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DVV Coburg 
Full name DJK Viktoria VfB Coburg e. V. Founded 2000 Ground Stadion am hinteren Floßanger
(Capacity: 3,000)Chairman Christian Meyer Manager Olaf Teuchert League Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken (VII) 2010–11 Landesliga Bayern-Nord (VI), 18th ↓ 
Home coloursAway coloursThe DVV Coburg (full name: Deutsche Jugend Kraft Viktoria Verein für Bewegungsspiele Coburg e.V.) is a German association football club from the town of Coburg, Bavaria. Coburg became part of Bavaria in 1920, after the First World War.
The club was formed in 2000, when VfB Coburg merged with local side DJK/Viktoria Coburg.[1] Of the three clubs, VfB was by far the most outstanding, spending 21 seasons in the tier three Fußball-Bayernliga from 1952 to 1984.[2] The club also made a single appearance in the German Cup in 1977–78, losing 3–0 at fellow amateurs TuS Langerwehe who would go on to reach the fourth round.
The club will be disbanded on 30 June 2012, having declared insolvency in June 2011 after owing Euro 118,000 to the German tax department.[3] The club will be replaced by the FC Coburg, which will take over the league place of DVV.[4] FC Coburg should not be confused with Coburg Football Club, an Australian Rules Football club from Melbourne.
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History
VfB Coburg
The logo of VfB Coburg.
Formed in 1907 as Coburger FC and renamed VfB in 1918, the club originally played in the Central German league system rather than in the Bavarian. Only with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933 and the introduction of the Gauliga did VfB became part of Bavarian football.[1]
VfB first appeared at state level football when it won promotion to the Gauliga Bayern in 1936, where it played for a season, followed by another one in 1938–39.[1]
The club became a member of the Amateurliga Nordayern, the northern division of the Bayernliga, in 1952, playing the next ten seasons in the league until 1962, when it was relegated. In this era, the club achieved two fourth place finishes as its best result, in 1957–58 and 1958–59.[2]
With the reorganisation of the German league system in 1963, the club did not become a founding member of the new fourth division Landesliga Bayern-Nord in the region but was promoted to the league in 1966. As a newcomer, the club took out the league championship in 1967 and earned another promotion.[5]
Back in the Bayernliga in 1967–68, which was now played as a single division league, the club played three successful seasons, with a fifth place as its best result, but came 18th in its fourth year and was relegated again.[2]
After a third place finish in the Landesliga in 1971–72, the side won the league the following year and was romoted once more.[5]
Coburg was back in the Bayernliga for five consecutive seasons again but, except for the first year, the club struggled against relegation and went down again in 1978.[2]
In the Landesliga, from 1978 to 1982, VfB played a leading role, improving season by season, and earned promotion again at the end of the 1981–82 season.[5]
Back for its last stint in the Bayernliga, Coburg finished tenth in 1982–83 but came 19th in the following year and made a permanent departure from this league level.[2]
The club was still a strong side in the Landesliga after 1984, finishing in the top half of the league for the next four seasons. At the end of the 1988–89 season however it fell to regional play, the Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken. It spend three seasons there before returning to the Landesliga in 1992. Back in the Landesliga for three more years, the club was ever able to reach former hights and, when relegation came once more in 1995, it was a permanent departure from the league.[5]
After four years at Bezirksoberliga level, the club suffered another relegation in 1999, now to the Bezirksliga Oberfranken-West.[6] At this level, in the clubs final season before the merger in 2000, VfB finished third while DJK/Viktoria came eleventh in the same league.[7]
DJK/Viktoria Coburg
DJK/Viktoria Coburg was established in 1974 in a merger of FC Viktoria 09 Coburg, formed 1909, and DJK Rot-Weiß Coburg, formed 1931. Both clubs, unlike VfB, had been banned by the Nazis and were reformed after the Second World War.[1]
DJK/Viktoria was promoted to the Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken in 1989, the year VfB was relegated to the league, causing the two clubs to meet for the first time in league play in 1989–90. The club lasted for four seasons at this level before returning to the Bezirksliga in 1993.[6] The club remained at this level for its final seven seasons, never coming close to promotion again.[7]
DVV Coburg
The new club was an instant success, taking out two consecutive league championships in 2001 and 2002, first in the Bezirksliga, than in the Bezirksoberliga.[7][6]
DVV played for four seasons in the Landesliga from 2002, with a seventh place as its best result. It dropped to Bezirksoberliga level for a season before returning to the Landesliga for another four years. In 2011, affected by financial trouble, the club was relegated once more.[5][6]
The club plays its final season in the Bezirksoberliga in 2011–12 as both DVV and the league will be disbanded at the end of the season.
Honours
The club's honours:
League
- 2nd Amateurliga Oberfranken-West
- Champions: 1952
- Landesliga Bayern-Nord
- Champions: 1967, 1973, 1982
- Runners-up: 1981
- Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken
- Champions: 1992, 2002
- Runners-up: 2007
- Bezirksliga Oberfranken-West
- Champions: 1989†, 2001
- † Won by DJK/Viktoria, all other honours are for VfB and DVV.
Recent managers
Recent managers of the club:
Manager Start Finish Stefan Braungardt 2011 Olaf Teuchert 2011 Present Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[8][9]
Season Division Tier Position 2000–01 Bezirksliga Oberfranken-West VII 1st ↑ 2001–02 Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken VI 1st ↑ 2002–03 Landesliga Bayern-Nord V 8th 2003–04 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 12th 2004–05 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 7th 2005–06 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 16th ↓ 2006–07 Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken VI 2nd ↑ 2007–08 Landesliga Bayern-Nord V 13th 2008–09 Landesliga Bayern-Nord VI 11th 2009–10 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 9th 2010–11 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 18th ↓ 2011–12 Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken VII - With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3rd Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2nd Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.
DFB Cup appearances
The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup just once, as then VfB Coburg:
Season Round Date Home Away Result Attendance 1977–78 First round[10] 29 July 1977 TuS Langerwehe VfB Coburg 3–0 800 References
- ^ a b c d History (German) archived from the original DVV Coburg website, accessed: 3 November 2011
- ^ a b c d e Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv: Bayernliga (German) historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 3 November 2011
- ^ Dem DVV geht die Luft aus (German) Neue Presse Coburg, published: 4 June 2011, accessed: 3 November 2011
- ^ FC Coburg soll DVV-Sünden vergessen machen (German) www.fupa.net, published: 10 September 2011, accessed: 3 November 2011
- ^ a b c d e Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv: Landesliga Bayern-Nord (German) historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 3 November 2011
- ^ a b c d Tables and results of the BOL Oberfranken (German) Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 3 November 2011
- ^ a b c BL Oberfranken-West (German) Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 3 November 2011
- ^ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (German) Historical German domestic league tables
- ^ Fussball.de - Ergebnisse (German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
- ^ Spielstatistik TuS 08 Langerwehe - VfB Coburg (German) Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 12 November 2011
External links
- (German) Official club website
- (German) Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables
- (German) Manfreds Fussball Archiv Tables and results from the Bavarian amateur leagues
Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken (VII) 2011-12 clubs BSC Saas Bayreuth · FSV Bayreuth · SpVgg Bayreuth II · DVV Coburg · SpVgg Germania Ebing · SV Friesen · ASV Gaustadt · SSV Kasendorf · SpVgg Lettenreuth · SV Mitterteich · 1. FC Mitwitz · TSV Mönchröden · TBVfL Neustadt-Wildenheid · 1. FC Redwitz · FC Vorwärts Röslau · 1. FC Strullendorf · TSV ThiersheimLandesliga Nord champions 1963–2011 6 titles 5 titles 4 titles SpVgg Bayern Hof3 titles 2 titles 1 title SpVgg Hof · FC Münchberg · ATS Kulmbach · 1. FC Haßfurt · TSV Trebgast · TSV Hirschaid · SV Heidingsfeld · SC 08 Bamberg · SC Weismain · SpVgg Stegaurach · 1. FC Sand · TSV Gerbrunn · SV MemmelsdorfCategories:- German football clubs
- Bavarian football clubs
- Football in Upper Franconia
- Association football clubs established in 2000
- 2000 establishments in Germany
- 2012 disestablishments
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- 2nd Amateurliga Oberfranken-West
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