FC Memmingen

Full name

FC Memmingen 07 Verein für Leibesübungen

Founded

1907

Ground

Memminger Arena

Capacity

5,100

Chairman

Dieter Degenhart

Manager

Thomas Rheinhardt

League

Regionalliga Bayern (IV)

2014–15

7th

Home colours

Away colours

FC Memmingen is a German association football club based in Memmingen, Bavaria.

Overview

The team was formed on 30 May 1907 as the football department of the gymnastics club Memminger Turnvereins 1859 and became independent in the fall of that year. They re-joined TV on 14 February 1919 before regaining their independence in March 1924 as FC Memmingen 07 Verein für Rasensport und Leibesübungen. The association later adopted its current name, FC Memmingen 07 Verein für Leibesübungen.

Prior to World War II the team captured seven local titles at various levels of play. In 1933 it took part in qualification play for the Gauliga Bayern, one of sixteen new top-flight divisions formed in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich, but dropped a 2:3 decision to BC Augsburg.

FCM made a first appearance in the top-league of Bavaria in 1953, when, after finishing second in the 2nd Amateurliga Schwaben, the club was admitted to the new Amateurliga Südbayern (III).^[1] Its first season there was not very successful and the team found itself relegated after finishing last. It bounced back with a 2nd Amateurliga title in 1955 and a finish at the top of its promotion group.^[2] Two good seasons followed with top-five finishes but in 1958, the club was relegated once again.^[3] It finished on top of the 2nd Amateurliga once again in 1958, after having to play a decider against TSV Göggingen, which it won.

The two following seasons in the Bayernliga were difficult and the club was relegated once more in 1961. The team remained in the 2nd Amateurliga and qualified for the new tier-four Landesliga Bayern-Süd in 1963.^[4]

After a brief drop to the tier-five Bezirksliga from 1966 to 1968, the club recovered and, by winning the Landesliga in 1970, returned to the now single-division Amateurliga Bayern. The team was to remain at this level for the following seventeen years, quite an achievement, but, except for 1980, when it came third, it never finished in the top half of the table.^[5] The 1987–88 and 1988–89 seasosn were spend in the Landesliga but then the club returned to the Bayernliga once more for the next thirteen seasons.

The club's most successful season came in 1996–97, when they came within a hairsbreadth of advancing to the Regionalliga Süd (III). Memmingen held a 3:2 lead in a promotion playoff versus Kickers Offenbach when the stadium floodlights failed, bringing the match to a premature halt. Offenbach won the subsequent re-play and advanced to the Regionalliga.

After another relegation in 2002 and a one-year stint in the Landesliga, the club returned to the Bayernliga, achieving some good results.

In 2007, FC Memmingen celebrated its centennial and inaugurated its refurbished Stadion an der Bodenseestraße with an Allgäu derby match against FC Kempten in front of 6,650 spectators.^[6] The club had the best support in the Bayernliga the 2007–08 season with over 1600 spectators per game.^[7]

The FC Memmingen holds the record for Oberliga Bayern seasons with its 37th in 2009–10 and also leads the overall table of this league. The club won the Bayernliga title in 2009–10 and thereby earned promotion to the Regionalliga Süd for the first time. In 2012 the club became part of the new Regionalliga Bayern where it plays today, finishing 7th in 2015.^[8]

Reserve team

The club's reserve team, FC Memmingen II, played in the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (VI) in the 2007–08 season, coming second at the end of season. This finish qualified them for the promotion round, where they lost both games and therefore would have remained in the Bezirksoberliga but due to the third placed team from the Landesliga gaining promotion, too, the FCM II was also promoted. Outclassed in the Landesliga, the team had to return to the Bezirksoberliga immediately.

At the end of the 2011–12 season the team qualified for the newly expanded Landesliga after finishing eighth in the Bezirksoberliga and defeating TSV Neusäß in the promotion round.^[9]

Honours

The club's honours:

League

Bayernliga (V)
- Champions: 2010
Landesliga Bayern-Süd (IV-V)
- Champions: (2) 1970, 2003
- Runners-up: 1989
2nd Amateurliga Schwaben (IV)
- Champions: (2) 1955, 1958
Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (VI)
- Runners-up: 2008^‡

Cup

Schwaben Cup
- Winners: (3) 1958, 1967, 1976
- Runners-up: (5) 1972, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2006

Youth

Bavarian Under 19 championship
- Runners-up: 2003
Bavarian Under 15 championship
- Runners-up: 1998

^‡ Reserve team

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:^[10]

Manager	Start	Finish
Esad Kahric	1 July 2005	15 September 2013
Thomas Rheinhardt	16 September 2013	Present

FC Memmingen seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:^[11]^[12]

FC Memmingen

Season	Division	Tier	Position
1963–64	Landesliga Bayern-Süd	IV	6th
1964–65	Landesliga Bayern-Süd		11th
1965–66	Landesliga Bayern-Süd		14th ↓
1966–67	Bezirksliga Schwaben	V
1967–68	Bezirksliga Schwaben	V	2nd ↑
1968–69	Landesliga Bayern-Süd	IV	3rd
1969–70	Landesliga Bayern-Süd	IV	1st ↑
1970–71	Bayernliga	III	9th
1971–72	Bayernliga		9th
1972–73	Bayernliga		11th
1973–74	Bayernliga		12th
1974–75	Bayernliga		14th
1975–76	Bayernliga		12th
1976–77	Bayernliga		10th
1977–78	Bayernliga		10th
1978–79	Bayernliga		15th
1979–80	Bayernliga		3rd
1980–81	Bayernliga		11th
1981–82	Bayernliga	III	10th
1982–83	Bayernliga		14th
1983–84	Bayernliga		14th
1984–85	Bayernliga		13th
1985–86	Bayernliga		14th
1986–87	Bayernliga		15th ↓
1987–88	Landesliga Bayern-Süd	IV	5th
1988–89	Landesliga Bayern-Süd	IV	2nd ↑
1989–90	Bayernliga	III	9th

Season	Division	Tier	Position
1990–91	Bayernliga	III	7th
1991–92	Bayernliga		11th
1992–93	Bayernliga		7th
1993–94	Bayernliga		13th
1994–95	Bayernliga	IV	12th
1995–96	Bayernliga		11th
1996–97	Bayernliga		2nd
1997–98	Bayernliga		15th
1998–99	Bayernliga		8th
1999–2000	Bayernliga	IV	12th
2000–01	Bayernliga		10th
2001–02	Bayernliga		18th ↓
2002–03	Landesliga Bayern-Süd	V	1st ↑
2003–04	Bayernliga	IV	10th
2004–05	Bayernliga		9th
2005–06	Bayernliga		12th
2006–07	Bayernliga		4th
2007–08	Bayernliga		6th
2008–09	Bayernliga	V	3rd
2009–10	Bayernliga	V	1st ↑
2010–11	Regionalliga Süd	IV	13th
2011–12	Regionalliga Süd		15th
2012–13	Regionalliga Bayern		9th
2013–14	Regionalliga Bayern		13th
2014–15	Regionalliga Bayern		7th
2015–16	Regionalliga Bayern
2016–17

The Bayernliga was officially called Amateurliga Bayern until 1978, then Amateur Oberliga Bayern till 1994 and Oberliga Bayern after that.

FC Memmingen II

Season	Division	Tier	Position
1999–2000	Bezirksoberliga Schwaben	VI	15th ↓
2000–01	Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd	VII	3rd
2001–02	Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd		4th
2002–03	Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd		9th
2003–04	Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd		1st ↑
2004–05	Bezirksoberliga Schwaben	VI	5th
2005–06	Bezirksoberliga Schwaben		4th
2006–07	Bezirksoberliga Schwaben		3rd
2007–08	Bezirksoberliga Schwaben		2nd ↑
2008–09	Landesliga Bayern-Süd		18th ↓
2009–10	Bezirksoberliga Schwaben	VII	4th
2010–11	Bezirksoberliga Schwaben		6th
2011–12	Bezirksoberliga Schwaben		8th ↑
2012–13	Landesliga Bayern-Südwest	VI	14th
2013–14	Landesliga Bayern-Südwest		6th
2014–15	Landesliga Bayern-Südwest		10th
2015–16	Landesliga Bayern-Südwest

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.

Key

↑ Promoted	↓ Relegated

References

↑ (German) Die Bayernliga 1945–1997, publisher: DSFS, published: 1997, page: 26, accessed: 14 June 2009
↑ Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 (German) publisher: DSFS, published: 1997, page: 32, accessed: 14 June 2009
↑ Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 (German) publisher: DSFS, published: 1997, page: 40, accessed: 14 June 2009
↑ (German) Die Bayernliga 1945–1997, publisher: DSFS, published: 1997, page: 56, accessed: 14 June 2009
↑ Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 (German) publisher: DSFS, published: 1997, page: 158, accessed: 14 June 2009
↑ "FC Memmingen centennial" (in German). FC Memmingen. Retrieved 13 December 2007.
↑ Bayernliga 2007/08 – Zuschauertabelle Bayliga.de, accessed: 11 June 2008
↑ Regionalliga Bayern table 2013–14 kicker.de, accessed: 16 June 2014
↑ Das war die Relegation 2012 auf Verbandsebene (German) fupa.net, published: 7 June 2012, accessed 8 June 2012
↑ FC Memmingen .:. Trainer von A-Z (German) weltfussball.de, accessed: 30 April 2011
↑ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (German) Historical German domestic league tables
↑ Fussball.de – Ergebnisse (German) Tables and results of all German football leagues

Sources

Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9

External links

Official team site (German)
FC Memmingen at Weltfussball.de
Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)
eufo.de European football club profiles and current team rosters

Regionalliga Bayern (IV) 2015–16 clubs

FC Amberg Viktoria Aschaffenburg FC Augsburg II SpVgg Bayreuth TSV Buchbach SV Wacker Burghausen SpVgg Greuther Fürth II FV Illertissen FC Ingolstadt 04 II FC Memmingen FC Bayern Munich II TSV 1860 München II 1. FC Nürnberg II TSV Rain am Lech SSV Jahn Regensburg SV Schalding-Heining 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 SpVgg Unterhaching

Landesliga Bayern-Südwest (VI) 2015–16 clubs

TSV Aindling Türkspor Augsburg Sportfreunde Dinkelsbühl SV Egg an der Günz TuS Feuchtwangen SC Fürstenfeldbruck FC Gundelfingen SC Ichenhausen FV Illertissen II SpVgg Kaufbeuren Kissinger SC TSV Meitingen FC Memmingen II SV Mering TSV 1861 Nördlingen SC Oberweikertshofen SV Raisting

Under 19 Bayernliga (II) 2015–16 clubs

Viktoria Aschaffenburg FC Augsburg Baiersdorfer SV SV Wacker Burghausen FC Deisenhofen FSV Erlangen-Bruck SG Quelle Fürth TSV 1861 Nördlingen FC Memmingen SSV Jahn Regensburg SpVgg Unterhaching Würzburger Kickers

Under 17 Bayernliga (II) 2015–16 clubs

SpVgg Ansbach Viktoria Aschaffenburg SpVgg GW Deggendorf FSV Erlangen-Bruck SpVgg Greuther Fürth II FC Ingolstadt 04 FC Memmingen FC Bayern Munich II TSV 1860 München II 1. FC Nürnberg II SpVgg Unterhaching SpVgg SV Weiden

Under 15 Bayernliga Süd (II) 2015–16 clubs

SV Wacker Burghausen Grün-Weiß Deggendorf FC Dingolfing SC Fürstenfeldbruck FC Bayern Munich II TSV 1860 München FC Königsbrunn FC Memmingen TSV Milbertshofen 1. FC Passau FC Stätzling SpVgg Unterhaching

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 Süd champions 1963–2012

4 titles	MTV Ingolstadt SC Fürstenfeldbruck TSV 1860 Rosenheim

3 titles	SpVgg Kaufbeuren

2 titles	FC Bayern Munich II FC Memmingen FC Wacker München TSV Eching Türk Gücü München SpVgg Starnberg TSV Schwaben Augsburg FC Kempten SV Heimstetten SB/DJK Rosenheim Wacker Burghausen II

1 title	TSG Augsburg BSC Sendling VfR Neuburg TSV Ampfing SpVgg Unterhaching ESV Ingolstadt TSV Großhadern Wacker Burghausen TSV 1860 München II FC Ismaning Falke Markt Schwaben TSV Buchbach

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