FC Eintracht Bamberg is a German association football club from the city of

Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castl ...

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. The footballers are part of a

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formed on 1 April 2006 out of the union of ''

1. FC Bamberg The 1. FC Bamberg was a German association football club from the town of Bamberg, Bavaria. In 2006, the club merged with TSV Eintracht Bamberg to form 1. FC Eintracht Bamberg. 1. FC Eintracht went bankrupt in 2010 and a new club was formed, F ...

'' and ''TSV Eintracht Bamberg''. With over 1,500 members it is one of the largest sports associations in the

Upper Franconia Upper Franconia (german: Oberfranken) is a ''Regierungsbezirk'' (administrative 'Regierungs''region 'bezirk'' of the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. It forms part of the historically significant region of Franconia, the others being Middle F ...

region of the state and has departments for

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, karate, gymnastics, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball.

History

The two founding clubs initially held discussions around the possibility of a merger in the summer of 2005, but the talks failed when the proposal did not receive the necessary three-quarters majority support of the membership of ''TSV Eintracht''. In January 2006, after another half-year of discussion and lobbying, ''Eintrachts membership overwhelmingly agreed to the merger, while the membership of ''FC Bamberg'' followed suit in March. The newly merged side took up the place of ''FC'' in the

Bayernliga The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one o ...

(IV) and earned an unexpectedly good 5th place result. In the following season, the club stayed on course for a top-four finish, which would have meant '' Regionalliga Süd'' qualification, for most of the season but failed in the end, finishing fifth again. However, the insolvency of the

Sportfreunde Siegen Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. After going through insolvency in 2008, the first team was forcibly relegated to the fifth-tier NRW-Liga. Promotion to fourth division Regionallig ...

and the fact that the

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was refused a licence meant, Bamberg did still move up to the ''Regionalliga''. The club finished in mid-table in the 2008–09 Regionalliga season. The club had to declare insolvency at the end of the 2009–10 season and folded. However, a new club was formed immediately under the name of FC Eintracht Bamberg 2010 and entered the Bayernliga for 2010–11. At the end of the 2011–12 season the club managed to finish in the top nine of the Bayernliga and thereby directly qualified for the new tier four

Regionalliga Bayern The Regionalliga Bayern, ( en, Regional league Bavaria), is the highest association football league in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Regionalligas in German football, the fourth tie ...

. In this league the club finished 13th and 10th in its first two seasons there. The team came last in the league in 2014–15 and was relegated from the Regionalliga to the Bayernliga where it came last once more in the following season and was relegated to the Landesliga. The club had to declare insolvency once more in March 2016.

Stadium

''1. FC Eintracht Bamberg'' plays in the

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(previously Hauptkampfbahn im Volkspark) which served as the home ground of ''FC'' prior to the merger. The stadium was opened in 1926 and expanded in 1938 to accommodate 22,600 spectators. The record attendance of 27,000 was established in an amateur contest between Germany and France (1:1) on 2 May 1964.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

1. FC Eintracht Bamberg

Amateurliga Bayern The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one o ...

(III) ** Champions: 1946, 1948 (N), 1950, 1957 (N), 1958 (N), 1963 (N) ** Runners-up: 1961 (N) *

Landesliga Bayern-Nord The Landesliga Bayern-Nord ( en, State league Bavaria-North) was the sixth tier of the German football league system in northern Bavaria. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the league system, until the introduc ...

(IV) ** Champions: 1975, 1981 ** Runners-up: 2004, 2006 *

Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken The Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken was the seventh tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Upper Franconia (German: ''Oberfranken''). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the sixth tier of the ...

(V-VI) ** Champions: 2008^‡ ** Runners-up: 1992, 1997 * (N) = Northern division

Eintracht Bamberg

Landesliga Bayern-Nordost The Landesliga Bayern-Nordost ( en, State league Bavaria-Northeast) is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system in northeastern Bavaria and the third tier of the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Landesliga ...

(VI) ** Champions: 2019 * Bezirksliga Oberfranken West (VII) ** Champions: 2018^‡

Cup

* Oberfranken Cup ** Winners: 2002

Youth

Bavarian Under 19 championship The Under 19 Bayernliga (German: A-Jugend Bayernliga) is the second tier of under 19 youth football in Bavaria, set below the Under 19 Bundesliga South/Southwest. Until 1996, the league was the highest tier of under 19 football, containing the ...

** Runners-up: 2006 * Bavarian Under 17 championship ** Runners-up: 2004 * ^‡ Reserve team

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:

Recent seasons

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

1. FC Bamberg

The final placings of 1. FC Bamberg:

Eintracht Bamberg

Reserve team

*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

Regionalliga The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the four ...

s in 1994 and the

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for th ...

in 2008 as the new third tier, below the

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the

as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the

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

External links

Official website

FC Eintracht Bamberg on Weltfussball.de
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