city of Gablonz, it saw its roots in the ethnic German sport clubs of that city. The clubs current crest still bares a lot of similarity with the coat of arms of modern day Jablonec nad Nisou, specifically the apple tree. A club under the name of BSK Gablonz had last played in the Gauliga Sudetenland
in 1938–39. The crest of this old BSK Gablonz is almost identical to the crest of the new club. In 1939, BSK merged with two other local sides to form NSTG Gablonz, a club controlled by the Nazis, NTSG standing for Nationalsozialistische Turngemeinde.
, beating TSV Gersthofen 5–2. The year after, it won the Bezirksliga Schwaben
and earned promotion to the tier-four Landesliga Bayern-Süd
. It also made another appearance in the Schwaben Cup final, losing to BC Augsburg
.
In the Landesliga, the team finished eighth in 1965–66, followed by a sixth place the season after. It took out the Cup once more in 1966.
The 1967–68 season saw the team compete against newly promoted local rival SpVgg Kaufbeuren
in the Landesliga. SpVgg won the league and earned promotion to the Bayernliga
while BSK finished fourth. After a fifth place in 1969, the team had a terrible 1969–70 season, finishing second-last with an eight point gap to a non-relegation rank, and had to return to the Bezirksliga.
Upon return to the Landesliga, the team established itself as an upper-table side, finishing seventh and fourth in its first two seasons there. In 1976–77, rival SpVgg Kaufbeuren returned to the league from the Bayernliga and BSK Olympia managed only an elefenth place, troubled by relegation worries. The season after, the club improved by a place but finished ahead of SpVgg. The 1978–79 season became the clubs best ever. Winning the Schwaben Cup for a fourth time, defeating SV Salamander Türkheim
in the final, and qualifying for the first round of the German Cup by doing so, it came third in the Landesliga, only two points short of the two teams ahead of it. It played Eintracht Frankfurt
in the first round of the German Cup in August 1979, losing 6–1.
The team slipped to eighth place in the following season and finished last in the league in 1981, making a permanent departure from the Landesliga. The club had to sell its stadium to the city of Kaufbeuren for financial reasons in the 1980s.
BSK Olympia declined from then on, at first playing in the Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd again, then dropping to the A-Klasse Schwaben-Süd and finally, in 1994, to the B-Klasse Ostallgäu. It moved between the B-Klasse and the A-Klasse in the following years, the later being renamed Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd
in 1998, The club finished runners-up in this league in 2002, the best result in over a decade.
In 2006, the club finally won the Kreisliga and made a return to the Bezirksliga, where it finished a respectable fifth in its first year back. It however suffered another relegation in the following season, back to the Kreisliga, which had become the ninth tier of the German football league system
because of the introduction of the 3rd Liga
.
In 2009, the club returned to the Bezirksliga on the strength of a title in the Kreisliga Schwaben-Mitte
(IX).
In 2009, a friendly is planned between the BSK and FK Baumit Jablonec in an attempt to improve contacts between Neugablonz and Jablonec nad Nisou.
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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...
from the Neugablonz suburb of the city of Kaufbeuren
Kaufbeuren
Kaufbeuren is an independent city in the Regierungsbezirk of Schwaben, southern Bavaria. The city is completely enclaved within the district of Ostallgäu.- Culture and Objects of Interest :* Townhall * Crescentiakloster...
, Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
.
The suburb of Neugablonz in Kaufbeuren was formed after the Second World War, when refugees
Expulsion of Germans after World War II
The later stages of World War II, and the period after the end of that war, saw the forced migration of millions of German nationals and ethnic Germans from various European states and territories, mostly into the areas which would become post-war Germany and post-war Austria...
from the former German speaking territories
Sudetenland
Sudetenland is the German name used in English in the first half of the 20th century for the northern, southwest and western regions of Czechoslovakia inhabited mostly by ethnic Germans, specifically the border areas of Bohemia, Moravia, and those parts of Silesia being within Czechoslovakia.The...
in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, mainly from the region around the city of Gablonz, now Jablonec nad Nisou
Jablonec nad Nisou
Jablonec nad Nisou is a town in northern Bohemia, the second largest town of the Liberec Region. It is known as a mountain resort in the Jizera Mountains, an education centre, and a centre of world-production of glass and jewellery...
, settled there. While the name Neugablonz quickly became the common name for the suburb, it was not until August 1952, that it was officially recognised, almost two years after the football club BSK Neugablonz was formed by the former residents of Gablonz.
During the Second World War, the area that was to become Neugablonz was an ammunition
Ammunition
Ammunition is a generic term derived from the French language la munition which embraced all material used for war , but which in time came to refer specifically to gunpowder and artillery. The collective term for all types of ammunition is munitions...
factory operated by the Dynamit-Aktiengesellschaft
Dynamit Nobel AG
Dynamite Nobel AG is a German chemical and weapons company whose headquarters was based in Troisdorf. It was founded in 1865 by Alfred Nobel.-Creation:...
. The factory was notorious for its inhuman treatment of the forced labour
Forced labor in Germany during World War II
The use of forced labour in Nazi Germany and throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II took place on an unprecedented scale. It was a vital part of the German economic exploitation of conquered territories. It also contributed to the mass extermination of populations in German-occupied...
employed there.
Origins
Gauliga Sudetenland
The Gauliga Sudetenland, was the highest football league in predominantly German speaking parts of Czechoslovakia, the Sudetenland, which was awarded to Germany on 30 September 1938 through the Munich Agreement...
in 1938–39. The crest of this old BSK Gablonz is almost identical to the crest of the new club. In 1939, BSK merged with two other local sides to form NSTG Gablonz, a club controlled by the Nazis, NTSG standing for Nationalsozialistische Turngemeinde.
BSK Neugablonz
The new BSK quickly rose through the ranks of local football, rising through the B-Klasse to the A-Klasse. The clubs first great success came in 1964, when it won its first Schwaben CupSchwaben Cup
The Schwaben Cup was a domestic cup competition in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia , played from 1947 to 2009.-Overview:...
, beating TSV Gersthofen 5–2. The year after, it won the Bezirksliga Schwaben
Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd
The Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd is currently the 8th tier of the German football league system in the southern half of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...
and earned promotion to the tier-four Landesliga Bayern-Süd
Landesliga Bayern-Süd
The Landesliga Bayern-Süd 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....
. It also made another appearance in the Schwaben Cup final, losing to BC Augsburg
BC Augsburg
BC Augsburg was a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. The team was founded as Fußball-Club Allemannia Augsburg in 1907 and played as Ballspiel-Club Augsburg from 1921 to 1969. Facing imminent financial collapse, BC merged with the football side of TSV Schwaben Augsburg in July 1969 to...
.
In the Landesliga, the team finished eighth in 1965–66, followed by a sixth place the season after. It took out the Cup once more in 1966.
The 1967–68 season saw the team compete against newly promoted local rival SpVgg Kaufbeuren
SpVgg Kaufbeuren
SpVgg Kaufbeuren is a German association football club from the town of Kaufbeuren, Bavaria. The roots of the association are in the establishment on 8 August 1858 of the gymnastics club and community fire brigade Turnfeuerwehr Kaufbeuren.-History:...
in the Landesliga. SpVgg won the league and earned promotion to the Bayernliga
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...
while BSK finished fourth. After a fifth place in 1969, the team had a terrible 1969–70 season, finishing second-last with an eight point gap to a non-relegation rank, and had to return to the Bezirksliga.
BSK Olympia Neugablonz
In the Bezirksliga, now divided into a northern and a southern group, with BSK playing in the later, the club started under a new name, BSK Olympia Neugablonz, after a merger with local side TSV Olympia Kaufbeuren. It spend four seasons at this level, earning another cup win in 1973 and winning the league in 1974.Upon return to the Landesliga, the team established itself as an upper-table side, finishing seventh and fourth in its first two seasons there. In 1976–77, rival SpVgg Kaufbeuren returned to the league from the Bayernliga and BSK Olympia managed only an elefenth place, troubled by relegation worries. The season after, the club improved by a place but finished ahead of SpVgg. The 1978–79 season became the clubs best ever. Winning the Schwaben Cup for a fourth time, defeating SV Salamander Türkheim
SV Salamander Türkheim
The SV Salamander Türkheim is a German association football club from the town of Türkheim, Bavaria.The club spend almost its entire history as an amateur side in the leagues of the Schwaben football league system...
in the final, and qualifying for the first round of the German Cup by doing so, it came third in the Landesliga, only two points short of the two teams ahead of it. It played Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...
in the first round of the German Cup in August 1979, losing 6–1.
The team slipped to eighth place in the following season and finished last in the league in 1981, making a permanent departure from the Landesliga. The club had to sell its stadium to the city of Kaufbeuren for financial reasons in the 1980s.
BSK Olympia declined from then on, at first playing in the Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd again, then dropping to the A-Klasse Schwaben-Süd and finally, in 1994, to the B-Klasse Ostallgäu. It moved between the B-Klasse and the A-Klasse in the following years, the later being renamed Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd
Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd
The Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd is currently the 9th tier of the German football league system in the southern region of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...
in 1998, The club finished runners-up in this league in 2002, the best result in over a decade.
In 2006, the club finally won the Kreisliga and made a return to the Bezirksliga, where it finished a respectable fifth in its first year back. It however suffered another relegation in the following season, back to the Kreisliga, which had become the ninth tier of the German football league system
German football league system
The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to a series of hierarchically interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Germany that consists of over 2,300 men's divisions, in which all leagues are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation...
because of the introduction of the 3rd Liga
3rd Liga
The 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 2009, the club returned to the Bezirksliga on the strength of a title in the Kreisliga Schwaben-Mitte
Kreisliga Schwaben-Mitte
The Kreisliga Schwaben-Mitte is currently the 9th tier of the German football league system in the central region of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...
(IX).
In 2009, a friendly is planned between the BSK and FK Baumit Jablonec in an attempt to improve contacts between Neugablonz and Jablonec nad Nisou.
League
- Bezirksliga SchwabenBezirksliga Schwaben-SüdThe Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd is currently the 8th tier of the German football league system in the southern half of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...
(V)- Champions: 1964
- Bezirksliga Schwaben-SüdBezirksliga Schwaben-SüdThe Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd is currently the 8th tier of the German football league system in the southern half of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...
(V)- Champions: 1974
- Kreisliga Schwaben-SüdKreisliga Schwaben-SüdThe Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd is currently the 9th tier of the German football league system in the southern region of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...
(VIII)- Champions: 2006
- Kreisliga Schwaben-MitteKreisliga Schwaben-MitteThe Kreisliga Schwaben-Mitte is currently the 9th tier of the German football league system in the central region of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...
(IX)- Champions: 2009
- B-Klasse Ostallgäu (IX)
- Champions: 1995
Cup
- Schwaben CupSchwaben CupThe Schwaben Cup was a domestic cup competition in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia , played from 1947 to 2009.-Overview:...
- Winners: (4) 1964, 1966, 1973, 1979
- Runners-up: 1965
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 | Kreisklasse Ostallgäu | IX | 4th |
| 2000–01 | Kreisklasse Ostallgäu | 2nd | |
| 2001–02 | Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd The Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd is currently the 9th tier of the German football league system in the southern region of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia... |
VIII | 2nd |
| 2002–03 | Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd | 11th | |
| 2003–04 | Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd | 14th ↓ | |
| 2004–05 | Kreisklasse Ostallgäu | IX | 1st ↑ |
| 2005–06 | Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd | VIII | 1st ↑ |
| 2006–07 | Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd The Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd is currently the 8th tier of the German football league system in the southern half of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia... |
VII | 5th |
| 2007–08 | Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd | 14th ↓ | |
| 2008–09 | Kreisliga Schwaben-Mitte Kreisliga Schwaben-Mitte The Kreisliga Schwaben-Mitte is currently the 9th tier of the German football league system in the central region of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia... |
IX | 1st ↑ |
| 2009–10 | Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd | VIII | 9th |
| 2010–11 | Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd | 9th | |
| 2011–12 | Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd |
- 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 qualified for the first round of the German Cup only once:| Season | Round | Date | Home | Away | Result | Attendance |
| DFB-Pokal 1979–80 DFB-Pokal 1979–80 The DFB-Pokal 1979–80 was the 37th season of the competition. It began on 24 August 1979 and ended on 4 June 1980. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds... |
First round | 25 August 1979 | Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :... |
BSK Olympia Neugablonz | 6–1 | 3,000 |
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External links
- Official team site
- Website on the history of Neugablonz
- Historie německé kopané v Čechách History of German football competitions in the Czech Republic
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables