FC Phönix Bellheim is a
German association football club from the city of
Bellheim,
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...
. Established on 11 February 1921 the club did not come to note until after
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
when they were part of the Amateurliga Vorderplatz (III) from 1947 to 1952 and the Amateurliga Südwest (III) from 1952 to 1962.
[Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ] ''Phönix'' took part in play for the German national amateur title in 1962 and 1969, advancing as far as the semifinals in their first appearance before being put out 0:1 by eventual champions ''
SC Tegel''.
History
Following the 1963 formation of the Bundesliga, Germany's professional first division, ''Bellheim'' became part of the Regionalliga Südwest (II) where they earned lower table results until finally being relegated in 1967.
After four seasons in the Amateurliga Südwest they won the division title in 1971 and had a successful promotion playoff to win their way back to the Regionalliga. They fared poorly there and were sent down after a 16th-place result in 1973. Their descent continued following a 13th-place finish in Amateurliga play. Between 1985 and 1992 the team was part of the Verbandsliga Südwest (V) and, for a while competed in the Bezirksklasse Vorderpfalz/Süd (IX) before dropping to the B-Klasse Südpfalz in 2013.
A championship at this level allowed the club promotion back up to the ninth tier in 2014, now renamed A-Klasse Südpfalz.
Honours
*
Amateurliga Südwest
The Amateurliga Südwest was the highest football league in the region of the Südwest FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Verbandsliga Südwest ...
(III)
** Champions: 1971
* B-Klasse Südpfalz (X)
** Champions: 2014
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
[Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv]
Historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 22 September 2014[FC Phönix Bellheim]
fussball.de, accessed: 22 September 2014
*With the introduction of the
Regionalliga
A (, plural ) is a regional league in numerous Sports governing body, sports governing bodies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, usually located in the upper or middle tiers of the sports leagues.
The term is often associated with the Germa ...
s in 1994 and the
3. Liga
The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga.
The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...
in 2008 as the new third tier, below the
2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.
Key
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bellheim, Fc Phonix
Football clubs in Germany
Football clubs in Rhineland-Palatinate
Association football clubs established in 1921
1921 establishments in Germany