VfL Kirchheim/Teck

Football club infobox
clubname = VfL Kirchheim/Teck


fullname = Verein für LeibesübungenKirchheim/Teck e.V.
nickname = Die Zecken
founded = July 6, 1881
ground = Stadion an der Jesinger Allee
capacity = 10,000
chairman = Doris Imrich
manager = Michael Rentschler
league = Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (V)
season = 2007-08
position = 14th
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VfL Kirchheim/Teck is a German football club from the city of Kirchheim, Baden-Württemberg. The football club is part of a larger sports club that has over 4,000 members in 18 departments that include Aikido, athletics, badminton, basketball, bowling, fencing, fistball, gymnastics, hand ball, Judo, Karate, swimming, table tennis, tennis, triathlon, and wrestling. The club also has sections for leisure sport, seniors, and rehabilitation.

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History

The origins of the club go back to the establishment on July 6, 1881 of the gymnastics club "Turnverein 1861 Kirchheim". A football department was formed within the association and in 1911 became independent as "VfB Kirchheim". On May 20, 1933 the team merged with "TSV 1861 Kirchheim" to create "Turn- und Sportvereinigung Kirchheim" which was itself made up of the original parent club "TV" and "TB 1888 Kirchheim 1922". This union was short-lived and broke up on February 26, 1935, only to be re-made in 1945 as "VfL Kirchheim".

In 1941 the footballers took part in qualification play for the Gauliga Württemberg, one of sixteen top flight divisions established in the 1933 reorganization of German football under the Third Reich, but failed to advance after finishing second in their playoff pool. Following World War II the team played in the Amateurliga Württemberg (II) from 1946 to 1952 before slipping to lower level competition for several decades. "Kirchheim" returned to the Amateurliga (IV) level in 1984-85 and the following season were promoted to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (III) where they earned mixed results until relegated for a single season in 1991-92. On their return to the Oberliga they played as a lower table side, failing to qualify for the new third division Regionalliga Süd formed in 1994 through restructuring of the country's football competitions. However, "VfL" later won its way into tier III play on the strength of an Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (IV) title in 1997. The club's turn at the Regionalliga level was unsuccessful, and they struggled over the following seasons, leading to demotion to the Verbandsliga Württemberg (V) in 2001. The club again returned to the Oberliga Württemberg (IV) following a Verbandsliga championship in 2007.

Honours

*Württemberg Pokal (Württemberg Cup) winner: 1961, 2003
*Württemberg Pokal (Württemberg Cup) finalist: 1988, 1997
*Landesliga Württemberg champions: 1984
*Verbandsliga Württemberg (V) champions: 1986, 1992, 2007
*Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (IV) champions: 1997

tadium

The Sportgelände an der Jesinger Allee has five turf and one artificial turf football pitches. The spectator area at the main playing field can accommodate 10,000 (400 seats).

Recent seasons

External links

* [http://www.vfl-kirchheim.de Official team site]
* [http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/kirchheim.html Abseits Guide to German Soccer]

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)