The FC Unterföhring is a German association football club from the town of Unterföhring, Bavaria. The club's greatest success came in 2017 when it qualified for the Regionalliga Bayern, the fourth tier of the German football league system.

History

FC Unterföhring was formed on 6 March 1927. For most of its history the club has been a non-descript amateur side in local Bavarian football. The club rose to the highest level of football in Upper Bavaria for the first time in 2004, when it won promotion to the tier six

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by winning the

Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord The Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord ( en, District league Upper Bavaria-North) is currently the seventh tier of the German football league system in the northern part of the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Upper Bavaria (german: Oberbayern). Until t ...

.Tables and results of the Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord
Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 31 January 2014 ''Unterföhring'' spend the next six seasons in this league, generally achieving good results. In 2009–10 the club was able to win the league and earn promotion to the

Landesliga Bayern-Süd The Landesliga Bayern-Süd ( en, State League Bavaria-South) 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, un ...

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Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 31 January 2014 In the Landesliga ''Unterföhring'' achieved an excellent fourth place in its first season there but came only 12th in 2011–12, the last season of the league's existence.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv: Landesliga Bayern-Süd
historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 31 January 2014 This finish was however enough to advance to the promotion round to the expanded Bayernliga. The club managed to defeat

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in the knock-out rounds and earned the right to compete in the Bayernliga for the first time in 2012–13. In the new league ''Unterföhring'' finished seventh in its first season there and tenth the season after. The club finished second in the 2016–17 season and was promoted to the Regionalliga Bayern after champions,

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, were declined promotion. However, it finished in last place in its first season in the Regionalliga and was relegated straight back to the Bayernliga.

Current squad

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Honours

The club's honours: *

Bayernliga Süd 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 (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of ...

** Runners-up: 2017 *

** Champions: 2010 ** Runners-up: 2008 *

** Champions: 2004

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 The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the four ...

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 The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the Bayernliga 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 onward were elevated one tier.

References

External links

Official team site

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables
Manfreds Fussball Archiv
Tables and results from the Bavarian amateur leagues
FC Unterföhring at Weltfussball.de
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