VfL Frohnlach

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VfL Frohnlach
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Full nameVerein für Leibesübungen 1919 e. V. Frohnlach
Founded1919
GroundWilli-Schillig-Stadion
Capacity5,000
ChairmanWilli Schillig
ManagerOliver Müller
League Bayernliga Nord (V)
2015–16 17th

VfL Frohnlach is a German association football club from the municipality of Frohnlach in Ebersdorf bei Coburg, Bavaria.

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History

The club was established as Sports Club Arminia Frohnlach in 1919 and, after a 1925 merger with Turnverein Frohnlach, became Verein für Leibesübungen 1919 e. V. Frohnlach. In addition to fielding a football side the sports club had departments for cycling, fistball, and gymnastics. Like other clubs that were part of the Arbeiter-Turn- und -Sportbundes (Worker's Gymnastics and Sports Union) VfL was banned in 1933 by the Nazi regime as politically undesirable. After World War II it was re-established as TV Frohnlach and before the end of 1945 was playing as Allgemeine Sportvereinigung Frohnlach. By 1948 the association was again known as VfL.

The footballers took part in lower level local play in the Coburg district league, until the mid-70s when the club made a rapid ascent with the support of local furniture maker Willi Schillig, who took on the presidency and a major sponsorship role. Three consecutive promotions from 1978 to 1980 saw the club through to the fourth division Bayernliga. They also made their first appearance in DFB-Pokal (German Cup) play in 1980 where they were put out in the second round by Stuttgarter Kickers (0:9). Frohnlach enjoyed a decade long run in the Bayernliga until slipping to become an elevator side, moving frequently up and down between fourth- and fifth-tier play. The team competed as an Bayernliga side in 1992–93, 1994–99, and 2004–07. Their most current result, a 16th-place finish, saw the club sent down to the Landesliga Bayern-Nord (V), where they finished on top and returned to the Bayernliga for the 2008–09 season.

After another relegation in 2010 the club promptly bounced back and won the Landesliga title for a fifth time in 2011. At the end of the 2011–12 season the club managed to finish in the top nine of the Bayernliga and thereby directly qualified for the new tier four Regionalliga Bayern. [1] In the 2012–13 season the club struggled in the bottom region of the table all season and was eventually relegated back to the Bayernliga. Frohnlach had to enter the relegation round in the 2015–16 Bayernliga season and, after two loses against Würzburger Kickers II, was initially relegated but was awarded another opportunity by having to face SV Erlbach for one more Bayernliga spot where the club successfully defended its league place.

Honours

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club: [2]

ManagerStartFinish
Manfred Müller1 July 200717 April 2007
Werner Gückel16 April 200730 June 2010
Dieter Kurth1 July 20108 October 2012
Andreas Schöll15 October 201229 March 2013
Stefan Braungardt30 March 201330 June 2016
Oliver Müller1 July 2016present

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club: [3] [4]

SeasonDivision Tier Position
1999–2000 Landesliga Bayern-Nord V3rd
2000–01Landesliga Bayern-Nord3rd
2001–02Landesliga Bayern-Nord2nd
2002–03Landesliga Bayern-Nord3rd
2003–04Landesliga Bayern-Nord1st ↑
2004–05 Bayernliga IV11th
2005–06Bayernliga7th
2006–07Bayernliga16th ↓
2007–08Landesliga Bayern-NordV1st ↑
2008–09BayernligaV7th
2009–10Bayernliga16th ↓
2010–11Landesliga Bayern-NordVI1st ↑
2011–12 BayernligaV7th ↑
2012–13 Regionalliga Bayern IV20th ↓
2013–14 Bayernliga NordV11th
2014–15 Bayernliga Nord13th
2015–16 Bayernliga Nord17th
2016–17Bayernliga Nord
Promoted Relegated

Stadium

Between 1958 and 1980 the club played its home matches at Am Wirtsteich until the opening of the Waldstadion (capacity 5,000). The stadium has served as a venue for matches of the German junior national U20 and U21 teams. In 2006 the facility was renamed for club president Willi Schillig.

DFB Cup appearances

The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup just once:

SeasonRoundDateHomeAwayResultAttendance
DFB Cup 1979-80 [5] First round [6] 26 August 1979VfL Frohnlach Alemannia Haibach 8–4 aet1,500
Second round [7] 29 September 1979 Stuttgarter Kickers VfL Frohnlach9–01,800

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References

  1. Das war die Relegation 2012 auf Verbandsebene (in German) fupa.net, published: 7 June 2012, accessed 8 June 2012
  2. VfL Frohnlach .:. Trainer von A-Z (in German) weltfussball.de, accessed: 13 April 2011
  3. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
  4. Fussball.de – Ergebnisse Archived 7 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
  5. DFB-Pokal 1979/1980 » Spielplan Weltfussball.de, accessed: 11 November 2008
  6. Game statistics VfL Frohnlach – Alemannia Haibach (in German) Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 31 October 2011
  7. Game statistics Stuttgarter Kickers – VfL Frohnlach (in German) Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 31 October 2011

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