1. FC Nürnberg II

1. FC Nürnberg II

Frankenstadion, Nuremberg (47,500 capacity) Sportplatz am Valznerweiher, Nuremberg (3,000 capacity)
Manager	Cristian Fiél
League	Regionalliga Bayern (IV)
2021–22	11th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 1. FC Nürnberg II (German: 1. FC Nürnberg II) is the reserve team of German football club 1. FC Nürnberg, from the city of Nuremberg, Bavaria.

Until 2005, the team played under the name of 1. FC Nürnberg Amateure.

History

1955–1963

Nürnberg's amateur team first won promotion to Bavarias highest football league, then the tier-three

1. FC Nürnberg 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.^[2] The team finished in sixth place out of fourteen in its first year in the third division.^[3] It dropped to thirteenth in the following year, three points save of relegation.^[4] After an eighth place in 1957–58, a fourteenth the following season meant relegation back to the fourth division.^[5] 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.^[6]

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

The team's 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.[9] Nuremberg continued to struggle against relegation and, in 1973, finished last in the league, fourteen points clear of salvation.^[10]

1973–1987

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.^[11] 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.^[12]

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.^[13] Decline came much quicker this time, the side struggling against relegation from then on and by 1983, Nürnberg was relegated again.^[14] It won the Landesliga title once more the year after and returned to the Bayernliga.^[15]

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

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.[20] 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 Franconian club SpVgg Ansbach.^[21]

In 2004, TSV 1860 Munich II beat them by a point,^[22] while, in 2006, an eleven points gap to champions FC Ingolstadt 04 was a much more obvious result.^[23]

In 2005, 1. FC Nürnberg Amateure was permanently renamed 1. FC Nürnberg 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 3. Liga.^[24]

2008–present

From 2008 onwards, 1. FCN II played in the tier-four Regionalliga Süd. After four seasons in this league with a second place in 2009–10 as the best result the club became part of the newly formed Regionalliga Bayern in 2012. In its first two seasons there the club finished fourth and eighth respectively.^[25]

Honours

• Regionalliga Süd (IV)
  • Runners-up: 2010
• Bayernliga (III-IV)
  • Runners-up: (5) 1966, 1981, 2001, 2004, 2006
• Landesliga Bayern-Mitte (IV)
  • Champions: (3) 1965, 1980, 1984
  • Runners-up: (2) 1991, 1998
• 2nd Amateurliga Mittelfranken Süd
  (IV)
  • Champions: (2) 1955, 1963
• Mittelfranken Cup
  • Winner: (3) 1995, 2001, 2006

Current squad

As of 30 August 2023^[26]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  GER Maximilian Berschneider 5 DF  GER Fabian Menig (captain) 6 MF  GER Niklas Jahn 7 MF  GER Eliot Muteba 9 FW  GER Julian Kania 10 MF  GER Benedikt Kirsch 11 MF  GER Batuhan Gögce 12 GK  GER Armin Olayo 13 DF  SRB Nikola Komljenovic 15 DF  GER Maxim Gresler 16 FW  GER Tim Janisch

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  GER Nico Wiltz 18 DF  GER Ben Fischer 20 MF  GER Pascal Fuchs 21 DF  GER Tim Huhnholz 22 DF  TUR Seyhan Yigit 25 MF  ARM Jean-René Aghajanyan 28 MF  BIH Filip Ilic 29 MF  GER Simon Joachims 30 MF  GER Nico Zietsch 34 MF  LUX Sofiane Ikene 37 GK  GER Felix Kielkopf 39 GK  GER Nicolas Ortegel

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:^[27]

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:^[28][29]

• With the introduction of the
  Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the Bayernliga
  was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onward were elevated one tier.