Kickers Offenbach II, is a

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Kickers Offenbach Offenbacher Kickers, also known as Kickers Offenbach, is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs in ...

. The team, which during the times the senior side played in professional football, played as Kickers Offenbach Amateure, has on occasion played as high as the

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. ...

, the highest league in the state of

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History

Kickers Offenbach Amateure made a first appearance in higher league football when it won promotion to the

Landesliga 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 intr ...

in 1970 and went on to win this league in its first season there. The team then played in the tier three

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. ...

from 1971 to 1974 until being disbanded at the end of that season. It returned to Landesliga level in 1978, now to the

Landesliga Hessen-Süd The Landesliga ( en, Football State League) is a tier of football in some states of the German football league system. In Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg, the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefo ...

, where it finished runners-up on two occasions before winning the league in 1984. It re-entered the highest football league in the state, now renamed Amateur-Oberliga Hessen but were relegated after only one season despite an eighth-place finish as the senior side had been relegated from the 2. Bundesliga to this league. Now playing as Kickers Offenbach II while the first team played in amateur football the team spend seven seasons in the Landesliga again until relegated in 1992. It returned to the Landesliga Süd in 1997, the same year the first team won promotion from the Oberliga back to the

Regionalliga The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the four ...

. Kickers Offenbach II won the Landesliga again in 1999 and returned to what was now the Oberliga Hessen but once more dropped down after only one season when it finished on a relegation rank. Eight seasons in the Landesliga followed in which the team finished mostly in mid table before another league title took it back up in 2008 to the league now renamed Hessenliga. The team spend a six-season spell in this league with excellent results in the first three seasons with a fourth place in 2008–09 as its best-ever result, but declined after that and was relegated again in 2014. The team played for two seasons in the

Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd The Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd, until 2008 named ''Landesliga Hessen-Süd'', is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system. Before the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994, the "Verbandsliga Hessen-S" served as the fourth tie ...

, the league formerly named Landesliga, until relegated to the Gruppenliga at the end of the 2015–16 season.

Honours

The team's honours: *

(IV-V) ** Winners: 1984, 1999, 2008 ** Runners-up: 1979, 1983 *

(IV) ** Winners: 1971

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the team:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 12 January 2015Kickers Offenbach II at Fussball.de
Tables and results of all German football leagues, accessed: 12 January 2015 * With the introduction of the

s in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. Also in 2008, the majority 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.

Key

Stadium

The team plays its home games at the ''Sportplatz Wiener Ring'' which has a capacity of 2,500.Sportzentrum Wiener Ring
accessed: 12 January 2015

References

External links

Official website
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