FC Eintracht Bamberg

History

The two founding clubs initially held discussions around the possibility of a merger in the summer of 2005, but the talks failed when the proposal did not receive the necessary three-quarters majority support of the membership of TSV Eintracht. In January 2006, after another half-year of discussion and lobbying, *Eintracht'''s membership overwhelmingly agreed to the merger, while the membership of *FC Bamberg'' followed suit in March.

The newly merged side took up the place of FC in the Bayernliga (IV) and earned an unexpectedly good 5th place result. In the following season, the club stayed on course for a top-four finish, which would have meant Regionalliga Süd qualification, for most of the season but failed in the end, finishing fifth again. However, the insolvency of the Sportfreunde Siegen and the fact that the SpVgg Bayreuth was refused a licence meant, Bamberg did still move up to the Regionalliga.

The club finished in mid-table in the 2008–09 Regionalliga season. The club had to declare insolvency at the end of the 2009–10 season and folded. However, a new club was formed immediately under the name of FC Eintracht Bamberg 2010 and entered the Bayernliga for 2010–11.

At the end of the 2011–12 season the club managed to finish in the top nine of the Bayernliga and thereby directly qualified for the new tier four Regionalliga Bayern. In this league the club finished 13th and 10th in its first two seasons there. The team came last in the league in 2014–15 and was relegated from the Regionalliga to the Bayernliga where it came last once more in the following season and was relegated to the Landesliga. The club had to declare insolvency once more in March 2016.

Stadium

1. FC Eintracht Bamberg plays in the Fuchs-Park-Stadion (previously Hauptkampfbahn im Volkspark) which served as the home ground of FC prior to the merger. The stadium was opened in 1926 and expanded in 1938 to accommodate 22,600 spectators. The record attendance of 27,000 was established in an amateur contest between Germany and France (1:1) on 2 May 1964.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

1. FC Eintracht Bamberg

• Amateurliga Bayern (III)
  • Champions: 1946, 1948 (N), 1950, 1957 (N), 1958 (N), 1963 (N)
  • Runners-up: 1961 (N)
• Landesliga Bayern-Nord (IV)
  • Champions: 1975, 1981
  • Runners-up: 2004, 2006
• Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken (V-VI)
  • Champions: 2008‡
  • Runners-up: 1992, 1997
• (N) = Northern division

Eintracht Bamberg

• Landesliga Bayern-Nordost (VI)
  • Champions: 2019
• Bezirksliga Oberfranken West (VII)
  • Champions: 2018‡

Cup

• Oberfranken Cup
  • Winners: 2002

Youth

• Bavarian Under 19 championship
  • Runners-up: 2006
• Bavarian Under 17 championship
  • Runners-up: 2004
• ‡ Reserve team

Players

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:

1. FC Bamberg

The final placings of 1. FC Bamberg:

Eintracht Bamberg

Reserve team

• 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 onwards were elevated one tier.

References

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