BC Aichach
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The BC Aichach is a German
association football club from the town of Aichach
, Bavaria
.
The club has been a consistent member of the Landesliga Bayern-Süd
, which it belonged to for 29 of a possible 49 seasons since 1963, with only TSV 1860 Rosenheim
(36) and FC Gundelfingen
(31) having spent more time in the league. It also won the Schwaben Cup
once, in 1998, a qualifying competition for the German Cup, but failed to advance to the first round.
BCA should not be confused with the now defunct BC Augsburg
, also from Bavarian Swabia, which historically has also been referred to as BCA and whose logo is very similar to the one of the Aichach club.
BCA became a founding member of the new Landesliga Bayern-Süd
(IV) in 1963 but was immediately relegated from the league. It took the club three seasons to return to this level, which it did in 1967. Aichach managed to stay for nine season in the Landesliga, coming fourth twice as its best result. It briefly dropped to Bezirksliga level again in 1977 but returned immediately to the Landesliga for another four seasons.
After relegation in 1981 it took the side four seasons to return to the Landesliga which it did in 1985, briefly dropping to A-Klasse level (VI). A ten year stint at this level followed in which BCA earned another three fourth place finishes as its top results. The club briefly dropped to the league below, now the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
, in 1995, but once more made a straight come back to the Landesliga. In 1998, the club won its only Schwaben Cup title, against FC Memmingen
, in a drawn final. The rules of the competition, later changed, made BCA the winner nevertheless as it was the lower division team of the two and therefore only needed a draw to win the competition. In the year 2000, the clubs era in the Landesliga came to a more permanent halt when it was relegated once more and entered an era of decline.
Three consecutive relegations saw the club drop from the fifth tier, the Landesliga, to the eight, the Kreisliga, passing through the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (VI) and the Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord
(VII) to the Kreisliga Schwaben-Ost
(VIII). The club reached a low in the Kreisliga in 2002–03, even having to deregister its reserve team, but began climbing the ranks again in the following season. Two consecutive league championships took it back to the Bezirksoberliga, but it struggled there, suffered another relegation in 2007 and had to spent another season in the Bezirksliga before returning to the Bezirksoberliga. After three seasons there, the club won the league in 2011 and earned another promotion.
BCA returned to the Landesliga Bayern-Süd, now a tier six league, for the final season before its disbanding in 2012, with the aim of qualifying for the new southern division of the Fußball-Bayernliga. The club planned to built a new stadium at the cost of Euro 2,2 million but this project encountered financial trouble in March 2011 and may not be going ahead. The clubs recent rise has been made possible through the sponsorship of Volker Weingartner, the current chairman of the club.
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 town of Aichach
Aichach
Aichach is a town in Germany, located in the Bundesland of Bavaria and situated just northeast of Augsburg. It is the capital of the district of Aichach-Friedberg. The municipality of Aichach counts some 20,000 inhabitants. It isn't far from the motorway that connects Munich and Stuttgart, the A8....
, 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 club has been a consistent member of the 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....
, which it belonged to for 29 of a possible 49 seasons since 1963, with only TSV 1860 Rosenheim
TSV 1860 Rosenheim
TSV 1860 Rosenheim is a German association football club from the town of Rosenheim, Bavaria. The roots of the association are in the establishment on 20 October 1860 of the gymnastics club and community fire brigade Freiwillige Turnerfeuerwehr Rosenheim....
(36) and FC Gundelfingen
FC Gundelfingen
The FC Gundelfingen is a German association football club from Gundelfingen an der Donau, Bavaria. A longtime fourth and fifth division side, the club is one of the top sides from Schwaben and has six Schwäbischer-Pokal wins to its credit....
(31) having spent more time in the league. It also won the Schwaben Cup
Schwaben Cup
The Schwaben Cup was a domestic cup competition in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia , played from 1947 to 2009.-Overview:...
once, in 1998, a qualifying competition for the German Cup, but failed to advance to the first round.
BCA should not be confused with the now defunct 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...
, also from Bavarian Swabia, which historically has also been referred to as BCA and whose logo is very similar to the one of the Aichach club.
History
The club was formed on 17 October 1917. Because of its connection to the catholic church, the club was forced to merge with the gymnastics club TSV Aichach in 1933, when the Nazis came to power, but regained its independence in 1945.BCA became a founding member of the new 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....
(IV) in 1963 but was immediately relegated from the league. It took the club three seasons to return to this level, which it did in 1967. Aichach managed to stay for nine season in the Landesliga, coming fourth twice as its best result. It briefly dropped to Bezirksliga level again in 1977 but returned immediately to the Landesliga for another four seasons.
After relegation in 1981 it took the side four seasons to return to the Landesliga which it did in 1985, briefly dropping to A-Klasse level (VI). A ten year stint at this level followed in which BCA earned another three fourth place finishes as its top results. The club briefly dropped to the league below, now the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
The Bezirksoberliga Schwaben is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia . Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the 6th tier of the league system....
, in 1995, but once more made a straight come back to the Landesliga. In 1998, the club won its only Schwaben Cup title, against FC Memmingen
FC Memmingen
FC Memmingen is a German association football club based in Memmingen, Bavaria.-Overview:The team was formed on 30 May 1907 as the football department of the gymnastics club Memminger Turnvereins 1859 and became independent in the fall of that year...
, in a drawn final. The rules of the competition, later changed, made BCA the winner nevertheless as it was the lower division team of the two and therefore only needed a draw to win the competition. In the year 2000, the clubs era in the Landesliga came to a more permanent halt when it was relegated once more and entered an era of decline.
Three consecutive relegations saw the club drop from the fifth tier, the Landesliga, to the eight, the Kreisliga, passing through the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (VI) and the Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord
Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord
The Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord is currently the 8th tier of the German football league system in the northern half of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...
(VII) to the Kreisliga Schwaben-Ost
Kreisliga Schwaben-Ost
The Kreisliga Schwaben-Ost is currently the 9th tier of the German football league system in the eastern region of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...
(VIII). The club reached a low in the Kreisliga in 2002–03, even having to deregister its reserve team, but began climbing the ranks again in the following season. Two consecutive league championships took it back to the Bezirksoberliga, but it struggled there, suffered another relegation in 2007 and had to spent another season in the Bezirksliga before returning to the Bezirksoberliga. After three seasons there, the club won the league in 2011 and earned another promotion.
BCA returned to the Landesliga Bayern-Süd, now a tier six league, for the final season before its disbanding in 2012, with the aim of qualifying for the new southern division of the Fußball-Bayernliga. The club planned to built a new stadium at the cost of Euro 2,2 million but this project encountered financial trouble in March 2011 and may not be going ahead. The clubs recent rise has been made possible through the sponsorship of Volker Weingartner, the current chairman of the club.
League
- Bezirksoberliga SchwabenBezirksoberliga SchwabenThe Bezirksoberliga Schwaben is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia . Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the 6th tier of the league system....
- Champions: 1996, 2011
- Bezirksliga Schwaben-NordBezirksliga Schwaben-NordThe Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord is currently the 8th tier of the German football league system in the northern half of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...
- Champions: 1967, 1977, 1985, 2005, 2008
- Kreisliga Schwaben-OstKreisliga Schwaben-OstThe Kreisliga Schwaben-Ost is currently the 9th tier of the German football league system in the eastern region of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...
- Champions: 2004
Recent managers
Recent managers of the club:| Manager | Start | Finish |
| Martin Schreier | ? | 2011 |
| Ivan Konjevic | 2011 | Present |
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-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.... |
V | 17th ↓ |
| 2000–01 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben Bezirksoberliga Schwaben The Bezirksoberliga Schwaben is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia . Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the 6th tier of the league system.... |
VI | 14th ↓ |
| 2001–02 | Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord The Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord is currently the 8th tier of the German football league system in the northern half of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia... |
VII | 14th ↓ |
| 2002–03 | Kreisliga Schwaben-Ost Kreisliga Schwaben-Ost The Kreisliga Schwaben-Ost is currently the 9th tier of the German football league system in the eastern region of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia... |
VIII | |
| 2003–04 | Kreisliga Schwaben-Ost | 1st ↑ | |
| 2004–05 | Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord | VII | 1st ↑ |
| 2005–06 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | VI | 13th |
| 2006–07 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 14th ↓ | |
| 2007–08 | Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord | VII | 1st ↑ |
| 2008–09 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 10th | |
| 2009–10 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 5th | |
| 2010–11 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 1st ↑ | |
| 2011–12 | Landesliga Bayern-Süd | 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.