Budissa Bautzen

Football club infobox
clubname = Budissa Bautzen


fullname = Fußballspielvereinigung Budissa Bautzen e.V.
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founded = 1904
ground = Stadion Müllerwiese
capacity = 4,500
chairman = Jörg Drews
manager = Thomas Hentschel
league = NOFV-Oberliga Süd (V)
season = 2007-08
position = 13th
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Budissa Bautzen is a German football club from Bautzen, Saxony.

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History

The club was founded as "Sportverein Budissa Bautzen" on May 24, 1904 and played as a successful first division side in the VMBV (Verband Mittledeutschland Ballspiel Vereins or Federation of Ballplay Teams of Middle Germany), one of the country's early regional leagues. They were re-named "Sportverein Budissa 04" in 1907 and went on to claim the championship of the Gau Oberlausitz in 1913. By the time World War II broke out "SVB" was playing third tier ball on the local circuit.

After the war occupying Allied authorities banned existing organizations in the country, including sports and football clubs. "Budissa" was re-established in 1946 as "Sparte Süd" and by August 1950 was playing as "BSG Motor Bautzen". The team soon earned a Bezirksliga (III) title that advanced them to East Germany's second division DDR-Liga in 1954. League re-structuring the next season saw "Bautzen" in the third division 2.DDR-Liga where they would compete until winning their way back to the DDR-Liga (II) in 1958. After a couple of close brushes with relegation the club was sent back down after the 1960 campaign, but immediately re-claimed a place in second tier play, remaining there until the 1967-68 season. Except for a brief return to the DDR-Liga in 1974-1976, "Motor" spent the next two dozen seasons bouncing between third and fourth division play.

After German re-unification in 1990 the club re-claimed its heritage and re-established itself as "Fußballspielvereinigung Budissa Bautzen". They made a brief two-season appearance in the Landesliga Sachsen (V) in 1992-94. "FSV" was promoted to the Landesliga a second time in 2002 and this time captured the 2005 championship to advance to the Oberliga Nordost-Süd where they currently play.

Honours

*Landesliga Sachsen champions: 2005
*Bezirksliga Dresden champions: 1992, 2002
*Bezirkspokal champions: 1996, 2002

External links

* [http://www.budissa-bautzen.de/ Official team site]

References

* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German football league tables (in German)
* [http://www.eufo.de/football/ger/2006/buditzen.htm eufo.de] European football club profiles and current rosters