FC Enikon Augsburg

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The FC Enikon Augsburg was a German football from Augsburg, Bavaria that was active from the late 70s until the mid-90s.

History

The club was formed in 1978 by Croatian migrants and languished in the lower leagues of the Schwaben football league system for most of its short existence. It climbed into higher level competition through the financial support of Croatian construction company [http://www.enikon.com/en/index.php Enikon] .

The team rose rapidly through the early 1990s, winning promotion almost every year. A championship in the Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd (VII) in 1992 advanced the side to the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (VI). After finishing second there, they won promotion to the Landesliga Bayern-Süd (V) through the promotion play-off. Another second place result and successful promotion playoff in the Landesliga gained the team entry to the Bayernliga (IV) for the 1994-95 season.

"Enikon's" primary objective was to one day play league games against the long established and well-known local side "FC Augsburg". They narrowly missed that goal as "FCA" was promoted ahead of them to the Regionalliga Süd (III).

The club found competition in the "Bayernliga" to be more difficult and struggled for survival there. After a promising start in which "Enikon" won their first two matches of the season, the club quickly fell into the relegation zone. They finished in 16th place with a record of ten wins, nine draws and fifteen defeats and would have been immediately sent down if not for the withdrawal of "1. FC Amberg" from the league allowing "Enikon" to take "Amberg's" spot in the relegation play-offs. They won their first round match over "Alemannia Haibach" (2:1), but were sent back down to Landesliga play after losing to "SpVgg Weiden".

Disbanding of the club

As the club's Bayernliga campaign was coming to a close it became clear that sponsor Enikon could not continue its support and that without their financial backing the team could not afford to carry on in the upcoming season. The decision was made to withdraw and "FC" was disbanded after the 1994-95 season. A proposal to merge with "TSG Augsburg" to retain a Landesliga spot for an Augsburg team did not materialize as "TSG" were themselves struggling financially.

Legacy

Like many immigrant-based clubs in Germany, "Enikon" suffered from the lack of a home ground and training facilities throughout its existence, having to share facilities with other clubs in Augsburg.

The club was well recognized in the region for the technical skill of its players, who were mostly, but not exclusively, of Croatian origin. Support for this is found in the club's rapid rise, and its 1994 win in the Schwaben indoor football championship followed by a second place result in the Bavarian championship. "FC Enikon" remains to this day the most successful non-Turkish migrant club in Bavaria.

Honours

*Landesliga Bayern-Süd (IV) runners up: 1994
*Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (V) runners up: 1993
*Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd (VI) champions: 1992
*Schwaben indoor football champions: 1994
*Bavarian indoor football runners up: 1994

Overall tables

"FC Enikon Augsburg" only spent one season in each of the Bezirksoberliga, Landesliga, and Bayernliga, finishing as follows in the overall tables of those leagues:

Source:Cite web
url = http://www.fcgundelfingen.de/Fussball/Historie/tabellen.htm
title = Overall tables of Bezirksoberliga, Landesliga and Bayernliga
accessdate = 2008-01-07
publisher = FC Gundelfingen website

*In all three leagues, the "FC Enikon" is the highest placed of the clubs with only one season in the league.

External links

* [http://fussballdaten.de/vereine/fcenikonaugsburg/1995/ FC Enikon Augsburg at fussballdaten.de]
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fussball Archiv ]

References

*"Das Fussball Jahresjournal" , an annual publication by the Schwaben Football Assocciation (SFV), accessed: 7 January 2008
*German wikipedia site of the FC Enikon Augsburg