ASV Landau is a German association football club from the town of

Landau Landau ( pfl, Landach), officially Landau in der Pfalz, is an autonomous (''kreisfrei'') town surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße ("Southern Wine Route") district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town (since 1990 ...

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. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier one Oberliga Südwest in 1949 and 1953, spending three seasons at this level. After the

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in 1963 ''ASV'' became part of the tier two

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ( en, Regional League Southwest) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together wit ...

where it played in 1963–64 and, again, from 1969 to

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. The club has also taken part in the

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, the German Cup, on two occasions, in 1974–75 and 1975–76. Apart from football the club offers 20 other departments, among them

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and

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. The club has, in the past, been the sports club with the most members in Rhineland-Palatinate.ASV Landau
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History

ASV Landau was formed on 26 April 1946. Landau played in the tier one Oberliga Südwest from 1949 to 1951. After a sixth-place finish in its first season there a thirteenth place theyear after meant relegation for the club. ''ASV'' became a founding member of the tier two

2. Oberliga Südwest The (English: 2nd Premier league Southwest) was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the southwest of Germany from 1951 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the two states of Rhineland-Palatinate a ...

, where it won a league championship in 1952–53. The latter moved the team back up to the Oberliga Südwest where it played for one more seasons but suffered immediate relegation. From 1954 to 1960 another six 2. Oberliga seasons followed before the club suffered another relegation, now to the tier three

Amateurliga Südwest The Amateurliga Südwest was the highest football league in the region of the Südwest FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Verbandsliga Südwest ...

. In the Amateurliga, a league title in 1963 took the club up to the new

where it played for just a season before being relegated again. A second title in 1969 took the club back to the

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and, this time, the club was able to establish itself in this league, now playing as Gummi-Mayer Landau. Hans Mayer, owner of local tyre manufacturer Gummi Meyer, had sponsored the club previously but used the structure of the club, whereby the football department was virtually independent, to add his company name. The German Football Association objected but could not prevent this step. In the next five seasons the team finished in the upper half of the table each year but a ninth place in 1974 was not enough to qualify for the new 2. Bundesliga and ''ASV'' had to return to the Amateurliga once more. The club took part in the

in 1974–75 and 1975–76. In 1974–75 it advanced to the second round after defeating FV Lörrach 2–1 in the first and was knocked out by

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. On the second occasions ''ASV'' lost 7–1 to

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in the first round. After 1978 the club, now as ASV Landau again, began to decline. It failed to qualify for the new tier three Oberliga Südwest and instead entered the

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below from where it was relegated in 1979. It returned to the Verbandsliga in 1982 and finished runners-up in 1986 but then declined again and was once more relegated in 1991. It made a second return to the Verbandsliga in 1994 but this time lasted for only two seasons and dropped out of the Landesliga Südwest below in 1997 as well. From there the club descended through the Bezirksliga Vorderpfalz to the lower amateur leagues but returned to the Landesliga by 2003. After seven seasons in the Landesliga the club was relegated in 2010 and descended to the tier nine A-Klasse Südpfalz, where it played until 2017, when the club dropped its football section out from league play following its declaration of insolvency.

Honours

The club's honours: *

** Champions: 1952–53 *

** Champions: 1962–63, 1968–69 * Bezirksliga Vorderpfalz ** Champions: 2002–03 *

South West Cup The South West Cup (german: Südwestpokal) is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of German football. The winner of the competition gains entry to the first round of the German Cup. It is limited to clubs from the Rheinhessen-Pfalz region of R ...

** Winners: 1974–75

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Historic German football league tables
Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 4 December 2015ASV Landau at Fussball.de
accessed: 4 December 2015 * With the introduction of the

s in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.

Stadium

The club plays its home games in the Südpfalz-Stadion which holds 11,000 and was built in 1926. The spectator record for the stadium was established in April 1950 when 12,000 saw ASV's home game against 1. FC Kaiserslautern.Südpfalz-Stadion
suedwest-fussball.de, accessed: 4 December 2015

References

External links

Official club site

Official website of the football department

ASV Landau at worldfootball.net
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