FC Kempten is German association football club based in

Kempten Kempten (; ) is the largest town of Allgäu, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. The population was about 68,000 in 2016. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later taken over by the Romans, who called the town ''Cambodunum''. K ...

, Bavaria.

History

The team was established in 1903 as the football department of gymnastics club ''Männerturnvereins Kempten''. In 1907 the parent association merged with two other local gymnastics clubs to form ''Turnverein 1856 Kempten'' and on 21 September 1908 the footballers went their own way as an independent side known as ''Fußball Club Kempten''. The footballers briefly re-joined ''TV'' in 1923, but resumed their independence two years later. Following World War II ''FC Kempten'' played in the Amateurliga Bayern-Süd (III) between 1957 and 1963 where they earned mid-table results. As a result of league restructuring in 1963 they slipped to fourth-tier play in the

Landesliga Bayern-Süd The Landesliga Bayern-Süd () was the sixth tier of the German football league system in southern Bavaria. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga (Third League) in 2008, it was the fifth tier of the league system, until the introduction of the Reg ...

. Over the next several decades ''Kempten'' played as an unremarked side in fourth- and fifth-tier competition. In 1999 the club emerged as the champions of the Landesliga Süd (V) and won promotion to 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 () and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of fourteen Ob ...

(IV) for a two season long turn. They won their way back to the Bayernliga in 2005, finishing second in the Landesliga, and were immediately relegated, but have returned for the 2007–08 campaign, when a last place finish in the Bayernliga meant relegation once more. In 2008–09, the club declined further, suffering relegation to the Bezirksoberliga, followed by relegation to the Bezirksliga in 2010. The team dropped to a new low for the 2011–12 season with its relegation to the Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd after a loss in the relegation play-off. They had to stay at this level for only one season before a Kreisliga championship took it back up a level, back to the Bezirksliga, from where it was relegated again straight away. It took out another Kreisliga championship in 2015 and returned to the Bezirksliga but was yet again relegated after just one season. ''FC Kempten'' plays its home matches in the

Illerstadion The Illerstadion is a 9,000 capacity multi-use stadium in Kempten, Germany. The stadium is located on the Illerdamm 10 road, on the east side of the River Iller in the northern area of the town. The stadium hosts the football team FC Kempten ...

, opened on 15 August 1963. After renovations in 2000 the facility has a capacity of 9,000 spectators (720 seats).

Rivals

The

TSV Kottern TSV Kottern is a German association football club from Kottern in Kempten, Bavaria. __TOC__ History The team was established on 15 September 1925 as Freier Fußballclub Kottern as a worker's sports club. The club was broken up as politically u ...

is FC Kempten's biggest local rival, being also based in the town of Kempten. They last faced each other in the ''Landesliga Bayern-Süd'' in the 2006–07 season, when both games ended in draws, 1–1 and 2–2. In the

Schwaben Cup The Schwaben Cup (German: ''Schwäbischer Pokal'') was a domestic cup competition in the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Swabia (German: ''Schwaben''), played from 1947 to 2009. Overview The competition was first played in 1947, before the rei ...

however, ''Kottern'' gained the upper hand, defeating the ''FC'' 6–5 on penalties after a 2–2 draw after normal time.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

* 2nd Amateurliga Schwaben (IV) ** Champions: (5) 1949, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1957 *

(V) ** Champions: (2) 1999, 2007 ** Runners-up: 2005 *

Bezirksoberliga Schwaben The Bezirksoberliga Schwaben was the seventh tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Bavarian Swabia, Swabia (). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the sixth tier of the league system, unt ...

** Runners-up: (2) 1994, 1997 *

Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd The ''Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd'' is currently the seventh tier of the German football league system in the northern half of the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Swabia (German: ''Schwaben''). Until the disbanding of the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben i ...

** Champions: (4) 1970, 1982, 1987, 2018 * Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd ** Champions: 2013, 2015 ** Runners-up: 2011, 2017

Cup

** Winners: (3) 1963, 1985, 1987 ** Runners-up: (2) 1962, 1995

Indoor

* Schwaben indoor championship ** Winners: (2) 2000, 2005

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Fussball.de – Ergebnisse
Tables and results of all German football leagues *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 A (, plural ) is a regional league in numerous Sports governing body, sports governing bodies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, usually located in the upper or middle tiers of the sports leagues. 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. With the establishment of the

Regionalliga Bayern The Regionalliga Bayern () is the highest association football league in the state of Bavaria () and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Regionalligas in German football, the fourth tier of the German football league system, b ...

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

Sources

*Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag

External links

Official team site

FC Kempten at Weltfussball.de

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables (in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kempten, FC Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Bavaria Association football clubs established in 1907 Kempten Football in Swabia (Bavaria) 1907 establishments in Germany