Futsal Club Regensburg (FCR) is a German futsal club based in

Regensburg Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...

. The first team currently plays in the

Futsal-Bayernliga The Futsal-Bayernliga (English: Bavarian Futsal League) is the highest futsal league in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the second tier of futsal under the Futsal-Regionalliga Süd and above the Futsal-Bezirksliga in the German futsal le ...

, which is the second tier of futsal in the

German futsal league system The German futsal league system, or league pyramid, refers to the hierarchically interconnected league system for Futsal in Germany that in the 2017–18 Season (sports), season consists of the DFB Futsal Cup and 35 Division (sport), divisions, in ...

Club history

FCR is renowned for being a pioneer for the development of futsal in Germany and has arranged many futsal courses. Founded in 2011, it is the oldest futsal club in Bavaria and a founding member of the first Bavarian Futsal League. The club started as a university team and reached the final of the 2013 German Futsal University Championships, where they lost 9-3 to former

DFB Futsal Cup The Deutsche Futsal-Meisterschaft ''(until 2015: DFB Futsal Cup)'' was the top futsal championship in Germany. It was founded in 2006. The championship which is played under UEFA rules, consists of the champion and runner-up of each Futsal-Region ...

winners Muenster. In the 2015-16 Bayernliga season, FCR qualified for the promotion playoffs to the

Futsal-Regionalliga Süd The Futsal-Regionalliga Süd is the highest german futsal league. It consists of 10 teams and was introduced in the 2015-16 season with seven teams. The winner of each Futsal-Regionalliga takes part in the Deutsche Futsal-Meisterschaft to determi ...

, but were eliminated in a two-legged semi-final encounter by eventual winners

SSV Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club is based on a gymnastics club founded in 1886 a ...

. The first team was dissolved at the end of the 2015–16 season after many players had left the club to nearby rivals SSV Jahn Regensburg and

TV Wackersdorf TV Wackersdorf is a German sports club from Wackersdorf, which was founded in 1912 as ''Turnverein "Glück-Auf" Wackersdorf 1912 e.V.'' The club's futsal team plays in the Futsal-Regionalliga, which is the highest level of futsal in Germany. F ...

. The club restarted in the Futsal-Bezirksliga for the 2016-17 season and finished first in their division to qualify for the division playoff final, where they were beaten by SV Schwarzhofen.

Honours

*German Futsal University Championships: **''Runners-up (1)'': 2013 *Promotion playoffs to the

: **''Semi-final'': 2016

References

External links

Official website

Bavarian Football Association

Futsal-Bayernliga on Fussball.de
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