FSV Jägersburg is a German association football club from the Jägersburg suburb of Homburg,

Saarland Saarland (, ; ) is a state of Germany in the southwest of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and the smallest in ...

. The club's men's department greatest success has been promotion to the tier five

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in 2015. The club's women's department, now defunct, last played in the tier three

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ('Regional League Southwest') is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with t ...

in 2014–15 and has played as high as the 2. Bundesliga. It has also participated in the

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for women on twelve occasions.

History

Men

Formed in 1928 FSV Jägersburg spend most of its history as a local amateur side. The club's rise through the league system began in the mid-1990s, winning promotion to the tier six Landesliga Saarland-Nordost in 1997. It played at this level for the next six seasons until a league championship in 2002–03 took it up to the

Verbandsliga Saarland The Verbandsliga Saarland is currently the seventh tier of the German football league system in the German federated state of Saarland. Until the introduction of the Saarlandliga in 2009 it was the sixth tier, until the introduction of the 3. Liga ...

. Jägersburg played the next six seasons at this level, generally as a lower table side. It played its best season in 2008–09 when it finished runners-up, a result good enough to qualify the club for the newly introduced

Saarlandliga The Saarlandliga (English: ''Saarland league'') is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system in the German federal state of Saarland Saarland (, ; ) is a state of Germany in the southwest of the country. With an area of a ...

. In the six seasons there the club finished in the top half of the table each year. A league championship in 2014–15 took FSV Jägersburg up to the tier five

for the first time.

Women

The club's women's department, now defunct, last played in the tier three

in 2014–15. The team has played as high as the 2. Bundesliga, where it participated in the 2004–05, 2005–06 and 2008–09 seasons. It has also participated in the

for women on twelve occasions, in 1986–87, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2013–14. In 1986–87, 1987–88, 1994–95, 2004–05, 2005–06 and 2008–09 it advanced to the second round, on the other occasions it was knocked out in the first.FSV Jägersburg (Frauen)
Weltfussball.de, accessed: 19 November 2015

Honours

The club's honours:

Men

** Champions: 2014–15 * Landesliga Saarland-Nordost ** Champions: 2002–03

Women

** Champions: 2007–08

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Historic German football league tables
Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 18 November 2015FSV Jägersburg at Fussball.de
accessed: 18 November 2015FSV Jägersburg women at Fussball.de
accessed: 18 November 2015

Men

Women

* Men: With the introduction of the

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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. The

was introduced in 2009 and replaced the

at the sixth tier of football in the

. * Women: With the introduction of the 2. Bundesliga in 2004 the

s and leagues below dropped one tier.

References

External links

Official team site

FSV Jägersburg at Weltfussball.de
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