1. FC Schwalmstadt

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fullname = 1. Fußball Club Schwalmstadt
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founded = 3 April, 2003
ground = Schwalm-Stadion, Treysa
Stadion am Fünften, Ziegenhain
capacity = 5,000
chairman =
manager = Marco März
league = Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord (VI)
season = 2007-08
position = Oberliga Hessen, 18th
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1. FC Schwalmstadt is a German football club from the city of Schwalmstadt, Hesse which was established in 1970 through the amalgamation of the towns of Treysa and Ziegenhain together with some smaller outlying villages.

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History

The recently formed club was created in 2003 out of the merger of the football departments of "SV Jahn 1871 Treysa" and "TuSpo 1886 Ziegenhain". The team has enjoyed some early success, advancing to the Oberliga Hessen (IV) in its second season of play after capturing the championship of the Landesliga Hessen-Nord (V). The A-youth side also plays at the Oberliga level of its age class.

Predecessor side "TuSpo Ziegenhain" was established in 1886 as "Turnverein Ziegenhain". In 1951 the club merged with "Sportverein Rot-Weiß Ziegenhain" to form "Turn- und Sportverein Ziegenhain". The team won promotion to the Oberliga Hessen (IV) in 1979. They narrowly avoided relegation after a 15th place finish in 1985 by defeating "RSV Würges" 1:0 in playoff, but were sent down in 1988 after finishing 17th. "TuSpo" made a first round DFB-Pokal (German Cup) appearance in 1982.

"1. FC" uses the grounds of both its parent associations to stage its home matches; the Schwalm-Stadion in Treysa and the Stadion am Fünften in Ziegenhain.

Honours

*Landesliga Hessen-Nord (V) champions: 1979 (TuSpo), 2004

External links

* [http://www.fc-schwalmstadt.de/ Official team site] (football)
* [http://www.esvjahntreysa.de/ Official team site of "ESV Jahn 1871 Treysa"]
* [http://www.tuspo-ziegenhain.de/ Official team site of "TuSpo 1886 Ziegenhain"]

References

*Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9
* [http://www.eufo.de/football/ger/2006/1__ftadt.htm eufo.de] European football club profiles and current rosters