1. FC Passau
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The 1. FC Passau is a German association football club
from the city of Passau
, Bavaria
.
Throughout its existence, the club played on a number of occasions in the tier-three Bayernliga
. It also reached the first round of the national German Cup once.
16th Infantry Regiment, based in the city, to let them use their training ground. The club became virtually defunct during and after the First World War, becoming nothing more than the football department of TV Passau once more again after the war. It only resurfaced in 1924. In 1951, the club changed its name to 1. FC Passau.
Passau did not enter the higher Bavarian football scene till well after the Second World War when, in 1958, the team won the tier-four 2nd Amateurliga Niederbayern
. It took three games against Upper Palatinate
champions SpVgg Vohenstrauß to secure promotion to the Amateurliga Südbayern for the first time. Previously, in 1956 and 1957, the club had already won this league but failed in the promotion round. In this league, 1. FCP escaped relegation by only one point in the first season there, 1958–59. the year after, the club was not so lucky and dropped down to the fourth division again.
Passau once more won the local 2nd Amateurliga, defeated TV Wackersdorf in two games and returned to the third division in 1961. It could however not sustain this level and returned once more to the 2nd Amateruliga the year after.
The club was not one of the lucky three to qualify for the new Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
in 1963 and instead was grouped in the tier-five Bezirksliga that year. It earned promotion back to the fourth tier in its first season there and entered the Landesliga for 1964–65.
In its second season in this league, the team finished second, ten points behind Jahn Regensburg
. After an unimpressive 1966–67 season, the team won the league the year after and earned promotion to the Amateurliga Bayern.
In the third division, the club established itself as a mid-table side, rising to a fourth place finish in 1973–74, the clubs best ever. After two more seasons with mid-table finishes, Passau came last in the league in 1977 and had to return to the Landesliga after a nine-season absence. That season
, it also qualified for the first round of the German Cup, losing 6–2 after extra time at Arminia Bielefeld
.
Back in the Landesliga, the club did not performe partuclarly well and was relegated back to the Bezirksliga in 1981. It spend only one season there before returning to the Landesliga in 1982.
In the 1983–84 season, the team finished on equal points on a relegation rank with TSV Vestenbergsgreuth
and ASV Herzogenaurach
but lost the relegation deciders and once more dropped down to the Bezirksliga.
This time, it spend two seasons at this level before returning to the Landeliga. The club returned as a more competitive side and a third place in the league in 1988–89, on equal points with SpVgg Fürth, who it lost a second-place decider to, showed, 1. FC Passau was heading for better times. The year after, it finished equal first with Jahn Regensburg
but once more lost in the decider for the championship. It did enter the promotion round for the Landesliga-runners-up but also lost there in the final, 3–0 to SV Lohhof
.
In 1991–92, the club finally achieved promotion back to Bavarias highest league, now called Amateur Oberliga Bayern, on the strength of a Landesliga title.
Passau once again established itself as a mid-table side in the league, spending eight seasons at this level, with a sixth place in 1998 as its best result. In decline after this, it suffered relegation back to the Landesliga in 1999–2000.
The team did not perform well in its first season back in the Landesliga, but improved in the following seasons and, after a second-place finish, earned promotion back to the Bayernliga via a 3–1 victory over TSV Großbardorf in the promotion games. The club never did particularly well in the league this time round and was rlegated after three seasons in 2006, with only six wins out of 34 games.
Passaus performance in the Landesliga the year after is one of the worst ever, unable to win a game all season and achieving only seven draws out of 38 games. With 16 goals scored and 127 goals conceded, the club holds quite a number of all-time negative records in this league now. As of 2008–09, the club is the only one ever to finish a Landesliga season without a win, out of three regional divisions and 44 seasons.
Relegated to the Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern
, the club broke the fall, finishing in midfield in 2007–08. From there, the club improved, finishing fourth the season after.
Football in Germany
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from the city of Passau
Passau
Passau is a town in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the Dreiflüssestadt or "City of Three Rivers," because the Danube is joined at Passau by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north....
, 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...
.
Throughout its existence, the club played on a number of occasions in the tier-three 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...
. It also reached the first round of the national German Cup once.
History
The club was formed in 1911, under the name of FC Passau. It came into existence when the football department of local TV Passau, formed in 1862, left the club to go its own way. In its early days, the football club, like so many others in Germany at the time, suffered under the lack of a playing field. FCP was lucky enough to convince the commander of the BavarianBavarian army
The Bavarian Army was the army of the Electorate and then Kingdom of Bavaria. It existed from 1682 as the standing army of Bavaria until the merger of the military sovereignty of Bavaria into that of the German State in 1919...
16th Infantry Regiment, based in the city, to let them use their training ground. The club became virtually defunct during and after the First World War, becoming nothing more than the football department of TV Passau once more again after the war. It only resurfaced in 1924. In 1951, the club changed its name to 1. FC Passau.
Passau did not enter the higher Bavarian football scene till well after the Second World War when, in 1958, the team won the tier-four 2nd Amateurliga Niederbayern
2nd Amateurliga Bayern
The 2nd Amateurliga Bayern was a set of eleven regional leagues in Bavaria existing from 1951 to 1963 as the fourth tier of football in the state....
. It took three games against Upper Palatinate
Upper Palatinate
The Upper Palatinate is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of Bavaria.- History :The region took its name first in the early 16th century, because it was by the Treaty of Pavia one of the main portions of the territory of the Wittelsbach Elector...
champions SpVgg Vohenstrauß to secure promotion to the Amateurliga Südbayern for the first time. Previously, in 1956 and 1957, the club had already won this league but failed in the promotion round. In this league, 1. FCP escaped relegation by only one point in the first season there, 1958–59. the year after, the club was not so lucky and dropped down to the fourth division again.
Passau once more won the local 2nd Amateurliga, defeated TV Wackersdorf in two games and returned to the third division in 1961. It could however not sustain this level and returned once more to the 2nd Amateruliga the year after.
The club was not one of the lucky three to qualify for the new 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 1963 and instead was grouped in the tier-five Bezirksliga that year. It earned promotion back to the fourth tier in its first season there and entered the Landesliga for 1964–65.
In its second season in this league, the team finished second, ten points behind 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...
. After an unimpressive 1966–67 season, the team won the league the year after and earned promotion to the Amateurliga Bayern.
In the third division, the club established itself as a mid-table side, rising to a fourth place finish in 1973–74, the clubs best ever. After two more seasons with mid-table finishes, Passau came last in the league in 1977 and had to return to the Landesliga after a nine-season absence. That season
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...
, it also qualified for the first round of the German Cup, losing 6–2 after extra time at Arminia Bielefeld
Arminia Bielefeld
DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue...
.
Back in the Landesliga, the club did not performe partuclarly well and was relegated back to the Bezirksliga in 1981. It spend only one season there before returning to the Landesliga in 1982.
In the 1983–84 season, the team finished on equal points on a relegation rank with TSV Vestenbergsgreuth
TSV Vestenbergsgreuth
The TSV Vestenbergsgreuth is a German association football club from the village of Vestenbergsgreuth, Bavaria. From 1996 to 2007, the club did not field a team due to a merger with SpVgg Fürth, but has since returned to competitive football as a separate side.TSV is best known for its 1–0 victory...
and ASV Herzogenaurach
ASV Herzogenaurach
The ASV Herzogenaurach is a German association football club from the city of Herzogenaurach, Bavaria.The history of the club is strongly interwined with the Sports equipment manufacturer Adidas, then just a local company and sponsor of the ASV and its rivalry to FC Herzogenaurach, which was...
but lost the relegation deciders and once more dropped down to the Bezirksliga.
This time, it spend two seasons at this level before returning to the Landeliga. The club returned as a more competitive side and a third place in the league in 1988–89, on equal points with SpVgg Fürth, who it lost a second-place decider to, showed, 1. FC Passau was heading for better times. The year after, it finished equal first with 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...
but once more lost in the decider for the championship. It did enter the promotion round for the Landesliga-runners-up but also lost there in the final, 3–0 to SV Lohhof
SV Lohhof
SV Lohhof is a German association football club from the Lohhof district of Unterschleißheim, Bavaria, north of Munich. The footballers are part of a sports club that includes departments for athletics, badminton, gymnastics, martial arts, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, as well as...
.
In 1991–92, the club finally achieved promotion back to Bavarias highest league, now called Amateur Oberliga Bayern, on the strength of a Landesliga title.
Passau once again established itself as a mid-table side in the league, spending eight seasons at this level, with a sixth place in 1998 as its best result. In decline after this, it suffered relegation back to the Landesliga in 1999–2000.
The team did not perform well in its first season back in the Landesliga, but improved in the following seasons and, after a second-place finish, earned promotion back to the Bayernliga via a 3–1 victory over TSV Großbardorf in the promotion games. The club never did particularly well in the league this time round and was rlegated after three seasons in 2006, with only six wins out of 34 games.
Passaus performance in the Landesliga the year after is one of the worst ever, unable to win a game all season and achieving only seven draws out of 38 games. With 16 goals scored and 127 goals conceded, the club holds quite a number of all-time negative records in this league now. As of 2008–09, the club is the only one ever to finish a Landesliga season without a win, out of three regional divisions and 44 seasons.
Relegated to the Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern
Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern
The Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Lower Bavaria...
, the club broke the fall, finishing in midfield in 2007–08. From there, the club improved, finishing fourth the season after.
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....
(IV-V)- Champions: (2) 1968, 1992
- Runners-up: (3) 1966, 1990, 2003
- 2nd Amateurliga Niederbayern2nd Amateurliga BayernThe 2nd Amateurliga Bayern was a set of eleven regional leagues in Bavaria existing from 1951 to 1963 as the fourth tier of football in the state....
(IV)- Champions: (4) 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961
- Bezirksoberliga NiederbayernBezirksoberliga NiederbayernThe Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Lower Bavaria...
- Runners-up: 2011
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 | Oberliga 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... |
IV | 18th ↓ |
| 2000–01 | 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 | 12th |
| 2001–02 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | 4th | |
| 2002–03 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | 2nd ↑ | |
| 2003–04 | Oberliga Bayern | IV | 15th |
| 2004–05 | Oberliga Bayern | 13th | |
| 2005–06 | Oberliga Bayern | 18th ↓ | |
| 2006–07 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | V | 19th ↓ |
| 2007–08 | Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern The Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Lower Bavaria... |
VI | 8th |
| 2008–09 | Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern | VII | 4th |
| 2009–10 | Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern | 6th | |
| 2010–11 | Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern | 2nd | |
| 2011–12 | Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern |
- 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 only once:| Season | Round | Date | Home | Away | Result | Attendance |
| DFB-Pokal 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... |
First round | 6 August 1976 | Arminia Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue... |
1. FC Passau | 6–2 aet | 3,900 |
External links
- Official team site
- 1. FC Passau profile at Weltfussball.de
- 1. FC Passau profile at Fussballdaten.de
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables