FSV Bayreuth
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The FSV Bayreuth is a German association football club
from the city of Bayreuth, Bavaria
.
The club was formed in a merger of the football departments of 1. FC Bayreuth and BSV 98 Bayreuth in May 2003. BSV was the product an earlier merger between VfB Bayreuth and TuSpo Bayreuth.
The new club started out in the tier-eight Kreisliga Bayreuth in 2003–04, where it finished in mid-table. In its second season, the club improved but it was not enough to earn promotion. The club took until its fourth season in the league win promotion by finishing first in the league. In its first season in the Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost, FSV finished in secure mid-field. The following year, the club took out the championship in this league and earned promotion to the Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken
for 2009–10.
adopted the name Turn- und Sport 1898 Bayreuth.
Like other workers' and faith-based clubs, TuSpo was outlawed by the Nazis as politically undesirable in 1933. It was reestablished in 1947 after the end of the war. As a football club, it never reached above the local A-Klasse, living in the shadow of the other, more powerful football clubs in town.
In April 1967, the club members voted in favor of taking part in merger negotiations with a number of other Bayreuth sport clubs. Most of these turned away from the idea of a merger, but continued negotions with VfB Bayreuth led to the formation of BSV 98 Bayreuth out of TuSpo and VfB on 14 March 1969.
A number of old members formed a new VfB Bayreuth almost immediately and the new club soon became a force in regional football. It soon advanced to the tier-two Bezirksliga, where it met strong northern Bavarian clubs like FC Bayern Hof. With the events of the Second World War, it became harder for the VfB to field a team and local war unions with other clubs had to be formed, so called Kriegsspielgemeinschaften.
The post-war area brought the greatest success to the club to date. It won the Kreisliga Oberfranken-Ost in 1952 and then, in the promotion round, finished second behind VfB Coburg, earning promotion to the tier-three Amateurliga Bayern. The league split into a northern and a southern division in 1953 and VfB became part of the Amateurliga Nordbayern. In this league, in 1953–54, it finished third, behind VfL Neustadt and 1. FC Lichtenfels
. From 1954 onwards, three clubs from Bayreuth played in the league, VfB, 1. FC and a newcomer, SpVgg Bayreuth
.
The clubs greatest moment came in 1956, when it won its division, the year 1. FCB suffered relegation. It then went on to beat ESV Ingolstadt
in three games and was crowned Bavarian champions. In the following promotion round to the tier-two 2nd Oberliga Süd
, the team could only win one of its four games and SpVgg Neu-Isenburg
and VfR Heilbronn were promoted instead. VfB's performances from then on fell off, finishing fourth and ninth the following years.
The 1958–59 season became something special for football in Bayreuth. SpVgg, 1. FC and VfB finished first second and third in the league. While SpVgg earned promotion, the other two clubs declined and were both relegated from the league in 1961. For VfB, it was its last visit to this level.
VfB became a member of the tier-four 2nd Amateurliga Oberfranken
, where it performed well enough to qualify for the new Landesliga Bayern-Nord
in 1963. It played in the Landesliga until 1966, when it was relegated to the tier-five Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost, a league it played in as an upper-table side until 1966, when another relegation took it down to the Bezirksliga.
On 19 December 1968, the members of VfB voted in favor of the merger and the club ceased to exist shortly after, becoming part of BSV 98.
In 1983, after declining year-by-year, the team was relegated to the Bezirksliga. It made an immediate return from there but, in 1985, it was relegated for the last time from the Landesliga, alongside 1. FC.
In 1988, the Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken
was formed and BSV qualified for it, as did 1. FC. The club was not an outstanding side in this league to begin with but came second in 1990. It repeated this result the year after, but was on equal points with 1. FC Lichtenfels
and lost a decider between the two in 1988. The team slipped into the leagues mid-field from there, until suffering relegation in 1995. As a sign of the clubs decline, it did not return to this level either.
After a third place in its first Bezirksliga season, it slipped to the other end of the table the year after and was relegated to the A-Klasse in 1998, following 1. FCB there.
Up until the merger in 2003, neither club managed to return from local Bayreuth amateur football.
in 1926. In a league with 1. FC Nuremberg and SpVgg Fürth, the club held its own, a fourth place in 1933 being its best result. The club qualified for the new Gauliga Bayern
that year but was relegated from there in 1934. It returned once more to this level in 1935–36, but for only one season.
1. FC made an attempt to return to Bavarias highest league, now the tier-two Landesliga Bayern
, in 1946 but failed in the promotion round.
In 1949, it fared better, winning the Kreisliga Oberfranken-Ost and the promotion round and moving up to what was now the tier-three Amateurliga Bayern. In this league, the club finished second and earned the right to compete in the first edition of the German amateur football championship
, where it lost 1–0 to VfL Sindelfingen
in the first round.
The club continued to be a strong side in the league the following season and became then part of the northern group of the Bavarian Amateurliga. In this league, the team became a struggler against relegation and finished last in 1956, dropping down to the 2nd Amateurliga. It won the title there in the eastern division in 1957 but failed to earn promotion when it only came fourth in the promotion round. Another 2nd Amateurliga title and a victory over western Oberfranken champions FC Wallenfels meant a return to the Amateurliga the following year.
Freshly promoted, the team finished second in the Amateurliga in 1959, behind SpVgg Bayreuth, the year after, it came third. in 1961, it was relegated once more, alongside local rival VfB. the club returned immediately to the Amateurliga in 1962 but missed qualification to the new single division league by two points in 1963. Instead, it had to enter the new Landesliga Bayern-Nord.
The club came third in the league in 1964 but won it the year after, returning once more to the Amateurliga. The team played as an elevator side in the following years, eearning promotion to the Amateurliga in 1969 and 1972 again, while being relegated from there in 1966, 1970 and, for a last time, in 1975.
In the Landesliga, 1. FC had one more good season in 179–80, finishing fourth. After this, in 1982, the club was relegated to the Bezirksliga. It made an immediate return from there but, in 1985, it was relegated for the last time from the Landesliga, alongside BSV.
In 1988, the Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken
was formed and 1. FC qualified for it, as did BSV. The club lasted for only one season there, being relegated straight away. The 1. FC now played in the Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost again, originally as a mid-table side. In 1993, it suffered another drop, now to the A-Klasse.
Up until the merger in 2003, neither club managed to return from local Bayreuth amateur football.
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from the city of Bayreuth, Bavaria
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The club was formed in a merger of the football departments of 1. FC Bayreuth and BSV 98 Bayreuth in May 2003. BSV was the product an earlier merger between VfB Bayreuth and TuSpo Bayreuth.
FSV Bayreuth
The club was formed on 14 May 2003, when the football departments of 1. FC and BSV 98 Bayreuth merged. The two original clubs still exist and as non-football clubs.The new club started out in the tier-eight Kreisliga Bayreuth in 2003–04, where it finished in mid-table. In its second season, the club improved but it was not enough to earn promotion. The club took until its fourth season in the league win promotion by finishing first in the league. In its first season in the Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost, FSV finished in secure mid-field. The following year, the club took out the championship in this league and earned promotion to the Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken
Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken
The Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Upper Franconia...
for 2009–10.
TuSpo Bayreuth
TuSpo was formed on 4 December 1898 under the name of Freie Turner Bayreuth as a working class gymnastics club. In 1910, the club changed its name to Freie Turnerschaft Bayreuth and after World War IWorld War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
adopted the name Turn- und Sport 1898 Bayreuth.
Like other workers' and faith-based clubs, TuSpo was outlawed by the Nazis as politically undesirable in 1933. It was reestablished in 1947 after the end of the war. As a football club, it never reached above the local A-Klasse, living in the shadow of the other, more powerful football clubs in town.
In April 1967, the club members voted in favor of taking part in merger negotiations with a number of other Bayreuth sport clubs. Most of these turned away from the idea of a merger, but continued negotions with VfB Bayreuth led to the formation of BSV 98 Bayreuth out of TuSpo and VfB on 14 March 1969.
VfB Bayreuth
Formed as FC St. Georgen in 1913, the club took up football just before the start of World War I and after the war, it changed its name to VfB Bayreuth. They made the disastrous decision to purchase their own football field and the associated costs forced the VfB into liquidation in 1930.A number of old members formed a new VfB Bayreuth almost immediately and the new club soon became a force in regional football. It soon advanced to the tier-two Bezirksliga, where it met strong northern Bavarian clubs like FC Bayern Hof. With the events of the Second World War, it became harder for the VfB to field a team and local war unions with other clubs had to be formed, so called Kriegsspielgemeinschaften.
The post-war area brought the greatest success to the club to date. It won the Kreisliga Oberfranken-Ost in 1952 and then, in the promotion round, finished second behind VfB Coburg, earning promotion to the tier-three Amateurliga Bayern. The league split into a northern and a southern division in 1953 and VfB became part of the Amateurliga Nordbayern. In this league, in 1953–54, it finished third, behind VfL Neustadt and 1. FC Lichtenfels
1. FC Lichtenfels
The 1. FC Lichtenfels is a German association football club from the city of Lichtenfels, Bavaria.-History:Formed in 1906, the club did not rise to prominence till after the Second World War, when it earned promotion to the tier-two Landesliga Bayern in 1946...
. From 1954 onwards, three clubs from Bayreuth played in the league, VfB, 1. FC and a newcomer, 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 clubs greatest moment came in 1956, when it won its division, the year 1. FCB suffered relegation. It then went on to beat ESV Ingolstadt
ESV Ingolstadt
The ESV Ingolstadt is a general sports club in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, formed on 15 February 1919.Until 2004, the club operated a football department but after a merger with local rival MTV Ingolstadt to form FC Ingolstadt 04 the footballers left for the new club.The club has over 1,600 members in 21...
in three games and was crowned Bavarian champions. In the following promotion round to the tier-two 2nd Oberliga Süd
2nd Oberliga Süd
The 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:...
, the team could only win one of its four games and SpVgg Neu-Isenburg
SpVgg Neu-Isenburg
SpVgg 03 Neu-Isenburg is a German association football club from the city of Neu-Isenburg, Hesse. The roots of the club are in the founding of Freispielclub Neu-Isenburg on 13 June 1903. Over the next three-and-a-half decades, the association went through mergers with a number of other local clubs...
and VfR Heilbronn were promoted instead. VfB's performances from then on fell off, finishing fourth and ninth the following years.
The 1958–59 season became something special for football in Bayreuth. SpVgg, 1. FC and VfB finished first second and third in the league. While SpVgg earned promotion, the other two clubs declined and were both relegated from the league in 1961. For VfB, it was its last visit to this level.
VfB became a member of the tier-four 2nd Amateurliga Oberfranken
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....
, where it performed well enough to qualify for the new Landesliga Bayern-Nord
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
The Landesliga Bayern-Nord 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. It played in the Landesliga until 1966, when it was relegated to the tier-five Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost, a league it played in as an upper-table side until 1966, when another relegation took it down to the Bezirksliga.
On 19 December 1968, the members of VfB voted in favor of the merger and the club ceased to exist shortly after, becoming part of BSV 98.
BSV 98 Bayreuth
The new merger club was not an instant success and it took until 1973 to earn promotion back to the Landesliga Bayern-Nord, the highest level the club would ever get to. In 1975–76, BSV 98 finished second in the Landesliga, reunited with 1. FC in a league, who had just been relegated. It repeated this result the season after, and continued to stay a top-side in the league the following years.In 1983, after declining year-by-year, the team was relegated to the Bezirksliga. It made an immediate return from there but, in 1985, it was relegated for the last time from the Landesliga, alongside 1. FC.
In 1988, the Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken
Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken
The Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Upper Franconia...
was formed and BSV qualified for it, as did 1. FC. The club was not an outstanding side in this league to begin with but came second in 1990. It repeated this result the year after, but was on equal points with 1. FC Lichtenfels
1. FC Lichtenfels
The 1. FC Lichtenfels is a German association football club from the city of Lichtenfels, Bavaria.-History:Formed in 1906, the club did not rise to prominence till after the Second World War, when it earned promotion to the tier-two Landesliga Bayern in 1946...
and lost a decider between the two in 1988. The team slipped into the leagues mid-field from there, until suffering relegation in 1995. As a sign of the clubs decline, it did not return to this level either.
After a third place in its first Bezirksliga season, it slipped to the other end of the table the year after and was relegated to the A-Klasse in 1998, following 1. FCB there.
Up until the merger in 2003, neither club managed to return from local Bayreuth amateur football.
1. FC Bayreuth
Of the football clubs in Bayreuth, 1. FC was the only one to reach top-level football in its history, earning promotion to the Bezirksliga BayernBezirksliga Bayern
The Bezirksliga Bayern was the highest association football league in the German state of Bavaria from 1923 to 1933. The league was disbanded with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933.-Overview:...
in 1926. In a league with 1. FC Nuremberg and SpVgg Fürth, the club held its own, a fourth place in 1933 being its best result. The club qualified for the new 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...
that year but was relegated from there in 1934. It returned once more to this level in 1935–36, but for only one season.
1. FC made an attempt to return to Bavarias highest league, now the tier-two Landesliga Bayern
Landesliga Bayern
In 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...
, in 1946 but failed in the promotion round.
In 1949, it fared better, winning the Kreisliga Oberfranken-Ost and the promotion round and moving up to what was now the tier-three Amateurliga Bayern. In this league, the club finished second and earned the right to compete in the first edition of 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 lost 1–0 to VfL Sindelfingen
VfL Sindelfingen
VfL Sindelfingen is a German sports club from Sindelfingen, Baden-Württemberg. The club was founded in 1862 and has more than 9,000 members, making it one of biggest sports clubs in Germany...
in the first round.
The club continued to be a strong side in the league the following season and became then part of the northern group of the Bavarian Amateurliga. In this league, the team became a struggler against relegation and finished last in 1956, dropping down to the 2nd Amateurliga. It won the title there in the eastern division in 1957 but failed to earn promotion when it only came fourth in the promotion round. Another 2nd Amateurliga title and a victory over western Oberfranken champions FC Wallenfels meant a return to the Amateurliga the following year.
Freshly promoted, the team finished second in the Amateurliga in 1959, behind SpVgg Bayreuth, the year after, it came third. in 1961, it was relegated once more, alongside local rival VfB. the club returned immediately to the Amateurliga in 1962 but missed qualification to the new single division league by two points in 1963. Instead, it had to enter the new Landesliga Bayern-Nord.
The club came third in the league in 1964 but won it the year after, returning once more to the Amateurliga. The team played as an elevator side in the following years, eearning promotion to the Amateurliga in 1969 and 1972 again, while being relegated from there in 1966, 1970 and, for a last time, in 1975.
In the Landesliga, 1. FC had one more good season in 179–80, finishing fourth. After this, in 1982, the club was relegated to the Bezirksliga. It made an immediate return from there but, in 1985, it was relegated for the last time from the Landesliga, alongside BSV.
In 1988, the Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken
Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken
The Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Upper Franconia...
was formed and 1. FC qualified for it, as did BSV. The club lasted for only one season there, being relegated straight away. The 1. FC now played in the Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost again, originally as a mid-table side. In 1993, it suffered another drop, now to the A-Klasse.
Up until the merger in 2003, neither club managed to return from local Bayreuth amateur football.
FSV
- Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost (VIII)
- Champions: 2009
- Kreisliga Bayreuth (VIII)
- Champions: 2007
1. FCB
- Amateurliga Nordbayern (III)
- Runners-up: 1951, 1959
- Landesliga Bayern-NordLandesliga Bayern-NordThe Landesliga Bayern-Nord 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)- Champions: 1965, 1969, 1972
- Runners-up: 1967, 1968, 1971
- 2nd Amateurliga Oberfranken-Ost2nd 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: 1957, 1958
VfB
- Amateurliga Nordbayern (III)
- Champions: 1956
- 2nd Amateurliga Oberfranken-Ost2nd 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: 1952, 1963
BSV 98
- Landesliga Bayern-NordLandesliga Bayern-NordThe Landesliga Bayern-Nord 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)- Runners-up: 1976, 1977
- Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost (V)
- Champions: 1973, 1984
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 |
| 2003–04 | Kreisliga Bayreuth | VIII | 8th |
| 2004–05 | Kreisliga Bayreuth | 3rd | |
| 2005–06 | Kreisliga Bayreuth | 5th | |
| 2006–07 | Kreisliga Bayreuth | 1st ↑ | |
| 2007–08 | Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost | VII | 9th |
| 2008–09 | Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost | VIII | 1st ↑ |
| 2009–10 | Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken The Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Upper Franconia... |
VII | 4th |
| 2010-11 | Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken | 5th | |
| 2011–12 | Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken |
- 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.
External links
- Official team site
- BSV 98 Bayreuth website
- Pictures and description of the BSV Stadium
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables