Spielverein Asbach-Bad Hersfeld is a German association football club based in Asbach, formerly a separate village, but now part of the town of

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History

The earliest football played in Asbach was in 1911 and prior to World War I two clubs emerged. ''Spielvereinigung Asbach'' and ''Sportverein Germania Asbach'' were youth clubs that disappeared as a consequence of the war. A number of short-lived sports and gymnastics clubs came and went between 1922 and the formation on 5 August 1928 of ''Sportverein Asbach''. This club also struggled early on, but managed to persevere. By 1936 ''SV'' had a number of local honours to its credit and was finally able to establish its own ground. SVA long played in the shadow of Hessen Hersfeld, but after a 1993 title in the Bezirksoberliga Fulda (V) has become a fixture in the Landesliga Hesse-Nord (V). Following a second-place finish in the

Verbandsliga 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 ...

(VI) in 2008–09, SVA was promoted to 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. ...

but lasted for only one season before going down again. Another relegation followed in 2015–16, now to the Gruppenliga.

Honours

The club's honours: *

** Champions: 1998 ** Runners-up: 2001, 2003, 2009

Recent seasons

* 1990–91 Bezirksoberliga Fulda (V) 6th * 1991–92 Bezirksoberliga Fulda (V) 6th * 1992–93 Bezirksoberliga Fulda (V) 1st ↑ * 1993–94 Landesliga Hesse-Nord (V) 3rd * 1994–95 Landesliga Hesse-Nord (V) 7rd * 1995–96 Landesliga Hesse-Nord (V) 6th * 1996–97 Landesliga Hesse-Nord (V) 3rd * 1997–98 Landesliga Hesse-Nord (V) 1st ↑ * 1998–99 Oberliga Hesse (IV) 11th * 1999–00 Oberliga Hesse (IV) 16th ↓ * 2000–01 Landesliga Hesse-Nord (V) 2nd * 2001–02 Landesliga Hesse-Nord (V) 6nd * 2002–03 Landesliga Hesse-Nord (V) 2nd * 2003–04 Landesliga Hesse-Nord (V) 5th * 2004–05 Landesliga Hesse-Nord (V) 5th * 2005–06 Landesliga Hesse-Nord (V) 7th * 2006–07 Landesliga Hesse-Nord (V) 5th * 2007–08 Landesliga Hesse-Nord (V) 4th * 2008–09 Landesliga Hesse-Nord (V) 2nd ↑ * 2009–10 Oberliga Hesse (V) 19th ↓ * 2010–11 Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord (VI) 7th * 2011–12 Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord (VI) 5th

References

External links

Official website

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables
SVA Bad Hersfeld at Weltfussball.de
Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Hesse Association football clubs established in 1928 1928 establishments in Germany Hersfeld-Rotenburg Sport in Kassel (region) {{Germany-footyclub-stub