The FC Coburg is a German

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from the town of

Coburg Coburg () is a town located on the Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only in 1920. Until the revolution of 1918, it was ...

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. Coburg became part of Bavaria in 1920, after the

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. The club is a

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DVV Coburg The DVV Coburg (full name: ''Deutsche Jugend Kraft Viktoria Verein für Bewegungsspiele Coburg e.V.'') was a German :German football clubs, association football club from the town of Coburg, Bavaria. Coburg became part of Bavaria in 1920, afte ...

History

was formed in 2000, when VfB Coburg merged with local side DJK/Viktoria Coburg (which was established in 1974 in a merger of FC Viktoria 09 Coburg, formed 1909, and DJK Rot-Weiß Coburg, formed 1931).History
archived from the origina
DVV Coburg website
accessed: 3 November 2011 DVV's predecessor the ''VfB'' was by far the most outstanding, spending 21 seasons in the tier three

Fußball-Bayernliga The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of ...

from 1952 to 1984.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv: Bayernliga
historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 3 November 2011 The club also made a single appearance in the

German Cup The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considered ...

in 1977–78, losing 3–0 at fellow amateurs

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who would go on to reach the fourth round. Despite DVV's initial success, in 2011, affected by financial trouble, the club was relegated back to the BezirksoberligaTables and results of the BOL Oberfranken
Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 3 November 2011 The club played its final season in the Bezirksoberliga in 2011–12 as ''DVV'' and were disbanded at the end of the season. On 4 August 2011, the dissolution of DVV on 30 June 2012 was approved. The season of football teams was continued until then. On 8 September 2011, FC Coburg was founded, which took over the players and licensing, as well as the youth academy of DVV. For the season 2012/13 were all teams of FC Coburg in the leagues in which last had played the corresponding teams of DVV. The new club, FC Coburg, was eventually given permission to take over the league places of ''DVV'' in senior and youth football. The club has continued DVV's traditions and are still attempting promotion from the Bezirksliga Oberfranken West, the 7th tier of German football, hoping to emulate VfB's former glory. FC dismissed its coach Michael Eberhardt in early November 2014 despite comfortably leading the league, citing a disrupted relationship between coach and team as one of the reasons. The club won the Bezirksliga in 2014–15 and won promotion to the

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Non-senior teams

FC Coburg has inherited a quite extensive youth system from their pre-predecessors

. They have a reserve team FC Coburg II and 12 of youth teams starting at under-7 level all through to senior football.

Honours

The club's honours: * Bezirksliga Oberfranken-West ** Champions: 2015 ** Runners-up: 2018

FC Coburg seasons

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

References

External links

Official Club Website

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