SpVgg Bayreuth
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SpVgg Bayreuth is a German 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...

 based in Bayreuth, 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...

. Apart from coming within two games of earning promotion to the Fußball-Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...

 in 1979, the club also reached the quarter finals of the 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...

 twice, in 1977 and 1980.

1921 to 1945

Founded in 1921 when the side left gymnastics oriented sport club TuSpo Bayreuth, SpVgg Bayreuth was one of many clubs banned and replaced with a state-sanctioned organization in 1933 during the Nazi campaign against existing sports and other social organizations. A handful of club members reformed a rump side called FSV Bayreuth to carry on the activities of the original association. This team was made up largely of soldiers stationed locally, which resulted in a constantly changing lineup as they were transferred in and out of the area. The old club was quickly resurrected after World War II
World War II
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.

1945 to 1963

The club initially stood in the shadow of two local rivals, FC Bayreuth and VfB Bayreuth, with the later taking out the Amateurliga Nordbayern (III) title in 1956. SpVgg had earned promotion to this league in 1954, having won the 2nd Amateurliga Oberfranken-West title that year and then dominated its promotion round.

The club achieved good results in the Bayernliga and managed to win its division in 1959. The team then went on to beat southern champions Schwaben Augsburg in the finals for the Bavarian title. As the Bavarian champions, the club was entitled to enter the promotion round to the 2nd Oberliga Süd
2nd Oberliga Süd
The 2nd Oberliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1950 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.-Overview:...

, where it had to overcome VfR Pforzheim
VfR Pforzheim
The VfR Pforzheim was a German association football club from the city of Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg. The club archived notability by playing in Germany's second division in the 1965–66 season. In 2010 the club merged with 1. FC Pforzheim to form 1...

 2–1 after extra time in a narrow decider for promotion to the second division.

The club spent three seasons in the second tier of Southern German football, achieving a remarkable fifth place in its first year. The second season was a struggle against relegation and, in the third and last one, it was sent down back to the Bayernliga again.

A fourth place in the last season before the league reform in 1963 saw the club qualify for the new single-division Amateurliga Bayern from 1963.

1963 to present

After the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963, Bayreuth played as a third division team until 1969. Another Amateurliga championship meant promotion to the second tier once more, now the Regionalliga Süd
Regionalliga Süd (1963-74)
The Regionalliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system. It existed in the south of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen....

. It proved a short stay and SpVgg was narrowly relegated, losing a decider to ESV Ingolstadt
ESV Ingolstadt
The ESV Ingolstadt is a general sports club in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, formed on 15 February 1919.Until 2004, the club operated a football department but after a merger with local rival MTV Ingolstadt to form FC Ingolstadt 04 the footballers left for the new club.The club has over 1,600 members in 21...

 5–2 after finishing on equal points.

Back in the Bayernliga, the club won an undisputed championship, losing only two out of their 34 games, 15 points clear of the second-placed Wacker München
Wacker München
FC Wacker München is a German association football club of about 200 members based in the Sendling borough of Munich, Bavaria. At their zenith in the 1920s the Blue Stars twice reached the semi-finals of the German Championship. After World War II, the club spent a year in the first division play,...

. After another difficult first year in the second division, the club established itself in the league, coming fourth in 1973 and fifth in 1974, results that proved enough to qualify for the new 2nd Bundesliga Süd
2nd Bundesliga Süd (1974-81)
The 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1974 until the formation of the single-division 2. Fußball-Bundesliga in 1981...

.

The club did quite well in the new league and they came close to moving up to the Bundesliga in 1979 after a second-place finish in 2nd Bundesliga Süd (the southern division of 2.Bundesliga), but lost in the promotion round 1:1 and 1:2 to Bayer Uerdingen. It managed to qualify for the new single-division 2nd Bundesliga in 1981, too, but the first season in this league was very disappointing and the team was relegated to the Oberliga in 1982, having come last.

The team became a top-side in the Oberliga but took until 1985 to take out the league title again and returmn to the second division.

Although relegated to Amateur Oberliga Bayern (III) in 1988 and 1989, the team was spared further demotion when clubs that had finished ahead of them were denied licences due to their financial problems. Bayreuth could not evade relegation after a third consecutive poor finish in 1990, and in 1994 slipped further still to the Bayernliga (IV). A strong campaign returned the side to the Regionalliga Süd (III) for 2005–06. The club was denied a license for the Regionalliga in the 2006/07 season and forcibly relegated to the 4th division Bayernliga. The club won the Bayernliga title for a seventh time, building up a convincing margin to the second placed team, and fulfilling the on-the-field qualification to the Regionalliga. On 11 June 2008, the club was refused a licence for this league and has to remain in the Bayernliga. The clubs financial trouble however continued, having to declare insolvency on 22 October 2008, despite sitting second in the league.

In the 2010-11 Bayernliga season, the club unsuccessfully struggled against relegation, dropping down to the Landesliga after a 1-2 extra-time loss to Bayern Hof
Bayern Hof
SpVgg Bayern Hof is a German association football club based in Hof, Bavaria. The club was founded on 1 June 1910 as Ballspielclub Hof, but within a year was re-named Britannia Hof. In 1913, they merged with FC Roland Hof and FC Phoenix Hof to become FC Bayern Hof.-History:FC Bayern Hof was a...

 in a relegation decider.

League

  • 2nd Bundesliga Süd
    2nd Bundesliga Süd (1974-81)
    The 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1974 until the formation of the single-division 2. Fußball-Bundesliga in 1981...

    • Runners-up: 1979
  • Bayernliga
    • Champions: 1959 (north), 1969, 1971, 1985, 1987, 2005, 2008
    • Runners-up: 1958 (north), 1995
  • Landesliga Bayern-Nord
    Landesliga Bayern-Nord
    The Landesliga Bayern-Nord 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....

    • Champions: 1998, 2001
    • Runners-up: 2000
  • 2nd Amateurliga Oberfranken Ost
    2nd 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....

    (IV)
    • Champions: 1954


Cup

  • Bavarian Cup
    • Runners-up: 2006
      2006 Bavarian Cup
      The 2006 Bavarian Cup was the ninth edition of this competition, organised by the Bavarian Football Association , which was started in 1998. It ended with the TSG Thannhausen winning the competition...

  • Oberfranken Cup
    • Winners: 2001, 2006


Youth

  • Bavarian Under 19 championship
    • Runners-up: 1997
  • Bavarian Under 15 championship
    Bavarian Under 15 championship
    The Under 15 Fußball-Bayernliga is the highest level of competition for under 15 football teams in Bavaria and the second tier of the Southern German league system, set below the Under 15 Regionalliga South.-History:...

    • Champions: 1977
    • Runners-up: 1978

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:
Manager Start Finish
Marco Schmidt 1 July 2000 30 June 2003
  Gino Lettieri 11 September 2003 30 June 2006
Norbert Schlegel
Norbert Schlegel
Norbert Schlegel is a German football manager and a retired player who is currently coaching SV Memmelsdorf.-External links:...

1 July 2006 30 June 2007
Klaus Scheer 1 July 2007 30 June 2010
Ingo Walther 1 July 2010 present

SpVgg Bayreuth

Year 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 Landesliga Bayern-Nord
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
The Landesliga Bayern-Nord 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....

V 2nd
2000–01 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 1st ↑
2001–02 Bayernliga IV 7th
2002–03 Bayernliga 4th
2003–04 Bayernliga 7th
2004–05 Bayernliga 1st ↑
2005–06 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...

III 10th ↓
2006–07 Bayernliga IV 3rd
2007–08 Bayernliga 1st
2008–09 Bayernliga V 4th
2009–10 Bayernliga 9th
2010-11
2010–11 Fußball-Bayernliga
The 2010–11 season of the Bayernliga, the highest association football league in Bavaria, was the third season of the league at tier five of the German football league system and the 56th season overall since establishment of the league in 1945...

Bayernliga 16th ↓
2011–12 Landesliga Bayern-Nord VI


SpVgg Bayreuth II

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
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03 Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost VII 1st ↑
2003–04 Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken
Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken
The Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Upper Franconia...

VI 1st ↑
2004–05 Landesliga Bayern-Nord
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
The Landesliga Bayern-Nord 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....

V 11th
2005-06 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 8th
2006–07 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 18th ↓
2007–08 Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken VI 15th ↓
2008–09 Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost VIII 10th
2009–10 Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost 6th
2010–11 Bezirksliga Oberfranken-Ost 2nd ↑
2011–12 Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken VII

  • With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas
    Bezirksoberligen Bayern
    The seven Bezirksoberligas Bayern are the third highest level of the Bavarian football league system, below Oberliga and Landesliga. They are the 7th tier of the German football league system.-Overview:...

     in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas
    Landesliga Bayern
    In the Bavarian football league system, the Landesliga Bayern is the second hightest level, below the Fußball-Bayernliga and organised in three regional divisions. The current Landesligas were formed in 1963, when the Fußball-Bundesliga was established...

    , all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and 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...

     in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2nd Bundesliga
    2. 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 one quite a number of occasions:
Season Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
DFB-Pokal 1972–73 First round – first leg 10 December 1972 SpVgg Bayreuth 1. FC Kaiserslautern 4–2
First round – second leg 20 December 1972 1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900...

SpVgg Bayreuth 0–4
DFB-Pokal 1974–75 First round 7 September 1974 SpVgg Bayreuth FC Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04
Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...

1–2
DFB-Pokal 1975–76
DFB-Pokal 1975–76
The DFB-Pokal 1975–76 was the 33rd season of the competition. It began on 1 August 1975 and ended on 26 June 1976. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds...

First round 1 August 1975 Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. KSC rose out of the consolidation of a number of predecessor clubs. They currently play in the 2...

SpVgg Bayreuth 4–2
DFB-Pokal 1976–77
DFB-Pokal 1976–77
The DFB-Pokal 1976–77 was the 34th season of the competition. It began on 6 August 1976 and ended on 30 May 1977. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds. In the final FC Köln defeated Hertha Berlin 1–0 in a replay after the first game ended in a draw after 120 minutes...

First round 6 August 1976 Kickers Offenbach
Kickers Offenbach
Kickers Offenbach is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs including Melitia, Teutonia, Viktoria, Germania and Neptun...

SpVgg Bayreuth 4–4 aet
First round – replay 1 September 1976 SpVgg Bayreuth Kickers Offenbach 4–1
Second round 16 October 1976 SpVgg Bayreuth SSV Reutlingen 2–1
Third round 18 December 1976 SpVgg Bayreuth FV Hassia Bingen 2–1
Fourth round 8 January 1977 SpVgg Bayreuth FC Augsburg
FC Augsburg
FC Augsburg is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. The team was founded as Fußball-Klub Alemania Augsburg in 1907 and played as BC Augsburg from 1921 to 1969....

2–0
Quarterfinals 9 February 1977 SpVgg Bayreuth Rot-Weiß Essen 1–2
DFB-Pokal 1977–78
DFB-Pokal 1977–78
The DFB-Pokal 1977–78 was the 35th season of the competition. It began on 29 July 1977 and ended on 15 April 1978. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds. In the final FC Köln defeated Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–0, thus defending their title from the last season.- Mode :The tournament...

First round 29 July 1977 FC 08 Villingen
FC 08 Villingen
FC 08 Villingen is a German association football club based in Villingen-Schwenningen, Baden-Württemberg. The association was founded on 1 October 1908 and over time absorbed other local clubs including Germania, Alemania and Phönix.-History:...

SpVgg Bayreuth 0–1
Second round 20 August 1977 Itzehoer SV SpVgg Bayreuth 1–6
Third round 14 October 1977 Karlsruher SC SpVgg Bayreuth 2–0
DFB-Pokal 1978–79
DFB-Pokal 1978–79
The DFB-Pokal 1978–79 was the 36th season of the competition. It began on 4 August 1978 and ended on 23 June 1979. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds...

First round 4 August 1978 SV Haidlfing SpVgg Bayreuth 0–5
Second round 24 September 1978 SpVgg Bayreuth Melsunger FV 6–0
Third round 2 December 1978 Bayer 04 Leverkusen SpVgg Bayreuth 1–0
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 SpVgg Bayreuth Preußen 07 Hameln 5–0
Second round 29 September 1979 SpVgg Bayreuth SpVgg Au/Iller
SpVgg Au/Iller
SpVgg Au/Iller is a German football club from the district of Au in the northwest quarter of Illertissen, Bavaria. The team was founded 27 October 1928 as Sportvereinigung Au when Au was still a separate village on the banks of the river Iller.-History:...

6–0
Third round 12 January 1980 SpVgg Bayreuth FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....

1–0
Fourth round 16 February 1980 SpVgg Bayreuth TuS Langerwehe 5–2 aet
Quarterfinals 6 April 1980 FC Schalke 04 SpVgg Bayreuth 3–1
DFB-Pokal 1980–81 First round 29 August 1980 Borussia Neunkirchen
Borussia Neunkirchen
Borussia VfB Neunkirchen is a German association football club based in Neunkirchen, Saarland. The club SC Borussia Neunkirchen was founded out of the 1907 merger of FC 1905 Borussia and SC Neunkirchen.-History:...

SpVgg Bayreuth 1–1 aet
First round – replay 17 September 1980 SpVgg Bayreuth Borussia Neunkirchen 2–1
Second round 29 August 1980 SpVgg Bayreuth VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...

1–3
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 SpVgg Bayreuth Bayer Uerdingen 3–1
Second round 11 October 1981 VfB Stuttgart II
VfB Stuttgart II
VfB Stuttgart II is a German football team located in Stuttgart, currently playing in the 3rd Liga. Their first team, VfB Stuttgart, won the Bundesliga league title in 2007.- Relationship with VfB Stuttgart :...

SpVgg Bayreuth 1–2
Third round 30 December 1981 SpVgg Bayreuth VfB Oldenburg
VfB Oldenburg
VfB Oldenburg is a German association football club based in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. As of the 2011/12 season they play in the Oberliga Niedersachsenliga, which is at the 5th level of football in Germany.-History:...

2–0
Fourth round 9 January 1982 SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...

SpVgg Bayreuth 2–0
DFB-Pokal 1982–83
DFB-Pokal 1982–83
The DFB-Pokal 1982–83 was the 40th season of the competition. It began on 27 August 1982 and ended on 11 June 1983. In the only DFB-Pokal final ever held between two clubs from the same city FC Köln defeated Fortuna Köln 1–0.- 1st round :- Replays :...

First round 27 August 1982 SpVgg Bayreuth SpVgg Fürth 3–1
Second round 15 October 1982 SpVgg Bayreuth Hertha BSC Berlin
Hertha BSC Berlin
Hertha Berliner Sport-Club von 1892, commonly known as Hertha BSC or Hertha Berlin, is a German association football club based in Berlin. A founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900, the club has a long history as Berlin's best-supported side...

0–1
DFB-Pokal 1983–84
DFB-Pokal 1983–84
The DFB-Pokal 1983–84 was the 41st season of the competition. It began on 16 August 1983 and ended on 31 May 1984. In the final Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach 8–7 on penalties to take their seventh title. It was the first time the cup final was decided by a penalty...

First round 28 August 1983 FC Augsburg SpVgg Bayreuth 2–1 aet
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 SpVgg Bayreuth SV Mettlach
SV Mettlach
SV Mettlach is a German association football club from the city of Mettlach, Saarland.-History:The side has its origins in the establishment of the gymnastics club Turnverein Mettlach in 1885. A football department was formed in 1920 and became independent in 1923...

7–0
Second round 13 October 1984 SpVgg Bayreuth 1. FC Union Solingen 1–2
DFB-Pokal 1986–87
DFB-Pokal 1986–87
The 1986–87 DFB-Pokal was the 44th season of the competition. It began on 27 August 1986 and ended on 20 June 1987. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds. In the final Hamburg defeated Stuttgarter Kickers 3–1.- 1st round :- Replays :...

First round 27 August 1986 SpVgg Bayreuth SG Wattenscheid 09
SG Wattenscheid 09
SG Wattenscheid 09 is a German association football club, located in Wattenscheid which is part of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club claims an official founding date of 18 September 1909 as Ballspiel-Verein Wattenscheid out of the merger of two earlier sides known as BV Sodalität der...

0–3
DFB-Pokal 1988–89
DFB-Pokal 1988–89
The 1988–89 DFB-Pokal was the 46th season of the competition. It began on 6 August 1988 and ended on 24 June 1989. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds. In the final Borussia Dortmund defeated Werder Bremen 4–1.- 1st round :- Replays :...

First round 6 August 1988 Germania Dörnigheim SpVgg Bayreuth 0–5
Second round 24 September 1988 SV Werder Bremen SpVgg Bayreuth 6–1
DFB-Pokal 1989–90 First round 20 August 1989 1. FC Pforzheim
1. FC Pforzheim
1. FC Pforzheim was a German association football club playing in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg. The club was established on 5 May 1896 and was a founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900. In 2010 it merged with VfR Pforzheim to 1. CfR Pforzheim.-Early success:The club...

SpVgg Bayreuth 4–1
DFB-Pokal 1990–91 First round 4 August 1990 SpVgg Bayreuth Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 0–3
DFB-Pokal 2006–07 First round 8 September 2006 SpVgg Bayreuth Kickers Offenbach 0–2

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