KSV Baunatal is a
German association football club based in
Baunatal
Baunatal is a town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is a comparatively young town which arose from fusion of the formerly independent municipalities ''Altenbauna'', ''Altenritte'', ''Großenritte'', ''Guntershausen'', ''Hertingshau ...
,
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 ...
. The team was founded on 13 April 1964 out of the union of ''KSV Altenritte'' and ''KSV Altenbauna''.
The club's greatest success has been its three seasons spent in the second division, the
2nd Bundesliga Süd, from 1976 to 1979.
History
Predecessor side ''KSV Altenritte'' had roots that go back to the much earlier establishment of the gymnastics club ''Turnverein Gut-Heil Altenritte'' on 2 September 1892. A football department was founded within this club in 1914. In 1933, ''TV'' was joined by the membership of ''Arbeiter TV Altenritte'' – one of the many worker's sports clubs disbanded as politically unpalatable under the
Nazi
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regime – to become ''VfL Altenritte''. In 1945, following World War II, the team re-emerged as ''KSV Alteritte''.
Another predecessor, ''KSV Altenbauna'', was established in 1904 as ''Deutscher Turnverein Altenbauna'' and in 1918, following World War I, played as ''Deutscher Turn- und Sportverein Altenbauna''. ''DTSV'' became ''TV Gut-Heil Altenbauna'' in 1933 and ''KSV Altenbauna'' in 1945.
After the 1964 merger that united these two clubs as ''KSV Baunatal'', the association grew again when joined by ''SV Baunatal'' in 1970. ''SV'' was founded in 1921 as ''Arbeiter Turn- und Sportverein Kirchbauna'' and was one of the many worker's clubs that disappeared under the
Third Reich
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. It was re-established in 1945 as ''Freier SV Kirchbauna'' by the former members of ''ATSV'' and another worker's side known as ''TV Gut Heil Kirchbauna''. ''FSV'' briefly adopted the name ''SpVgg Kirchbauna'' in 1955 before becoming ''SV Baunatal'' the same year.
The long string of mergers of these unremarkable sides paid dividends when ''KSV Baunatal'' rose up out of lower-tier competition into the
Oberliga 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. ...
(III) in 1970. The club slipped to the
Landesliga Hessen-Nord
The Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord, until 2008 named ''Landesliga Hessen-Nord'', 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, and until the in ...
(IV) for a single season, but promptly reclaimed a place in the Oberliga. An Amateur Oberliga Hessen (III) title in 1976 led to a three season long stint in the
2nd Bundesliga Süd. Through the 70s and 80s KSV made half a dozen appearances in the
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considered ...
, going out in the preliminary rounds on each occasion.
The team then played as a third-tier side in the Oberliga Hessen until being relegated in 1991 and for a while was an elevator side, moving frequently up and down between third- and fifth-tier competition. ''KSV'' has been firmly settled into the Oberliga Hessen (IV) since 1999, generally finishing in the lower half of the table, while managing to earn better results on occasion.
The club gradually improved season by season from 2007 onwards and, in
2012–13
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, it was able to win another title in the Hessenliga and earn promotion to the
Regionalliga Südwest
The Regionalliga Südwest ( en, Regional League Southwest) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together wit ...
but was initially relegated again after finishing 17th in the league. However, the insolvency of SSV Ulm 1846 and the withdrawal of Eintracht Frankfurt II saved the club from relegation. The following season ''KSV'' once more finished 17th and this time was unable to avoid relegation.
Honours
League
*
Hessenliga
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. ...
(III)
** Champions: 1976, 2013
** Runners-up: 1980, 2001, 2012
*
Landesliga Hessen-Nord
The Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord, until 2008 named ''Landesliga Hessen-Nord'', 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, and until the in ...
(IV)
** Champions: 1970, 1972, 1994, 1999
Cup
*
Hessenpokal
The Hesse Cup (German: ''Hessenpokal'') is one of the Verbandspokal, 21 regional cup competitions of German football. The winner of the competition gains entry to the first round of the German Cup.
History
The Cup was established in 1945, after th ...
** Winners: 1982, 1983
** Runners-up: 1987,
2019
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Recent managers
Recent managers of the club:
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
Fussball.de – Ergebnisse
Tables and results of all German football leagues
* 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 2. Bundesliga
The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...
, all leagues below dropped one tier. Also in 2008, a large number of football leagues in Hesse were renamed, with the Oberliga Hessen becoming the Hessenliga, the Landesliga becoming the Verbandsliga, the Bezirksoberliga becoming the Gruppenliga and the Bezirksliga becoming the Kreisoberliga.
References
Sources
* Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag
External links
Official website
KSV Baunatal at Weltfussball.de
Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables
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Football clubs in Germany
Football clubs in Hesse
Association football clubs established in 1964
1964 establishments in West Germany
Kassel (district)
2. Bundesliga clubs