Viktoria Aschaffenburg
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SV Viktoria 01 Aschaffenburg is a German football club
based in Aschaffenburg
, Bavaria
.
Even though Aschaffenburg is located in Bavaria, Viktoria Aschaffenburg historically played its football in the Hessenliga
(V) and the associated Hessian leagues, rather than the Fussball-Bayernliga (V), against clubs from closer, neighbouring cities. This also reflects in part the history of the region, not traditionally part of Bavaria. The nearby Bavarian club FC Bayern Alzenau
has also played in the Hessenliga for the same reasons. After 67 seasons in Hesse, from 1945 onwards, the members of the club voted with an 80% majority to return to Bavaria from the 2011–12 season onwards.
, Kreisliga Nordmain
, Kreisliga Südmain
and Bezirksliga Main-Hessen
(Gruppe Main) for a couple of seasons in the 1920s, changing leagues frequently.
In 1937 they briefly merged with Reichsbahn TuSpo Aschaffenburg to play as Reichsbahn-Viktoria Aschaffenburg, but were an independent side again by 1939. They made a late, short-lived appearance in top flight football in 1942, playing a single season in the Gauliga Bayern
(Nord), one of sixteen premier divisions established in the 1933 re-organization of German football under the Third Reich.
Aschaffenburg returned to the top flight after World War II playing in the Oberliga Süd
for two seasons in the late 40s and then through most of the 50s, competing against sides that would later go on to play in the Bundesliga, Germany's first top tier professional league, such as Bayern Munich, 1. FC Nuremberg, and VfB Stuttgart
, in front of crowds of 16,000 to 19,000. Generally a lower table side whose best result was a fifth place finish in 1956, a series of poor performances saw Aschaffenburg drop to tier III play in the Amateurliga Hessen/Amateur Oberliga-Hessen well before the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963.
The team's best performances came in the 1980s when they twice won the Oberliga Hessen title and promotion to 2.Bundesliga, where they played the 1985–86, 1986–87 and 1988–89 seasons. Through this period and into the early 90s Aschaffenburg made a half dozen appearances in the early rounds of DFB-Pokal
(German Cup) play. The club's best cup performance came in 1988 when they eliminated then-Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln
(1:0) in the second round before eventually going out in the quarterfinals against Werder Bremen (1:3).
A poor finish led to a move down to the fourth division play in the 1993–94 season. In 1995, the clubs under 19 side ended a remarkable series in German football. After 20 consecetive titles in the Under 19 Bayernliga
(northern group) by the 1. FC Nuremberg, Viktoria finished this series, becoming only the second club to win this league. Viktorias junior teams play in the Bavarian league system, unlike its senior team.
The side was relegated to Landesliga Hessen-Süd (V) for a single season in 2003–04 and have since returned to play in Oberliga-Hessen (IV).
A third-place finish in the Oberliga in 2007–08 meant the club became one of the four clubs from this league to gain entry in the Regionalliga Süd
for the next season. After finishing 13th in the league in 2008–09, outside the relegation ranks, the club decided to return to the now-named Hessenliga due to financial reasons. Viktoria experienced a further drop at the end of the 2009-10 season
when it was relegated to the tier-six Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd
despite a eight place finish for financial reasons.
In this league, Viktoria came second in 2010-11 and qualified for the promotion round to the Hessenliga, where it succeeded. In November 2011, the members of the club voted for a return to the Bavarian league system after the club had played in Hesse since 1945. Alongside the senior team, the reserve side will also switch associations while the clubs youth teams already play in Bavaria. The reasons for the switch were the easier qualification modus for the revamped Regionalligas for 2012, in Hesse the club needed to win the league while for Bavaria a ninth place finish was adequate for promotion. Another reason was also the lesser requirements in regards to infrastructure for the new Regionalliga Bayern
, an important factor for the recovering club who had just escaped insolvency in the previous year.
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...
based in Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg is a city in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not considered part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is the administrative seat.Aschaffenburg is known as the Tor zum Spessart or "gate to the Spessart"...
, 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...
.
Even though Aschaffenburg is located in Bavaria, Viktoria Aschaffenburg historically played its football in the Hessenliga
Hessenliga
The Hessenliga is the highest football league in the state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the 5th tier of the German football league system. It was, until the introduction of the 3...
(V) and the associated Hessian leagues, rather than the Fussball-Bayernliga (V), against clubs from closer, neighbouring cities. This also reflects in part the history of the region, not traditionally part of Bavaria. The nearby Bavarian club FC Bayern Alzenau
FC Bayern Alzenau
FC Bayern Alzenau is a German football club based in Alzenau, Bavaria.-History:The club was initially formed as Alzenauer Fußball Club and joined gymnastics club Turn- und Sport Alzenau as that club's football department on 16 September 1922 before again becoming independent in 1923 as FC Bayern...
has also played in the Hessenliga for the same reasons. After 67 seasons in Hesse, from 1945 onwards, the members of the club voted with an 80% majority to return to Bavaria from the 2011–12 season onwards.
History
The club was formed on 24 June 1904 out of the merger of FC Aschaffenburg (6 August 1901) and FC Viktoria Aschaffenburg (12 April 1902). Re-named Sportverein Viktoria 01 Aschaffenburg on 3 June 1906 the united side played in the Kreisliga OdenwaldKreisliga Odenwald
The Kreisliga Odenwald was the highest association football league in the northern part of the German state of Baden and the southern part of the state of Hesse from 1919 to 1923...
, Kreisliga Nordmain
Kreisliga Nordmain
The Kreisliga Nordmain was the highest association football league in parts of the German state of Hesse and the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1919 to 1923...
, Kreisliga Südmain
Kreisliga Südmain
The Kreisliga Südmain was the highest association football league in parts of the German state of Hesse from 1919 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Bezirksliga Main in 1923....
and Bezirksliga Main-Hessen
Bezirksliga Main-Hessen
The Bezirksliga Main-Hessen was the highest association football league in the German state of Hesse and the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1927 to 1933...
(Gruppe Main) for a couple of seasons in the 1920s, changing leagues frequently.
In 1937 they briefly merged with Reichsbahn TuSpo Aschaffenburg to play as Reichsbahn-Viktoria Aschaffenburg, but were an independent side again by 1939. They made a late, short-lived appearance in top flight football in 1942, playing a single season in 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...
(Nord), one of sixteen premier divisions established in the 1933 re-organization of German football under the Third Reich.
Aschaffenburg returned to the top flight after World War II playing in 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:...
for two seasons in the late 40s and then through most of the 50s, competing against sides that would later go on to play in the Bundesliga, Germany's first top tier professional league, such as Bayern Munich, 1. FC Nuremberg, and 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...
, in front of crowds of 16,000 to 19,000. Generally a lower table side whose best result was a fifth place finish in 1956, a series of poor performances saw Aschaffenburg drop to tier III play in the Amateurliga Hessen/Amateur Oberliga-Hessen well before the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963.
The team's best performances came in the 1980s when they twice won the Oberliga Hessen title and promotion to 2.Bundesliga, where they played the 1985–86, 1986–87 and 1988–89 seasons. Through this period and into the early 90s Aschaffenburg made a half dozen appearances in the early rounds of DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
(German Cup) play. The club's best cup performance came in 1988 when they eliminated then-Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....
(1:0) in the second round before eventually going out in the quarterfinals against Werder Bremen (1:3).
A poor finish led to a move down to the fourth division play in the 1993–94 season. In 1995, the clubs under 19 side ended a remarkable series in German football. After 20 consecetive titles in the Under 19 Bayernliga
Under 19 Bayernliga
The Under 19 Fußball-Bayernliga is the second tier of under 19 youth football in Bavaria, set below the Under 19 Bundesliga South/Southwest....
(northern group) by the 1. FC Nuremberg, Viktoria finished this series, becoming only the second club to win this league. Viktorias junior teams play in the Bavarian league system, unlike its senior team.
The side was relegated to Landesliga Hessen-Süd (V) for a single season in 2003–04 and have since returned to play in Oberliga-Hessen (IV).
A third-place finish in the Oberliga in 2007–08 meant the club became one of the four clubs from this league to gain entry in the 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...
for the next season. After finishing 13th in the league in 2008–09, outside the relegation ranks, the club decided to return to the now-named Hessenliga due to financial reasons. Viktoria experienced a further drop at the end of the 2009-10 season
2009–10 Hessenliga
The 2009–10 season of the Hessenliga was the second season of the league at tier five of the German football league system.FSV Frankfurt II, champions of the Hessenliga, were promoted to the 2010–11 Regionalliga Süd. KSV Klein-Karben, 1...
when it was relegated to the tier-six Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd
Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd
The Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd, until 2008 named Landesliga Hessen-Süd, is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3...
despite a eight place finish for financial reasons.
In this league, Viktoria came second in 2010-11 and qualified for the promotion round to the Hessenliga, where it succeeded. In November 2011, the members of the club voted for a return to the Bavarian league system after the club had played in Hesse since 1945. Alongside the senior team, the reserve side will also switch associations while the clubs youth teams already play in Bavaria. The reasons for the switch were the easier qualification modus for the revamped Regionalligas for 2012, in Hesse the club needed to win the league while for Bavaria a ninth place finish was adequate for promotion. Another reason was also the lesser requirements in regards to infrastructure for the new Regionalliga Bayern
Regionalliga Bayern
The Regionalliga Bayern, , will be the highest football league in the state of Bavaria and the Bavarian Football League System. It will be one of five Regionalligas in German football, the 4th tier of the German football league system, below the 3rd Liga....
, an important factor for the recovering club who had just escaped insolvency in the previous year.
League
- 2nd Oberliga Süd2nd Oberliga SüdThe 2nd Oberliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1950 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.-Overview:...
(II)- Runners-up: (2) 1951, 1955
- HessenligaHessenligaThe Hessenliga is the highest football league in the state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the 5th tier of the German football league system. It was, until the introduction of the 3...
(III-V)- Champions: (4) 1974, 1985, 1988, 1992
- Runners-up: 2007
- Landesliga Hessen-Süd (V)
- Champions: 2004
- Verbandsliga Hessen-SüdVerbandsliga Hessen-SüdThe Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd, until 2008 named Landesliga Hessen-Süd, is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3...
(VI)- Runners-up: 2011
Youth
- Bavarian Under 19 championship
- Runners-up: (3) 1955, 1995, 2004
- Bavarian Under 17 championship
- Runners-up: 2002
- 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: 1999
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:| Year | 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 | Hessenliga Hessenliga The Hessenliga is the highest football league in the state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the 5th tier of the German football league system. It was, until the introduction of the 3... |
IV | 6th |
| 2000–01 | Hessenliga | 10th | |
| 2001–02 | Hessenliga | 10th | |
| 2002–03 | Hessenliga | 16th ↓ | |
| 2003–04 | Landesliga Hessen-Süd | V | 1st ↑ |
| 2004–05 | Hessenliga | IV | 10th |
| 2005–06 | Hessenliga | 10th | |
| 2006–07 | Hessenliga | 2nd | |
| 2007–08 | Hessenliga | 3rd ↑ | |
| 2008–09 | 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... |
13th ↓ | |
| 2009–10 | Hessenliga | V | 8th ↓ |
| 2010-11 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd The Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd, until 2008 named Landesliga Hessen-Süd, is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3... |
VI | 2nd ↑ |
| 2011–12 | Hessenliga | V |
- 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.
Current squad
Recent managers
Recent managers of the club:| Manager | Start | Finish |
| Ernst Lehner Ernst Lehner Ernst Lehner was a German footballer. He was born in Augsburg and died in Aschaffenburg.-World Cups:He played for the Germany national football team in the 1934 FIFA World Cup and the 1938 FIFA World Cup. In total, he made 65 appearances and scored 31 goals for the national team... |
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| Horst Heese Horst Heese Horst Heese is a German former professional football player and manager.Heese had 149 Bundesliga appearances for Eintracht Frankfurt and HSV. After his retirement he managed Offenbach, Nuremberg and Frankfurt. After being sacked in 1993 in Frankfurt he moved back to Eupen in Belgium, where he... |
April 1986 | December 1986 |
| Timo Zahnleiter Timo Zahnleiter Hans-Dieter "Timo" Zahnleiter is a German former professional football player and current manager.Zahnleiter played from 1974 until 1976 at AEK Athens FC in Greece and from 1979 until 1981 for Wormatia Worms in the 2. Bundesliga.... |
1 July 1989 | 30 June 1990 |
| Werner Lorant Werner Lorant Werner Lorant is a former German football player and manager.-Playing career:The defender and defensive midfielder commenced his professional career 1970 in the second division with Westfalia Herne. 1971 he moved to Borussia Dortmund. There he was part of a side that lost 1-11 against Bayern... |
1 July 1990 | 30 June 1992 |
| Rudi Bommer (player-coach) | 1 July 1998 | 30 June 2000 |
 Nenad SalovNenad Šalov Nenad Šalov is a Croatian former midfielder who played for SFR Yugoslavia.-External links:**... |
1 May 2003 | 9 December 2006 |
| Muhamed Preljevic Muhamed Preljević Muhamed Preljević is a former Bosnian football player.-External sources:* *... |
10 December 2006 | 27 March 2007 |
| Manfred Allig | 28 March 2007 | 30 June 2007 |
| Andreas Möller Andreas Möller Andreas Möller is a retired German footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He was a playmaker known for his range of passing and goalscoring ability... |
1 July 2007 | 30 June 2008 |
| Ronald Borchers Ronald Borchers Ronald Borchers is a former German footballer.Between 1975 and 1987 he played for Eintracht Frankfurt, Arminia Bielefeld and Waldhof Mannheim in the Bundesliga. However, he celebrated the majority of his success with Eintracht, winning the UEFA Cup in 1980 and the DFB Cup in 1981.Between 1978 and... |
1 July 2008 | 30 June 2009 |
| Marco Roth | 1 July 2009 | 30 June 2010 |
| Eric Rasp |
DFB Cup appearances
The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup six times:| Season | Round | Date | Home | Away | Result | Attendance |
| DFB Cup 1979-80 | First round | 24 August 1979 | FSV Frankfurt FSV Frankfurt FSV Frankfurt is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. The club plays in the shadow of larger and much more successful Eintracht Frankfurt, which has recently returned to 2nd tier football... |
Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 2–0 | |
| DFB Cup 1986-87 | First round | 30 August 1987 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | Waldhof Mannheim | 1–2 | |
| DFB Cup 1987-88 DFB Cup 1987-88 The DFB-Pokal 1987–88 was the 45th season of the competition. It began on 28 August 1987 and ended on 28 May 1988. Eintracht Frankfurt defeated VfL Bochum 1–0 thereby winning the trophy for the fourth time.-First round:------------------------... |
First round | 29 August 1987 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | SG Wattenscheid 09 SG Wattenscheid 09 SG Wattenscheid 09 is a German association football club, located in Wattenscheid which is part of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club claims an official founding date of 18 September 1909 as Ballspiel-Verein Wattenscheid out of the merger of two earlier sides known as BV Sodalität der... |
4–0 | |
| Second round | 24 October 1987 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 1. FC Köln 1. FC Köln 1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07.... |
1–0 | ||
| Third round | 13 February 1988 | Hessen Kassel KSV Hessen Kassel KSV Hessen Kassel is a German association football club based in Kassel, Hesse. The club was founded as FC Union 93 Kassel in 1893 and just two years later joined FC Hassia 93 Cassel to form Casseler FV 95... |
Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 0–1 | ||
| Quarter final | 13 February 1988 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | Werder Bremen | 1–3 | ||
| DFB Cup 1989-90 DFB Cup 1989-90 The 1989–90 DFB-Pokal was the 47th season of the competition. It began on 19 August 1989 and ended on 19 May 1990. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds. In the final FC Kaiserslautern defeated Werder Bremen 3–2.- 1st round :- Replays :... |
First round | 20 August 1989 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. KSC rose out of the consolidation of a number of predecessor clubs. They currently play in the 2... |
2–6 | |
| DFB Cup 1991-92 DFB Cup 1991-92 The DFB-Pokal 1991–92 was the 49th season of the competition. After the German reunification in 1990 the football association of eastern Germany, Nordostdeutscher Fußballverband, joined the German Football Association on 21 November 1990. Football clubs from eastern Germany thus participated for... |
First round | 1 August 1991 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | none | bye | |
| Second round | 17 August 1991 | VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix... |
Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 4–3 aet | ||
| DFB Cup 1992-93 DFB Cup 1992-93 The DFB-Pokal 1992–93 was the 50th season of the competition. 83 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds which began on 18 August 1992 and ended on 12 June 1993. In the final Bayer Leverkusen defeated the second team of Hertha Berlin 1–0... |
First round | 18 August 1992 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | none | bye | |
| Second round | 12 September 1992 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis, but is by far best known for its football section.- Foundation to WW2 :... |
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