SV Seligenporten is a German association football club from

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, Bavaria. It is part of a sportsclub established 23 July 1949 which also has departments for

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, dancing, singing, and women's recreational sport.

History

The footballers first rose above amateur level in

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when they earned promotion to the

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 ...

(V) in 2004. The enjoyed a successful 2006–07 campaign that saw them beat '' FC Augsburg II'' 3–0 on their way to a 1–0 win over ''

Würzburger FV FV 04 Würzburg is a German association football club from the city of Würzburg, Bavaria founded in 1904 as ''1. Würzburger FV 04''. The club emerged as ''WFV'' in 1923 after leaving a short-lived union formed with a gymnastics club. __TOC__ ...

'' in the final of the

Bavarian Cup The Bavarian Cup (), was created in 1998 and functions as a qualifying competition to the German Cup. It is one of the 21 regional cups in Germany. It is one of three regional associations who are permitted to send two amateur teams to the DFB C ...

. This earned the club an appearance in the opening round of the

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(German Cup) where they were eliminated 0–2 by Bundesliga side ''

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia is most well known as ...

''. In the 2007–08 season, a second place in the Landesliga allowed the club to move up to the

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. Like with their promotion in 2004, they finished runners-up to the

FSV Erlangen-Bruck The FSV Erlangen-Bruck is a German association football club from the suburb of Bruck in the city of Erlangen, Bavaria. History The club was formed on 15 May 1916, during the First World War, under the name of 1. FC Markt Bruck. For most of it ...

. ''SVS'' experienced a difficult 2008–09 season and had to continue its fight for ''Bayernliga'' survival in the post-season, having finished on equal points with

(14th) and

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(16th) and therefore requiring a set of deciders to be played. After losing to ''Rain'' 5–1 and beating ''Würzburg'' 4–0, the team had to face FC Affing in the promotion/relegation round. A 3–0 victory over ''Affing'' put the club into the final, where it faced

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and won 1–0, retaining its Bayernliga status. At the end of the 2011–12 season the club managed to finish in the top nine of the Bayernliga and thereby directly qualified for the new tier four

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. After three seasons in the league, with a seventh place in 2014 as its best result, the club finished seventeenth in 2014–15 and was relegated from the league but won the Bayernliga Nord in 2015–16 and made a direct return to the Regionalliga where it played until relegation in 2018.

Honors

The club's honours:

League

* Bayernliga Nord (V) ** Champions: 2016 *

(V) ** Runners-up: 2008 *

Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken The Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken was the seventh tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Middle Franconia (). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the sixth tier of the league system, u ...

(VI) ** Runners-up: 2004 *

Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Süd The Bezirksliga Mittelfranken 2 (), formerly the Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Süd, is currently the seventh tier of the German football league system in the southern part of the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Middle Franconia (). Until the disband ...

(VII) ** Champions: 2001

Cup

** Winners:

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** Winners: 2007

Recent seasons

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

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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

as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the

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 () and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of fourteen Ob ...

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.

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:SV Seligenporten .:. Trainer von A-Z
weltfussball.de, accessed: 9 May 2013

DFB Cup appearances

The club has qualified for the first round of the

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just once: Source:

References

External links

Official team site
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