FC Eilenburg is a German association football club from the city of

Eilenburg Eilenburg (; hsb, Jiłow) is a town in Germany. It lies in the district of Nordsachsen in Saxony, approximately 20 km northeast of the city of Leipzig. Geography Eilenburg lies at the banks of the river Mulde at the southwestern edge o ...

, Saxony.

History

The association was created 1 January 1994 as the successor side to ''Sportverein Mörtitz''. The new club joined the

Landesliga Sachsen The Sachsenliga, formerly referred to as ''Landesliga Sachsen'', is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Saxony (German: ''Sachsen''). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it wa ...

(V) on the strength of ''SVs Bezirksliga Sachsen (VI) title.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German domestic league tables A poor 13th place finish immediately returned the side to sixth tier play where they would remain for three seasons. Playing now as ''FC Eilenburg'', the team captured its second Berzirksliga championship in 1997 to advance to the Landesliga Sachsen (V). A Landesliga championship in 2004 saw the club promoted to the

NOFV-Oberliga Süd The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of the former East Germany. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Saxony and southern Brandenburg. It is one of fourteen Oberl ...

(IV) where in their first two seasons of play they earned consecutive 12th place finishes.FC Eilenburg at Fussball.de
Tables and results of all German football leagues In 2007, ''FC'' earned its best result to date time by finishing third but was relegated back to the Sachsenliga in 2009 where it played until the 2016–17, gaining promotion back to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd, the fifth tier of German football.

Stadium

The club plays its home matches at the Ilburg-Stadion which was opened on 27 June 1997. The stadium has a capacity of 5,600 with 443 seats, of which 253 are covered.

Honours

Sachsenliga The Sachsenliga, formerly referred to as ''Landesliga Sachsen'', is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Saxony (German: ''Sachsen''). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it wa ...

* Champions: 2003–04, 2016–17 * ''Runners-up:'' 2013–14 Berzirksliga Leipzig * Champions: 1992–93 ''(as Sportverein Mörtitz)'', 1996–97

Current squad

Management team

{, class="wikitable" , - !Position !Staff , - , Head coach, , Nico Knaubel , - , Assistant head coach, , Frank Thiele , - , Goalkeeper coach, , René Koslowski , - , rowspan="2", Physiotherapists, , Thomas Süß , - , Gabriele Sauer , - , Team manager, , Eckhard Hohlfeld , -

References

External links

Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German football league tables (in German)

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