The SpVgg Bad Homburg is a

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from the town of

Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (, ) is the district town of the Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, Germany, on the southern slope of the Taunus mountains. Bad Homburg is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. The town's official name is ''Bad Homburg ...

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. The club's greatest success came in 1973 when it won the

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, but it also reached the final of this competition on another three occasions. ''SpVgg'' also took part in the

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on two occasions, in 1977–78 and 1992–93. The club folded in 1999 and reformed soon after and now plays as the SpVgg 05/99 Bomber Bad Homburg.

History

The club was formed as SC Germania 05 Homburg on 20 August 1905 and the club's early history is one of frequent mergers and name changes. In 1906 it was renamed to FC Germania 05 Homburg and, in 1911, it merged with FC 1908 Kirdorf to form Homburger SpVgg 08. The following year another merger, now with FC Phönix 08 Bad Homburg, saw the club renamed to Homburger FV 05. Yet another set of mergers, with Sportclub 1920 Homburg and Homburger Hockeyclub saw it renamed to Homburger Sport-Verein 05, a name it retained when it merged with Vorwärts Homburg in 1930. In 1937 the club merged with Reichsbahn-TuSV 1930 Bad Homburg, a club associated with the German railway, and became Reichsbahn SV 05 Bad Homburg, soon after to be changed to Reichsbahn SG 05 Bad Homburg. It was under this name that it experienced its greatest pre-1945 success, reaching the promotion round to the tier one

Gauliga Hessen The Gauliga Hessen was the highest football league in the German state of Hesse and the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1933 to 1945. From 1941, it was renamed Gauliga Kurhessen. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorgani ...

in 1941.Geschichte
Online archive of the SpVgg 0 Bad Homburg – History, accessed: 2 January 2015 The railways club was disbanded after the end of the

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and Freie-Sportgemeinschaft Bad Homburg was formed which became the SpVgg 05 Bad Homburg on 1 February 1946. The club became a founding member of the tier three

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

in 1950 but lasted for only one season before being relegated again. It returned to this level in 1952 for a spell of nine seasons until 1961. It won the league in 1955 which entitled it to participate in the

for the first time. ''SpVgg'' went all the way to the final, where it lost to

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0–5 in front of 15,000 spectators. The club continued to achieve good results in the Amateurliga, coming second in 1958 but was relegated again in 1961.(West) Germany – Amateur Championship Finals
RSSSF.com, accessed: 2 January 2015 ''SpVgg'' returned to the Amateurliga in 1965 for a five-season spell until 1970 that saw limited success. It made its third return to this league in 1972, now as a much stronger side again, finishing runners-up in its first two seasons back. In 1973 it also played in the German amateur championship again and won the competition courtesy to a 1–0 victory over the reserve team of

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. The club qualified for the first round of the

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, the German Cup, but lost 1–2 to

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. ''SpVgg'' remained in the league in 1978 when it was renamed to Amateur-Oberliga Hessen but was relegated in 1979. It continued its yo-yo existence, returning to the league in 1980, relegated again in 1983 and promoted once more in 1987. SpVgg Bad Homburg's next spell in the league began in 1987 when it played six more seasons in Hesse's highest league. The club finished runners-up in the league on three occasions when a championship would have meant the right to play in the promotion round to the 2. Bundesliga. Instead it qualified for the German amateur championship, a consolation prize, and reached the final twice more, in 1989 and 1992. In 1989 ''SpVgg'' lost to

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on penalties, in 1992 to

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after extra time. It qualified for the German Cup for a second time, losing 1–5 to

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in the second round of the 1992–93 edition. The latter two marked the end of the club's successful years, being relegated from the league the following season, in 1993. ''SpVgg'' made one more return to the league, now renamed Oberliga Hessen, in 1998 but lasted for only 16 games before having to withdraw after declaring insolvency. On 26 June 1999 the club was disbanded. A new club, the SC 99 Bad Homburg was formed on 14 May 1999 with the primary intend of continuing on the youth teams of the insolvent club. A senior side was formed in 2001 with the help of former

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player Ralf Haub. On 10 May 2007 the club was renamed SpVgg 05/99 Bad Homburg to attract more interest in Bad Homburg by adopting the name of well-known ''Spielvereinigung''. The club continued to play in the mid tiers of amateur football in Hesse. In 2012 it merged with FC Bomber Bad Homburg, a club with a strong youth program but no senior side, to form the current SpVgg 05/99 Bomber Bad Homburg.SpVgg 05/99 Bomber Bad Homburg
'' Taunus Zeitung'', published: 26 October 2012, accessed: 2 January 2015

Honours

The club's honours:

League

** Winners: 1973 ** Runners-up: (3) 1955, 1989, 1992 *

** Champions: 1955 ** Runners-up: (3) 1958, 1973, 1974 * Amateur-Oberliga Hessen ** Runners-up: (3) 1989, 1990, 1992 *

Landesliga Hessen-Süd The Landesliga () is a tier of Association football, football in some states of the German football league system. In Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg, the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga (football), Oberli ...

** Champions: (3) 1980, 1987, 1998 *

Landesliga Hessen-Mitte The Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte, until 2008 named ''Landesliga Hessen-Mitte'', 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, until the intro ...

** Champions: 1972

Cup

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** Participant: 1977–78, 1992–93 *

Hesse Cup The Hesse Cup (German: ''Hessenpokal'') is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of German football. The winner of the competition gains entry to the first round of the German Cup. History The Cup was established in 1945, after the end of the S ...

** Winners: 1951

Recent seasons

The season-by-season performance of the club since reforming in 1999:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 2 January 2015SpVgg 05/99 Bomber HG
Fussballde – Tables and results of all German football leagues, accessed: 2 January 2015 *With the introduction of the

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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. Alongside the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, a number of football leagues in Hesse were renamed, with the Oberliga Hessen renamed to Hessenliga, the Landesliga to Verbandsliga, the Bezirksoberliga to Gruppenliga and the Bezirksliga to Kreisoberliga.

Key

References

External links

Official team site

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Bad Homburg, Spvgg Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Hesse Association football clubs established in 1905 1905 establishments in Germany Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Sport in Darmstadt (region)