TSV Kottern

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TSV Kottern
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Full nameTurn- und Sportverein Kottern-St.Mang e.V.
Founded1925
ChairmanThomas Biermeier
ManagerKevin Siegfanz
League Bayernliga Süd (V)
2015–16 11th

TSV Kottern is a German association football club from Kottern in Kempten, Bavaria.

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History

The team was established on 15 September 1925 as Freier Fußballclub Kottern as a worker's sports club. The club was broken up as politically undesirable under the Nazi regime and the membership became part of Turn- und Sportverein Kottern, founded in 1874, as that association's football department. The side played in the senior local level A-Klasse competition throughout the 30s and on into the mid-40s.

Following World War II Kottern played in the Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd where they won a title in 1947 but could not accept promotion due to the bad transport situation in the post war days, making travelling to away games very difficult. They won a second title in 1953 and advanced to the Landesliga Bayern (III), the top-level competition in the state, where they played from 1954 to 1963, with the exception of the 1959–60 season. German football was re-structured with the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963, and TSV was sent down to the Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd (V), where the club remained in the coming seasons. Kottern found itself relegated to the A-Klasse Süd in 1970 and 1978 but both times returned to the Bezirksliga shortly after.

In October 1971, the club TSV Kottern merged with the TSV St. Mang to form TSV Kottern-St. Mang.

The club became part of the newly formed Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (VI) in 1987, and after slipping briefly in 1990, returned to capture the division in 1993 and win promotion to the Landesliga Bayern-Süd (V) for a three-season turn.

For the 2007–08 season, Kottern was back in the Bezirksoberliga and found itself struggling in the relegation zone. The club terminated its manager, Uwe Zenkner, on 3 December 2007 and hired Bernd Kunze in the hope of improving its situation, the move paying off with a ninth-place finish at the end of season. Another Bezirksoberliga title in 2010 took the club back to the Landesliga.

At the end of the 2011–12 season the club qualified directly for the newly expanded Bayernliga after finishing sixth in the Landesliga. [1] In this league the club lasted for only one season before suffering relegation back to the Landesliga. It won the Landesliga Südwest title in 2014–15 and was promoted back to the Bayernliga.

Ice hockey department

The TSV Kottern also used to operate an ice hockey department from 1950 to April 2007. The club's senior team left the TSV to turn professional and form the EA Kempten in 1983. The TSV however continued to field an amateur side. With the end of professional ice hockey in Kempten in 2004, the TSV once more became the only club in the city. From 2004, the team played in the Landesliga (V) for three seasons, after winning the Bavarian Bezirksliga (VI) championship and gaining promotion. In April 2007, it was decided to form a new, semi-professional side, the ESC Kempten and Kotterns ice hockey department joined the new club, ending almost 60 years of tradition at the TSV.

Honours

The club's honours:

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club: [2] [3]

SeasonDivision Tier Position
1988–89 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben V13th
1989–90Bezirksoberliga Schwaben16th ↓
1990–91 Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd VI1st ↑
1991–92Bezirksoberliga SchwabenV5th
1992–93Bezirksoberliga Schwaben1st ↑
1993–94 Landesliga Bayern-Süd IV14th
1994–95Landesliga Bayern-SüdV11th
1995–96Landesliga Bayern-Süd17th ↓
1996–97Bezirksoberliga SchwabenVI3rd
1997–98Bezirksoberliga Schwaben9th
1998–99Bezirksoberliga Schwaben11th
1999–2000Bezirksoberliga Schwaben10th
2000–01Bezirksoberliga SchwabenVI13th
2001–02Bezirksoberliga SchwabenVI1st ↑
2002–03Landesliga Bayern-SüdV15th ↓
SeasonDivision Tier Position
2003–04Bezirksoberliga SchwabenVI12th
2004–05Bezirksoberliga Schwaben1st ↑
2005–06Landesliga Bayern-SüdV11th
2006–07Landesliga Bayern-Süd17th ↓
2007–08Bezirksoberliga SchwabenVI9th
2008–09Bezirksoberliga SchwabenVII6th
2009–10Bezirksoberliga Schwaben1st ↑
2010–11Landesliga Bayern-SüdVI3rd
2011–12Landesliga Bayern-Süd6th ↑
2012–13 Bayernliga Süd V18th ↓
2013–14 Landesliga Bayern-Südwest VI5th
2014–15Landesliga Bayern-Südwest1st ↑
2015–16 Bayernliga Süd V11th
2016–17Bayernliga Süd
2017–18
Promoted Relegated

References

  1. Das war die Relegation 2012 auf Verbandsebene (in German) fupa.net, published: 7 June 2012, accessed 8 June 2012
  2. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
  3. Fussball.de – Ergebnisse (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues