SpVgg Hankofen-Hailing

SpVgg Hankofen-Hailing

Full name	Spielvereinigung Hankofen-Hailing 1968 e.V.
Founded	1968
Ground	Maierhofer Bau-Stadion
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Alois Beck
Manager	Heribert Ketterl
League	Bayernliga Süd (V)
2022–23	Regionalliga Bayern (IV), 18th of 20 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

The SpVgg Hankofen-Hailing is a German association football club from the villages of Hankofen and Hailing in the municipality of Leiblfing, Bavaria.

The club's greatest success came in 2022 when it qualified for Regionalliga Bayern, in the fourth tier of the German football league system.

History

For most of its history the club has been a nondescript amateur side in local Bavarian football. The club's rise began in 1992 when it was promoted to the Kreisklasse Dingolfing in which it finished runners-up in 1993 and 1994 before winning promotion to the Bezirksliga in 1995. ^[1]

Thirty years after its formation, the club rose to the highest league in Lower Bavaria, the Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern, for the first time in 1998 on the strength of a Bezirksliga Niederbayern-West title ^[2] and played at that level for the next three seasons. SpVgg immediately became a strong side at this level, finishing sixth in its first season and fourth in its second and won the league in its third. ^[3] The latter allowed the club to move up to the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte, where it would play for the next five seasons. After a difficult first year, the club finished in the upper half of the table for the second, third and fourth seasons there but was relegated in 2006 after finishing 15th. ^[4]

SpVgg bounced back immediately, winning the Bezirksoberliga again and returning to the Landesliga. It was unable to establish itself however, finished 16th, and was relegated again. ^[4] Two more seasons in the Bezirksoberliga followed before the club won a third league title there and moved up to the Landesliga again. This third title also equaled SpVgg GW Deggendorf's record of three titles in the Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern, which no other club achieved until the league was disbanded in 2012. ^[3]

Back in the Landesliga SpVgg performed much better as in the past, coming fourth in its first year there. The second season, the last of the league in its current format, saw a sixth-place finish and allowed the club to move up to the southern division of the newly expanded Bayernliga. ^[4]

In its first Bayernliga season, the club came tenth, followed by a seventh place in 2013–14 and a sixth place the year after. ^[5]

The club won promotion to the Regionalliga Bayern in the 2021–22, finishing first in the Bayernliga Süd. ^{[6] [7]}

Honours

The club's honours:

League Bayernliga Süd (V) Champions: 2022 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern Champions: 2001 (VI), 2007 (VI), 2010 (VII) Bezirksliga Niederbayern-West (VII) Champions: 1998

Cup Niederbayern Cup Runners-up: 2001, 2004, 2005

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club: ^{[8] [9]}

Season	Division	Tier	Position
1999–2000	Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern	VI	4th
2000–01	Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern		1st ↑
2001–02	Landesliga Bayern-Mitte	V	13th
2002–03	Landesliga Bayern-Mitte		7th
2003–04	Landesliga Bayern-Mitte		9th
2004–05	Landesliga Bayern-Mitte		9th
2005–06	Landesliga Bayern-Mitte		15th ↓
2006–07	Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern	VI	1st ↑
2007–08	Landesliga Bayern-Mitte	V	16th ↓
2008–09	Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern	VII	11th
2009–10	Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern		1st ↑
2010–11	Landesliga Bayern-Mitte	VI	4th
2011–12	Landesliga Bayern-Mitte		6th ↑
2012–13	Bayernliga Süd	V	10th
2013–14	Bayernliga Süd		7th
2014–15	Bayernliga Süd		6th
2015–16	Bayernliga Süd		9th
2016–17	Bayernliga Süd		13th
2017–18	Bayernliga Süd		13th
2018–19	Bayernliga Süd		13th
2019–21	Bayernliga Süd		14th
2021–22	Bayernliga Süd		1st ↑
2022–23	Regionalliga Bayern	IV	18th ↓

• 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.

Key

↑ Promoted

↓ Relegated

References

1. Erfolge (in German) SpVgg Hankofen-Hailing website – Success, accessed: 28 July 2014
2. Bezirksliga Niederbayern-West tables and results Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 28 July 2014
3. Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern tables and results Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 28 July 2014
4. Landesliga Bayern-Mitte tables and results Archived 2014-08-27 at the Wayback Machine Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 28 July 2014
5. Bayernliga Süd Weltfussball.de, accessed: 28 July 2014
6. "Bayernliga Süd 2021/22 – Tabelle". kicker (in German). Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
7. "Aufstieg fix: SpVgg Hankofen-Hailing spielt nächste Saison Regionalliga". kicker (in German). 23 April 2022. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
8. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
9. Fussball.de – Ergebnisse (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues

External links

• Official team site (in German)
• Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) historical German domestic league tables
• Manfreds Fussball Archiv (in German) Tables and results from the Bavarian amateur leagues
• SpVgg Hankofen-Hailing at Weltfussball.de (in German)