1. Club für Rasenspiele Pforzheim 1896 e.V., commonly known as 1. CfR Pforzheim is a

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

based in

Pforzheim Pforzheim () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city of over 125,000 inhabitants in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of Germany. It is known for its jewelry and watch-making industry, and as such has gained the ...

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. The club play in the

Oberliga Baden-Württemberg The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest association football league in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberliga (football), Oberligas in German footb ...

, which is the fifth tier of football in the country.

History

On 3 July 2010. The club was formed, when the two local rivals 1. FC Pforzheim and VfR Pforzheim merged to form ''1. CfR'' Of the two clubs, 1. FC Pforzheim had been the more successful side, even making a losing appearance in the German football championship final in 1906. In the more recent past, the club had won a championship in the then tier-three

in 1991. Since 2004, ''1. FCP'' had mainly been playing in the

Verbandsliga Nordbaden The Verbandsliga Nordbaden is a German amateur football division administered by the Baden Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Baden state association, the Verbandsliga is currently a ...

, where it won a league title in 2006. It was this league place, the new club inherited, entering the Verbandsliga from 2010 onwards. The club also claims 1896, the formation year of ''1. FCP'', as its historical founding date. VfR Pforzheim had spent most of its history in the shadow of 1. FC Pforzheim. The two clubs last encountered each other in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg for three seasons from 1992 to 1995. ''VfR'' finished runners-up in this league in 1994–95 but, missing out on promotion, decided to withdraw to lower amateur league football for financial reasons. The club's final two seasons were spent in the tier eight Kreisliga Pforzheim, before it merged with its rival. In its inaugural season, 2010–11, the club finished seventh in the

Verbandsliga Baden The Verbandsliga Nordbaden is a German amateur football division administered by the Baden Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Baden state association, the Verbandsliga is currently a ...

and had set its aim for the 2011–12 season to finishing in the top five of the league. In 2014, it came only seventh but finished runners-up in the league the season after and qualified for the promotion round to the Oberliga. It defeated

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and

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to win Oberliga promotion.

Stadium

The club has played its home games at the Stadion im Brötzinger Tal is a

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. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 people all seater. The club originally favoured the ''Holzhof'' as its permanent home ground but was unable to obtain permission from the local council to develop the ground because of its location in a protected zone.

Players

Current squad

Personnel

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pforzheim, Cfr 1. FC Pforzheim 2010 establishments in Germany Association football clubs established in 2010 Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Baden-Württemberg Pforzheim Sport in Karlsruhe (region)