TuS Mechtersheim are a
German association football club based in
Mechtersheim.
History
''TuS Mechtersheim'' was founded on 1 March 1914 as ''Viktoria Mechtersheim''. Following the conclusion of World War I the club was remade as ''Sportverein Mechtersheim''. With the formation of an athletics department in 1930 came the adoption of the name ''Turn- und Sportverein Mechtersheim''. In the aftermath of World War II organizations across the country, including sports and football clubs, were ordered dissolved by occupying Allied authorities. The club was re-established as ''ASV Mechtersheim'' in 1946, before resuming its old identity as ''Tus Mechtersheim'' in March 1950.
''TuS'' played through most of its history at the amateur level. The team won promotion to the Landesliga Südwest-Ost (VI) in 2001 before advancing through the
Verbandsliga Südwest (V) to the
Oberliga Südwest (IV) in 2004.
For the next eleven seasons the club played in the Oberliga, with a seventh place in 2013 as its best result. A fourteenth place in 2014–15 however meant relegation to the Verbandsliga for Mechtersheim where it won another league title in 2015–16 and returned to the Oberliga.
Honours
The club's honours:
*
Verbandsliga Südwest (V)
** Champions: 2004, 2016
* Landesliga Südwest-Ost
** Champions: 2001
* A-Klasse Speyer
** Champions: 1980, 1986
* B-Klasse Speyer
** Champions: 1968, 1977
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 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. In 2012 the Oberliga Südwest was renamed Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar
The Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, formerly the ''Oberliga Südwest'', is the highest regional football league for the Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland states of Germany, organized by the Southwestern Regional Football Association. It is the fifth ...
.
References
External links
Official team site
TuS Mechtersheim at Weltfussball.de
Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables
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Football clubs in Germany
Football clubs in Rhineland-Palatinate
Association football clubs established in 1914
1914 establishments in Germany