- FC Heilbronn
Football club infobox
clubname = FC Heilbronn
fullname = Fußball-Club Heilbronn e.V.
nickname =
founded = 2003
ground = Frankenstadion
capacity = 17,284
chairman =
manager =
league = Landesliga Württemberg - Staffel 1 (VII)
season = 2007-08
position = 7th
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFFC Heilbronn is a German football club based in
Heilbronn ,Baden-Württemberg formed in 2003 out of a merger between VfR Heilbronn and Heilbronner SpVgg.History
in 1934. It re-emerged as "Sportverein Heilbronn 96" that same year and by 1937 was again playing as "VfR". [Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9]
"Heilbronner Spielvereinigung" was the younger side, founded in 1907 as "Sportverein Adler". This club joined "VfR" for the first time in 1907, but was re-formed as a separate side in 1927. They joined "Turnerbund Heilbronn" in 1933 to form "Heilbronner Spvgg 07". Through the years, the new club maintained good relations with "VfR Heilbronn" in all its incarnations, until the two sides finally merged in 2003.
"VfR" celebrated few successes during its existence. It became part of the
Gauliga Württemberg , one of sixteen top-flight divisions formed in the 1933 re-organization of German football under the Third Reich, but played only 13 matches of the 1933-34 season before being disqualified after failing financially. The club was soon playing again and won a promotion round playoff in 1941 to return to the Gauliga, where they played two seasons before being relegated.After the war, "Heilbronn" earned a string of indifferent results playing in the Amateurliga Württemberg (III) and lower tier play through the late 40s and on into the mid 50s. The team captured the Amateurliga title in 1956 and advanced to the 2. Liga Süd for a single season turn in 1956-57. They were promptly sent down, but returned to second division play in 1962. "VfR" was again immediately relegated and failed in its attempt to win re-promotion the following season, settling into competition in the Amateurliga Nordwürttemberg (III) for a handful of seasons. Another Amateurliga championship in 1969 and a successful promotion round playoff propelled the team into the Regionalliga Süd where they played as a mid-table side until 1975. The team made regular appearances in the opening rounds of play for the
DFB-Pokal (German Cup) through the 1970s. Over the next three decades "VfR" tier III, IV and V football until financial problems finally grounded them in 2002."Heilbronner SpVgg" never enjoyed even that level of success, only managing to work their way up to the Landesliga (VI) before the merger.
Following the merger of the two clubs, newly formed "FC Heilbronn" took up the place of "VfR" in the Verbandsliga Württemberg. On-going financial woes drove them down to the Landesliga Württemberg (VI) in 2004, where they continue to compete today, earning upper table results in each of the last several seasons.
Honours
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Verbandsliga Württemberg (IV) champion: 1979, 1986, 1997
*Verbandsliga Württemberg (V) champion: 1999
*Amateurliga Württemberg (III) champion: 1956
*Amateurliga Nordwürttemberg (III) champion: 1969Recent seasons
References
External links
* [http://www.fc-heilbronn.de/ Official team site]
* [http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/heilbronn.html Abseits Guide to German Soccer]
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