1. FC Sonthofen

1. FC Sonthofen FC Sonthofen logo.png logo 1. Fußball-Club Sonthofen 1919 e.V. 0.85 1919 Werbe Blank Sports Arena Josi Kreuzhagen Esad Kahric Landesliga Bayern-Südwest (VI) 2024–25 Bayernliga Süd, 15th of 17 (relegated via play-offs) FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff 1.FC Sonthofen (officially 1. Fußball-Club Sonthofen 1919 e.V.) is a German association football club from the town of Sonthofen, Bavaria. The club's greatest success came in 2012 when it qualified for the new southern division of the expanded Fußball-Bayernliga, the fifth tier of the German football league system. History For most of its history the club has been a non-describt amateur side in local Bavarian football. Formed as the football department of local multi sports club TSV Sonthofen, formed in 1863, the team left the mother club in 1984 to play as 1. FC Sonthofen. In 1988 the club was instrumental in the establishing of the Bezirksoberligas in Bavaria, their introduction being suggested by the club in 1986. 50 Jahre Bayerischer Fussball-Verband Gersthofen Bayerischer Fussball-Verband 1996 100 Despite this, the club did not initially manage to qualify for the new league it had proposed, taking a decade, until 1998, to do so. Sonthofen spent its next decade fluctuating between the Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd and the Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd (1992–95) below it until a league title in the Bezirksliga in 1998 final took it up to the Bezirksoberliga.Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd tables & results https://web.archive.org/web/20120428193400/http://www.manfredsfussballarchiv.de/Bezschwabensued/Bezschwsuedanfang.htm 2012-04-28 Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 25 July 2012 The club spent the next nine seasons at this level, generally finishing in the upper half of the table. Eventually, in 1998, Sonthofen managed to win the league and move out of the league system of Bavarian Swabia for the first time.Bezirksoberliga Schwaben tables & results https://web.archive.org/web/20111002183325/http://www.manfredsfussballarchiv.de/BOLSchwaben/Bolschwabenanfang.htm 2011-10-02 Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 25 July 2012 For the first time in the Landesliga Bayern-Süd, 1. FCS came tenth in the league in 2008, while also winning the Schwaben Cup for the first and only time, but going out in the quarter finals of the Bavarian Cup against SpVgg Landshut and thereby missing out on qualification to the German Cup. The following season the club finished in ninth place in the league. The 2009–10 season however proved a setback for the club, finishing 16th and suffering relegation back to the Bezirksoberliga.,Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv: Landesliga Bayern-Süd de historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 25 July 2012Landesliga Bayern-Süd tables & results https://web.archive.org/web/20120209165026/http://www.manfredsfussballarchiv.de/Landesligasued/llsuedanfang.htm 2012-02-09 Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 25 July 2012 Back at this level the club came third in 2011, a result that, exceptionally, allowed it promotion back to the Landesliga. Back in the Landesliga the club came fifth in 2012, a result that allowed it to comfortably qualify for the new southern division of the Bayernliga, where it plays in since the 2012–13 season. Honours The club's honours: League Bezirksoberliga Schwaben Champions: 2007 Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd Champions: 1998 Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd Champions: 1995, 2008† Cup Schwaben Cup Winners: 2008 Runners-up: 1949 † Denotes won by reserve team. Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv de Historical German domestic league tablesFussball.de – Ergebnisse de Tables and results of all German football leagues Season Division Tier Position 1999–2000 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben VI 7th 2000–01 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben 6th 2001–02 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben 8th 2002–03 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben 6th 2003–04 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben 5th 2004–05 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben 8th 2005–06 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben 3rd 2006–07 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben 1st ↑ 2007–08 Landesliga Bayern-Süd V 10th 2008–09 Landesliga Bayern-Süd VI 6th 2009–10 Landesliga Bayern-Süd 16th ↓ 2010–11 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben VII 3rd ↑ 2011–12 Landesliga Bayern-Süd VI 5th ↑ 2012–13 Bayernliga Süd V 8th 2013–14 Bayernliga Süd 12th 2014–15 Bayernliga Süd 11th 2015–16 Bayernliga Süd 4th 2016–17 Bayernliga Süd 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 onward were elevated one tier. ↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated References External links https://www.fcsonthofen.de/ de 1. FC Sonthofen at Weltfussball.de de Category:Football clubs in Germany Category:Football clubs in Bavaria Category:Football in Swabia (Bavaria) Category:Association football clubs established in 1919 Category:1919 establishments in Germany Category:Oberallgäu