FC Ensdorf is a German association football club from the village of Ensdorf,

Saarland The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...

. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the 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 for a season in 1973–74. The club has also made two appearances in the

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, the German Cup, in 1976–77 and 1982–83.

History

Formed in 1912 FC Ensdorf spent the first three decades in local amateur football.Chronik
FC Ensdorf website, Club history, accessed: 11 December 2015 In post-

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football FC Ensdorf became a member of the tier two Ehrenliga Saarland which later became the Amateurliga Saarland. It played at this level from 1948 to 1951 and, from 1952 to 1954. The club made a return to the league after the

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in 1963, now with the Amateurliga having dropped to third tier. It struggled against relegation for the first seasons after returning but improved from 1969 onwards, culminating in a league championship and promotion in 1973. Ensdorf entered the tier two

where it played for a season in 1973–74 before the league was disbanded in favour of the new

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. The club came last in the league and was never in contention to qualify for the new 2. Bundesliga. FC Ensdorf made two appearances in the

, the German Cup, courtesy to reaching the final of the

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, in 1976–77 and 1982–83, going out in the first round on each occasion after losing to

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and

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. Back in the Amateurliga from 1974 onwards FC Ensdorf finished third in its first two seasons back but then declined and, finishing 14th in 1977–78, missed out on qualifying for the new Oberliga Südwest, which would have required finishing in the top seven. Ensdorf became part of the new tier four

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and won the league in its inaugural season in 1978–79, thereby earning promotion to the Oberliga. In the next four season the club played as a lower table side in the league, with an eleventh place in 1981 as its best result. A 19th-place finish in 1982–83 however meant relegation. The club bounced back immediately, winning the Verbandsliga and earning promotion but suffering another relegation straight away. Ensdorf played in the Verbandsliga for another nine season before it was relegated from this level as well after coming last in the league in 1993–94. The club was relegated from the Landesliga as well the following season and dropped out of higher league football in Saarland altogether. By 2000 the club was relegated from the Bezirksliga as well. After dropping to the tier ten Kreisliga A Saar FC Ensdorf the club won the league in 2015 and moved up to the Bezirksliga again.

Honours

The club's honours: * Amateurliga Saarland ** Champions: 1972–73 *

** Champions: 1978–79, 1983–84 *

** Winners: 1981–82 ** Runners-up: 1975–76

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Historic German football league tables
Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 11 December 2015FC Ensdorf at Fussball.de
accessed: 11 December 2015 * With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for th ...

in 2008 as the new third tier, below the

, all leagues below dropped one tier.

References

External links

Official club site

FC Ensdorf at Weltfussball.de
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