FV Bad Vilbel is a German

Germany

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 football

Football (soccer)

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 club from Bad Vilbel

Bad Vilbel

Bad Vilbel is a spa town with many mineral waters. Bad Vilbel is the town with the most inhabitants in the Wetteraukreis district in Hessen, Germany. The city center of Bad Vilbel is located 8 km northeast of the center of Frankfurt am Main...

, near Frankfurt, Hesse

Hesse

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. Founded March 30, 1919 as SV 1919 Bad Vilbel, they merged with FG Phönix Bad Vilbel in 1933 to become FC Phönix Bad Vilbel and were re-established under their current name after World War II

World War II

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. The club today has a membership of about 450 and was playing in the Oberliga Hessen (IV) where they have competed as a mid-table side from 1995 to 2007. Bad Vilbels best result there was a third place finish in 2000. In 2007, the club was relegated to the Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd

Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd

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, where they were playing in 2008-09, suffering another relegation.

The team plays its home matches in the Nidda-Sportfeld which has a capacity of 6,000.

Recent seasons

Year	Division	Position
1999-2000	Oberliga Hessen (IV)	3rd
2000-01	Oberliga Hessen	7th
2001-02	Oberliga Hessen	4th
2002-03	Oberliga Hessen	12th
2003-04	Oberliga Hessen	10th
2004-05	Oberliga Hessen	5th
2005-06	Oberliga Hessen	6th
2006-07	Oberliga Hessen	15th ↓
2007-08	Landesliga Hessen-Süd (V)	4th
2008-09	Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd (VI)	16th ↓
2009-10	Gruppenliga (VII)