Würzburger Kickers

Full name

Fußball-Club Würzburger Kickers e.V.

Nickname(s)

Rothosen (Red Shorts)

Founded

17 November 1907

Ground

Flyeralarm Arena

Capacity

14,500

Chairman

Dr. Michael Schlagbauer

Manager

Bernd Hollerbach

League

2. Bundesliga

2015–16

3. Liga, 3rd (promoted)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Würzburger Kickers is a German association football club playing in Würzburg, Bavaria. In pre-Second World War football the club has competed briefly at highest level, in the Bezirksliga Bayern and, during the war, in the Gauliga Bayern. Post war it made a single appearance in professional football when it played in the southern division of the 2. Bundesliga in 1977–78. After a long stint in amateur football, dropping as low as the seventh tier it made a recovery, reaching professional football again when winning promotion to the 3. Liga in 2014–15 and the following season, promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.

History

Founded in 1907, the team has played for most of its history as an unknown local side, although they did manage three seasons in the Bezirksliga Bayern, from 1930 to 1933, and two single season appearances in the Gauliga Bayern (1940–41, 1942–43) one of sixteen top-flight division established in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich.

The club became part of the Landesliga Bayern (II) after the Second World War. Kickers put on some strong performances through the 50s in the Amateurliga Bayern (II-III) but never quite managed a breakthrough. Through the 60s and on into the early 80s the club played as a third division side with the exception of a single season (1977–78) played in the 2. Bundesliga after their divisional title win in the Bayernliga (III) in '77. By 1983 financial difficulties contributed to a slide to fourth division play in the Landesliga Bayern-Nord which became a fifth tier circuit in 1994. Two difficult seasons over 2002–2004 saw the club descend through the Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken (VI) to the Bezirksliga Unterfranken (VII). Kickers recovered and returned to the Oberliga Bayern on the strength of a 2nd place in the 2007–08 Landesliga season. The club met local rival Würzburger FV there for the first Würzburg league derby since 1998–99.

The 2008–09 season proved no success, with Kickers immediately relegated again to the Landesliga and taking until 2012 to win this league again. The team was one of two clubs in the league to apply for a licence in the new tier four Regionalliga Bayern. Taking part in the promotion play off, Kickers earned a by in the first round and defeated BC Aichach in the second to play in the Regionalliga from 2012. The club was thereby also able to win promotion from the sixth tier to the fourth without playing in the fifth.^[1]

Kickers took out the 2013–14 Bavarian Cup on penalties in the final against SV Schalding-Heining and thereby qualified for the first round of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal. In the league the club finished tenth in 2013 and eleventh in 2014.^[2] In the 2014–15 DFB Pokal Kickers knocked-out Fortuna Düsseldorf in the first round but was defeated by Eintracht Braunschweig in the second. In the 2014–15 season Kickers won the Regionalliga Bayern and earned the right to take part in the promotion round to the 3. Liga. They faced 1. FC Saarbrücken, runners-up of the Regionalliga Südwest, and won 1–0 away but also lost 1–0 at home. In the necessary penalty shoot-out Kickers won 6–5 and were promoted to the 3. Liga.

In March 2016, the club's fans protested against a potential merger with local rival Würzburger FV. Kickers had been asked by the Mayor of Würzburg to hold talks about mergers and cooperation with a number of local clubs in order to receive the city's support in a stadium expansion.^[3] Kickers finished the inaugural 3. Liga season in third place, thereby qualifying for the promotion play-off and the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal.^[4] The club ensured promotion to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time in almost 40 years by winning 4–1 (2–0/2–1) on aggregate against MSV Duisburg.^[5]

Stadium

Prior to 1967 the club used the Randersacker Straße stadium and since then have played in the Kickers-Stadion am Dallenberg which has a capacity of 14,500 (~4,000 seats). The facility was renovated in 2005.

Reserve team

The club's reserve team won promotion to the tier five Bayernliga for the first time after defeating VfL Frohnlach in the play-off for the 2016–17 Bayernliga.

Players

Current squad

As of 17 October 2016

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Dominik Brunnhübner
2	MF	Dennis Schmitt
3	DF	Dominik Nothnagel
4	MF	Rico Benatelli
5	DF	Clemens Schoppenhauer
6	MF	Anastasios Lagos
7	DF	Felix Müller
8	MF	Emanuel Taffertshofer
9	MF	Amir Shapourzadeh
10	MF	Nejmeddin Daghfous
11	DF	Richard Weil
12	DF	Júnior Díaz
14	MF	Joannis Karsanidis
15	DF	Franko Uzelac

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Peter Kurzweg
17	DF	Sascha Traut
19	GK	Kenan Mujezinovic
20	MF	Dániel Nagy
21	MF	Tobias Schröck
22	DF	Dennis Russ
23	FW	Patrick Weihrauch
24	FW	Valdet Rama
25	DF	David Pisot
27	FW	Marco Königs
28	GK	Robert Wulnikowski
29	DF	Sebastian Neumann
31	GK	Jörg Siebenhandl
33	FW	Elia Soriano

Honours

League

Bayernliga (III)
- Champions: 1977
3. Liga (III)
- Third: 2015–16 (Promoted after play-off)
Bayernliga-North (III)
- Runners-up (2): 1955, 1960
Regionalliga Bayern (IV)
- Champions: 2014–15
Landesliga Bayern-Nord (IV-V)
- Champions (3): 1990, 1997, 2012
- Runners-up: 2008
Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken (VI)
- Champions: 2005
Bezirksliga Unterfranken (VII)
- Champions: 2004

Cup

Bavarian Cup
- Winners (2): 2014, 2016

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:^[6]^[7]

Manager	Start	Finish
Predrag Uzelac	1 April 2009	1 October 2009
Dieter Wirsching	1 October 2009	30 June 2010
Anton Kramer	1 July 2010	2 March 2011
Dieter Wirsching	3 March 2011	30 June 2014
Bernd Hollerbach	1 July 2014	present

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:^[8]^[9]

Season	Division	Tier	Position
1999–2000	Landesliga Bayern-Nord	V	5th
2000–01	Landesliga Bayern-Nord		8th
2001–02	Landesliga Bayern-Nord		17th ↓
2002–03	Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken	VI	13th ↓
2003–04	Bezirksliga Unterfranken	VII	1st ↑
2004–05	Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken	VI	1st ↑
2005–06	Landesliga Bayern-Nord	V	6th
2006–07	Landesliga Bayern-Nord		6th
2007–08	Landesliga Bayern-Nord		2nd ↑
2008–09	Bayernliga	V	18th ↓
2009–10	Landesliga Bayern-Nord	VI	5th
2010–11	Landesliga Bayern-Nord		5th
2011–12	Landesliga Bayern-Nord		1st ↑
2012–13	Regionalliga Bayern	IV	10th
2013–14	Regionalliga Bayern		11th
2014–15	Regionalliga Bayern		1st ↑
2015–16	3. Liga	III	3rd ↑
2016–17	2. Bundesliga	II

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.

Key

↑ Promoted	↓ Relegated

The Würzburg league derby since 1963

Season	League	Teams	Home	Away
1964–65	Amateurliga Bayern	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	2–1	1–5
1965–66	Amateurliga Bayern	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	0–1	1–1
1970–71	Amateurliga Bayern	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	3–1	2–1
1971–72	Amateurliga Bayern	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	1–3	4–1
1972–73	Amateurliga Bayern	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	1–0	3–1
1973–74	Amateurliga Bayern	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	2–1	0–0
1974–75	Amateurliga Bayern	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	3–0	1–0
1975–76	Amateurliga Bayern	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	3–0	1–1
1977–78	2. Bundesliga Süd	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	4–0	2–2
1980–81	Amateur Oberliga Bayern	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	0–0	1–1
1991–92	Landesliga Bayern-Nord	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	1–2	1–3
1992–93	Landesliga Bayern-Nord	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	5–1	3–0
1993–94	Landesliga Bayern-Nord	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	3–3	0–5
1994–95	Landesliga Bayern-Nord	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	4–1	1–5
1996-96	Landesliga Bayern-Nord	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	3–0	1–1
1996–97	Landesliga Bayern-Nord	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	3–2	0–0
1998–99	Landesliga Bayern-Nord	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	4–0	0–1
2008–09	Bayernliga	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	1–2	2–5
2009–10	Landesliga Bayern-Nord	Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers	4–1	0–2

DFB Cup appearances

The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup six times:

Season	Round	Date	Home	Away	Result	Attendance
1978–79 DFB-Pokal	First round	4 August 1978	SC Herford	Würzburger Kickers	2–1
1980–81 DFB-Pokal	First round	30 August 1980	Würzburger Kickers	TSV Hirschaid	2–1 (a.e.t)
1980–81 DFB-Pokal	Second round	4 October 1980	Würzburger Kickers	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–2
1981–82 DFB-Pokal	First round	28 August 1981	SV Neckargerach	Würzburger Kickers	4–2
2014–15 DFB-Pokal	First round^[11]	17 August 2014	Würzburger Kickers	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–2 (a.e.t)	10,500
2014–15 DFB-Pokal	Second round	28 October 2014	Würzburger Kickers	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	12,000
2015–16 DFB-Pokal	First round	8 August 2015	Würzburger Kickers	SV Werder Bremen	0–2 a.e.t	9,706
2016–17 DFB-Pokal	First round	20 August 2016	Würzburger Kickers	Eintracht Braunschweig	1-0 (a.e.t)	6,384
2016–17 DFB-Pokal	Second round	25 October 2016	Würzburger Kickers	TSV 1860 Munich

Source:"DFB-Pokal" (in German). Weltfussball.de. Retrieved 14 June 2009.

References

↑ Das war die Relegation 2012 auf Verbandsebene (German) fupa.net, published: 7 June 2012, accessed 8 June 2012
↑ Regionalliga Bayern table 2013–14 kicker.de, accessed: 16 June 2014
↑ "Würzburg: Ein Punkt fehlt noch - Wirbel um "Fusion"" [Würzburg: One more point required - Storm over merger]. kicker.de (in German). Kicker (sports magazine). 10 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
↑ "Aue wieder zweitklassig, Würzburg sicher Dritter" [Aue back in second division, Würzburg secures third place]. kicker.de (in German). Kicker (sports magazine). 7 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
↑ "Würzburg jubelt! Aufstieg in 2. Liga perfekt" [Würzburg celebrates! Promotion to Second Division achieved] (in German). Weltfussball.de. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
↑ Würzburger Kickers .:. Trainer von A-Z (German) weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 2013
↑ Würzburger Kickers Chronik (German) fupa.net, accessed: 4 June 2013
↑ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (German) Historical German domestic league tables
↑ Fussball.de - Ergebnisse Archived 7 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine. (German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
↑ Landesliga Bayern-Nord tables Manfreds Fussball Archiev, accessed: 1 May 2011
↑ DFB-Pokal 2014/2015 1. Runde, Würzburger Kickers - Fortuna Düsseldorf (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 21 August 2014

External links

Würzburger Kickers

Information	Club Players Stadium

Seasons	2015–16 2016–17

3. Liga clubs

2016–17 clubs	VfR Aalen Chemnitzer FC MSV Duisburg Rot-Weiß Erfurt FSV Frankfurt SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Hallescher FC Holstein Kiel Jahn Regensburg Fortuna Köln Sportfreunde Lotte 1. FC Magdeburg 1. FSV Mainz 05 II Preußen Münster VfL Osnabrück SC Paderborn 07 Hansa Rostock Werder Bremen II SV Wehen Wiesbaden FSV Zwickau

Former clubs	Alemannia Aachen Erzgebirge Aue SV Babelsberg 03 Bayern Munich II Arminia Bielefeld Energie Cottbus Carl Zeiss Jena Darmstadt 98 Borussia Dortmund II Dynamo Dresden Eintracht Braunschweig SV Elversberg Fortuna Düsseldorf 1. FC Heidenheim FC Ingolstadt 04 Karlsruher SC Kickers Emden Kickers Offenbach TuS Koblenz RB Leipzig Rot Weiss Ahlen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1. FC Saarbrücken SV Sandhausen Stuttgarter Kickers VfB Stuttgart II 1. FC Union Berlin SpVgg Unterhaching Wacker Burghausen Wuppertaler SV Würzburger Kickers

Bayernliga Nord (V) 2016–17 clubs

FC Amberg DJK Ammerthal SpVgg Ansbach Viktoria Aschaffenburg TSV Aubstadt DJK Don Bosco Bamberg VfB Eichstätt SC Eltersdorf SV Erlenbach 1. SC Feucht VfL Frohnlach TSV Großbardorf Alemannia Haibach ASV Neumarkt 1. FC Sand SpVgg SV Weiden Würzburger FV Würzburger Kickers II

List of clubs in the Bayernliga

Under 19 Bayernliga (II) 2015–16 clubs

Viktoria Aschaffenburg FC Augsburg Baiersdorfer SV SV Wacker Burghausen FC Deisenhofen FSV Erlangen-Bruck SG Quelle Fürth TSV 1861 Nördlingen FC Memmingen SSV Jahn Regensburg SpVgg Unterhaching Würzburger Kickers

Bayernliga

League seasons

Tier–II	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

Tier–III	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94

Tier–IV	1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08

Tier–V	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

League champions

8 titles	SpVgg Bayreuth

6 titles	1. FC Bamberg FC Wacker München

5 titles	FC Augsburg SSV Jahn Regensburg

4 titles	SpVgg Unterhaching ESV Ingolstadt

3 titles	TSV 1860 Munich SpVgg Weiden TSV 1860 Munich II 1. FC Schweinfurt 05

2 titles	BC Augsburg VfL Neustadt FC Penzberg TSV Schwaben Augsburg 1. FC Haßfurt

1 title	FC Bayern Hof 1. FC Amberg ATS Kulmbach VfB Helmbrechts VfB Bayreuth 1. FC Lichtenfels SpVgg Büchenbach TSV Straubing ASV Herzogenaurach Würzburger Kickers MTV Ingolstadt SpVgg Landshut SV Wacker Burghausen SC Weismain SV Lohhof SpVgg Ansbach 1. SC Feucht FC Ingolstadt 04 FC Memmingen FC Ismaning TSV 1860 Rosenheim SV Schalding-Heining BC Aichach Viktoria Aschaffenburg TSV Rain am Lech VfR Garching SV Seligenporten

Landesliga Nord champions 1963–2012

6 titles	Würzburger FV

5 titles	VfL Frohnlach

4 titles	SpVgg Bayern Hof

3 titles	1. FC Bayreuth VfB Coburg VfB Helmbrechts FC Schweinfurt 05 Würzburger Kickers

2 titles	FC Kronach 1. FC Bamberg SpVgg Bayreuth

1 title	SpVgg Hof FC Münchberg ATS Kulmbach 1. FC Haßfurt TSV Trebgast TSV Hirschaid SV Heidingsfeld SC 08 Bamberg SC Weismain SpVgg Stegaurach 1. FC Sand TSV Gerbrunn SV Memmelsdorf

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