SV Erlbach is a German association football club from the municipality of Erlbach,

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total l ...

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

Bayernliga 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 o ...

in 2015.

History

Formed in 1963, SV Erlbach played, for the most part of its history as a lower amateur side. The club won promotion of the

Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Ost The Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Ost ( en, District league Upper Bavaria-East) is currently the seventh tier of the German football league system in the eastern part of the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Upper Bavaria (german: Oberbayern). Until the d ...

in 2004 and played at this level for two seasons before achieving another promotion, now to the tier six

Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern The Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern was the seventh tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Upper Bavaria (german: Oberbayern). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the sixth tier of the league ...

. Der erfolgreichste Spieler war Bernhard Waldher. Erlbach played the next five seasons at this level, with two sixth places as its best results but was relegated again in 2011. Erlbach returned to the Bezirksliga for the next two seasons, finishing runners-up in 2012 and winning the league the season after. The latter earned it promotion to the Landesliga for the first time.Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern tables
Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 12 July 2015 Erlbach played in the tier six

Landesliga Bayern-Südost The Landesliga Bayern-Südost ( en, State league Bavaria-Southeast) is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system in south eastern Bavaria and the third tier of the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Landesliga ...

for the next two seasons, coming third in its first year there. In 2014–15 the club finished runners-up in the league and, after defeating

SpVgg Landshut The SpVgg Landshut is a German association football club from the city of Landshut, Bavaria. Both the clubs men and women's football teams have in the past played in the highest state league, the Bayernliga. History The club was formed in 191 ...

and FV Illertiseen II in the play-offs, was promoted to the southern division of the

for the first time. ''SVE'' had to enter the relegation round after its inaugural Bayernliga season and, after two defeats against

TSV Landsberg TSV Landsberg is a German association football club from the town of Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria. The club's greatest success has been to win promotion to the Bayernliga on two occasions, 1997 and 2014. History ''TSV'' was established in Novem ...

, was initially relegated back to the Landesliga but awarded another chance to stay in the Bayernliga through a play-off against

VfL Frohnlach VfL Frohnlach is a German association football club from the municipality of Frohnlach in Ebersdorf bei Coburg, Bavaria. __TOC__ History The club was established as ''Sports Club Arminia Frohnlach'' in 1919 and, after a 1925 merger with ''Tu ...

. Losing on aggregate to Frohnlach Erlbach was relegated back to the Landesliga.

Honours

The club's honours: *

** Runners-up: 2015 *

** Champions: 2006, 2013 ** Runners-up: 2005

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Historic German football league tables
Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 12 July 2015German football tables and results at Fussball.de
accessed: 12 July 2015 * 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 fourt ...

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.

References

External links

Official team site

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