The SG Barockstadt Fulda-Lehnerz is a

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from the Lehnerz suburb of

Fulda Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the city hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. Histor ...

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. The club's greatest success has been to earn promotion to the tier four

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 ...

in 2022.

History

The club was formed on 2 December 1965 as Turn- und Sportverein Lehnerz and joined competitive football a year later, in 1966. The first three decades of its history the club spent as a non-descript amateur side in local football. TSV for the first time moved up into the higher levels of Hesse football in 1997 when it won promotion to the tier five

Landesliga Hessen-Nord The Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord, until 2008 named ''Landesliga Hessen-Nord'', is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the league system, and until the int ...

, rebranded the Verbandsliga in 2009. Lehnerz would play the next sixteen seasons at this level, generally achieving good results and finishing in the upper half of the table. It finished runners-up in 2007 and, again in 2012 but failed to win promotion on each occasion. The 2012–13 season proved to be the most successful for the club, winning its Verbandsliga division and thereby direct promotion to the tier five

Hessenliga The Hessenliga (until 2008 ''Oberliga Hessen'') is the highest football league in the States of Germany, state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberliga (football), Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier ...

.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 13 September 2014Fussball.de – Ergebnisse
Tables and results of all German football leagues, accessed: 13 September 2014 In its first season in the Hessenliga the club finished in fourth place. In 2014–15 the club finished runners-up in the league and thereby earned the right to take part in the promotion round to the

. After two draws the club missed out on promotion with

Bahlinger SC Bahlinger SC, also known as Bahlinger SC or simply Bahlinger, is a German association football club from the Kaiserstuhl town of Bahlingen, Baden-Württemberg. History The club was founded 16 June 1929 as ''FC Bahlingen'' and merged with ''T ...

promoted instead. In April 2018, TSV acquired the men's first team of

Borussia Fulda Borussia Fulda is a German association football club from Fulda, Hesse. The club was founded 4 July 1904 as ''FC Borussia 1904 Fulda'' and underwent a number of changes in 1923 when they were first joined by ''Radsportclub 1907 Fulda'' in July, ...

, which resigned from the Hessenliga, but remained as an association and continued to provide youth teams. The club was renamed SG Barockstadt Fulda-Lehnerz and received a new logo and new club colours. With the addition of the name ''Barockstadt'', the connection to the city of Fulda has been emphasised. On 1 July, all these became official.

Honours

The club's honours: *

Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord The Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord, until 2008 named ''Landesliga Hessen-Nord'', is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the league system, and until the int ...

** Champions: 2013 ** Runners-up: 2007, 2012 * Bezirksoberliga Fulda ** Champions: 1997

Players

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club: *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.

Key

References

External links

Official team site

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Lehnerz, Tsv Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Hesse Association football clubs established in 1965 1965 establishments in West Germany Fulda Sport in Kassel (region)