FSV Wacker 03 Gotha is a German association football club from the city of Gotha,

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History

The roots of the club go back to the founding of ''Fußball-Club Einigkeit Gotha'' on 7 July 1907. Later that year they took on the name ''FC Wacker Gotha'' before becoming ''Sportverein Wacker Gotha''. In 1915, the club took part in the final rounds of the Mitteldeutsche Meisterschaft (Central German Championship) beating '' SpVgg Erfurt'' (3:0) before going out to ''

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'' (0:1). They did not reappear in the final rounds again until 1933 when they were put out in the quarterfinals by ''

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'' (1:3). The club disappeared after

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, but was reestablished in 1945 as ''SG Gotha'', which became part of the separate football competition that emerged in Soviet-occupied

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. The team was renamed ''SG Vorwärts Gotha'' in 1948 and then ''BSG Motor Gotha'' in 1950. ''Motor'' played a single season in the 2. DDR-Liga (II) and took part in play for the FDGB-Pokal in 1954, 1969, and 1982, going out in the opening round in each of their appearances. Following

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, the team took on the name ''SV Motor Gotha'' in 1990 before reclaiming its historical identity as ''SV Wacker Gotha'' in 1993. ''Wacker'' won its way into the ''Oberliga Nordost-Süd'' (IV) in 2001, becoming the first team from Thuringia to advance to Oberliga play since the return of former East German clubs to the restored national competition. They were relegated after just two seasons of play there. In 2003, the football department became independent as ''FSV Wacker 03 Gotha'' and spent the next 7 seasons in the Thüringenliga. They finished the 2009–10 season there behind ''

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'', but advanced to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd after that club refused promotion for financial reasons. In 2013, they were relegated back to the

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and in 2014 to the Landesklasse but recovered with a Landesklasse championship in 2016.FSV Wacker 03 Gotha at Fussball.de
Tables and results of all German football leagues, accessed: 12 February 2015

Honours

The club's honours: *

** Runners-up: 2009, 2010 * Landesklasse Thüringen ** Champions: 2016

References

External links

Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Gotha, Wacker Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in East Germany Football clubs in Thuringia Association football clubs established in 2003 2003 establishments in Germany Gotha Sport in Thuringia