FV Engers 07

Football club infobox
clubname = FV Engers 07


fullname = Fußballverein 1907 Engers
founded = June 11, 1907
ground = Stadion am Wasserturm
capacity = 3,000
chairman = Heinz Keuler
manager = Günther Wagner
league = Verbandsliga Rheinland (VI)
season = 2007-08
position = Oberliga Südwest (IV), 18th (relegated)
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FV Engers 07 is a German football club based in the city of Engers, Rhineland-Palatinate that currently plays in the Oberliga Südwest (IV).

History

The club was founded in 1907 as "FC Viktoria Engers" on July 10, 1907 and later that same year was joined by "FC Roland Engers". This combined club then itself joined the gymnastics club "Turnverein 1879 Engers" in 1910. The footballers resumed their independence as "Fußballverein Engers" in 1916.

They won their first honours in 1913 as champions of the local C division Bezirk Koblenz. In 1919 "FV" captured the B division title and then won promtion to top flight regional competition in 1923. In the early 30s the team took part in qualification play for the Gauliga Mittelrhein, one of sixteen top-flight divisions formed in the 1933 reorganization of German football under the Third Reich, but was initially unsuccessful, losing to "1. FC Idar". By the 1941-42 season the Gauliga Mittelrhein had been split into the Gauliga Köln-Aachen and the Gauliga Gauliga Moselland, where "Engers" played in the Gruppe Ost for three seasons as a lower table side until the division collapsed towards the end of World War II.

Immediately following the war the footballers played in the top regional amateur competition before advancing to the Oberliga Südwest-Nord (I) in 1949 where they would remain until sent down after a next to last place finish in 1953. They re-appeared in the first division for a single season in 1955-56, spending most of the 50s and the early 60s in the 2nd Oberliga Südwest (II). In 1963, the Bundesliga, Germany's first professional national league, was formed and the country's football competitions were re-structured. "Engers" failed to qualify to stay up in second division play and landed in the Amateurliga Rheinland (III).

In 1967, "Engers" celebrated their 60th anniversary with a second place finish, participation in the opening round of the national amateur championship, and an advance to the final of the Rhineland Pokal. The following season the club plunge to the bottom of the division and were relegated to lower tier local competition. They quickly recovered themselves and played another five seasons in the Amateurliga Rheinland as a lower table side before again disappearing.

A 1981 Kreisliga title advanced "FV" to the Berzirksliga where they finished second and won the subsequent promotion playoff to move up to the Landesliga Nord (VI) in 1983. Another second place finish earned the team participation in the promotion round for the Verbandsliga Rheinland (V) where they lost to Untermosel. Two seasons later they redeemed themselves and were promoted.

tadium

Colours and crest

Players

Current squad

"As of 2007-08-08:" [Cite web
url = http://www.fv-engers07.de
title = oberligateam
accessdate = 2007-08-08
publisher = FV Engers 07]

Noteable former players

* Herbert (Zimbo) Carpenter
* Carsten Keuler
* Jürgen “Wittels” Wittelsberger
* Michael Basket

Backroom

Directors

"As of 2007-08-02:" [Cite web
url = http://www.fv-engers07.de/team
title = team
accessdate = 2007-08-08
publisher = FV Engers 07]

* Heinz Keuler

Management

"As of 2007-08-02:" [Cite web
url = http://www.fv-engers07.de/team
title = team
accessdate = 2007-08-08
publisher = FV Engers 07]

* Manager: Gunter Wagner
* Coach: Werner Man Brook
* Co Coach: Javier Antonio Ramos
* Physio: Volker Birkenbeul
* Physio: January More Bohnenberger

Managers

Honours

* 2nd Oberliga Südwest (II) runners-up: 1955
* Verbandsliga Rheinland (V) champions: 2002

Recent seasons

tatistics and records

Rivalries

Other

References

External links

* [http://www.fv-engers07.de/ Official team page]