BFV Hassia Bingen
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The BFV Hassia Bingen is a German association football club
from the city of Bingen am Rhein
, Rhineland-Palatinate
.
Hassia, at times, has played at the highest level of German football, the last time in 1952–53. In 2009–10, the club plays in the tier-five Oberliga Südwest
. The club has also enjoyed some German Cup success, reaching the third round of this competition twice.
The club also offers table tennis
as a second sport. Its women's team played in the 2nd Bundesliga Süd in 2008–09, earning promotion to the Bundesliga
.
Hassia is the Latin name for Hesse
.
The club first rose to top-level football in the region in 1926, when it earned promotion to the Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar
. It finished fifth in this league out of ten clubs in its first season there, after which the league was disbanded. The team become part of the new tier-one Bezirksliga Main-Hessen
, where it was to play for the next three seasons, being relegated in 1930 after a last-place finish.
Hassia won the promotion round to the Bezirksliga in 1933 and was thereby qualified for the leagues next season. The introduction of the Gauliga
system in Germany by the Nazis in 1933 however stopped Hassia from taking up its first-division spot. A reduction in the number of top leagues in Germany to 16 and thereby a reduction of top-league clubs meant, the club was not qualified for the new Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen
. Hassia did not make it into this league during the Gauliga era at all, which lasted until 1945.
for the 1945–46 season. At this level, the team lasted for only one season before dropping back to the second level.
Football in the region of South West at this level was split into three division at the time, Vorderpfalz, Westpfalz and Rheinhessen. The club played in the Rheinhessen division without coming close to promotion in the coming years. In 1951, Hassia became one of four teams from this league to gain entry to the newly created 2nd Oberliga Südwest
, the new second division in the region.
In its first season there, the team finished third, with all teams on places one to four on equal points. This however was enough for Hassia to return to the Oberliga.
The club, in its last first-division season ever, was completely outperformed, finishing last with three points out of 30 games, remaining winless all season. BFV Hassia conceded 142 goals and scored only 32. The following 2nd Oberliga season went better and the team finished sixth. After a seventh place the following year, the club came last once more in 1955–56 and was relegated to the tier-three Amateurliga Südwest
.
The club took out the championship in this league in 1957 and 1959. In 1957, the team failed in the promotion round, coming last out of four clubs, but in 1959 it won its group without losing a game and returned to the 2nd Oberliga. The later allowed Hassia to take part in the German amateur football championship
, where it went out to FC Singen 04
in the semi-finals.
From 1959 to 1963, Hassia played as a mid-table side in the second division but its results were not good enough to qualify it for the new second-tier Regionalliga Südwest
when the Fußball-Bundesliga
was introduced in 1963 and the club made a permanent departure from the second level as well.
In 1974, Hassia also opened its new stadium, which had to be sold to the city of Bingen in 1986.
The team entered the first round of the German Cup for the first time in 1975
, advancing to the third round, where it was knocked out by SV Röchling Völklingen
.
In 1976–77, the club had one more excellent season, finishing second on equal points with champions Wormatia Worms
. Qualified for the German amateur championship once more, it went out in the quarter-finals to BFC Preussen
. Additionally, it also played in the national cup once more, advancing to the third round after victories over 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
and Sportfreunde Eisbachtal
, where it lost 2–1 to SpVgg Bayreuth
. The following year, another second place was enough to qualify Hassia for the new Oberliga Südwest
. It also made an appearance in the German Cup, losing 1–0 to Stuttgarter Kickers
.
The team became a fixture in this league, spending 23 of 28 possible seasons in it until 2006. Only from 1991 to 1994 and again from 2001 to 2003 did the side play in the tier below, now the Verbandsliga Südwest
. Its best performance in this era was a fourth place in 1984 and 1996. The five seasons spend in the Verbandsliga in this time, the team always finished in the top-three. It also took part in the first round of the German Cup three more times. In 1981
it advanced to the second round after a victory over SpVgg Landshut
, in 1983
and 1986
it was knocked out in the first.
On 2 October 1983 Hassia player Jürgen Wilhelm
scored a goal for the club against FC Homburg
that was voted as the Goal of the month by German television station ARD
. This goal then went on to win the Goal of the year
award.
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...
from the city of Bingen am Rhein
Bingen am Rhein
Bingen am Rhein is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.The settlement’s original name was Bingium, a Celtic word that may have meant “hole in the rock”, a description of the shoal behind the Mäuseturm, known as the Binger Loch. Bingen was the starting point for the...
, Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
.
Hassia, at times, has played at the highest level of German football, the last time in 1952–53. In 2009–10, the club plays in the tier-five Oberliga Südwest
Oberliga Südwest
The Oberliga Südwest is the highest regional football league for the Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland state of Germany. It is the fifth tier of the German football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German Football, the 5th tier of the German football league system...
. The club has also enjoyed some German Cup success, reaching the third round of this competition twice.
The club also offers table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
as a second sport. Its women's team played in the 2nd Bundesliga Süd in 2008–09, earning promotion to the Bundesliga
Bundesliga (table tennis)
The Tischtennis-Bundesliga is the top German professional table tennis league.- Champions :...
.
Hassia is the Latin name for 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...
.
1910–1945
BFV Hassia was formed in 1910, but football was first played in Bingen under the name of Hassia in 1908.The club first rose to top-level football in the region in 1926, when it earned promotion to the Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar
Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar
The Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar was the highest association football league in the German state of Saarland, the Rheinhessen part of the state of Hesse and parts of the Bavarian region of Palatinate and the Prussian Rhine Province from 1923 to 1927, when the league was replaced by the Bezirksliga...
. It finished fifth in this league out of ten clubs in its first season there, after which the league was disbanded. The team become part of the new tier-one 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...
, where it was to play for the next three seasons, being relegated in 1930 after a last-place finish.
Hassia won the promotion round to the Bezirksliga in 1933 and was thereby qualified for the leagues next season. The introduction of the Gauliga
Gauliga
A Gauliga was the highest level of play in German football from 1934-45. The leagues were introduced in 1933, after the Nazi takeover of power by the Sports office of the Third Reich.-Name:...
system in Germany by the Nazis in 1933 however stopped Hassia from taking up its first-division spot. A reduction in the number of top leagues in Germany to 16 and thereby a reduction of top-league clubs meant, the club was not qualified for the new Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen
Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen
The Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen was the highest football league in the German state of Hesse,the Bavarian province of Palatinate, the Saarland and some parts of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1933 to 1941. From 1941, it also included parts of the occupied French region of Lorraine...
. Hassia did not make it into this league during the Gauliga era at all, which lasted until 1945.
1945–1963
In post-war Germany, Hassia was grouped in the northern division of the tier-one Oberliga SüdwestOberliga Südwest (1945-63)
The Oberliga Südwest was the highest level of the German football league system in the southwest of Germany from 1945 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the two states of Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland.-Overview:...
for the 1945–46 season. At this level, the team lasted for only one season before dropping back to the second level.
Football in the region of South West at this level was split into three division at the time, Vorderpfalz, Westpfalz and Rheinhessen. The club played in the Rheinhessen division without coming close to promotion in the coming years. In 1951, Hassia became one of four teams from this league to gain entry to the newly created 2nd Oberliga Südwest
2nd Oberliga Südwest
The 2nd Oberliga Südwest was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the southwest of Germany from 1951 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the two states of Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland.-Overview:...
, the new second division in the region.
In its first season there, the team finished third, with all teams on places one to four on equal points. This however was enough for Hassia to return to the Oberliga.
The club, in its last first-division season ever, was completely outperformed, finishing last with three points out of 30 games, remaining winless all season. BFV Hassia conceded 142 goals and scored only 32. The following 2nd Oberliga season went better and the team finished sixth. After a seventh place the following year, the club came last once more in 1955–56 and was relegated to the tier-three Amateurliga Südwest
Amateurliga Südwest
The Amateurliga Südwest was the highest football league in the region of the Südwest FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Verbandsliga Südwest below it in 1978....
.
The club took out the championship in this league in 1957 and 1959. In 1957, the team failed in the promotion round, coming last out of four clubs, but in 1959 it won its group without losing a game and returned to the 2nd Oberliga. The later allowed Hassia to take part in the German amateur football championship
German amateur football championship
The German amateur football championship was a football competition in Germany, existing from 1950 to 2000, organised by the German Football Association, the DFB.-Overview:...
, where it went out to FC Singen 04
FC Singen 04
The FC Singen 04 is a German association football club from the city of Singen, Baden-Württemberg. Established 4 August 1904. the club merged with Fußball-Club Radolfzell in 1908 to form FC Radolfzell-SIngen...
in the semi-finals.
From 1959 to 1963, Hassia played as a mid-table side in the second division but its results were not good enough to qualify it for the new second-tier Regionalliga Südwest
Regionalliga Südwest (1963-74)
The Regionalliga Südwest was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the southwest of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974...
when the Fußball-Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
was introduced in 1963 and the club made a permanent departure from the second level as well.
1963–2006
Hassia returned to the Amateurliga, a league it would belong to until 1968, finishing in mid-table. In 1967–68, the club suffered another relegation, now to the fourth tier. It took until 1974 to recover from this and return to the Amateurliga.In 1974, Hassia also opened its new stadium, which had to be sold to the city of Bingen in 1986.
The team entered the first round of the German Cup for the first time in 1975
DFB-Pokal 1975–76
The DFB-Pokal 1975–76 was the 33rd season of the competition. It began on 1 August 1975 and ended on 26 June 1976. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds...
, advancing to the third round, where it was knocked out by SV Röchling Völklingen
SV Röchling Völklingen
SV Röchling Völklingen is a German association football club that plays in Völklingen, part of the greater Saarbrücken, Saarland.-History:The club was founded as FC Völklingen on 26 April 1906 and re-named SV Völklingen in 1912 before folding in 1916 as a consequence of the fighting along the...
.
In 1976–77, the club had one more excellent season, finishing second on equal points with champions Wormatia Worms
Wormatia Worms
VfR Wormatia 08 Worms is a German association football club that plays in Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club and its historical predecessors were regular participants in regional first division football competition right up until the formation of the national top-flight Bundesliga in 1963...
. Qualified for the German amateur championship once more, it went out in the quarter-finals to BFC Preussen
BFC Preussen
BFC Preussen is a German football club from Berlin. The team is part of a sports club which also has departments for handball, volleyball, athletics, gymnastics, and ice hockey...
. Additionally, it also played in the national cup once more, advancing to the third round after victories over 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
1. FC Schweinfurt 05
1.FC Schweinfurt 05 is a German association football club that plays in Schweinfurt, Bavaria.-History:The club was founded on 5 May 1905 and played in the local leagues. The team attempted a merger with Turngemeinde Schweinfurt von 1848 which lasted from 1928 to 1930 before the two groups parted...
and Sportfreunde Eisbachtal
Sportfreunde Eisbachtal
Sportfreunde Eisbachtal is a German association football club based in Nentershausen, Rhineland-Palatinate.-History:Sportfreunde Eisbachtal were formed in 1966 as a merger of local teams SC Großholbach, TuS Girod-Kleinholbach, VfR Nomborn, TuS Heilberscheid and TuS Nentershausen...
, where it lost 2–1 to SpVgg Bayreuth
SpVgg Bayreuth
SpVgg Bayreuth is a German football club based in Bayreuth, Bavaria. Apart from coming within two games of earning promotion to the Fußball-Bundesliga in 1979, the club also reached the quarter finals of the DFB-Pokal twice, in 1977 and 1980.- 1921 to 1945 :...
. The following year, another second place was enough to qualify Hassia for the new Oberliga Südwest
Oberliga Südwest
The Oberliga Südwest is the highest regional football league for the Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland state of Germany. It is the fifth tier of the German football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German Football, the 5th tier of the German football league system...
. It also made an appearance in the German Cup, losing 1–0 to Stuttgarter Kickers
Stuttgarter Kickers
Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers...
.
The team became a fixture in this league, spending 23 of 28 possible seasons in it until 2006. Only from 1991 to 1994 and again from 2001 to 2003 did the side play in the tier below, now the Verbandsliga Südwest
Verbandsliga Südwest
The Verbandsliga Südwest 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.-Overview:...
. Its best performance in this era was a fourth place in 1984 and 1996. The five seasons spend in the Verbandsliga in this time, the team always finished in the top-three. It also took part in the first round of the German Cup three more times. In 1981
DFB-Pokal 1981–82
The DFB-Pokal 1981–82 was the 39th season of the competition. It began on 28 August 1981 and ended on 1 May 1982. In the final Bayern Munich defeated FC Nuremberg 4–2. Bayern thus won the trophy for the sixth time. It was the last season, that the cup was held with 128 teams participating...
it advanced to the second round after a victory over SpVgg Landshut
SpVgg Landshut
The SpVgg Landshut is a German association football club from the city of Landshut, Bavaria. Both the clubs men and women's football teams have in the past played in the highest state league, the Bayernliga.-History:...
, in 1983
DFB-Pokal 1983–84
The DFB-Pokal 1983–84 was the 41st season of the competition. It began on 16 August 1983 and ended on 31 May 1984. In the final Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach 8–7 on penalties to take their seventh title. It was the first time the cup final was decided by a penalty...
and 1986
DFB-Pokal 1986–87
The 1986–87 DFB-Pokal was the 44th season of the competition. It began on 27 August 1986 and ended on 20 June 1987. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds. In the final Hamburg defeated Stuttgarter Kickers 3–1.- 1st round :- Replays :...
it was knocked out in the first.
On 2 October 1983 Hassia player Jürgen Wilhelm
Jürgen Wilhelm
Jürgen Wilhelm is a retired German footballer who played for Borussia Dortmund in the Fußball-Bundesliga.He is best known for scoring the Goal of the Year in Germany in 1983, while playing for amateur third division side BFV Hassia Bingen.-Early career:As a player for amateur side SC 09...
scored a goal for the club against FC Homburg
FC Homburg
FC 08 Homburg is a German association football club based in Homburg, Saarland. The club was founded on 15 June 1908 as Fussball Club Homburg by a group of seventeen young men at the local Hohenburg pub.- History :...
that was voted as the Goal of the month by German television station ARD
ARD (broadcaster)
ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...
. This goal then went on to win the Goal of the year
Goal of the Year (Germany)
The Goal of the Year in Germany is, like the Goal of the Month , the Goal of the Decade and Goal of the Century, an individual soccer award selected by spectators of the Sportschau , among spectacular or important soccer goals scored in or for Germany.Klaus Fischer won it three times; his 1977 ...
award.
2006–present
After finishing second-last in 2005–06 in the Oberliga, only insolvent SV Weingarten below the club, the team was relegated to the Verbandsliga once more. Back in what was now the fifth division, Hassia struggled, unlike on previous occasions, coming ninth and eleventh in the next two seasons. The club did however not share the fate of many other former Oberliga greats who dropped down the league system and recovered. A league title in 2008–09 meant a return to the Oberliga once more for 2009–10.Honours
- League
- Amateurliga SüdwestAmateurliga SüdwestThe Amateurliga Südwest was the highest football league in the region of the Südwest FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Verbandsliga Südwest below it in 1978....
(III) champions: 1957, 1959 - Verbandsliga SüdwestVerbandsliga SüdwestThe Verbandsliga Südwest 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.-Overview:...
(V-VI) champions: 2003, 2009
- Amateurliga Südwest
- Cup
- South West CupSouth West CupThe South West Cup is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of German football. The winner of the competition gains entry to the first round of the German Cup. It is limited to clubs from the Rheinhessen-Pfalz region of Rhineland-Palatinate, however, teams from the Fußball-Bundesliga and 2nd...
winners: 1981, 1983
- South West Cup
Recent seasons
| Year | Division | Position |
| 1999–2000 | Oberliga Südwest Oberliga Südwest The Oberliga Südwest is the highest regional football league for the Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland state of Germany. It is the fifth tier of the German football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German Football, the 5th tier of the German football league system... (IV) |
13th |
| 2000–01 | Oberliga Südwest | 19th ↓ |
| 2001–02 | Verbandsliga Südwest Verbandsliga Südwest The Verbandsliga Südwest 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.-Overview:... (V) |
3rd |
| 2002–03 | Verbandsliga Südwest | 1st ↑ |
| 2003–04 | Oberliga Südwest (IV) | 13th |
| 2004–05 | Oberliga Südwest | 9th |
| 2005–06 | Oberliga Südwest | 17th ↓ |
| 2006–07 | Verbandsliga Südwest (V) | 8th |
| 2007–08 | Verbandsliga Südwest | 11th |
| 2008–09 | Verbandsliga Südwest (VI) | 1st ↑ |
| 2009–10 | Oberliga Südwest (V) |
External links
- Official team site
- Hassia Bingen profile at Weltfussball.de
- ARD website – Goal of the year 1983 with video
Sources
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables
- Süddeutschlands Fussball Geschichte in Tabellenform 1897–1988 History of Southern German football in tables, author: Ludolf Hyll