1. FC Phönix Lübeck is a German association football club from the city of Lübeck,

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. The club has, historically, played at highest level in Germany, with the last stint of this coming from 1957 to 1960 in the tier one

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. After the

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in 1963 ''Phönix'' played in the tier two Regionalliga Nord from 1967 to

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but has since fallen to regional amateur level. ''Phönix'' has made three appearances in the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, in

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, and

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History

LBV Phönix was formed in 1903 but the current club, 1. FC Phönix Lübeck, was established when the football department split from the mother club in 1971. In post-

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football the club experienced a first successful era from 1927 to 1930 when it advanced to the qualifying rounds of the

Northern German football championship The Northern German football championship (German: ''Norddeutsche Fußballmeisterschaft''), operated by the Northern German Football Association (German: ''Norddeutscher Fußball-Verband (NFV)'', was the highest association football competition in ...

three consecutive times. It only made it to the first round proper once however, in 1930, where the club lost 5–2 to Hamburger SV. The club played in the tier one Gauliga Nordmark from 1935 to 1938, when it was relegated again. It competed in the

1938 Tschammerpokal The 1938 Tschammerpokal was the 4th season of the annual German football cup competition. For the first time, Austrian teams competed in the competition due to the ''Anschluss'' by Nazi Germany at the beginning of the year. In the final, which wa ...

but lost 1–0 to Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin in the final qualifying round. After the

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the club entered the tier two

Landesliga Schleswig-Holstein The Landesliga Schleswig-Holstein is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the second-highest league in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, supplanting the Verbandsligen at that level in the state. Overview The Landesliga ...

where it consistently finished in top five of the league. It competed there, at times, with local rival

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and a runners-up finish behind the latter in 1957 took the team up to the Oberliga for the first time. ''Phönix'' played in the

from 1957 to 1960 as a lower table side and was relegated again after three seasons. Back in what was now the Amateurliga Schleswig-Holstein the club dropped to the third tier in 1963 when the

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and the

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s below were established. It mostly remained a top side and won the league in 1966–67.Historic German football league tables
Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 2 December 2015 ''Phönix'' played in the Regionalliga Nord from 1967 to 1974, when the league was disbanded in favor of the new

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. In its seven Regionalliga seasons the club twice finished sixth as its best result but, even without the disbanding of the league, would have been relegated from the Regionalliga in 1974 as it finished last in that season. ''Phönix'' became a founding member of the new tier three

but was relegated after only one season in 1975. The club returned for just one more season to the league in 1978–79 but suffered immediate relegation again. A Schleswig-Holstein Cup win in 1976 qualified the club for the first round of the

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, where it lost 2–0 to

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. An era of lower table finishes in what was now the Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein followed from 1979 onwards. After 1985 the club's results improved again but, after finishing last in the league in 1988–89, it was relegated from the top tier in Schleswig-Holstein for the first time in post-war football. It returned to the Verbandsliga in 1993 and, coming fifth, qualified for the new

Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein The Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein was the fourth tier of the German football league system in the north of Germany, existing from 1994 to 2004. It covered the states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. With the re-formation of the Oberliga No ...

in 1994. ''Phönix'' became a founding member of the tier four Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein and finished fifth in its first season there but was relegated again in 1997. It briefly returned for a season in 1998–99 before dropping back down, withdrawing from the Oberliga to the tier seven Bezirksliga. Since then the club has been fluctuating between the sixth and the seventh tier, earning promotion back to the tier six Verbandsliga Süd-Ost in 2015. In 2017 it qualified for the new tier-six Landesliga.1. FC Phönix Lübeck at Fussball.de
accessed: 2 December 2015 Following two promotions in 2019 and 2020 the club entered the Regionalliga Nord in 2020. This was the first appearance in the 4th tier since 1999.Drei Aufstiege: Phönix steigt aus der Asche
accessed: 16 January 2022

Season to season

The recent season-by-season performance of the club: * With the introduction of the

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 t ...

in 2008 as the new third tier, below the

, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the Landesligas as the new sixth tier, above the Verbandsligas, all leagues below further dropped one tier. The Verbandsliga Süd-Ost was renamed Verbandsliga Süd.

Players

Current squad

Former players

The following players have been elected into the club's hall of fame:"Hall of Fame" – Phönix-Adler
Phönix Lübeck website, accessed: 2 December 2015 * Hans Joachim Aido * Heiko Berner * Siegfried Beyer * Wolfgang Bordel * Otto Hartz * Lothar Hinrichs * Hans-Joachim Ihde *

Peter Nogly Peter Nogly (born 14 January 1947) is a former German football player and coach. Club career All his 320 West German top-flight matches he made in the Hamburger SV shirt. He played in the North American Soccer League for the Edmonton Dri ...

Jürgen Stars Jürgen Stars (born 24 June 1948) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Bundesliga and the North American Soccer League. Career Stars began his professional career in 1967 in his hometown, with 1. FC Phö ...

* Gregor Wintersteller

Honours

Schleswig-Holstein-Liga The Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein, formerly referred to as ''Schleswig-Holstein-Liga'', is the fifth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in Germ ...

: 1966–67, 1977–78 * Kreisliga Lübeck: 2011–12, 2014–15 *

Schleswig-Holstein Cup The Schleswig-Holstein Cup (German: ''Schleswig-Holstein Pokal'') is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of German football. It is a qualifying competition for the German Cup, with the winner of the competition being automatically qualified fo ...

: 1975–76,

References

External links

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