The TSF Ditzingen is an

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. It is located in the city of Ditzingen, in Baden-Wurttemberg.

History

The club was formed on 2 July 1893 under the name of TV Ditzingen. However, it did not have a football department until 1920. The club changed its name in 1919 to TSVgg Ditzingen after a merger. The club existed for most of its life as an undistinguished amateur club, lingering in the lower divisions of

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football. The club fluctuated between ''Kreisklasse A'' and ''Kreisklasse B'' in those years, the local fifth and sixth division. Only in 1950 could it briefly gain entry to the tier-four ''2nd Amateurliga''. It began its rise to prominence in the mid-1980s when a couple of quick promotions took the ''TSF'' from the tier-eight ''Kreisliga B'' to the tier-three '' Amateuroberliga Baden-Württemberg'' in 1991. One of the players in this team was Fredi Bobic, who later played for Germany internationally. Bobic was the ''Oberliga Baden-Württemberg'' top-scorer in 1991–92, playing for the ''TSF'', with 19 goals. In 1993, the club managed to win the Württemberg Cup, beating SV Böblingen 3–2 in the final. This allowed the ''TSF'' to take part in the

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, where it lost to

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0–2 in the second round. In three seasons in the ''Oberliga'', the club did well enough to qualify for the new '' Regionalliga Süd'', which was formed in 1994. Initially, in this new league, Ditzingen performed well, too, finishing 6th and 5th in its first two seasons. In the 1994–95 season, Sean Dundee scored 24 goals for the team and came second in the ''Regionalliga'' scorer list. From 1996, the club declined however, having to struggle against relegation instead. When, in 2000, the number of ''Regionalligas'' was reduced from four to two, the ''TSF'' failed to make the cut, having finished only 15th in the league. With the end of the club's "miracle" rise, it was handed down through the ''Oberliga'' within two seasons to the ''Verbandsliga''. After 2008, the club went into free fall, suffering three consecutive relegations and ending up in the tier-nine Kreisliga A Enns/Murr in 2011–12. It won promotion back to the Bezirksliga for a season but was relegated back down to the Kreisliga A in 2013 and the Kreisliga B in 2015. Ditzingen went up to the Kreisliga A the next year but came down again after the season, becoming a yo-yo club.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

* Verbandsliga Württemberg (IV) ** Champions: 1991 * Landesliga Württemberg I (V) ** Champions: 1990 * Bezirksliga Enz-Murr (VI) ** Champions: 1988

Cup

* Württemberg Cup ** Winners: 1993 ** Runners-up: 1994

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Fussball.de – Ergebnisse
Tables and results of all German football leagues * With the introduction of the

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s in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the

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, all leagues below dropped one tier.

References

External links

Official team site

TSF Ditzingen profile at Weltfussball.deDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Ditzingen, TSF Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Baden-Württemberg Association football clubs established in 1920 Sports clubs established in 1893 1893 establishments in Germany