1. FC Eschborn
Encyclopedia
1. FC Eschborn is a German association football club
which plays in Eschborn
, a suburb of Frankfurt
, Hesse
.
A perennial lower division amateur side, 1. FC has recently made strides that have seen it playing in the Regionalliga Süd (III) as recently as the 2005–06 season. Their success has been mixed, however: while making some strong showings in the fourth division Oberliga Hessen, they have not been able to compete effectively at the Regionalliga level. The club is also suffering financially, and unable to find a strong sponsor, is facing bankruptcy.
Eschborn took part in the 2005–06 German Cup tournament on the strength of their championship in the Oberliga Hessen (IV) the previous season, but were eliminated in the opening round by 1. FC Nuremberg.
The club is currently playing in the Hessenliga
(V) again after spending the 2007–08 season in the Landesliga.
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...
which plays in Eschborn
Eschborn
Eschborn is a town near Frankfurt am Main in the Main-Taunus district, Hesse, Germany. As of 2009, it had a population of 20,789, but boasts fulltime employment of over 30,000 people...
, a suburb of Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
, Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
.
History
The association was founded 10 September 1930 and after World War II was re-established as SG Eschborn. In 1950 the football department left behind the postwar sports club, which was by then known as Turnverein Eschborn, to become an independent club under its current name.A perennial lower division amateur side, 1. FC has recently made strides that have seen it playing in the Regionalliga Süd (III) as recently as the 2005–06 season. Their success has been mixed, however: while making some strong showings in the fourth division Oberliga Hessen, they have not been able to compete effectively at the Regionalliga level. The club is also suffering financially, and unable to find a strong sponsor, is facing bankruptcy.
Eschborn took part in the 2005–06 German Cup tournament on the strength of their championship in the Oberliga Hessen (IV) the previous season, but were eliminated in the opening round by 1. FC Nuremberg.
The club is currently playing 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) again after spending the 2007–08 season in the Landesliga.
Recent seasons
| Year | Division | Position |
| 1999–2000 | Landesliga Hessen-Mitte (V) | 2nd |
| 2000–01 | Landesliga Hessen-Mitte | 2nd ↑ |
| 2001–02 | Oberliga Hessen (IV) | 2nd |
| 2002–03 | Oberliga Hessen | 1st ↑ |
| 2003–04 | Regionalliga Süd (III) | 17th ↓ |
| 2004–05 | Oberliga Hessen (IV) | 1st ↑ |
| 2005–06 | Regionalliga Süd (III) | 18th ↓ |
| 2006–07 | Oberliga Hessen (IV) | 16th ↓ |
| 2007–08 | Landesliga Hessen-Mitte (V) | 2nd ↑ |
| 2008–09 | Hessenliga (V) | 6th |
| 2009–10 | Hessenliga (V) | 6th |
| 2010–11 | Hessenliga (V) | 4th |