TSV Kottern
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| Full name | Turn- und Sportverein Kottern-St.Mang e.V. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chairman | Thomas Biermeier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Bernd Kunze | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (VII) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | 9th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TSV Kottern is a German football club from Kottern in Kempten, Bavaria.
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The team was established on 15 September 1925 as Freier Fußballclub Kottern as a worker's sports club. The club was broken up as politically undesireable under the Nazi regime and the membership became part of Turn- und Sportverein Kottern as that association's football department. The side played in the senior local level A-Klasse competition throughout the 30s and on into the mid-40s.
Following World War II Kottern played in the Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd where they won a title in 1947 but could not accept promotion due to the bad transport situation in the post war days, making travelling to away games very difficult. They won a second title in 1953 and advanced to the Landesliga Bayern (III), the top level competition in the state, where they played from 1954 to 1963, with the exception of the 1959-60 season. German football was re-structured with the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963, and TSV was sent down to the Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd (V), where the club remained in the coming seasons. Kottern found itselve relegated to the A-Klasse Süd in 1970 and 1978 but both times returned to the Bezirksliga shortly after.
In October 1971, the club TSV Kottern merged with the TSV St. Mang to form TSV Kottern-St. Mang.
The club became part of the newly formed Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (VI) in 1987, and after slipping briefly in 1990, returned to capture the division in 1993 and win promotion to the Landesliga Bayern-Süd (V) for a three season turn.
For the 2007-08 season, Kottern was back in the Bezirksoberliga and found itself struggeling in the relegation zone. The club terminated its manager, Uwe Zenkner, on 3 December 2007 and hired Bernd Kunze in the hope of improving its situation, the move paying off with a ninth place finish at the end of season.
[edit] Rivals
The FC Kempten is TSV Kottern-St. Mang'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.
[edit] Ice hockey department
The TSV Kottern also used to operate an ice hockey department from 1950 to April 2007. The clubs senior team left the TSV to turn professional and form the EA Kempten in 1983. The TSV however continued to field an amateur side. With the end of professional ice hockey in Kempten in 2004, the TSV once more became the only club in the city. From 2004, the team played in the Landesliga (V) for three seasons, after winning the Bavarian Bezirksliga (VI) championship and gaining promotion. In April 2007 it was decided to form a new, semi-professional side, the ESC Kempten and Kotterns ice hockey department joined the new club, ending almost 60 years of tradition at the TSV.
[edit] Honours
- Bezirksoberliga Schwaben champions (V-VI): 1993, 2002, 2005
- Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd champions (VI): 1991
[edit] All-time tables
In the overall tables of the Landesliga Süd (1963-2007) and Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (1988-2007) the TSV Kottern ranks as follows:
| League | Place | Seasons | Games | Win | Draw | Lose | GF | GA | Points |
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| Landesliga Bayern-Süd | 56th | 7 | 232 | 54 | 47 | 131 | 296 | 519 | 209 |
| Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 3rd | 12 | 364 | 148 | 85 | 131 | 595 | 604 | 529 |
Source:Overall tables of Bayernliga, Landesliga Süd and Bezirksoberliga Schwaben. FC Gundelfingen website. Retrieved on 2008-03-19.
[edit] TSV Kottern seasons (from 1989)
| Year | Division | Position |
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| 1989 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 13th |
| 1990 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 16th ↓ |
| 1991 | Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd | 1st ↑ |
| 1992 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 5th |
| 1993 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 1st ↑ |
| 1994 | Landesliga Bayern-Süd | 14th |
| 1995 | Landesliga Bayern-Süd | 11th |
| 1996 | Landesliga Bayern-Süd | 17th ↓ |
| 1997 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 3rd |
| 1998 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 9th |
| 1999 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 11th |
| 2000 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 10th |
| 2001 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 13th |
| 2002 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 1st ↑ |
| 2003 | Landesliga Bayern-Süd | 15th ↓ |
| 2004 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 12th |
| 2005 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 1st ↑ |
| 2006 | Landesliga Bayern-Süd | 11th |
| 2007 | Landesliga Bayern-Süd | 17th ↓ |
| 2008 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 9th |
| 2009 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben |
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)
