The TSV Gersthofen is a

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from the town of

Gersthofen Gersthofen () is a town in the district of Augsburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the west bank of the river Lech, approx. north of Augsburg. Gersthofen is divided into five districts (German: Stadtteile): Batzenhofen, Edenbergen (wit ...

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. The club's most outstanding achievements were six seasons spend in the third-division Amateurliga Bayern South in the late 1950s and early 1960s and qualifying for the first round of the

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. Experiencing a revival in recent years, ''TSV'' achieved promotion back to Bavaria's highest league in 2011 for the first time in almost 50 years.

History

While the club itself dates back to 1909, the football department was only formed in 1926, initially as an independent club, the Eintracht Gersthofen. In 1934, this club then joined TSV Gersthofen.Chronik
TSV Gersthofen website – Club history, accessed: 22 June 2011 ''Eintracht'', and later ''TSV'', played in the local amateur leagues of Swabia, never quite breaking through to state level until the late 1950s. Then, in 1957, ''TSV'' earned promotion from the 2nd Amateurliga Schwaben to the southern division of the tier-three Amateurliga Bayern. ''Gersthofen'' played at this level for six seasons, with a sixth place in 1961 as its best result. In 1963, the club finished 17th and was relegated. The reorganisation of the German league system because of the introduction of the

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meant that the Amateurliga Bayern was reduced from two to one division and three Landesligas established below, with ''TSV'' becoming a founding member of the tier-four

Landesliga Bayern-Süd The Landesliga Bayern-Süd ( en, State League Bavaria-South) was the sixth tier of the German football league system in southern Bavaria. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga (Third League) in 2008, it was the fifth tier of the league system, un ...

. The club lasted for only one season at this level and was relegated, not to return to this level for another 44 years. ''TSV'', who had a number of good runs in the

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in the early 1950s, with two cup wins, finished runners up in the competition in 1980, its one outstanding result in this era. Qualified for the

for 1980–81, it made a first round exit when it lost 0–1 to

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.German Cup 1980–81 – 1st Round
Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 June 2011 The side became a lower amateur league regular, being a

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permanent from 1964 to 1982. In the 1980s, the club briefly dipped down as far as the tier-seven ''B-Klasse'' for a season but generally fluctuated between the ''A-Klasse'' and the Bezirksliga. A brief change in fortunes came in 2001, when promotion to the

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was earned but the league could not be held. In 2003–04, the club began its return to the more successful days, returning to the Bezirksoberliga for a second time, this time as a top-of-the-table side. ''TSV'' finished runners-up twice in three years at this level and managed to earn promotion back to the Landesliga the second time around. In 2005, the club opened its new stadium, the TSV-Arena. The first three seasons in the Landesliga became a struggle against relegation but in the fourth season, 2010–11, the team managed to finish second and, through a victory over northern division runners-up

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earned promotion back to the Bayernliga, where it was placed in 2011–12. The club experienced some financial trouble during that season and consequently the club declined to apply for a licence for the new

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but retained its place in the Bayernliga, entering the southern division of the newly divided league from 2012. At the end of the 2012–13 season ''TSV'' was relegated back to the Landesliga, finishing 17th in the southern division of the Bayernliga. After a fourteenth place in the Landesliga in 2014 the club came last in the league the season after and was relegated to the Bezirksliga.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

** Runners-up: 2011 *

** Runners-up: (2) 2005, 2006 *

** Champions: 2001, 2004 ** Runners-up: 2018

Cup

Bavarian Cup The Bavarian Cup (german: Bayerischer Toto-Pokal), was created in 1998 and functions as a qualifying competition to the German Cup. It is one of the 21 regional cups in Germany. It is one of three regional associations who are permitted to send ...

** Winners: 1952 ** Runners-up: 1954 *

** Winners: (2) 1953, 1954 ** Runners-up: (5) 1951, 1952, 1964, 1980

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

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 ...

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.

DFB Cup appearances

The club has qualified for the first round of the

just once, in 1980:

References

Sources

* Grüne, Hardy (2001). ''Vereinslexikon''. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag * ''Die Bayernliga 1945–97'' DSFS, published: 1998

External links

Official club website

Official website of the football department

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