1. FC Nürnberg II

1. FC Nürnberg II 1. FC Nürnberg logo.svg 0.7 logo 1. Fußball-Club Nürnberg Verein für Leibesübungen e. V. Der Club 4 May 1900 Max-Morlock-Platz (7,000 capacity) Max-Morlock-Stadion (50,000 capacity) Andreas Wolf Regionalliga Bayern (IV) 2025–26 Regionalliga Bayern, 1st of 18 _nuremberg2324h _nuremberg2324h _nuremberg2324h _adidassquadra21b _3_stripes_white 900000 900000 900000 000000 900000 _irn1819h _irn1819h _irn1819h _adidassquadra21wr _3_stripes_red FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF _nuremberg2324t _nuremberg2324t _nuremberg2324t _adidaswhite _3_stripes_white 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 1. FC Nürnberg II is the reserve team of German football club 1. FC Nürnberg, from the city of Nuremberg, Bavaria. Until 2005, the team played under the name of 1. FC Nürnberg Amateure. History 1955–1963 Nürnberg's amateur team first won promotion to Bavarias highest football league, then the tier-three Amateurliga Nordbayern, in 1955, when it took out the title in the 2. Amateurliga Mittelfranken-Süd and came second in the following promotion round.Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 de publisher: DSFS, page: 32, accessed: 2 July 2009 The Amateurliga Nordbayern was then one of two leagues at this level in Bavaria, covering the northern half of the state while the Amateurliga Südbayern existed in parallel in the south. 1. FC Nürnberg Amateure, as the team was then known as, was the first reserve side to reach this level, pre-dating the FC Bayern Munich II by a year.Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 de publisher: DSFS, page: 35, accessed: 2 July 2009 The team finished in sixth place out of fourteen in its first year in the third division.Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 de publisher: DSFS, page: 33, accessed: 2 July 2009 It dropped to thirteenth in the following year, three points save of relegation.Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 de publisher: DSFS, page: 36, accessed: 2 July 2009 After an eighth place in 1957–58, a fourteenth the following season meant relegation back to the fourth division.Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 de publisher: DSFS, page: 42, accessed: 2 July 2009 The team remained at this level until 1963, when, in the reorganisation of the German football league system, it became part of the new tier-four Landesliga Bayern-Mitte.Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 de publisher: DSFS, page: 56, accessed: 2 July 2009 1963 to 1973 After coming fifth in the Landesliga in 1963–64, the team won the league the season after and earned promotion to the Amateurliga Bayern, now operating as a single division and statewide.Landesliga Mitte Bayern 1964/65 de Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 2 July 2009. Archived 2009-07-20. In this league, commonly referred to as the Bayernliga, it managed a second place in its first year there, two points behind champions BC Augsburg.Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 de publisher: DSFS, page: 101, accessed: 2 July 2009 As the third division was the highest league reserve teams were permitted in Germany, Nürnberg could not have been promoted anyway, even if it had won the league. The team's performances gradually fell off, year-by-year, finishing fifth, seventh, tenth and thirteenth until 1970. In the 1969–70 season, it escaped relegation by only two points.Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 de publisher: DSFS, page: 105, accessed: 2 July 2009 Nuremberg continued to struggle against relegation and, in 1973, finished last in the league, fourteen points clear of salvation.Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 de publisher: DSFS, page: 108, accessed: 2 July 2009 1973–1987 Back in the Landesliga, the team played as an upper-table side, improving again season-by-season. The 1977–78 season was a step backwards however, with the side finishing eleventh and only one point clear of a relegation rank.Landesliga Mitte Bayern 1977/78 de Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 2 July 2009. Archived 2009-07-20. While the following year was an improvement, 1979–80 became an outstanding one, winning the league and promotion by earning 61 of a possible 68 points.Landesliga Mitte Bayern 1979/80 de Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 2 July 2009. Archived 2009-07-20. In a repeat of 1965–66, the team once more finished runners-up in the league in its first year back, this time to MTV Ingolstadt.Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 de publisher: DSFS, page: 116, accessed: 2 July 2009 Decline came much quicker this time, the side struggling against relegation from then on and by 1983, Nürnberg was relegated again.Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 de publisher: DSFS, page: 118, accessed: 2 July 2009 It won the Landesliga title once more the year after and returned to the Bayernliga.Landesliga Mitte Bayern 1983/84 de Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 2 July 2009. Archived 2009-07-20. The team spend the next three seasons at this level before suffering another relegation in 1987, when it finished last. One place and one point above it, the senior team of local rival SpVgg Fürth went down alongside.Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 de publisher: DSFS, page: 122, accessed: 2 July 2009 1987–1998 A considerably longer spell of Landesliga football followed now for the side. In 1990–91, it finished on top of the table, on equal points with SpVgg Fürth, losing the following championship decider. In the following promotion round, which it was qualified for as the runners-up, it lost 1–0 to Landesliga Bayern-Süd runners-up FC Gundelfingen, condemning the team to stay in the Landesliga.Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 de publisher: DSFS, page: 126, accessed: 2 July 2009 In most other seasons before and after, the team finished in sixth and seventh place. In 1996, with the relegation of Nürnberg's first team to the third division for the first time in its history, the side was renamed 1. FC Nürnberg II,Landesliga Mitte Bayern 1996/97 de Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 2 July 2009. Archived 2009-07-20. since the first team was not playing in a fully professional league anymore and was therefore considered Amateure themselves. This lasted for only one season, 1. FCN returning to the 2. Bundesliga in 1997. Its reserve team followed this upward trend the year after, finishing second in the league and advancing through the promotion round.Landesliga Mitte Bayern 1997/98 de Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 2 July 2009. Archived 2009-07-20. 1998–2008 The team returned to the Bayernliga, now only the fourth tier of the league system, as a more competitive side then when it left eleven years before, finishing seventh in its first year there.Bayernliga 1998/1999 Weltfussball.de, accessed: 2 July 2009. Archived 2009-07-20. It continued to be an upper-table side for the years to come, finishing second three times, in 2001, 2004 and 2006. In 2001, it was only one win away from winning the championship and promotion, finishing three points behind fellow Middle Franconian club SpVgg Ansbach.Bayernliga 2000/2001 Weltfussball.de, accessed: 2 July 2009 In 2004, TSV 1860 Munich II beat them by a point,Bayernliga 2003/2004 Weltfussball.de, accessed: 2 July 2009 while, in 2006, an eleven points gap to champions FC Ingolstadt 04 was a much more obvious result.Bayernliga 2005/2006 Weltfussball.de, accessed: 2 July 2009 In 2005, 1. FC Nürnberg Amateure was permanently renamed 1. FC Nürnberg II, as were all reserve sides of first and second Bundesliga teams. In the 2007–08 season, the team finished third, becoming one of six Bayernliga clubs to be promoted to the Regionalliga Süd in the league reform that went alongside the creation of the 3. Liga.Bayernliga 2007/2008 Weltfussball.de, accessed: 2 July 2009 2008–present From 2008 onwards, 1. FCN II played in the tier-four Regionalliga Süd. After four seasons in this league with a second place in 2009–10 as the best result the club became part of the newly formed Regionalliga Bayern in 2012. In its first two seasons there the club finished fourth and eighth respectively.Regionalliga Bayern table 2013–14 kicker.de, accessed: 16 June 2014 Honours Regionalliga Bayern (IV) Champions: 2026 Regionalliga Süd (IV) Runners-up: 2010 Bayernliga (III-IV) Runners-up: (5) 1966, 1981, 2001, 2004, 2006 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte (IV) Champions: (3) 1965, 1980, 1984 Runners-up: (2) 1991, 1998 2nd Amateurliga Mittelfranken Süd (IV) Champions: (2) 1955, 1963 Mittelfranken Cup Winner: (3) 1995, 2001, 2006 Current squad 5 February 2026https://www.fcn.de/nachwuchs/1-fcn-ii/team/ 1. FC Nürnberg website: FCN II Squad German 13 October 2024 1 GER GK Leon Kickler 3 GER DF Leonard Gjini 4 PLE DF Khalid Abu El Haija 5 GER DF Fabian Menig captain 6 GER MF Pascal Fuchs 8 GER MF Ben Hagmeyer 9 GER FW Levin Chiumento 10 GER MF Benedikt Kirsch 11 GER MF Luca Horst 16 GER MF David Klos 17 GER MF Moritz Wiezorrek 18 GER FW Luca Schulten 19 GER DF Benjamin Eichner 20 GER FW Eliyah Rau 21 GER MF Nizar Üstel 22 GER DF Noel Kaiser 24 GER DF Tobias Heß 25 KVX MF Lion Haxhiu 26 POL GK Robin Lisewski 29 SYR FW Can Moustfa 30 GER DF Kirubel Taye 31 GER GK Lennart Pohlmann 33 KVX GK Lindsay Gutaj 35 GER MF Marc Kornwachs Barjuan 39 GER FW Joel Skowronek 48 GER MF Marko Soldić 49 GER DF Farid Maboa Dibamba 96 GER GK Felix Kielkopf - GER MF Edwin Kracht Out on loan 7 CRO FW Tino Kusanović at SV Ried until 30 June 2027 Recent managers Recent managers of the club:1. FC Nürnberg II .:. Trainer von A-Z de Weltfussball.de, accessed: 30 April 2011 Manager Start Finish Dieter Nüssing 1 July 1998 30 June 2002 Alois Reinhardt 1 July 2002 22 April 2005 Dieter Nüssing 23 April 2005 30 June 2005 Peter Zeidler 1 July 2005 30 June 2007 René Müller 1 July 2007 10 April 2011 Pellegrino Matarazzo 11 April 2011 30 June 2011 Michael Wiesinger 1 July 2011 23 December 2012 Dieter Nüssing Michael Wimmer 6 January 2013 21 June 2013 Roger Prinzen 21 June 2013 6 October 2013 Roger Prinzen 22 October 2013 22 April 2014 Daniel Klewer 23 April 2014 30 June 2014 Roger Prinzen 1 July 2014 30 June 2016 Michael Köllner 1 July 2016 6 March 2017 Fabian Adelmann 7 March 2017 30 June 2017 Reiner Geyer 1 July 2017 28 October 2018 Fabian Adelmann 29 October 2018 30 June 2019 Marek Mintál 1 July 2019 5 November 2019 Marek Mintál 14 November 2019 30 June 2021 Cristian Fiél 1 July 2021 19 February 2023 Vincent Novák 20 February 2023 30 June 2023 Andreas Wolf 1 July 2023 Present 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 Bayernliga IV 5th 2000–01 Bayernliga 2nd 2001–02 Bayernliga 3rd 2002–03 Bayernliga 6th 2003–04 Bayernliga 2nd 2004–05 Bayernliga 4th 2005–06 Bayernliga 2nd 2006–07 Bayernliga 6th 2007–08 Bayernliga 3rd ↑ 2008–09 Regionalliga Süd IV 5th 2009–10 Regionalliga Süd 2nd 2010–11 Regionalliga Süd 11th 2011–12 Regionalliga Süd 10th 2012–13 Regionalliga Bayern 4th 2013–14 Regionalliga Bayern 8th 2014–15 Regionalliga Bayern 8th 2015–16 Regionalliga Bayern 3rd 2016–17 Regionalliga Bayern 7th 2017–18 Regionalliga Bayern 5th 2018–19 Regionalliga Bayern 5th 2019–21 Regionalliga Bayern 2nd 2021–22 Regionalliga Bayern 11th 2022–23 Regionalliga Bayern 4th 2023–24 Regionalliga Bayern 3rd 2024–25 Regionalliga Bayern 11th 2025–26 Regionalliga Bayern 1st 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 DFB Cup appearances The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup a number of times. Since 2008 however, reserve teams are not eligible to compete in the German Cup anymore: Season Round Date Home Away Result Attendance DFB-Pokal 1979–80 First round 25 August 1979 TuS Schloß Neuhaus 1. FC Nürnberg II 3–2 DFB-Pokal 1981–82 First round 28 August 1981 SSV Ulm 1846 1. FC Nürnberg II 1–1 First round replay 8 September 1981 1. FC Nürnberg II SSV Ulm 1846 1–3 DFB-Pokal 1984–85 First round 1 September 1984 1. FC Nürnberg II SV Südwest Ludwigshafen 1–0 Second round 13 October 1984 1. FC Nürnberg II SC Jülich 1910 0–3 DFB-Pokal 1995–96 First round 26 August 1995 1. FC Nürnberg II Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–3 References External links http://www.fcn.de/ 1. FCN II on the official team site (archived) 1. FC Nürnberg II profile at Weltfussball.de Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv – historical German domestic league tables de Category:Reserve team football in Germany Category:Reserve team football in Bavaria Category:Football clubs in Germany 1. FC Nurnberg II Category:Football in Middle Franconia