1. FC Pforzheim
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| Full name | 1. Fußball Club Pforzheim 1896 e.V. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | der Club | ||
| Founded | 5 May 1896 | ||
| Dissolved | 30 June 2010 | ||
| Ground | Stadion im Brötzinger Tal | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
| League | None | ||
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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 form 1. CfR Pforzheim.
History
Early success
The club enjoyed most of its success in its early years. In 1906 they captured the championship of the Süddeutschland Verband (South German League) by beating
Interwar years
Pforzheim slipped to become a mid-table side until narrowly missing a chance to play in the playoff rounds of the Süddeutschland Verband in both 1913 and 1914: tied for first place, they finished second in both seasons on goal differential. World War I disrupted play in the country for several years and Pforzheim fell out of top-flight competition. They returned to, at first, the Kreisliga Südwest and then the Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden in the early 20s before being relegated in 1926, and then earning their re-promotion in 1929.
In 1933 German football was reorganized under the
Postwar
After the war the club re-emerged in the
In 1967, Pforzheim fell to the third division
League restructuring in 1994 saw the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg become a fourth-tier league with the introduction of the Regionalliga Süd (III) and Pforzheim's 10th-place finish left them behind in the lower division.
The team narrowly missed a return to third class football in 2001 when they once again finished just two points behind TSG Ulm 1846. By 2004, the association was a million Euros in debt and declared bankruptcy. The financially re-structured club was forced down to the Verbandsliga Nordbaden (V), but quickly recovered, and on the strength of their division championship in 2006 returned to play in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (IV) for a season before returning to the Verbandsliga.
In June 2010, the club merged with local rival VfR Pforzheim to form the 1. CfR Pforzheim.[1]
Honours
The club's honours:
League
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Cup
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Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[2][3]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
| 1999–2000 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | IV | 7th |
| 2000–01 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | 2nd | |
| 2001–02 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | 3rd | |
| 2002–03 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | 12th | |
| 2003–04 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | 19th ↓ | |
| 2004–05 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | V | 4th |
| 2005–06 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | 1st ↑ | |
| 2006–07 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | IV | 16th ↓ |
| 2007–08 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | V | 3rd |
| 2008–09 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | VI | 10th |
| 2009–10 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | 6th |
- 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.
| ↑ Promoted | ↓ Relegated |
References
- ^ 1. CFR Pforzheim website (in German) accessed: 4 February 2011
- ^ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
- ^ Fussball.de – Ergebnisse (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
External links
