The TSV Aubstadt is a

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from the town of

Aubstadt Aubstadt is a municipality in the district of Rhön-Grabfeld in Bavaria in Germany. Sport The town's association football club TSV Aubstadt, formed in 1921, experienced its greatest success in 2019 when it won promotion to tier-four Regionalliga ...

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. The club qualified for the new northern division of the expanded

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 o ...

in 2012, the fifth tier of the

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. In 2019, the team promoted to tier-four

Regionalliga Bayern The Regionalliga Bayern, ( en, Regional league Bavaria), is the highest association football league in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Regionalligas in German football, the fourth tie ...

after winning the Bayernliga Nord championship.

History

For most of its history the club has been a non-descript amateur side in local Bavarian football. In post-

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football Aubstadt played in the local C-Klasse, the lowest division of the

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. It won promotion to the B-Klasse in 1961 and on to the A-Klasse four years later in 1965. In the 1980s and early 1990s the club won promotion to the Bezirksliga from the A-Klasse twice but was relegated again each time. In 1993 it permanently left local football when it won promotion to the Bezirksliga again which was followed by a title in this league in 1994. The later won promotion to the tier five

Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken The Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken was the seventh tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (German: ''Unterfranken''). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the sixth tier of t ...

, then the highest football league in

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, in 1994. It spent two seasons at this level, coming 13th in its first year there but winning the league the year after and earning promotion to the

Landesliga Bayern-Nord The Landesliga Bayern-Nord ( en, State league Bavaria-North) was the sixth tier of the German football league system in northern Bavaria. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the league system, until the introdu ...

.Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken tables and results
Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 25 July 2014 Three seasons in the Landesliga followed in which the club never finished better than 13th and was relegated again in 1999.
Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 25 July 2014 A runners-up finish back in the Bezirksoberliga in 1999–2000 took ''TSV'' straight back up to the Landesliga but again the club could never break into the upper half of the table and was relegated again after four seasons. The club now spent the next four seasons in the Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken where it finished as low as twelfth in 2006 but won the league for a second time in 2008. TSV Aubstadt's third stint in the Landesliga threatened to become as unsuccessful as the first two with a 9th, 15th and 13th-place finish in the following seasons. The league's final season, 2011–12 however was also the clubs best, finishing runners-up and qualifying for the new northern division of the

. In the Bayernliga the club came eighth in its first season there but finished runners-up in 2013–14. Having received approval for a

licence the team took part in the promotion round but failed in the first of two rounds, losing 7–3 on aggregate to

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Honours

Bayernliga Nord 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 ...

(V) ** Champions: 2019 ** ''Runners-up'': (2) 2014, 2018 *

(VI) ** ''Runners-up'': 2012 *

(VI-VII) ** Champions: 1996, 2008 ** ''Runners-up'': 2000 * Bezirksliga Unterfranken-Ost (VI) ** Champions: 1994 * A-Klasse (VI-VII) ** Champions: 1981, 1986, 1993 * B-Klasse (VII) ** Champions: 1965 * C-Klasse (VII) ** Champions: 1958, 1961

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 in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the

as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the

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 onwards were elevated one tier. * The 2020–21 Regionalliga Bayern season has been cancelled due to the

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, and the original 2019–20 season was extended until spring 2021.

Key

References

External links

Official team site

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables
Manfreds Fussball Archiv
Tables and results from the Bavarian amateur leagues
TSV Aubstadt at Weltfussball.de
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