VfB Eichstätt
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| Full name | Verein für Bewegungsspiele Eichstätt e.V. | ||
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| Founded | 1 August 1920 | ||
| Ground | Westparkstadion | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Chairman | Thomas Hein | ||
| Manager | Jürgen Steib | ||
| League | Bayernliga Nord (V) | ||
| 2014–15 | Bayernliga Süd (V), 13th | ||
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The VfB Eichstätt is a German association football club from the town of Eichstätt, Bavaria.
The club's greatest success came in 2012 when it qualified for the new southern division of the expanded Bayernliga, the fifth tier of the German football league system.
History
VfB Eichstätt was formed on 1 August 1920 with an initial membership of 90 people.[1]
For most of its history the club has been a non-descript amateur side in local Bavarian football. The club spend considerable time in the local A-Klasse, briefly moving up to the Bezirksliga above in the late 1970s. However, by 1991 VfB dropped to the lowest level of play in the region, the C-Klasse, and remained there for seven seasons.[1] The club began to rise through the league system in the early 2000s, winning the tier seven Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord and earning promotion to the Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern in 2006.[2] After two second place finishes in 2007 and 2008 VfB won this league in 2009 and earned another promotion, now to the Landesliga Bayern-Süd.[3]
In its first Landesliga season the club was a strong contender for another promotion but, after finishing first on equal points with SV Heimstetten, lost a championship decider and then also failed in the promotion round. The second year in the league proved much harder with VfB struggling against relegation and coming only 14th. The third year in the Landesliga, the final season of the Landesliga Süd before it was disbanded, the club came fourth.[4]
The fourth place in the Landesliga in 2011–12 allowed VfB Eichstätt direct qualification for the Bayernliga, where it came ninth in its first year and fourth the season after. After a less successful 2014–15 season the club was moved to the northern division of the Bayernliga for the following one.
Honours
The club's honours:
- Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern
- Champions: 2009
- Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord
- Champions: 2006
- Kreisliga Donau-Isar
- Champions: 2002
- Kreisklasse 1 Ingolstadt
- Champions: 2000
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[5][6]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
| 1999–2000 | Kreisklasse 1 Ingolstadt | IX | 1st ↑ |
| 2000–01 | Kreisliga Donau-Isar | VIII | 6th |
| 2001–02 | Kreisliga Donau-Isar | 1st ↑ | |
| 2002–03 | Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord | VII | 10th |
| 2003–04 | Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord | 8th | |
| 2004–05 | Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord | 5th | |
| 2005-06 | Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord | 1st ↑ | |
| 2006–07 | Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern | 3rd | |
| 2007–08 | Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern | 3rd | |
| 2008–09 | Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern | 1st ↑ | |
| 2009–10 | Landesliga Bayern-Süd | VI | 2nd |
| 2010–11 | Landesliga Bayern-Süd | 14th | |
| 2011–12 | Landesliga Bayern-Süd | 4th ↑ | |
| 2012–13 | Bayernliga Süd | V | 9th |
| 2013–14 | Bayernliga Süd | 4th | |
| 2014–15 | Bayernliga Süd | 13th | |
| 2015–16 | Bayernliga Nord |
- 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.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Geschichte des VfB (German) VfB Eichstätt website - Club history, accessed: 30 January 2014
- ↑ Tables and results of the Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 30 January 2014
- ↑ Tables and results of the BOL Oberbayern (German) Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 30 January 2014
- ↑ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv: Landesliga Bayern-Süd (German) historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 30 January 2014
- ↑ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (German) Historical German domestic league tables
- ↑ Fussball.de - Ergebnisse (German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
External links
- (German) Official team site
- (German) Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables
- (German) Manfreds Fussball Archiv Tables and results from the Bavarian amateur leagues
- (German) VfB Eichstätt at Weltfussball.de