VfB Eppingen
Full name | VfB Eppingen 1921 e.V. | ||
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Founded | 1921 | ||
Ground | Hugo-Koch-Stadion | ||
Chairman | Steffen Häffner | ||
League | Verbandsliga Nordbaden (VI) | ||
2015–16 | Landesliga Rhein-Neckar (VII), 1st (promoted) | ||
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VfB Eppingen is a German association football club based in Eppingen, Baden-Württemberg with a membership of about 450 people.
History
The club has its roots in the sports club Turnverein 1865 Eppingen whose primary focus was gymnastics and formed a football side around 1910. At the end of World War I, footballers received some tutoring from an unlikely source in the form of an English officer in charge of prisoners-of-war locally. VfB Eppingen was established as a separate club devoted to football in 1921 and went on to win the local Gau title in 1925.
Eppingen enjoyed a successful decade in the 1970s beginning with a 2.Amateur Liga Rhein-Neckar championship in 1973 and following up with
The team played one more season in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (III) in 1990–91. Since then, the club has been fluctuating between Verbandsliga and Landesliga. In 2003, the club fell as far as the tier-VII Bezirksliga but rebounded impressively, winning their division with 25 wins, five draws and no loss in 2003–04.[3] After that, the club had been playing in the Landesliga, interrupted by two seasons in the Verbandsliga, before making another return to the Verbandsliga in 2013. Another relegation from the Verbandsliga meant VfB would return to the Landesliga in 2014 where it won a league championship in 2015–16 and was promoted.
Honors
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:[4][5]
Season | Division | Tier | Position |
1999–2000 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | V | 13th |
2000–01 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | 14th ↓ | |
2001–02 | Landesliga Rhein-Neckar | VI | 11th |
2002–03 | Landesliga Rhein-Neckar | 14th ↓ | |
2003–04 | Bezirksliga Sinsheim | VII | 1st ↑ |
2004–05 | Landesliga Rhein-Neckar | VI | 2nd ↑ |
2005–06 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | V | 10th |
2006–07 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | 15th ↓ | |
2007–08 | Landesliga Rhein-Neckar | VI | 4th |
2008–09 | Landesliga Rhein-Neckar | VII | 3rd |
2009–10 | Landesliga Rhein-Neckar | 2nd | |
2010–11 | Landesliga Rhein-Neckar | 2nd | |
2011–12 | Landesliga Rhein-Neckar | 5th | |
2012–13 | Landesliga Rhein-Neckar | 1st ↑ | |
2013–14 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | VI | 14th ↓ |
2014–15 | Landesliga Rhein-Neckar | VII | 5th |
2015–16 | Landesliga Rhein-Neckar | 1st ↑ | |
2016–17 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | VI |
- 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
- ^ Die zehn größten Pokalsensationen Archived 8 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in German) www.sportal.de: The ten greatest cup sensations, published: 3 March 2009, accessed: 21 October 2011
- ^ kicker Almanach 1990 (in German) page: 204–205
- ^ Fussball.de – Table of the Bezirksliga Sinsheim 2003–04 accessed: 16 July 2008
- ^ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
- ^ Fussball.de – Ergebnisse Archived 7 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
External links
- Official website
- VfB Eppingen profile at Weltfussball.de
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)