FSV Braunfels
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| Full name | Fussball Spielverein Braunfels von 1918 e.V. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Schlossherren (Lords of the castle) | ||
| Founded | 1918 | ||
| Ground | Stadion Schloßblick | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Chairman | Hans-Joachim Eich | ||
| Manager | Harry Preuss | ||
| League | Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte (VI) | ||
| 2015–16 | 10th | ||
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FSV Braunfels is a German association football club established in 1918 in Braunfels, Hesse.
History[]
To date the club's greatest successes have been promotions to the Oberliga Hessen (IV) for single season turns in 1999–2000 and 2003–04. After a second-place finish in the Landesliga Hessen-Mitte in 2006 and success in the subsequent promotion rounds, the club again returned to the Oberliga for a season, being imideateley relegated again. It made another return to the Hessenliga in 2012 but was once more relegated after only one year.
FSV currently has a membership of 600.
Honours[]
The club's honours:
- Landesliga Hessen-Mitte
- Champions: 2003
- Runners-up: 1999, 2006
- Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte
- Champions: 2012
Recent seasons[]
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[1][2]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
| 1999–2000 | Oberliga Hessen | IV | 17th ↓ |
| 2000–01 | Landesliga Hessen-Mitte | V | 4th |
| 2001–02 | Landesliga Hessen-Mitte | 4th | |
| 2002–03 | Landesliga Hessen-Mitte | 1st ↑ | |
| 2003–04 | Oberliga Hessen | IV | 16th ↓ |
| 2004–05 | Landesliga Hessen-Mitte | V | 4th |
| 2005–06 | Landesliga Hessen-Mitte | 2nd ↑ | |
| 2006–07 | Oberliga Hessen | IV | 18th ↓ |
| 2007–08 | Landesliga Hessen-Mitte | V | 6th |
| 2008–09 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte | VI | 11th |
| 2009–10 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte | 4th | |
| 2010–11 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte | 3rd | |
| 2011–12 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte | 1st ↑ | |
| 2012–13 | Hessenliga | V | 16th ↓ |
| 2013–14 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte | VI | 7th |
| 2014–15 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte | 10th | |
| 2015–16 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte | 10th | |
| 2016–17 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte |
- 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. Also in 2008, a large number of football leagues in Hesse were renamed, with the Oberliga Hessen becoming the Hessenliga, the Landesliga becoming the Verbandsliga, the Bezirksoberliga becoming the Gruppenliga and the Bezirksliga becoming the Kreisoberliga.
| ↑ Promoted | ↓ Relegated |
Stadium[]
Braunfels plays its home matches at the Stadion Schloßblick which has a capacity of 5,000 (~500 seats).
References[]
- ^ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
- ^ Fussball.de – Ergebnisse Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
External links[]
- Official team site
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) historical German domestic league tables
- Football clubs in Germany
- Football clubs in Hesse
- Association football clubs established in 1918
- 1918 establishments in Germany
- German football club stubs