Denzlingen
Denzlingen is a municipality in the district of Emmendingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated north of Freiburg.
Geography
Denzlingen is located in the Upper Rhine Valley (''Oberrheinische Tiefebene'') at the edge of the Black ...
, Baden-Württemberg.
The club's most notable achievements are playing in the highest football league in the state, 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 ...
, from 1999 to 2002 and again in 2009–10. It also reached the first round of the
German Cup
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once, in 1998.
History
The ''FC Denzlingen'' was formed on 7 January 1928. From 1947, when it returned to competitive football after the war, to 1951, the club was known as SV Denzlingen.
The club did not make an impact on the football scene in South Baden until 1988, when it earned promotion to the tier-five
Landesliga
The Landesliga () is a tier of football in some states of the German football league system.
In Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg, the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefore are the sixth tier. The r ...
() through a championship in the Bezirksliga Freiburg. ''FCD'' managed another promotion within two season, now to the
Verbandsliga Südbaden
The Verbandsliga Südbaden is a German amateur football division administered by the South Badenese Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the South Baden state association, the Verbandslig ...
, where it lasted for only one season.
In 1993, it made a more permanent return to the
Verbandsliga
The Verbandsliga () is the tier-six football league in the German football league system, covering the area of a '' Bundesland'' or a regional part of such Bundesland.South Baden Cup, which qualified the club for the first round of the national cup competition. There, on 29 August 1998 it met
Hamburger SV
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and earned a respectable 3–0 defeat against the
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...
team. The season proved to get even more successful when the club took out the league title and earned promotion to 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 ...
for the first time.
At this level, the team struggled for three seasons, a twelfth place its best result, before being relegated again. ''FCD'' did not settle well back in the Verbandsliga and was relegated once more in 2004.
Its stint in the Landesliga was however only a short one, returning to the Verbandsliga immediately on the strength of a league championship. The club also reached the South Baden Cup final once more in 2005, but lost.
In 2008–09, the team had another successful season, winning promotion back to the Oberliga for a second stint, but lasted for only one season before going down again. After finishing second-last in the Verbandsliga in 2014–15 the club was relegated to the Landesliga but bounced back immediately through a league championship there.
Honours
The club's honours:
League
*
Verbandsliga Südbaden
The Verbandsliga Südbaden is a German amateur football division administered by the South Badenese Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the South Baden state association, the Verbandslig ...
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
* With the introduction of the
Regionalliga
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The term is often associated with the Germa ...
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 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.