SpVgg Bayern Hof

Full name

SpVgg Bayern Hof

Founded

1910

Ground

Stadion Grüne Au

Capacity

20,000

Chairman

Reiner Denzler

Manager

Michael Voigt

League

Bayernliga Nord (V)

2014–15

8th

Home colours

Away colours

SpVgg Bayern Hof is a German association football club based in Hof, Bavaria. The club was founded on 1 June 1910 as Ballspielclub Hof, but within a year was renamed Britannia Hof. In 1913, they merged with FC Roland Hof and FC Phoenix Hof to become FC Bayern Hof.

History

FC Bayern Hof was a decent, but unremarkable, local side through its early decades. It spent five seasons in the tier-one Bezirksliga Bayern from 1927. In 1944, the team won promotion to the Gauliga Bayern, Staffel Oberfranken, one of sixteen top flight division that had been created in 1933 in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. However, by that time World War II had overtaken that part of the country and Gauliga play was ended there in the fall.

After the war Bayern Hof advanced to the Landesliga Bayern (II) in 1946 where they came out on top of the Staffel Nordbayern only to lose the divisional playoff to Wacker München (3:4, 0:4). League re-structuring saw the club in the 2. Oberliga Süd (II) to open the 1951–52 season. They remained competitive throughout the decade, generally finishing in the top half of the table.

A second place result in 1959 put the club into Oberliga Süd (I) to play first division football for the first time. They managed only middling results against the stronger, better established teams there and so did not qualify for play in the Bundesliga – Germany's new professional league – when it was established in 1963. BH played in the Regionalliga Süd (II) and through the late 60's and into the early 70's, the team played good football and earned some solid finishes – including a division title in 1968 – but failed in three tries to make it through the promotion rounds to the new top division in 1967, 1968 and 1972.

In 1978, they slipped to the tier-three Bayernliga and began a descent that would land them in Landesliga Bayern-Nord (IV) by 1980. In the next fourteen seasons until 1994, the club existed as an elevator side between the Landesliga and Oberliga, playing in the later in 1983–84 and 1988–90 while generally finishing in the top-three in the Landesliga in the other seasons. It made a more permanent return to the Oberliga Bayern in 1994, when the new Regionalliga Süd was formed and the best teams from the Bayernliga entered the new league.

A decade in the Bayernliga saw the club finish fourth three times, in 1996, 2000 and 2002, but, in 2004, it was relegated again. In 2005 FC Bayern Hof merged with SpVgg Hof to form SpVgg Bayern Hof. SpVgg Hof had been formed in 1893 as the football department of the gymnastics club TV Hof, itself founded in 1861. The footballers became independent in 1924 and were distinguished only by single season appearances in the top flight in 1921 and 1929, and an advance to the Amateurliga Bayern for the 1966–67 season.

In 2006 the newly unified club captured the division title in the Landesliga Bayern-Nord (V) and were promoted to the fourth division Bayernliga. A difficult 2007–08 season saw the club in deep relegation trouble all season but eventually they managed to climb one rank above the relegation zone and survive.

After two better seasons, the club once more played against relegation in 2010–11, having to face SpVgg Bayreuth in a decider, which Hof won 2–1 in extra time to qualify for the Bayernliga promotion round against the Landesliga runners-up. In this game, a 1–0 victory over Jahn Regensburg II proved enough to maintain its league status. The following season, Hof was a strong contender for the league title, eventually coming second to TSV 1860 Rosenheim and earning promotion to the new Regionalliga Bayern.^[1] The club was however criticised by the BFV for its desolate second team who, uniquely for a Regionalliga team, was relegated from the ninth tier in 2011–12 and completely withdrawn for 2012–13. Hof answered this with an open letter to the association, pointing out the club's excellent and extensive youth program and the fact that fielding a second team would still cost it € 60,000 to 80,000 per season in the Bezirksliga, an amount the club was unwilling to spend.^[2] In the 2012–13 season the club had to struggle against relegation all season and beyond, having to defend its league place in the relegation round with the Bayernliga runners-up. In a two-leg play-off against TSV Großbardorf Hof defended its league place with an aggregate score of 8–4.^[3] the following season the club finished 17th once more but this time was directly relegated back to the Bayernliga.^[4]

Logos of predecessor sides FC Bayern Hof and SpVgg Hof.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Matthias Karnitzschky
2	DF	Cosmin-Adrian Ichim
3	DF	Daniel Gareis
4	DF	Riccardo Redondo
5	MF	Matthias Deumelandt
6	MF	Florian Ascherl
7	MF	Matthias Jörg
8	DF	Giorgio Arancino
9	FW	Markus Bächer
10	MF	Okcan Tekdemir
11	FW	Daniel Sam
12	MF	Christian Schraps
13	DF	Rico Raithel

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Sebastian Hermann
15	MF	Marcel Busch
16	DF	Tobias Müller
17	MF	Christian Karl
18	FW	Tobias Bukowski
19	MF	Aydin Atak
20	MF	Fernando Redondo
21	MF	Daniel Schäffler
22	FW	Tim Guthke
23	GK	František Malers
26	MF	Dennis Pajonk
27	DF	Marcel Findeiß
28	MF	Waldemar Schneider

Honours

The club's honours:

League

2. Oberliga Süd (II)
- Runners-up: 1959
Regionalliga Süd (II)
- Champions: 1968
- Runners-up: (2) 1967, 1972
Landesliga Bayern (II)
- Champions: 1947
- Runners-up: 1950
Bayernliga
- Runners-up: 2012
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
- Champions: (5) 1966^‡, 1983, 1988, 1994, 2006
- Runners-up: (2) 1993, 2005
2. Amateurliga Oberfranken Ost (IV)
- Champions: 1955^‡

Cup

Oberfranken Cup
- Winner: (3) 1996, 2000, 2004

Youth

Bavarian Under 19 championship
- Runners-up: 1951
Under 15 Bayernliga
- Runners-up: 2014

^‡ Marks championships won by SpVgg Hof, all others by Bayern Hof.

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:^[5]

Manager	Start	Finish
Henrik Schödel	1 July 2005	27 October 2006
Armin Eck	30 October 2006	14 September 2007
Andy Singer	18 September 2007	10 March 2008
Michael Voigt	1 July 2007	12 November 2009
Thomas Kost	17 November 2009	30 June 2010
Daniel Felgenhauer	1 July 2010	24 September 2010
Norbert Schlegel	24 September 2010	26 May 2013
Daniel Felgenhauer Henrik Schödel	26 May 2013	31 March 2014
Michael Voigt	1 April 2014	Present

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:^[6]^[7]

SpVgg Bayern Hof

Season	Division	Tier	Position
1999–2000	Bayernliga	IV	4th
2000–01	Bayernliga		14th
2001–02	Bayernliga		4th
2002–03	Bayernliga		12th
2003–04	Bayernliga		17th ↓
2004–05	Landesliga Bayern-Nord	V	2nd
2005–06	Landesliga Bayern-Nord	V	1st ↑
2006–07	Bayernliga	IV	12th
2007–08	Bayernliga	IV	15th
2008–09	Bayernliga	V	10th
2009–10	Bayernliga		10th
2010–11	Bayernliga		15th
2011–12	Bayernliga		2nd ↑
2012–13	Regionalliga Bayern	IV	17th
2013–14	Regionalliga Bayern	IV	17th ↓
2014–15	Bayernliga Nord	V	8th
2015–16	Bayernliga Nord	V

SpVgg Bayern Hof II

Season	Division	Tier	Position
1999–2000	Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost	VII	7th
2000–01	Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost		4th
2001–02	Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost		1st ↑
2002–03	Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken	VI	3rd ↑
2003–04	Landesliga Bayern-Nord	V	15th ↓
2004–05	Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken	VI	12th
2005–06	Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken		12th
2006–07	Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken		15th ↓
2007–08	Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost	VII	3rd
2008–09	Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost	VIII	3rd
2009–10	Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost		9th
2010–11	Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost		16th ↓
2011–12	Kreisliga Hof/Marktredwitz	IX	16th ↓
2012–13	withdrawn

With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the Bayernliga was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onwards were elevated one tier.

DFB Cup appearances

The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup a number of times:

Season	Round	Date	Home	Away	Result	Attendance
DFB-Pokal 1962–63	First round	1 June 1963	FC Bayern Hof	Hamburger SV	2–5
DFB-Pokal 1967–68	First round	27 January 1968	FC Bayern Hof	Borussia M'gladbach	0–1
DFB-Pokal 1974–75	First round	7 September 1974	Karlsruher SC	FC Bayern Hof	0–1
	Second round	25 October 1974	FC Bayern Hof	VfL Bochum	2–2 aet
	Second round replay	21 December 1974	VfL Bochum	FC Bayern Hof	5–0
DFB-Pokal 1975–76	First round	1 August 1975	VfR Bürstadt	FC Bayern Hof	1–2
	Second round	18 October 1975	1. FC Mülheim	FC Bayern Hof	1–3 aet
	Third round	13 December 1975	SG Wattenscheid 09	FC Bayern Hof	2–3
	Fourth round	31 January 1976	FC Bayern Hof	Hamburger SV	0–2
DFB-Pokal 1976–77	First round	6 August 1976	FC Bayern Hof	VfB Oldenburg	3–2
DFB-Pokal 1976–77	Second round	16 October 1976	Hertha BSC Berlin	FC Bayern Hof	3–1
DFB-Pokal 1977–78	First round	29 July 1977	Concordia Hamburg	FC Bayern Hof	2–0
DFB-Pokal 1978–79	First round	5 August 1978	FC St. Pauli	FC Bayern Hof	3–0 aet
DFB-Pokal 1981–82	First round	28 August 1981	FC Bayern Hof	Waldhof Mannheim	0–2
DFB-Pokal 1982–83	First round	27 August 1982	FC Bayern Hof	Arminia Bielefeld	0–5

Source:"DFB-Pokal" (in German). Weltfussball.de. Retrieved 14 June 2009.

References

↑ Das war die Relegation 2012 auf Verbandsebene (German) fupa.net, published: 7 June 2012, accessed 8 June 2012
↑ Offener Brief an Jürgen Faltenbacher (German) Bayern Hof website, published: 22 June 2012, accessed: 25 July 2012
↑ So läuft die Relegation 2013 auf Verbandsebene (German) fupa.net, accessed: 2 June 2013
↑ Regionalliga Bayern table 2013–14 kicker.de, accessed: 16 June 2014
↑ SpVgg Bayern Hof .:. Trainer von A-Z (German) weltfussball.de, accessed: 28 April 2011
↑ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (German) Historical German domestic league tables
↑ Fussball.de – Ergebnisse (German) Tables and results of all German football leagues

External links

Official team site
Abseits Guide to German Soccer
eufo.de European football club profiles and current team rosters
Bayern Hof at Weltfussball.de

Bayernliga Nord (V) 2015–16

TSV Aubstadt DJK Don Bosco Bamberg FC Eintracht Bamberg ASV Burglengenfeld VfB Eichstätt SC Eltersdorf SV Erlenbach 1. SC Feucht SpVgg Jahn Forchheim VfL Frohnlach TSV Großbardorf Alemannia Haibach SpVgg Bayern Hof SSV Jahn Regensburg II 1. FC Sand SV Seligenporten SpVgg SV Weiden Würzburger FV

List of clubs in the Bayernliga

Under 15 Bayernliga Nord (II) 2015–16 clubs

Viktoria Aschaffenburg FC Eintracht Bamberg ASV Cham FC Coburg SC Eltersdorf SG Quelle Fürth SpVgg Bayern Hof FC Ingolstadt 04 ASV Neumarkt 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 SpVgg SV Weiden JFG Wendelstein

Bayernliga

League seasons

Tier–II	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

Tier–III	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94

Tier–IV	1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08

Tier–V	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

League champions

8 titles	SpVgg Bayreuth

6 titles	1. FC Bamberg FC Wacker München

5 titles	FC Augsburg SSV Jahn Regensburg

4 titles	SpVgg Unterhaching ESV Ingolstadt

3 titles	TSV 1860 München SpVgg Weiden TSV 1860 München II 1. FC Schweinfurt 05

2 titles	BC Augsburg VfL Neustadt FC Penzberg TSV Schwaben Augsburg 1. FC Haßfurt

1 title	FC Bayern Hof 1. FC Amberg ATS Kulmbach VfB Helmbrechts VfB Bayreuth 1. FC Lichtenfels SpVgg Büchenbach TSV Straubing ASV Herzogenaurach Würzburger Kickers MTV Ingolstadt SpVgg Landshut SV Wacker Burghausen SC Weismain SV Lohhof SpVgg Ansbach 1. SC Feucht FC Ingolstadt 04 FC Memmingen FC Ismaning TSV 1860 Rosenheim SV Schalding-Heining BC Aichach Viktoria Aschaffenburg TSV Rain am Lech

Landesliga Nord champions 1963–2012

6 titles	Würzburger FV

5 titles	VfL Frohnlach

4 titles	SpVgg Bayern Hof

3 titles	1. FC Bayreuth VfB Coburg VfB Helmbrechts FC Schweinfurt 05 Würzburger Kickers

2 titles	FC Kronach 1. FC Bamberg SpVgg Bayreuth

1 title	SpVgg Hof FC Münchberg ATS Kulmbach 1. FC Haßfurt TSV Trebgast TSV Hirschaid SV Heidingsfeld SC 08 Bamberg SC Weismain SpVgg Stegaurach 1. FC Sand TSV Gerbrunn SV Memmelsdorf

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