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from the town of

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. The club's most successful era was in the 1970s when it spent a season in the tier three

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. In 2008 the club merged with SC Roth 1952 to form TSG 08 Roth.

History

For most of its history the club has been a non-descript amateur side in local Bavarian football. The club's most successful era began in 1970 when it earned promotion to the tier four

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after a championship in the

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Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 4 September 2014 Roth immediately became a top side in this league, finishing fourth in its first season there. A second place followed in 1972 and a league championship the season after. The later earned the club promotion to the

, the third tier of the German football league system in Bavaria.Landesliga Bayern-Mitte tables & results
Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 4 September 2014 ''TSV'' spend the 1973–74 season in the Bayernliga but finished last and was immediately related again, never to return to this level again. Back in the Landesliga the club could not perform on the same level as before the promotion, instead constantly struggling against relegation. Four seasons at this level followed in which a thirteenth place in 1977 was the club's best result but relegation back to the Bezirksliga followed the year after. The club earned promotion to the

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for a season in 1990, a league introduced in 1988, after runners-up finish in the Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Süd. Between 1999 and 2001 the club dropped even further, to the Kreisliga, but made a recovery after three seasons there. The club experienced a revival in the last few seasons of its existence, earning promotion to the Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken in 2006 and immediately becoming a top side in this league. After the merger in 2008 the new club, TSG Roth, inheritated the old club's league place.Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken tables & results
Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 4 September 2014

Honours

The club's honours: *

** Champions: 1973 ** Runners-up: 1972 *

** Champions: 1970, 2006 ** Runners-up: 1990, 2005

Final seasons

The final season-by-season performance of the club:Fussball.de - Ergebnisse
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s in 1994 and the

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in 2008 as the new third tier, below the

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, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the

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as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the

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.

Key

References

External links

Official TSG 08 Roth website

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables
Manfreds Fussball Archiv
Tables and results from the Bavarian amateur leagues {{DEFAULTSORT:Roth, Tsv Defunct football clubs in Bavaria Football in Middle Franconia Association football clubs established in 1859 Association football clubs disestablished in 2008 1859 establishments in Germany 2008 disestablishments in Germany Football clubs in Germany Roth (district)