SpVgg Kaufbeuren

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clubname = SpVgg Kaufbeuren


fullname = Spielvereiniging Kaufbeuren e.V.
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founded = 1858
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chairman = Gerhard Bucher
manager = Hubert Ressel
league = Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (VII)
season = 2007-08
position = 7th
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SpVgg Kaufbeuren is a German football from the town of Kaufbeuren, Bavaria. The roots of the association are in the establishment on 8 August 1858 of the gymnastics club and community fire brigade "Turnfeuerwehr Kaufbeuren".

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History

They later became simply a gymnastics club known as "Turnverein Kaufbeuren" and in 1909 a football department was established. This department became independent as "Spielvereinigung Kaufbeuren" in 1920. The footballers have played quietly as a local side for most of their existence. In 1939 they took part in a promotion playoff for the Gauliga Bayern, one of sixteen top-flight divisions created in the 1933 re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. The attempt to advance failed as they went down 1:11 and 1:7 to "TSV Schwaben Augsburg". The team also made an appearance in 1941 in the preliminary round of play for the Tschammer-Pokal, predecessor of today's DFB-Pokal (German Cup), that ended in a 0:4 defeat to "Bayern Munich".

From 1959 until the 1963 formation of the Bundesliga, "SpVgg" played in the second division Amateurliga Südbayern where their best result was a second place finish in 1958-59. Through the 60s and 70s the team moved frequently between the Landesliga Bayern-Süd (IV) and the Amateurliga Bayern (III) capturing Landesliga titles in 1965, 1968, and 1974. "Kaufbeuren's" performances fell off through the early 80s, being relegated from the Landesliga in 1986 and only making brief returns to this league in the 1994-95 and 1998-99 seasons, the side currently plays in the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (VI), having played a record 18 out of 20 possible seasons there since 1988.

In the current season 2007-08, the "SpVgg" has settled in mid-table, with no ambition for promotion and only limited danger of relegation, finishing seventh again.

Local rivals

The traditional local rival for the "SpVgg" is "FC Kempten" due to the closeness of the two towns. Within Kaufbeuren this role has been taken up by "BSK Olympia Neugablonz", a suburban club formed after World War II by German refuges from the city of Gablonz (now Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic). The two teams have not played in the same league since the early 1980s.

Local competition

In the town of Kaufbeuren, like many other small southern Bavarian towns, football has never been the dominant sport. The local ice hockey club, "ESV Kaufbeuren", currently playing in the Oberliga (III), is much more popular and successful, having produced a number of German international players and previously been part of the first division DEL (Deutsche Eishockey-Liga or German Ice Hockey League). Against this, the "SpVgg" has a difficult time in attracting support and sponsorships.

Honours

* Schwaben Cup winners: 1952, 1960, 1961,
* Landesliga Bayern-Süd (IV) champions: 1965, 1968, 1974
* Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (VI) champions: 1994, 1998

League positions (from 1989)

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

All-time tables

The SpVgg Kaufbeuren ranks number one in the overall table of the "Bezirksoberliga Schwaben" from 1988 to 2007, leading by almost 300 points and having played 17 out of 19 possible seasons there. The records for the "SpVgg" in the Bayernliga, Landesliga and Bezirksoberliga are:

Source:Cite web
url = http://www.fcgundelfingen.de/Fussball/Historie/tabellen.htm
title = FC Gundelfingen overall tables
accessdate = 2008-03-18
publisher = FC Gundelfingen website

External links

* [http://www.spvgg-kaufbeuren.de Official team site]

ources

*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)

References