Zipsendorfer Fußballclub Meuselwitz is a German association football club from

Meuselwitz Meuselwitz () is a town in the Altenburger Land district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 12 km northwest of Altenburg and 11 km east of Zeitz. History During World War II, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp operated ...

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History

The origins of the club go back to the establishment of ''Aktivist Zipsendorf'' in 1919. After

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the club played as ''BSG Aktivist Zipsendorf'' and enjoyed some early minor success with three consecutive titles (1954–56) in the Kreisliga Altenburg and a 1962 win in local cup play. However, the club remained mired in the lower echelons of

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competition. When the community of Zipsendorf was merged into nearby Meuselwitz in 1976 the team was re-christened ''BSG Aktivist Meuselwitz''. In 1991, after

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the year before, the club briefly joined ''SV Bergbau'' as that association's football department before going their own way, first as ''FV Zipsendorf'' and then, in 1994, as ''Zipsendorfer Fußballclub Meuselwitz''. Mid-way through the decade the club began an ascent out of the lower divisions of German football. Between 1993 and 1997 they worked their way up through four different divisions on the strength of four consecutive titles before settling into the Landesliga Thuringia (V) for seven seasons. Under coach

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the club reached the semi-finals of the 2003 Thüringerpokal (

Thuringia Cup The Thuringia Cup (German: Thüringenpokal) is an annual football competition in Thuringia, Germany. The Thuringia Football Association (German: Thüringer Fußball-Verband, TFV) is its governing body. The cup winner qualifies for next season's DFB ...

) and the following season captured the Landesliga title to advance to the

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(IV) where they played for five seasons until winning promotion to the

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in 2009. After three seasons at this level the club moved to the

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

in 2012 when this league was reformed. It has been playing as a mid-table side in this league since.ZFC Meuselwitz at Fussball.de
Tables and results of all German football leagues, accessed: 12 February 2015 The association has grown to include departments for

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and

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Stadium

The club plays its home matches in the bluechip-Arena (capacity 5,000) named under a sponsorship agreement with a local computer firm. The facility was constructed as the Stadion Glaserkuppe in 1953 and refurbished over a two-year period ending in 2004.

Current squad

Honours

The club's honours: *

(V) ** Champions: 2009 *

Landesliga Thüringen The Landesliga ( en, Football State League) is a tier of football in some states of the German football league system. In Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg, the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefo ...

(V) ** Champions: 2004 * Landesklasse Ost (V) ** Champions: 1997 * Kreisliga Altenburg (VI) ** Champions: 1994 * Bezirksliga Gera (VI) ** Champions: 1996 * Bezirksklasse Gera (VII) ** Champions: 1995

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German domestic league tables * With the introduction of the

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s in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.

References

External links

Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German football league tables (in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Meuselwitz, Zfc Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in East Germany Football clubs in Thuringia Association football clubs established in 1919 1919 establishments in Germany