FC Ederbergland is a German association football club

Football in Germany

Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...

 from the city of Battenberg, Hesse

Battenberg, Hesse

Battenberg is a small town in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany. The town is noted for giving its name to the Battenberg family, a morganatic branch of the ruling House of Hesse-Darmstadt, and through it, the name Mountbatten used by members of the British royal family, a literal...

. The club was formed through the merger of predecessor sides TSV Battenberg and SV Allendorf/Eder.

History

Parent club Turn- und Sportverein Battenberg was formed in 1912 and was known briefly in 1949 as Fußball Sportverein Blau-Weiß Battenberg. TSV played in the third tier Amateuroberliga Hessen through much of the late 1980s before slipping into lower level competition. The team made its only appearance in DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal

The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...

 (German Cup) play in 1980, going out in the third round to VfL Osnabrück

VfL Osnabrück

VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis, but is by far best known for its football section.- Foundation to WW2 :...

(4:0). TSV reemerged in the Oberliga Hessen (IV) in 1996–97, but had a poor season, and after a 16th place finish was relegated to the Landesliga Hessen-Mitte (V).

On 10 March 1997 the club merged with Sportverein 1924 Allendorf/Eder to form FC Ederbergland Battenberg/Allendorf and carried on play as FC Ederbergland. The newly combined side captured the Landesliga title and returned to the Oberliga Hessen for a four season turn that ended when they finished at the bottom of the table in 2001.