Fußballsportverein Frankfurt 1899 e.V., commonly known as simply FSV Frankfurt, is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

, Hesse and founded in 1899. FSV Frankfurt also fielded a rather successful women's team, which was disbanded in 2006.

History

The club was one of the founding members of the

Nordkreis-Liga The Nordkreis-Liga (English: ''Northern district league'') was the highest association football league in the German Grand Duchy of Hesse and the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1909 to 1918. The league was disbanded with the introduction ...

in 1909, when football started to become more organised in Southern Germany. With the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, this league came to a halt but a championship for the region was still held, which ''FSV'' won in 1917. After the war, the club became part of the

Kreisliga Nordmain The Kreisliga Nordmain (English: ''District league North Main'') was the highest association football league in parts of the German state of Hesse and the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1919 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introd ...

, which it managed to win in 1922–23, qualifying for the

Southern German championship The Southern German football championship (German: ''Süddeutsche Meisterschaft'') was the highest association football competition in the southern Germany, established in 1898. The competition was disbanded in 1933 with the rise of the Nazis to p ...

, where it finished last out of five teams. The pinnacle of the team's achievement was a losing appearance in the 1925 national final, 0–1 to 1. FC Nürnberg, and the capture of a German amateur title in 1972 in a 2–1 victory over

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. The club contested the final of the 1938 Tschammerpokal, predecessor of today's

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, but was beaten 1–3 by

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. The club played in the Bezirksliga Main, then the

Bezirksliga Main-Hessen The Bezirksliga Main-Hessen was the highest association football league in the German state of Hesse and the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1927 to 1933. The league was disbanded with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933. Overview The le ...

throughout the 1920s and 1930s. After capturing the championship of the VSFV (Verband Süddeutscher Fussball Vereine or Federation of South German Football Clubs) in 1933, FSV went on to play in the

Gauliga Südwest A Gauliga () was the highest level of play in German football from 1933 to 1945. The leagues were introduced in 1933, after the Nazi takeover of power by the National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise. Name The German word ...

, one of sixteen top-flight divisions formed that same year in the re-organization of German football in the

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. They consistently earned mid-table results there with the club's best finish being second place in 1939. In 1941 the Gauliga Hessen was split into the Gauliga Westmark and the Gauliga Hessen-Nassau with FSV playing in the latter division. The team finished a close second to

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in 1943 and in 1944 merged briefly with SG Eintracht Frankfurt to play as the wartime side KSG (Kriegspielgemeinschaft) Frankfurt. The following season the Gauliga collapsed with the advance of Allied armies into Germany as World War II drew to a close. FSV Frankfurt Performance Chart

After the war occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of all organizations in Germany, including sports and football clubs. FSV was re-established as ''SG Bornheim'' but had taken on their old identity again by late 1945. The team resumed play in the first division

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where they played undistinguished, middling football until relegated at the end of the 1961–62 season. The

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

, Germany's first top-flight professional league, was formed in 1963. ''FSV'' joined the Regionalliga Süd and remained a regular tier II side from the early 1960s through to the early 1970s when they slipped to the third tier. The club returned to the second tier in 1975 a year after the formation of the 2. Bundesliga, playing in the 2. Bundesliga Süd. In 1981 the northern and southern divisions of this league were combined and as a perennial lower table side FSV was delivered to the third division

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(III). The club made a single season cameo appearance in the combined league in 1982–83 before once again falling back. They played in the Regionalliga Süd (III) in 2007–08 after seven seasons in the Amateur Oberliga Hessen (IV). Winning the championship of the Regionalliga Süd (III), for the 2008–09 season the club was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga, where it played for eight seasons with moderate success before relegation to the 3. Liga at the end of the 2015–16 season.

Reserve team

The club's reserve team, the

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, rose for the first time above local Hesse level in 2010 when it won the

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and was promoted to the Regionalliga Süd. After two seasons, this league was disbanded in 2012 and FSV II became part of the new

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 ...

. It was relegated to the Hessenliga in 2013 and disbanded the following year after a rule change which meant professional clubs did not have to have a reserve side any more, something that previously had been compulsory.

Frankfurt derby

The 2011–12 season saw FSV Frankfurt play city rivals

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in a league match for the first time in almost 50 years. The last league game between the two had been played on 27 January 1962, then in the

. For the first of the two matches, FSV's home game on 21 August 2011, the decision was made to move to Eintracht's stadium as FSV's Volksbankstadion only holds less than 11,000 spectators and in excess of 40,000 spectators were expected to attend the game.

Honours

League

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** Runners-up: 1925 *

** Champions: 1933 * German amateur champions ** Champions: 1972 *

(I) ** Champions: 1917 ** Runners-up: 1911, 1916, 1918 *

(I) ** Champions: 1923 ** Runners-up: 1920 * Bezirksliga Main (I) ** Champions: 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 *

(I) ** Champions: 1933 *

2. Oberliga Süd The 2. Oberliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1950 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse. Overvi ...

(II) ** Champions:

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(III-IV) ** Champions: 1969, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1994, 1998, 2007, 2010^‡ ** Runners-up: 1993, 2002, 2005, 2006 *

Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd The Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd, until 2008 named ''Landesliga Hessen-Süd'', is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system. Before the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994, the "Verbandsliga Hessen-S" served as the fourth tie ...

(VI) ** Champions: 2009^‡

Cup

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** Runners-up: 1938 *

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(Tiers III-VII) ** Winners: 1990 ** Runners-up: 1982, 1986, 2006,

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* ^‡ Won by reserve team.

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club: * 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.

Players

Current squad

Former players

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* Zsolt Kalmár *

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Staff

Sports

* ''Head Coach:'' Thomas Brendel * ''Assistant Coach:'' TBA * ''Goalkeeping Coach :'' Marcel Richter * ''Athletics Coach :'' Michelle Hürzeler

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:

Women's department

The women's team won three championships and five cups, even completing a

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in 1995, but was retired after the 2005–06 season due to financial weakness. In its time FSV had many German top football players, including national record scorer

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, who left in 1998 for local rival

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Honours

* German Championship: 1986,

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winner: 1985, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996

Notable past players

The following players who have played for Frankfurt have been capped for

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at least 50 times: *

Birgitt Austermühl Birgitt Austermühl (also spelled Austermuehl, born 8 October 1965) is a German former football defender. She was part of the Germany women's national football team. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, playing 3 matches. On club level sh ...

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Sandra Minnert Sandra Minnert (born 7 April 1973) is a former German football defender. She played for SC 07 Bad Neuenahr and the German national team. Honours ;FSV Frankfurt *Bundesliga: Winner 1994–95, 1997–98 *DFB-Pokal: Winner 1991–92, 1994– ...

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Sandra Smisek Sandra Smisek (born 3 July 1977) is a former German footballer, who played as a striker in Germany for FSV Frankfurt, FCR Duisburg and FFC Frankfurt, as well as for the German national team. Smisek has played for Germany at three Women' ...

Britta Unsleber Britta Unsleber (born 25 December 1966 in Darmstadt) is former German international football player. The defender was capped 54 times for Germany, scoring 13 goals. She won two German championships and five cups with FSV Frankfurt. She also wo ...

Other sports departments

As a sports club ''FSV'' has had at various times departments for

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handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

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References

External links

Official website

FSV Frankfurt at Weltfussball.de

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Frankfurt, Fsv Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Frankfurt Association football clubs established in 1899 1899 establishments in Germany Frauen-Bundesliga clubs 2. Bundesliga clubs 3. Liga clubs