1. FC Nuremberg II
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The 1. FC Nuremberg II is the reserve team
of German
football
club 1. FC Nuremberg, from the city of Nuremberg
, Bavaria
.
Until 2005, the team played under the name of 1. FC Nürnberg Amateure. In the 2009-10 season, the team plays in the tier-four Regionalliga Süd
.
and came second in the following promotion round. The Amateurliga Nordbayern was then one of two leagues at this level in Bavaria, covering the northern half of the state while the Amateurliga Südbayern existed in parallel in the south.
1. FC Nuremberg Amateure, as the team was then known as, was the first reserve side to reach this level, pre-dating the FC Bayern Munich II
by a year. The team finished in sixth place out of fourteen in its first year in the third division. It dropped to thirteenth in the following year, three points save of relegation. After an eighth place in 1957-58, a fourteenth the following season meant relegation back to the fourth division. The team remained at this level until 1963, when, in the reorganisation of the German football league system
, it became part of the new tier-four Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
.
. As the third division was the highest league reserve teams were permitted in in Germany, Nuremberg could not have been promoted anyway, even if it had won the league.
The teams performances gradually fell off, year-by-year, finishing fifth, seventh, tenth and thirteenth until 1970. In the 1969-70 season, it escaped relegation by only two points. Nurenberg continued to struggle against relegation and, in 1973, finished last in the league, fourteen points clear of salvation.
In a repeat of 1965-66, the team once more finished runners-up in the league in its first year back, this time to MTV Ingolstadt
. Decline came much quicker this time, the side struggling against relegation from then on and by 1983, Nuremberg was relegated again. It won the Landesliga title once more the year after and returned to the Bayernliga.
The team spend the next three seasons at this level before suffering another relegation in 1987, when it finished last. One place and one point above it, the senior team of local rival SpVgg Fürth went down alongside.
, which it was qualified for as the runners-up, it lost 1-0 to Landesliga Bayern-Süd
runners-up FC Gundelfingen
, condemning the team to stay in the Landesliga. In most other seasons before and after, the team finished in sixth and seventh place. In 1996, with the relegation of Nurembergs first team to the third division for the first time in its history, the side was renamed 1. FC Nuremberg II, since the first team was not playing in a fully professional league anymore and was therefore considered Amateure themselves. This lasted for only one season, 1. FCN returning to the 2nd Fussball-Bundesliga in 1997. Its reserve team followed this upward trend the year after, finishing second in the league and advancing through the promotion round.
n club SpVgg Ansbach
.
In 2004, TSV 1860 Munich II beat them by a point, while, in 2006, an eleven points gap to champions FC Ingolstadt 04
was a much more obvious result.
In 2005, 1. FC Nuremberg Amateure was permanently renamed 1. FC Nuremberg II, as were all reserve sides of first and second Bundesliga teams.
In the 2007-08 season, the team finished third, becoming one of six Bayernliga clubs to be promoted to the Regionalliga Süd
in the league reform that went alongside the creation of the 3rd Liga
.
Reserve team
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of German
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football
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club 1. FC Nuremberg, from the city of Nuremberg
Nuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
, Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
.
Until 2005, the team played under the name of 1. FC Nürnberg Amateure. In the 2009-10 season, the team plays in the tier-four Regionalliga Süd
Regionalliga Süd
The Regionalliga Süd is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany...
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1955 to 1963
Nurembergs amateur team first won promotion to Bavarias highest football league, then the tier-three Amateurliga Nordbayern, in 1955, when it took out the title in the 2nd Amateurliga Mittelfranken-Süd2nd Amateurliga Bayern
The 2nd Amateurliga Bayern was a set of eleven regional leagues in Bavaria existing from 1951 to 1963 as the fourth tier of football in the state....
and came second in the following promotion round. The Amateurliga Nordbayern was then one of two leagues at this level in Bavaria, covering the northern half of the state while the Amateurliga Südbayern existed in parallel in the south.
1. FC Nuremberg Amateure, as the team was then known as, was the first reserve side to reach this level, pre-dating the FC Bayern Munich II
FC Bayern Munich II
Bayern Munich II are the second team of German association football club Bayern Munich. In 2010–11 they played in the 3rd Liga, having qualified for its inaugural season in 2008, and have consistently played at the third level of German football — they played in the Regionalliga Süd from...
by a year. The team finished in sixth place out of fourteen in its first year in the third division. It dropped to thirteenth in the following year, three points save of relegation. After an eighth place in 1957-58, a fourteenth the following season meant relegation back to the fourth division. The team remained at this level until 1963, when, in the reorganisation of the German football league system
German football league system
The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to a series of hierarchically interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Germany that consists of over 2,300 men's divisions, in which all leagues are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation...
, it became part of the new tier-four Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
The Landesliga Bayern-Mitte is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system....
.
1963 to 1973
After coming fifth in the Landesliga in 1963-64, the team won the league the season after and earned promotion to the Amateurliga Bayern, now operating as a single division and state-wide. In this league, commonly referred to as the Bayernliga, it managed a second place in its first year there, two points behind champions BC AugsburgBC Augsburg
BC Augsburg was a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. The team was founded as Fußball-Club Allemannia Augsburg in 1907 and played as Ballspiel-Club Augsburg from 1921 to 1969. Facing imminent financial collapse, BC merged with the football side of TSV Schwaben Augsburg in July 1969 to...
. As the third division was the highest league reserve teams were permitted in in Germany, Nuremberg could not have been promoted anyway, even if it had won the league.
The teams performances gradually fell off, year-by-year, finishing fifth, seventh, tenth and thirteenth until 1970. In the 1969-70 season, it escaped relegation by only two points. Nurenberg continued to struggle against relegation and, in 1973, finished last in the league, fourteen points clear of salvation.
1973 to 1987
Back in the Landesliga, the team played as an upper-table side, improving again season-by-season. The 1977-78 season was a step backwards however, with the side finishing eleventh and only one point clear of a relegation rank. While the following year was an improvement, 1979-80 became an outstanding one, winning the league and promotion by earning 61 of a possible 68 points.In a repeat of 1965-66, the team once more finished runners-up in the league in its first year back, this time to MTV Ingolstadt
MTV Ingolstadt
The Männer-Turn-Verein von 1881 Ingolstadt or Men's Gymnastics Club of 1881 Ingolstadt is a general sports club in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. It was founded on 18 July 1881....
. Decline came much quicker this time, the side struggling against relegation from then on and by 1983, Nuremberg was relegated again. It won the Landesliga title once more the year after and returned to the Bayernliga.
The team spend the next three seasons at this level before suffering another relegation in 1987, when it finished last. One place and one point above it, the senior team of local rival SpVgg Fürth went down alongside.
1987-1998
A considerably longer spell of Landesliga football followed now for the side. In 1990-91, it finished on top of the table, on equal points with SpVgg Fürth, losing the following championship decider. In the following promotion roundPromotion to the Oberliga Bayern
The Fußball-Bayernliga, the fifth tier of the German football league system and highest football league in the state of Bavaria, has four teams annually promoted to the league, the champions of the three Landesligas, and a fourth club, determined by an annual promotion round...
, which it was qualified for as the runners-up, it lost 1-0 to Landesliga Bayern-Süd
Landesliga Bayern-Süd
The Landesliga Bayern-Süd is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system....
runners-up FC Gundelfingen
FC Gundelfingen
The FC Gundelfingen is a German association football club from Gundelfingen an der Donau, Bavaria. A longtime fourth and fifth division side, the club is one of the top sides from Schwaben and has six Schwäbischer-Pokal wins to its credit....
, condemning the team to stay in the Landesliga. In most other seasons before and after, the team finished in sixth and seventh place. In 1996, with the relegation of Nurembergs first team to the third division for the first time in its history, the side was renamed 1. FC Nuremberg II, since the first team was not playing in a fully professional league anymore and was therefore considered Amateure themselves. This lasted for only one season, 1. FCN returning to the 2nd Fussball-Bundesliga in 1997. Its reserve team followed this upward trend the year after, finishing second in the league and advancing through the promotion round.
1998 to 2008
The team returned to the Bayernliga, now only the fourth tier of the league system, as a more competitive side then when it left eleven years before, finishing seventh in its first year there. It continued to be an upper-table side for the years to come, finishing second three times, in 2001, 2004 and 2006. In 2001, it was only one win away from winning the championship and promotion, finishing three points behind fellow Middle FranconiaMiddle Franconia
Middle Franconia is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is in the west of Bavaria and adjoins the state of Baden-Württemberg...
n club SpVgg Ansbach
SpVgg Ansbach
SpVgg Ansbach is a German football club from the city of Ansbach, Bavaria.The clubs greatest league success came in 2001, when it earned promotion to the tier-three Regionalliga Süd, where it lasted for only one season...
.
In 2004, TSV 1860 Munich II beat them by a point, while, in 2006, an eleven points gap to champions FC Ingolstadt 04
FC Ingolstadt 04
FC Ingolstadt 04 is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingolstadt and MTV Ingolstadt.-ESV Ingolstadt:...
was a much more obvious result.
In 2005, 1. FC Nuremberg Amateure was permanently renamed 1. FC Nuremberg II, as were all reserve sides of first and second Bundesliga teams.
In the 2007-08 season, the team finished third, becoming one of six Bayernliga clubs to be promoted to the Regionalliga Süd
Regionalliga Süd
The Regionalliga Süd is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany...
in the league reform that went alongside the creation of the 3rd Liga
3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
.
2008 onwards
From 2008 onwards, 1. FCN II played in the tier-four Regionalliga. In 2008-09, the team finished in an excellent fifth place.Honours
- Regionalliga SüdRegionalliga SüdThe Regionalliga Süd is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany...
(IV)- Runners-up: 2010
- Oberliga BayernOberliga BayernThe Fußball-Bayernliga, commonly referred to as the Bayernliga, is the highest football league in the state of Bavaria and the Bavarian Football League System. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system...
(III-IV)- Runners-up: (5) 1966, 1981, 2001, 2004, 2006
- Landesliga Bayern-MitteLandesliga Bayern-MitteThe Landesliga Bayern-Mitte is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system....
(IV)- Champions: (3) 1965, 1980, 1984
- Runners-up: (2) 1991, 1998
- 2nd Amateurliga Mittelfranken Süd2nd Amateurliga BayernThe 2nd Amateurliga Bayern was a set of eleven regional leagues in Bavaria existing from 1951 to 1963 as the fourth tier of football in the state....
(IV)- Champions: (2) 1955, 1963
- Mittelfranken CupMittelfranken CupThe Mittelfranken Cup was a domestic cup competition for the Bavarian Bezirk of Middle Franconia , played until 2009.-Modus:...
- Winner: (3) 1995, 2001, 2006
Recent managers
Recent managers of the club:| Manager | Start | Finish |
| Alois Reinhardt Alois Reinhardt Alois Reinhardt is a German football coach and a former player. His son Dominik Reinhardt is a professional footballer.-Honours:* UEFA Cup winner: 1988* DFB-Pokal finalist: 1982* Bundesliga runner-up: 1993... |
1 July 2002 | 30 June 2004 |
| Peter Zeidler | 1 July 2005 | 30 June 2007 |
| René Müller René Müller René Müller is a German former footballer. Müller was first-choice goalkeeper of the East German national team for much of the 1980s, and was twice East German Footballer of the Year. He played for Lokomotive Leipzig for fourteen years, and later had spells with Dynamo Dresden, Sachsen Leipzig and... |
1 July 2007 | 10 April 2011 |
| Pellegrino Matarazzo | 11 April 2011 | 30 June 2011 |
| Michael Wiesinger Michael Wiesinger Michael Wiesinger is a German former footballer and manger, who is currently in charge of 1. FC Nuremberg II.-Football career:... |
1 July 2011 | Present |
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:| Season | Division | Tier Bavarian football league system The Bavarian football league system of the Bavarian Football Association ranks within the German football league system. Its highest division, the Fussball-Bayernliga, is currently the 5th tier of German football. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the 4th tier of the league system... |
Position |
| 1999–2000 | Oberliga Bayern Oberliga Bayern The Fußball-Bayernliga, commonly referred to as the Bayernliga, is the highest football league in the state of Bavaria and the Bavarian Football League System. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system... |
IV | 5th |
| 2000–01 | Oberliga Bayern | 2nd | |
| 2001–02 | Oberliga Bayern | 3rd | |
| 2002–03 | Oberliga Bayern | 6th | |
| 2003–04 | Oberliga Bayern | 2nd | |
| 2004–05 | Oberliga Bayern | 4th | |
| 2005–06 | Oberliga Bayern | 2nd | |
| 2006–07 | Oberliga Bayern | 6th | |
| 2007–08 | Oberliga Bayern | 3rd ↑ | |
| 2008–09 | Regionalliga Süd Regionalliga Süd The Regionalliga Süd is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany... |
IV | 5th |
| 2009-10 | Regionalliga Süd | 2nd | |
| 2010–11 | Regionalliga Süd | 11th | |
| 2011–12 | Regionalliga Süd |
- With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3rd Liga3rd LigaThe 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2nd Bundesliga2. Fußball-Bundesliga- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...
, all leagues below dropped one tier.
DFB Cup appearances
The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup a number of times. Since 2008 however, reserve teams are not eligible to compete in the German Cup anymore:| Season | Round | Date | Home | Away | Result | Attendance |
| DFB-Pokal 1979–80 DFB-Pokal 1979–80 The DFB-Pokal 1979–80 was the 37th season of the competition. It began on 24 August 1979 and ended on 4 June 1980. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds... |
First round | 25 August 1979 | TuS Schloß Neuhaus | 1. FC Nuremberg II | 3-2 | |
| DFB-Pokal 1981–82 DFB-Pokal 1981–82 The DFB-Pokal 1981–82 was the 39th season of the competition. It began on 28 August 1981 and ended on 1 May 1982. In the final Bayern Munich defeated FC Nuremberg 4–2. Bayern thus won the trophy for the sixth time. It was the last season, that the cup was held with 128 teams participating... |
First round | 28 August 1981 | SSV Ulm 1846 SSV Ulm 1846 SSV Ulm 1846 is a German association football club from Ulm, Baden-Württemberg and is one of the country's largest and oldest sports clubs with over 12,000 members in more than twenty different departments. The modern-day club was formed out of 5 May 1970 merger of TSG Ulm 1846 and 1... |
1. FC Nuremberg II | 1-1 | |
| First round replay | 8 September 1981 | 1. FC Nuremberg II | SSV Ulm 1846 | 1-3 | ||
| DFB-Pokal 1984–85 DFB-Pokal 1984–85 The DFB-Pokal 1984–85 was the 42nd season of the competition. It began on 31 August 1984 and ended on 26 May 1985. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds... |
First round | 1 September 1984 | 1. FC Nuremberg II | SV Südwest Ludwigshafen SV Südwest Ludwigshafen SV Südwest Ludwigshafen is a German association football club from the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club was formed on 29 May 1964 out of the merger of the traditional sides Sportverein 03 Ludwigshafen and Phoenix Tura 1882... |
1-0 | |
| Second round | 13 October 1984 | 1. FC Nuremberg II | SC Jülich 1910 | 0-3 | ||
| DFB-Pokal 1995–96 | First round | 26 August 1995 | 1. FC Nuremberg II | Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth... |
0-3 |
1. FC Nuremberg II squad
External links
- Official team site
- 1. FCN II on the official team site
- 1. FC Nuremberg II profile at Weltfussball.de
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables