The SpVgg Stegaurach is a German association football club from the town of Stegaurach, Bavaria. Apart from football, the club also offers other sports like basketball and tennis. The club's most notable achievement was its promotion to the tier four

Fußball-Bayernliga The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of ...

in 1996, where it spent five seasons until 2001, with a second-place finish in 1999–2000 as its best result.

History

The club, formed in 1945, played for the most part of its history as a lower division side, until 1991, when it earned promotion to the Bezirksliga Oberfranken-West, a league it previously had belonged to from 1966 to 1982. A league championship in its second year there took ''Stegaurach'' to the Bezirksoberliga for the first time in 1993.Tables and results of the Bezirksliga Oberfranken-West
Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 6 November 2011 In 1993–94, the club came third in the

Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken The Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken was the seventh tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Upper Franconia (German: ''Oberfranken''). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the sixth tier of the ...

, not usually a spot good enough for promotion, but because of the introduction of the new Regionalliga Süd (III), additional promotion spots were available that year.Tables and results of the BOL Oberfranken
Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 6 November 2011 In its first season in the Landesliga Bayern-Nord (IV), the side came third, followed by a title in the following year, which entitled the club to promotion to the Bayernliga (IV).Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv: Landesliga Bayern-Nord
historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 6 November 2011 ''Stegaurach'' adapted well to the Bayernliga, coming ninth in its first year. From there, the club improved season by season, finishing fifth, fourth and second in the following years. In the 2000–01 season however, the team's performance was abysmal, with the club coming last and being relegated from the Bayernliga again.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv: Bayernliga
historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 6 November 2011 Back in the Landesliga, ''SpVgg'' found itself in immediate relegation trouble, to which it succumbed in the second year there. The club spent three seasons in the Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken again before another third-place finish allowed the side to move up once more. Back in the Landesliga for two seasons, the club was unable to repeat its performance of the mid-1990s. Instead, it struggled against relegation again and was sent down to the Bezirksoberliga after two years in 2008. ''Stegaurach'' was handed straight through the league, coming 16th and last in 2008–09 and dropping to Bezirksliga level. After a 16-year absence, the club returned to the Bezirksliga Oberfranken-West, where it, for a time, struggled as a lower table side until winning the league championship in 2013 and won promotion back to the Landesliga. After two Landesliga seasons the club was relegated back to the Bezirksliga in 2015.

Honours

The club's honours: * Bayernliga ** Runners-up: 2000 * Landesliga Bayern-Nord ** Champions: 1996 * Bezirksliga Oberfranken-West ** Champions: 1993, 2013 * Oberfranken Cup ** Runners-up: 2000

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 Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of 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 ...

s 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 t ...

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. With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the Bayernliga was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onward were elevated one tier.

References

External links

Official club website

SpVgg Stegaurach at Weltfussball.de

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables
Manfreds Fussball Archiv
Tables and results from the Bavarian amateur leagues {{DEFAULTSORT:Stegaurach, Spvgg Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Bavaria Football in Upper Franconia Association football clubs established in 1945 1945 establishments in Germany