Freier TuS Regensburg
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The Freier TuS Regensburg is a German
association football club from the city of Regensburg
, Bavaria
.
The clubs greatest success came in 2009-10, when it earned promotion to Bavaria's highest state league, the Fußball-Bayernliga, which the club played in for just one season.
With the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933, Freier TuS, like most other clubs that were organised within the working-class Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund
, was outlawed and its assets confiscated. The former members had to find a new home, which many did in the local railway men's sports club, ESV Regensburg. After the end of the Second World War, the club reformed in 1946 and was eventually able to have its assets returned.
On the football field, the club did not rise above local level for most of its history, with football in Regensburg being firmly dominated by Jahn Regensburg
.
TuS was a founding member of the Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz
in 1988 but lasted for only one season, being relegated back to the Bezirksliga after winning only two games all season. The club made a return to the Bezirksoberliga in 1992, after a tile in the Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Süd, after which the side was more competitive at this level.
After promotion to the tier-five Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
in 1997 through a second place in the Bezirksoberliga, TuS played for thirteen seasons at this level. The first eight seasons of those, it played as a mid- to lower table side but, in 2005-06, the side finished second in the league and qualified for the Bayernliga promotion round, where it was unsuccessful. Results in the Landesliga were much healthier after that and the club eventually took out the league championship in 2010 and earned promotion to the Fußball-Bayernliga for the first time.
At this level, TuS was outclassed and suffered immediate relegation back to the Landesliga after coming a distant last in the league.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
association football club from the city of Regensburg
Regensburg
Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate...
, 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...
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The clubs greatest success came in 2009-10, when it earned promotion to Bavaria's highest state league, the Fußball-Bayernliga, which the club played in for just one season.
History
The club was formed on 15 June 1911, under the name of Freie Turnerschaft Regensburg, initially as a gymnastics club with its members predominantly drawn from the local working class. The club soon expanded to include other sports departments, including football.With the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933, Freier TuS, like most other clubs that were organised within the working-class Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund
Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund
The Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund was a national German sports organization active between 1893-1933...
, was outlawed and its assets confiscated. The former members had to find a new home, which many did in the local railway men's sports club, ESV Regensburg. After the end of the Second World War, the club reformed in 1946 and was eventually able to have its assets returned.
On the football field, the club did not rise above local level for most of its history, with football in Regensburg being firmly dominated by Jahn Regensburg
Jahn Regensburg
SSV Jahn Regensburg is a German association football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The team was part of a larger sports club founded in 1889 as Turnerbund Jahn Regensburg which took its name from Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, whose ideas of gymnastics greatly influenced German sport in the 19th...
.
TuS was a founding member of the Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz
Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz
The Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Upper Palatinate...
in 1988 but lasted for only one season, being relegated back to the Bezirksliga after winning only two games all season. The club made a return to the Bezirksoberliga in 1992, after a tile in the Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Süd, after which the side was more competitive at this level.
After promotion to the tier-five Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
The Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 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....
in 1997 through a second place in the Bezirksoberliga, TuS played for thirteen seasons at this level. The first eight seasons of those, it played as a mid- to lower table side but, in 2005-06, the side finished second in the league and qualified for the Bayernliga promotion round, where it was unsuccessful. Results in the Landesliga were much healthier after that and the club eventually took out the league championship in 2010 and earned promotion to the Fußball-Bayernliga for the first time.
At this level, TuS was outclassed and suffered immediate relegation back to the Landesliga after coming a distant last in the league.
League
- Landesliga Bayern-MitteLandesliga Bayern-MitteThe Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 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: 2010
- Runners-up: 2006
- Bezirksoberliga OberpfalzBezirksoberliga OberpfalzThe Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Upper Palatinate...
- Runners-up: 1997
- Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Süd
- Champions: 1992
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 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte Landesliga Bayern-Mitte The Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 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 | 9th |
| 2000–01 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | 6th | |
| 2001–02 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | 11th | |
| 2002–03 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | 12th | |
| 2003–04 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | 12th | |
| 2004–05 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | 7th | |
| 2005-06 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | 2nd | |
| 2006–07 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | 6th | |
| 2007–08 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | 7th | |
| 2008–09 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | VI | 4th |
| 2009–10 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | 1st ↑ | |
| 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... |
Bayernliga | V | 18th ↓ |
| 2011–12 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | VI |
- 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.
Sources
- Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9
- Die Bayernliga 1945-97 DSFS, published: 1998