The VfB Friedberg is a

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from the town of Friedberg,

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. In pre-

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football the club has played at times at highest level, most notable the six seasons spend in the

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from 1933 to 1939. In post war play the club spent just one season in the tier two 2. Oberliga Süd in 1958–59. After relegation from the tier three

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in 1963 the club permanently disappeared into regional amateur football where it plays today.

History

Formed in 1918, VfB Friedberg first reached the highest level of play in the region in 1922 when it played for a season in the tier one

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, alongside clubs like Eintracht Frankfurt and

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. Relegated again immediately it returned to top level football in 1932, now to the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen. This league was replaced by the

when the Nazis came to power in 1933 and ''VfB's'' most successful area began, lasting until the start of the Second World War in 1939. The new league did not include the strong clubs from

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, instead ''VfB'' played against clubs from

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and

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and finished runners-up in the league in 1934. In

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it qualified for the first round of the

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, losing 0–2 to SV Waldhof Mannheim, but with the outbreak of the war it had to withdraw from league football.''Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897 – 1988'', author: Ludolf Hyll, accessed: 4 January 2015 Post war play saw the club compete in the tier two Landesliga Hessen and, when this league was replaced by the

in 1950, in the latter. The first couple of seasons were spent as a mid-table side but, in 1957, the club finished runners-up and in the season after won the league. ''VfB'' won promotion to the 2. Oberliga Süd where it lasted for only one season in 1958–59 before dropping back to the Amateurliga. The next four seasons the club gradually finished lower and lower and was eventually relegated from the league in 1963, making a permanent departure from Hesse's highest league. Since then the club has played in regional amateur football, nowadays playing in the tier eight Kreisoberliga Friedberg.

Honours

The club's honours: *

** Runners-up: 1934 *

** Champions: 1958 ** Runners-up: 1957

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 4 January 2015VfB Friedberg at Fussball.de
Tables and results of all German football leagues, accessed: 4 January 2015 *With the introduction of the

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s 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. Alongside the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, a number of football leagues in Hesse were renamed, with the Oberliga Hessen renamed to Hessenliga, the Landesliga to Verbandsliga, the Bezirksoberliga to Gruppenliga and the Bezirksliga to Kreisoberliga.

Key

References

External links

Official team site

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Friedberg, Vfb Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Hesse Association football clubs established in 1918 1918 establishments in Germany