KSV Baunatal is a German association football club based in

Baunatal Baunatal is a town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is a comparatively young town which arose from fusion of the formerly independent municipalities ''Altenbauna'', ''Altenritte'', ''Großenritte'', ''Guntershausen'', ''Hertingshau ...

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. The team was founded on 13 April 1964 out of the union of ''KSV Altenritte'' and ''KSV Altenbauna''. The club's greatest success has been its three seasons spent in the second division, the 2nd Bundesliga Süd, from 1976 to 1979.

History

Predecessor side ''KSV Altenritte'' had roots that go back to the much earlier establishment of the gymnastics club ''Turnverein Gut-Heil Altenritte'' on 2 September 1892. A football department was founded within this club in 1914. In 1933, ''TV'' was joined by the membership of ''Arbeiter TV Altenritte'' – one of the many worker's sports clubs disbanded as politically unpalatable under the

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regime – to become ''VfL Altenritte''. In 1945, following World War II, the team re-emerged as ''KSV Alteritte''. Another predecessor, ''KSV Altenbauna'', was established in 1904 as ''Deutscher Turnverein Altenbauna'' and in 1918, following World War I, played as ''Deutscher Turn- und Sportverein Altenbauna''. ''DTSV'' became ''TV Gut-Heil Altenbauna'' in 1933 and ''KSV Altenbauna'' in 1945. After the 1964 merger that united these two clubs as ''KSV Baunatal'', the association grew again when joined by ''SV Baunatal'' in 1970. ''SV'' was founded in 1921 as ''Arbeiter Turn- und Sportverein Kirchbauna'' and was one of the many worker's clubs that disappeared under the

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. It was re-established in 1945 as ''Freier SV Kirchbauna'' by the former members of ''ATSV'' and another worker's side known as ''TV Gut Heil Kirchbauna''. ''FSV'' briefly adopted the name ''SpVgg Kirchbauna'' in 1955 before becoming ''SV Baunatal'' the same year. The long string of mergers of these unremarkable sides paid dividends when ''KSV Baunatal'' rose up out of lower-tier competition into the

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(III) in 1970. The club slipped to the

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(IV) for a single season, but promptly reclaimed a place in the Oberliga. An Amateur Oberliga Hessen (III) title in 1976 led to a three season long stint in the 2nd Bundesliga Süd. Through the 70s and 80s KSV made half a dozen appearances in the

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, going out in the preliminary rounds on each occasion. The team then played as a third-tier side in the Oberliga Hessen until being relegated in 1991 and for a while was an elevator side, moving frequently up and down between third- and fifth-tier competition. ''KSV'' has been firmly settled into the Oberliga Hessen (IV) since 1999, generally finishing in the lower half of the table, while managing to earn better results on occasion. The club gradually improved season by season from 2007 onwards and, in

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, it was able to win another title in the Hessenliga and earn promotion to the

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but was initially relegated again after finishing 17th in the league. However, the insolvency of SSV Ulm 1846 and the withdrawal of Eintracht Frankfurt II saved the club from relegation. The following season ''KSV'' once more finished 17th and this time was unable to avoid relegation.

Honours

League

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(III) ** Champions: 1976, 2013 ** Runners-up: 1980, 2001, 2012 *

(IV) ** Champions: 1970, 1972, 1994, 1999

Cup

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** Winners: 1982, 1983 ** Runners-up: 1987,

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Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:

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 Regionalligas in 1994 and the

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in 2008 as the new third tier, below the

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, all leagues below dropped one tier. Also in 2008, a large number of football leagues in Hesse were renamed, with the Oberliga Hessen becoming the Hessenliga, the Landesliga becoming the Verbandsliga, the Bezirksoberliga becoming the Gruppenliga and the Bezirksliga becoming the Kreisoberliga.

References

Sources

* Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag

External links

Official website

KSV Baunatal at Weltfussball.de

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Baunatal, KSV Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Hesse Association football clubs established in 1964 1964 establishments in West Germany Kassel (district) 2. Bundesliga clubs