TSV Lehnerz
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| Full name | Turn- und Sportverein Lehnerz 1965 e.V. |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1965 |
| Ground | Stadion an der Richard-Müller-Straße |
| Capacity | 3,000 |
| Chairman | Ludwig Kress |
| Manager | Henry Lesser |
| League | Hessenliga (V) |
| 2015–16 | 3rd |
The TSV Lehnerz is a German association football club from the Lehnerz suburb of Fulda, Hesse.
The club's greatest success has been to earn promotion to the tier five Hessenliga in 2013.
History
The club was formed on 2 December 1965 and joined competitive football a year later, in 1966. The first three decades of its history the club spent as a non-descript amateur side in local football. TSV for the first time moved up into the higher levels of Hesse football in 1997 when it won promotion to the tier five Landesliga Hessen-Nord, rebranded the Verbandsliga in 2009.[1]
Lehnerz would play the next sixteen seasons at this level, generally achieving good results and finishing in the upper half of the table. It finished runners-up in 2007 and, again in 2012 but failed to win promotion on each occasion. The 2012–13 season proved to be the most successful for the club, winning its Verbandsliga division and thereby direct promotion to the tier five Hessenliga.[2][3]
In its first season in the Hessenliga the club finished in fourth place. In 2014–15 the club finished runners-up in the league and thereby earned the right to take part in the promotion round to the Regionalliga Südwest. After two draws the club missed out on promotion with Bahlinger SC promoted instead.[3][4][5]
Honours
The club's honours:
- Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord
- Champions: 2013
- Runners-up: 2007, 2012
- Bezirksoberliga Fulda
- Champions: 1997
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[2][3]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
| 1999–2000 | Landesliga Hessen-Nord | V | 9th |
| 2000–01 | Landesliga Hessen-Nord | 5th | |
| 2001–02 | Landesliga Hessen-Nord | 8th | |
| 2002–03 | Landesliga Hessen-Nord | 4th | |
| 2003–04 | Landesliga Hessen-Nord | 6th | |
| 2004–05 | Landesliga Hessen-Nord | 3rd | |
| 2005–06 | Landesliga Hessen-Nord | 8th | |
| 2006–07 | Landesliga Hessen-Nord | 2nd | |
| 2007–08 | Landesliga Hessen-Nord | 5th | |
| 2008–09 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord | VI | 7th |
| 2009–10 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord | 3rd | |
| 2010–11 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord | 6th | |
| 2011–12 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord | 2nd | |
| 2012–13 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord | 1st ↑ | |
| 2013–14 | Hessenliga | V | 4th |
| 2014–15 | Hessenliga | 2nd | |
| 2015–16 | Hessenliga | 3rd | |
| 2016–17 | Hessenliga |
- 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.
Key
| ↑ Promoted | ↓ Relegated |
References
- ↑ Chronik (German) TSV Lehnerz website, accessed: 14 September 2014
- 1 2 Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (German) Historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 13 September 2014
- 1 2 3 Fussball.de – Ergebnisse (German) Tables and results of all German football leagues, accessed: 13 September 2014
- ↑ Hessenliga tables & results Weltfussball.de, accessed: 13 September 2014
- ↑ Regionalliga-Qualifikation 2015 Südwest » Aufstiegsrunde (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 31 May 2015
External links
- Official team site (German)
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (German) historical German domestic league tables