The FC Vilshofen is a German

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from the town of

Vilshofen an der Donau Vilshofen an der Donau is the largest city in the southeast of Bavaria, Germany in the district of Passau. Until 1972, the town was the district seat of the district of Vilshofen. History Middle Ages The year 776 was the beginning of the doc ...

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. The club's most successful era was from 1978 to 1985, when it spent six seasons in the tier three Fußball-Bayernliga, with a ninth place in this league as its best result. They also reached the first round of the

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in 1979–80, where it lost 2–3 to

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after extra time. Their youth team reached the final of the

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twice in the 1970s and produced players like former German international

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History

FC Vilshofen was formed in 1919 and rose above local play in 1973, when it achieved promotion to the tier four

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

. In this league, ''Vilshofen'' spent the next five seasons, the first three of them struggling against relegation before taking out the league championship in 1977–78 and gaining entry to the Bayernliga.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv: Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 1 November 2011 The club's first two seasons at this level were however a struggle and it was relegated at the end of the 1979–80 season.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv: Bayernliga
historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 1 November 2011 In 1980–81, ''Vilshofen'' was immediately promoted from the Landesliga back to the Bayernliga again. Back in the Bayernliga, the club finished in ninth place for two consecutive seasons. After this, fortunes declined and the side finished 13th and 17th in the following years, finding itself relegated from the league again after the later result. The club also had a number of cup successes in this era, taking out the Lower Bavarian Cup in 1982, 1983 and 1984 after having qualified for the first round of the German Cup in 1979. After relegation in 1985, the club spent another ten seasons at Landesliga level, initially as an upper table side. But in 1994–95, the team suffered another relegation, dropping out of the Landesliga for good. ''Vilshofen'' now entered the

Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern The Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern was the seventh tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Bavaria (German: ''Niederbayern''). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the sixth tier of t ...

, where it became a mid-table side. Gradually, the club declined at this level and suffered another relegation, now to the Bezirksliga, in 2001.Tables and results of the BOL Niederbayern
Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 1 November 2011 The club dropped even further in the following season to the Kreisliga, but immediately recovered and returned to the Bezirksliga. After five seasons at this level, the team won a league championship and earned another promotion. They returned to the Bezirksoberliga in 2008 with a much better performance then it left it seven years before, finishing consistently in the top third of the league and coming second in 2009–10. At the end of the 2011–12 season the club qualified for the promotion round to the newly expanded Landesliga, after finishing eighth in the Bezirksoberliga. ''FCV'' qualified for the Landesliga after a 4–1 extra time win in the third round of the promotion play-offs. The club lasted for only one season in the Landesliga, finishing on a relegation play-off rank and losing to TuS Pfarrkirchen in the relegation round. The following season it suffered relegation again, now to the Kreisliga.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

** Champions: 1978, 1981 *

** Runners-up: 2010 * Bezirksliga Niederbayern-Ost ** Champions: 2008

Cup

* Niederbayern Cup ** Winner: 1982, 1983, 1984

Youth

** Runners-up: 1971, 1975

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

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as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the

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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.

DFB Cup appearances

The club has qualified for the first round of the

just once:

References

External links

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables
Manfreds Fussball Archiv
Tables and results from the Bavarian amateur leagues {{DEFAULTSORT:Vilshofen, Fc Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Bavaria Football in Lower Bavaria Association football clubs established in 1919 1919 establishments in Germany Passau (district)