SV Lohhof is a German association football club from the Lohhof district of Unterschleißheim,

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, north of

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. The footballers are part of a sports club that includes departments for athletics, badminton, gymnastics, martial arts, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, as well as fitness and rehabilitation programs. __TOC__

History

Established sometime in 1930 as ''Sportverein Lohhof'', the football team first came to notice in the early 1990s with an advance to the Bayernliga. After four seasons in tier IV play, ''SV'' won its way to the Regionalliga Süd (III) after a second-place finish and successful promotion playoff in 1994. They took part in group play for the national amateur championship, but were quickly eliminated. An unsuccessful

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campaign followed and the team was sent back down. In 1999, ''Lohhof'' took the Bayernliga (IV) championship to return to third division play for the 1999–2000 season. The club then suffered through disastrous string of reverses; they finished last in the Regionalliga in 1999–2000, 18th of 20 in the Bayernliga in 2000–01, and last in the

Landesliga Bayern-Süd The Landesliga Bayern-Süd () 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, until the introduction of the Reg ...

(V) in 2001–02. Their slide continued downward through the

Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern The Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern was the seventh tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Upper Bavaria (). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the sixth tier of the league system, until t ...

(VI) and then withdrawing to the Kreisklasse München-3 (IX) in 2003. They won the division title there in 2006 to advance to the Kreisliga Oberbayern, München-1 (VIII) where they finished 12th in 2007–08 and only through a 4–2 win in the final relegation match did the ''SVL'' archive to stay in the Kreisliga for another season. The club's result in the league improved after that to the point where it won the Kreisliga in 2013 and earned promotion to the Bezirksliga.

Honours

The club's honours: * Bayernliga (III-IV) ** Champions: 1999 ** Runners-up: 1994 *

(IV) ** Champions: 1990 * Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord ** Runners-up: (3) 1985, 1986, 1987 * Kreisliga München 1 ** Champions: 2013

Volleyball

Founded in 1975, the club's men's and women's volleyball sides have enjoyed success at the national level. The women's team was German champions in 1982, 1983, and 1984. They also won the German Cup in each of those seasons, and in 1986.

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

s in 1994 and the

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in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the

Regionalliga Bayern The Regionalliga Bayern () is the highest association football league in the state of Bavaria () and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Regionalligas in German football, the fourth tier of the German football league system, b ...

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 onwards were elevated one tier.

References

External links

Official team site
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Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Lohof, SV Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Bavaria Association football clubs established in 1930 Football in Upper Bavaria 1930 establishments in Germany