FC Nöttingen is a German association football club from the

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district of

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. The footballers are part of a sports club of more than 500 members that also has departments for table tennis and an unusual sport popular locally known as Schnürles or Fussballtennis (en:football-tennis), played with a soccer ball on a tennis court. The game was introduced to the area from Czechoslovakia in the 1920s by coach Fritz Schnürle. The stadium is the

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History

Founded on 2 July 1957, ''FC'' acknowledges ''TSV Germania Nöttingen'', established prior to World War I, as a predecessor side. ''Germania'' folded in 1927. The modern day successor rose slowly and steadily, out of B-class football into A-class in 1969, on into the Bezirksliga Pforzheim in 1972, the Landesliga Mittelbaden in 1996, the

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(V) in 1997, and 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 ...

(IV) in 2002. On reaching the Regionalliga Süd (III) in 2004 ''FC'' stumbled and was relegated after finishing in last place. The club currently plays in the fifth tier Oberliga Baden-Württemberg as a lower table side. Fcnoettingen

In 2010–11, the club lead the Oberliga for most of the season, but eventually missed out on the title and promotion to

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when it lost the last two games of the season. A third-place finish in the Oberliga qualified the club for the promotion play-offs to the

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ('Regional League Southwest') is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with t ...

, where it defeated FSV Salmrohr and earned promotion. After only one season in the Regionalliga the club was relegated to the Oberliga again in 2015. Finishing runners-up in the Oberliga in 2015–16 Nöttingen was once more promoted to the Regionalliga after a play-off after four-all draw with

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in the final match.

Stadium

The FC Nöttingen is playing in Kleiner Arena. The stadium has a capacity for 3.800 visitors.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

** Champions: 2004 ** Runners-up: 2011, 2016 *

(V) ** Champions: 2002 * Landesliga Mittelbaden (VI) ** Champions: 1997 * Bezirksliga Pforzheim ** Champions: 1979, 1982, 1986, 1996 * A-Klass Süd ** Champions: 1972 * B-Klass Nord ** Champions: 1969

Cup

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** Winners: 2012,

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** Runners-up: 2010, 2011, 2013,

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The club's second team also captured the Bezirksliga title in 2004.

League timeline

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Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:

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

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.

References

External links

Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables
FC Nöttingen at Weltfussball.de
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