FC Kempten

FC Kempten

Full name	Fußball-Club Kempten im Allgäu e. V.
Nickname(s)	FCK
Founded	1907
Ground	Illerstadion
Capacity	9,000
Chairman	Stefan Zeiler
Manager	Matthias Jörg
League	Landesliga Bayern-Südwest (VI)
2017–18	Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd (VII), 1st ↑
Home colours Away colours

FC Kempten is German association football club based in Kempten, Bavaria.

History

The team was established in 1903 as the football department of gymnastics club Männerturnvereins Kempten. In 1907 the parent association merged with two other local gymnastics clubs to form Turnverein 1856 Kempten and on 21 September 1908 the footballers went their own way as an independent side known as Fußball Club Kempten. The footballers briefly re-joined TV in 1923, but resumed their independence two years later.

Following World War II FC Kempten played in the Amateurliga Bayern-Süd (III) between 1957 and 1963 where they earned mid-table results. As a result of league restructuring in 1963 they slipped to fourth-tier play in the Landesliga Bayern-Süd. Over the next several decades Kempten played as an unremarked side in fourth- and fifth-tier competition. In 1999 the club emerged as the champions of the Landesliga Süd (V) and won promotion to the Bayernliga (IV) for a two season long turn. They won their way back to the Bayernliga in 2005, finishing second in the Landesliga, and were immediately relegated, but have returned for the 2007–08 campaign, when a last place finish in the Bayernliga meant relegation once more. In 2008–09, the club declined further, suffering relegation to the Bezirksoberliga, followed by relegation to the Bezirksliga in 2010. The team dropped to a new low for the 2011–12 season with its relegation to the Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd after a loss in the relegation play-off. They had to stay at this level for only one season before a Kreisliga championship took it back up a level, back to the Bezirksliga, from where it was relegated again straight away. It took out another Kreisliga championship in 2015 and returned to the Bezirksliga but was yet again relegated after just one season.

FC Kempten plays its home matches in the Illerstadion, opened on 15 August 1963. After renovations in 2000 the facility has a capacity of 9,000 spectators (720 seats).

Rivals

The TSV Kottern is FC Kempten's biggest local rival, being also based in the town of Kempten. They last faced each other in the Landesliga Bayern-Süd in the 2006–07 season, when both games ended in draws, 1–1 and 2–2. In the Schwaben Cup however, Kottern gained the upper hand, defeating the FC 6–5 on penalties after a 2–2 draw after normal time.

Honours

The club's honours:

League 2nd Amateurliga Schwaben (IV) Champions: (5) 1949, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1957 Landesliga Bayern-Süd (V) Champions: (2) 1999, 2007 Runners-up: 2005 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben Runners-up: (2) 1994, 1997 Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd Champions: (4) 1970, 1982, 1987, 2018 Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd Champions: 2013, 2015 Runners-up: 2011, 2017

Cup Schwaben Cup Winners: (3) 1963, 1985, 1987 Runners-up: (2) 1962, 1995

Indoor

• Schwaben indoor championship
  • Winners: (2) 2000, 2005

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club: ^{[1] [2]}

Season Division Tier Position 1986–87 Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd V 1st ↑ 1987–88 Landesliga Bayern-Süd IV 14th ↓ 1988–89 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben V 11th 1989–90 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben 11th 1990–91 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben 3rd 1991–92 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben 9th 1992–93 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben 6th 1993–94 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben 2nd ↑ 1994–95 Landesliga Bayern-Süd 7th 1995–96 Landesliga Bayern-Süd 15th ↓ 1996–97 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben VI 2nd ↑ 1997–98 Landesliga Bayern-Süd V 8th 1998–99 Landesliga Bayern-Süd 1st ↑ 1999–2000 Bayernliga IV 15th 2000–01 Bayernliga 16th ↓ 2001–02 Landesliga Bayern-Süd V 4th 2002–03 Landesliga Bayern-Süd 4th

Season Division Tier Position 2003–04 Landesliga Bayern-Süd V 8th 2004–05 Landesliga Bayern-Süd 2nd ↑ 2005–06 Bayernliga IV 16th ↓ 2006–07 Landesliga Bayern-Süd V 1st ↑ 2007–08 Bayernliga IV 18th ↓ 2008–09 Landesliga Bayern-Süd VI 17th ↓ 2009–10 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben VII 14th ↓ 2010–11 Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd VIII 13th ↓ 2011–12 Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd IX 2nd 2013–14 Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd VIII 1st ↑ 2013–14 Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd VII 15th ↓ 2014–15 Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd VIII 1st ↑ 2015–16 Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd VII 13th ↓ 2016–17 Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd VIII 2nd ↑ 2017–18 Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd VII 1st ↑ 2018–19 Landesliga Bayern-Südwest VI

• 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 Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern 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.

↑ Promoted

↓ Relegated

References

1. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
2. Fussball.de – Ergebnisse Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues

Sources

• Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN   3-89784-147-9

External links

• Official team site
• FC Kempten at Weltfussball.de
• Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)