FSV 63 Luckenwalde is a German football club based in

Luckenwalde Luckenwalde (; Upper Sorbian language, Upper and , , ) is the capital of the Teltow-Fläming district in the state of Brandenburg in eastern Germany. It is situated on the Nuthe river north of the Fläming Heath, at the eastern rim of the Nuthe-Ni ...

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, currently playing in the

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(IV).

History

The earliest forerunner of FSV 63 Luckenwalde was founded in 1906 as ''BV 06 Luckenwalde'', which became ''SG Luckenwalde-Süd'' in 1945 and ''BSG Motor Luckenwalde'' in 1951. After the

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was erected, the club was re-founded in 1963 as ''TSV Luckenwalde'' and after

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renamed itself ''FSV 63 Luckenwalde''. The club was twice runner-up in the

Berliner Landespokal The Berliner Landespokal () is an annual football cup competition held by the Berlin Football Association (German: Berliner Fußballverband, BFV). The cup winner qualifies for the national DFB-Pokal. Cup finals are usually held in the Friedrich-L ...

during the 1920s and was a founding member of the

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(I). After a number of seasons in the

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the club won the league in 2009 and earned promotion to the

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. After a season there it was moved to the southern division of the league but returned to the north in 2012 where it played as an upper table side. A third-place finish in the league in 2015 qualified the club for the promotion play-offs to the enlarged

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against SSV Markranstädt, which Luckenwalde won and moved up.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German domestic league tablesFSV 63 Luckenwalde at Fussball.de
Tables and results of all German football leagues

Summary of previous names

* 1906–1945 BV 06 Luckenwalde * 1945–1951 SG Luckenwalde-Süd * 1951–1963 BSG Motor Luckenwalde * 1963–1990 TSV Luckenwalde * since 1990 FSV 63 Luckenwalde

Current squad

Honours

The club's honours: *

** Champions: 2009

Stadium

FSV 63 Luckenwalde plays its home fixtures at the 3,000 capacity Werner-Seelenbinder-Stadion.

References

External links

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