FV Biebrich is a German association football club from the town of Biebrich part of

Wiesbaden Wiesbaden () is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the state of Hesse. , it had 290,955 inhabitants, plus approximately 21,000 United States citizens (mostly associated with the United States Army). The Wiesbaden urban area ...

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are Dar ...

History

The club was founded on 10 November 1902 as ''Biebricher Fußballclub'' and took on the name ''Biebricher Fußballverein 1902'' on 7 April 1913. In 1957, the club became part of the

Amateurliga Hessen The Hessenliga (until 2008 ''Oberliga Hessen'') is the highest football league in the state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system. ...

(II) which became a third tier circuit after the introduction of the country's new

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 ...

(I) and two Regionalliga (II). ''FV'' disappeared into lower level local play after being demoted in 1968. Their best result during their time in the Amateurliga was a fourth-place finish. Nowadays the club plays in the tier six

Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte The Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte, until 2008 named ''Landesliga Hessen-Mitte'', is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the league system, until the intro ...

References

External links

Official team site
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