FC Büsingen is a German association football club based in the

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of Büsingen that competes in the

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league system, being the only German club to do so.German clubs in the Swiss football structure

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.com, accessed: 10 August 2008 The club was founded in 1924 and has currently, as of 2008, about 215 members.

History

The club was formed in 1924 and dissolved in 1937, when the

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forced the members to join the local gymnastics club, the ''TV Büsingen''. Until 1927, the club's football field included a

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tree in the

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but due to this not being compliant with the rules of the game, it had to be cut down on 30 April 1927. The ''FCB'' was reformed on 26 April 1947 and this time joined the

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instead. It carries the (German: ''Vereinsnummer'') club number 11902 in Switzerland. The club's greatest success came in 1973, when it earned promotion to the Swiss ''2nd Liga'', the fourth tier of the league system. The ''FCB'' could not hold this league for long, finishing last in its one and only season, and has since returned to the lower levels of Swiss league football, fluctuating between ''3rd'' and ''5th Liga'', the latter being the lowest tier of the league system. The ''FCB'' plays in the

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region of the Swiss league system. The club's song, the ''Fussballerlied FC Büsingen'', describes the geographical situation of the club quite well, with its close proximity to the river

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. It proclaims, that the club will never "go under", even when its playing field is flooded, in reference to the yearly spring floods the river carries down from the

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.Fussballerlied FC Büsingen – Club song
(in German) accessed: 10 August 2008

Recent seasons

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Honours

* 5. Liga – Gruppe 1 ** Champions: 2005 * 4. Liga – Gruppe 12 ** Champions: 2016

References

External links

Official Web Site

FC Büsingen page on the Swiss FA website

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