DVV Coburg
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| Full name | DJK Viktoria VfB Coburg e. V. | ||
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| Founded | 2000 | ||
| Dissolved | 2012 | ||
| Ground | Stadion am hinteren Floßanger | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| League | defunct | ||
| 2011–12 | Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken(VII), 10th | ||
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TheDVV Coburg(full name:Deutsche Jugend Kraft Viktoria Verein für Bewegungsspiele Coburg e.V.) was a Germanassociation football clubfrom the town ofCoburg,Bavaria.Coburg became part of Bavaria in 1920, after theFirst World War.
The club was formed in 2000, whenVfB Coburgmerged with local sideDJK/Viktoria Coburg.[1]Of the three clubs,VfBwas by far the most notable, spending 21 seasons in the tier threeFußball-Bayernligafrom 1952 to 1984.[2]The club also made a single appearance in theDFB-Pokal(German Cup) in1977–78,losing 3–0 at fellow amateursTuS Langerwehe.
DVVwas disbanded on 30 June 2012, having declared insolvency in June 2011 owing Euro 118,000 to the German tax department.[3]The club was succeeded byFC Coburg,which took over the league place ofDVV.[4]
History
[edit]VfB Coburg
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The club was formed in 1907 asCoburger FCbefore becomingVfBsometime before 1920. They were joined byFC Germania Coburgin 1923 and byFC Viktoria Coburgin 1933.
AsFCthey took part in the playoff round of the regional central German league (Verbands Mitteldeutscher Ballspiel-Vereine, VMVB) in 1914, making it through the qualification round to an eighth-final match before going out. Historically part of the state ofThuringia,Coburg voted in a plebiscite in 1920 to join the neighbouring state of Bavaria. However,VfBcontinued to compete as part of central region football and again in 1929 took part in the VMVB playoffs, advancing to the semi-finals where they lost toDresdner SC.
Germany's historical regional leagues were replaced by 16 new regional top-flight divisions in 1933 andCoburgfinally became part of Bavarian competition. The team won promotion to theGauliga Bayernfor a single season in 1936–37 and made one more appearance there in 1938–39. They failed in qualification attempts in 1938 and 1941. Early in 1942, duringWorld War II,they were merged with the military clubWehrmacht SV Coburgto play as the wartime sideKriegspielgemeinschaft Coburg.As the war progressed play in the Gauliga Bayern was broken up into a number of small local divisions before being abandoned in late 1944 as the conflict overtook the area.
The club became a member of the Amateurliga Nordayern, the northern division of the Bayernliga, in 1952, playing the next ten seasons in the league until 1962, when it was relegated. In this era, the club achieved two fourth-place finishes as its best result, in 1957–58 and 1958–59.[2]
With the reorganisation of the German league system in 1963, the club did not become a founding member of the new fourth divisionLandesliga Bayern-Nordin the region but was promoted to the league in 1966. As a newcomer, the club took out the league championship in 1967 and earned another promotion.[5]
Back in the Bayernliga in 1967–68, which was now played as a single division league, the club played three successful seasons, with a fifth place as its best result, but came 18th in its fourth year and was relegated again.[2]
After a third-place finish in the Landesliga in 1971–72, the side won the league the following year and was promoted once more.[5]
Coburgwas back in the Bayernliga for five consecutive seasons again but, except for the first year, the club struggled against relegation and went down again in 1978.[2]
In the Landesliga, from 1978 to 1982,VfBplayed a leading role, improving season by season, and earned promotion again at the end of the 1981–82 season.[5]
Back for its last stint in the Bayernliga,Coburgfinished tenth in 1982–83 but came 19th in the following year and made a permanent departure from this league level.[2]
The club was still a strong side in the Landesliga after 1984, finishing in the top half of the league for the next four seasons. At the end of the 1988–89 season however it fell to regional play, theBezirksoberliga Oberfranken.It spent three seasons there before returning to the Landesliga in 1992. Back in the Landesliga for three more years, the club was never able to reach former heights and, when relegation came once more in 1995, it was a permanent departure from the league.[5]
After four years at Bezirksoberliga level, the club suffered another relegation in 1999, now to the Bezirksliga Oberfranken-West.[6]At this level, in the club's final season before the merger in 2000,VfBfinished third whileDJK/Viktoriacame eleventh in the same league.[7]
DJK/Viktoria Coburg
[edit]DJK/Viktoria Coburg was established in 1974 in a merger of FC Viktoria 09 Coburg, formed 1909, and DJK Rot-Weiß Coburg, formed 1931. Both clubs, unlikeVfB,had been banned by the Nazis and were reformed after theSecond World War.[1]
DJK/Viktoriawas promoted to the Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken in 1989, the yearVfBwas relegated to the league, causing the two clubs to meet for the first time in league play in 1989–90. The club lasted for four seasons at this level before returning to the Bezirksliga in 1993.[6]The club remained at this level for its final seven seasons, never coming close to promotion again.[7]
DVV Coburg
[edit]The new club was an instant success, taking out two consecutive league championships in 2001 and 2002, first in the Bezirksliga, than in the Bezirksoberliga.[6][7]
DVVplayed for four seasons in the Landesliga from 2002, with a seventh place as its best result. It dropped to Bezirksoberliga level for a season before returning to the Landesliga for another four years. In 2011, affected by financial trouble, the club was relegated once more.[5][6]
The club played its final season in the Bezirksoberliga in 2011–12 as bothDVVand the league were disbanded at the end of the season. At the end the club dropped back to the Bezirksliga after finishing tenth in the Bezirksoberliga and losing toTBVfL Neustadtin the promotion round but remained at the same tier as the Bezirksoberliga was disbanded.[8]The new club,FC Coburg,was eventually given permission to take over the league places ofDVVin senior and youth football.
Honours
[edit]The club's honours:
League
[edit]- 2nd Amateurliga Oberfranken-West
- Champions: 1952
- Landesliga Bayern-Nord
- Champions: 1967, 1973, 1982
- Runners-up: 1981
- Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken
- Champions: 1992, 2002
- Runners-up: 2007
- Bezirksliga Oberfranken-West
- Champions: 1989†,2001
- †Won byDJK/Viktoria,all other honours are forVfBandDVV.
Recent managers
[edit]Recent managers of the club:
| Manager | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Stefan Braungardt | 2011 | |
| Olaf Teuchert | 2011 | 2012 |
Recent seasons
[edit]The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[9][10]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–01 | Bezirksliga Oberfranken-West | VII | 1st ↑ |
| 2001–02 | Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken | VI | 1st ↑ |
| 2002–03 | Landesliga Bayern-Nord | V | 8th |
| 2003–04 | Landesliga Bayern-Nord | 12th | |
| 2004–05 | Landesliga Bayern-Nord | 7th | |
| 2005–06 | Landesliga Bayern-Nord | 16th ↓ | |
| 2006–07 | Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken | VI | 2nd ↑ |
| 2007–08 | Landesliga Bayern-Nord | V | 13th |
| 2008–09 | Landesliga Bayern-Nord | VI | 11th |
| 2009–10 | Landesliga Bayern-Nord | 9th | |
| 2010–11 | Landesliga Bayern-Nord | 18th ↓ | |
| 2011–12 | Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken | VII | 10th |
- With the introduction of theBezirksoberligasin 1988 as the new fifth tier, below theLandesligas,all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of theRegionalligasin 1994 and the3. Ligain 2008 as the new third tier, below the2. Bundesliga,all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of theRegionalliga Bayernas the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 theBayernligawas 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 onward were elevated one tier.
| ↑Promoted | ↓Relegated |
DFB Cup appearances
[edit]The club has qualified for the first round of theGerman Cupjust once, as then VfB Coburg:
| Season | Round | Date | Home | Away | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977–78 | First round[11] | 29 July 1977 | TuS Langerwehe | VfB Coburg | 3–0 | 800 |
References
[edit]- ^abHistory(in German)archived from the originalDVV Coburg website,accessed: 3 November 2011
- ^abcdeDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv: Bayernliga(in German)historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 3 November 2011
- ^Dem DVV geht die Luft aus(in German)Neue Presse Coburg,published: 4 June 2011, accessed: 3 November 2011
- ^FC Coburg soll DVV-Sünden vergessen machen(in German)www.fupa.net, published: 10 September 2011, accessed: 3 November 2011
- ^abcdeDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv: Landesliga Bayern-Nord(in German)historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 3 November 2011
- ^abcdTables and results of the BOL OberfrankenArchived19 July 2011 at theWayback Machine(in German)Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 3 November 2011
- ^abcBL Oberfranken-WestArchived2 October 2011 at theWayback Machine(in German)Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 3 November 2011
- ^Das war die Relegation 2012 auf Verbandsebene(in German)fupa.net, published: 7 June 2012, Retrieved 8 June 2012
- ^Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv(in German)Historical German domestic league tables
- ^Fussball.de – ErgebnisseArchived7 December 2011 at theWayback Machine(in German)Tables and results of all German football leagues
- ^Spielstatistik TuS 08 Langerwehe – VfB Coburg(in German)Fussballdaten.de,accessed: 12 November 2011
External links
[edit]- Official club website(in German)
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv(in German)historical German domestic league tables
- Manfreds Fussball ArchivArchived1 August 2015 at theWayback Machine(in German)Tables and results from the Bavarian amateur leagues