FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen is a German association football club from Nordhausen,

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. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the

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in 1995 and 2013. It has also won the

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on three occasions and, through this, qualified for the first round of the

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, the German Cup. __TOC__

History

The football team ''FC Wacker 05 Nordhausen'' was founded on 1 November 1905 as an offshoot of a Protestant youth club in the city. By 14 June 1906 the team had broadened its scope to become the sports club ''SV Wacker 05 Nordhausen '' and in 1908 merged with local side ''Ballsport-Club Mars Nordhausen'' which had been formed in 1906. Until 1918 the club played as ''SV Wacker-Mars Nordhausen'' when it was renamed ''1. SV Wacker 05 Nordhausen''. Playing in the VMBV (Verband Mitteldeutscher Ballspiel Vereine or Federation of Middle German Ball Playing Teams), ''Wacker'' participated in the early rounds of the league championships in the mid- to late 20s, but without any success. After the end of World War II occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of all organizations in Germany, including sports and football clubs. The former membership of ''Wacker'' reorganized as ''SG Nordhausen'' in 1946 and this team went on to become the football department of the sports club ''BSG Motor Nordhausen'' in 1949. The club played briefly as ''KWU/Lok Nordhausen'' after a merger with an industrial club. From 1951 on the team played as ''BSG Motor Nordhausen-West'' in second tier

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football. ''Motor'' enjoyed some modest success in the early 80s but then slipped and was relegated to the third division Bezirkliga Erfurt in 1989. After German reunification in 1990 the football department separated from the sports club to form ''FSV Wacker 90''. The newly independent team took up play in the

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(III) in the 1991–92 season and played at that level for seven years, interrupted by three seasons in the

(III) from 1995 to 1998. During the 1990s the club made three appearances in the

, in

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, 1996–97 and 1997–98 but was knocked out in the first round at each occasion. After relegation back to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd (IV) in 1998 the club slowly declined. Financial problems drove the club further down to the Landesliga Thüringen (V) in 2000–01 before they finally landed in the Landesklasse Thuringen-Ost (VI) in 2002. After a decade of lower league play the club won the Thüringenliga in 2011–12 and the NOFV-Oberliga Süd the season after to make a return to the Regionalliga Nordost where it plays today.FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen at Fussball.de
accessed: 12 February 2015

Stadium

''FSV'' plays its home matches in the Albert-Kuntz-Sportpark which has a capacity of 8,000 (~1,000 seats) spectators.

Current squad

Honors

The club's honours: *

** Champions: 1995, 2013 *

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** Champions: 2012, 2015^‡ * Landesklasse Thüringen-Ost ** Champions: 2005 *

** Winners: 1992, 1996, 1997,

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** Runners-up: 1998, 1999,

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* ^‡ Denotes won by reserve team.

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German domestic league tables * 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

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, all leagues below dropped one tier.

References

External links

Official team site
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