Eintracht Bad Kreuznach is a German association football club from city of

Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, most well known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke, which is one of the few remaining bridges in th ...

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

. They are among the most successful amateur football teams in southwestern Germany but, after a couple of consecutive relegations, now find themselves in the tier eight Bezirksliga Nahe.

History

The club was established as ''Fußball Club Kreuznach'' on 18 June 1902 and later, in 1907 merged with ''Sport Club 1906 Kreuznach'' to become ''1. FC Kreuznach''. This side was joined on 19 August 1932 with ''Fußballsportverein 07 Kreuznach''. During the World War II, the club became part of the first division

Gauliga Mittelrhein The Gauliga Mittelrhein was the highest football league in the central and southern part of the Prussian Rhine Province from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, a ...

when that circuit was expanded from 10 to 21 teams and split into the

Gauliga Köln-Aachen The Gauliga Mittelrhein was the highest football league in the central and southern part of the Prussian Rhine Province from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and ...

and

Gauliga Moselland The Gauliga Mittelrhein was the highest football league in the central and southern part of the Prussian Rhine Province from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and ...

. They finished atop the Moselland Gruppe Ost, but then lost the divisional playoff to '' FV Stadt Düdelingen'', a club from German-occupied Luxemburg. ''Kreuznach'' remained part of Gauliga competition until the end of the 1943–44 season, after which the war overtook the region and play in the division was suspended. ''Eintracht Bad Kreuznach'' played one year in the 2nd Bundesliga, which was during the 1975/76 season. In 2000, the club advanced to the Oberliga Südwest (IV) where they played until being sent down to the

Verbandsliga Südwest The Verbandsliga Südwest is a German amateur football division administered by the Southwest German Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Southwestern state association, the Verbandslig ...

(V) after a 17th place Oberliga result in 2008. What followed was two more relegations and an insolvency in 2011, caused by a debt of Euro 110,000, which took the club to the eighth tier, Bezirksliga Nahe. The club began its recovery in 2011–12 when it took out the Bezirksliga title and earned promotion to the Landesliga again. It lasted for only one season before dropping back to the Bezirksliga in 2013. Another Bezirksliga title in 2015 took the club back to the Landesliga once more, followed by promotion back to the Verbandsliga in the 2015–16 season.

Stadium

Until 1965, the team played in the Eintracht-Sportfeld Heidenmauer. The record attendance for this ground was somewhere between 23,000 and 25,000 for the first match of the 1950–51 season when they were beaten 2:4 by 1. FC Kaiserslautern. On 11 June 1965 ''Eintracht'' opened the Freidrich Moebus Stadium which was initially certified to hold 15,000. This was increased to 20,000 but has since been decreased to only 10,000. In 2005 the city of

paid to replace the old wooden benches in the stands with modern plastic seats in the course of an unsuccessful attempt to win designation as a training venue for the

2006 World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the ...

held in Germany.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

* 2nd Oberliga Südwest (II) ** Runners-up: 1954 *

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 ...

(III) ** Champions: 1964, 1972, 1973, 1975 *

(V) ** Champions: 2000 * Bezirksliga Nahe ** Champions: 2012, 2015

Cup

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: 1977, 1978

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Fussball.de – Ergebnisse
Tables and results of all German football leagues *With the introduction of the

Regionalliga The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the four ...

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

References

External links

Official website
(offline)
Eintracht Bad Kreuznach at Weltfussball.deDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Bad Kreuznach, Eintracht Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Rhineland-Palatinate Association football clubs established in 1902 1902 establishments in Germany Bad Kreuznach 2. Bundesliga clubs