VfB Auerbach is a German football club from the city of Auerbach,

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

. The club also has a tennis department.

History

The association was founded as the ''Auerbacher Fußball Club'' on 17 May 1906 making it the second-oldest side in

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. They won their first title in the second class Gau Vogtland, part of the VMBV (Verband Mittledeutschland Ballspiel Verein or Federation of Central German Ballgame Clubs), in 1908. ''AFC'' was officially registered on 20 June 1913 and after World War I on 18 April 1919, with the introduction of departments for

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, tennis, and

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re-made itself as the sportsclub ''VfB Auerbach 1906''. In the aftermath of World War II occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of existing organizations in the country, including sports and football clubs. In the fall of 1945 the club was re-established as the football department of ''Sport- und Kultur-Kartell Auerbach i.V.''. A new sportsclub known as ''BSG KWU Auerbach'' was created out of ''SuKK Auerbach'' in 1949 and renamed ''BSG Einheit Auerbach'' on 6 January 1951. ''BSG'' was an unheralded local side in and out of the lower division Berziksliga Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz) in

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. In 1989, shortly before the end of the

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-era ''BSG'' was the largest sports club in Auerbach with departments for

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, gymnastics,

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, tennis, and

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. The club returned to its roots after

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when it was re-established as ''VfB Auerbach'' and continued to play in what was now the sixth division Berzirksliga Chemnitz. By the mid-90s they were playing in the

Landesliga Sachsen The Sachsenliga, formerly referred to as ''Landesliga Sachsen'', is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Saxony (German: ''Sachsen''). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was ...

(V), and after three second-place finishes (1996, 2001, 2002), finally captured the division title in 2003 to earn promotion to the

NOFV-Oberliga Süd The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of the former East Germany. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Saxony and southern Brandenburg. It is one of fourteen Oberl ...

(IV). ''VfB'' played in the Oberliga for nine seasons, initially struggling but then achieving three runners-up finishes in its last four seasons there. The last of those, in 2012, qualified the team for the reformed

Regionalliga Nordost The Regionalliga Nordost is the fourth tier of German football league system, German football in the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. These comprise the states of former East Germany ...

, where it plays today.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German domestic league tablesVfB Auerbach at Fussball.de
Tables and results of all German football leagues

Current squad

Honours

** Runners-up: 2009, 2011, 2012 *

** Champions: 2003 ** Runners-up: 1996, 2001, 2002

Stadium

The club plays in the VfB Stadion built in 1921. It has a capacity of 5,000 and after renovations features 750 seats (1993) and floodlighting (1995).

References

External links

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Abseits Guide to German SoccerDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German football league tables (in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Auerbach, VfB Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in East Germany Association football clubs established in 1906 Football clubs in Saxony 1906 establishments in Germany