FC Kempten

Football club infobox
clubname = FC Kempten


fullname = Fußball-Club Kempten im Allgäu e. V.
nickname = FCK
founded = 1907
ground = Illerstadion
capacity = 9,000
chairman = Stefan Zeiler
manager = Uwe Wegmann
league = Landesliga Bayern-Süd (VI)
season = 2007-08
position = Oberliga Bayern (IV), 18th
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FC Kempten is German football club based in Kempten, Bavaria.

History

The team was established in 1903 as the football department of gymnastics club "Männerturnvereins Kempten". In 1907 the parent association merged with two other local gymnastics clubs to form "Turnverein 1856 Kempten" and on September 21, 1908 the footballers went their own way as an independent side known as "Fußball Club Kempten". The footballers briefly re-joined "TV" in 1923, but resumed their independence two years later.

Following World War II "FC Kempten" played in the Amateurliga Bayern-Süd (III) between 1957 and 1963 where they earned mid-table results. As a result of league restructuring in 1963 they slipped to fourth tier play in the Landesliga Bayern-Süd. Over the next several decades "Kempten" played as an unremarked side in fourth and fifth tier competition. In 1999 the club emerged as the champions of the Landesliga Süd (V) and won promotion to the Oberliga Bayern (IV) for a two season long turn. They won their way back to the Oberliga in 2005, finishing second in the Landesliga, and were immediately relegated, but have returned for the 2007-08 campaign, when a last place finish in the "Bayernliga" meant rlegation once more.

"FC Kempten" plays its home matches in the Illerstadion, opened on August 15, 1963. After renovations in 2000 the facility has a capacity of 9,000 spectators (720 seats).

Rivals

The TSV Kottern is "FC Kempten's" biggest local rival, being also based in the town of Kempten. They last faced each other in the "Landesliga Bayern-Süd" in the 2006-07 season, when both games ended in a draw, 1-1 and 2-2. In the Schwaben Cup however, "Kottern" gained the upper hand, defeating the "FC" 6-5 on penaltys after a 2-2 draw after normal time. With "Kempten" promoted to the "Bayernliga" and "Kottern" relegated to the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben, the "FC" has asserted its supperiority, for now.

Honours

*2nd Amateurliga Schwaben champions (IV): 1949, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1957
*Landesliga Bayern-Süd (V) champions; 1999, 2007
*Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd champions: 1970, 1982, 1987
*Schwaben Cup winners: 1963, 1985, 1987

Overall tables

In the overall tables of the Bayernliga (1963-2007), Landesliga Süd (1963-2007) and Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (1988-2007) the FC Kempten ranks as follows:

Source:Cite web
url = http://www.fcgundelfingen.de/Fussball/Historie/tabellen.htm
title = Overall tables of Bayernliga, Landesliga Süd and Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
accessdate = 2007-12-16
publisher = FC Gundelfingen website

FC Kempten seasons (from 1987)

:Source: "Das Fussball-Jahresjournal", an annual publication on football in Schwaben, author: [http://www.bfv-schwaben.de/ Schwäbischer Fussball Verband (Schwaben FA)]

External links

* [http://www.fc-kempten.de Official team site]

References

*Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German domestic league tables (in German)
* [http://www.eufo.de/football/ger/fc_kpten.htm eufo.de] European football club profiles and current team rosters