VfB Gießen

VfB Gießen
Full name Verein für Ballsport
1900 Gießen e.V.
Founded 5 August 1900 (as Gießener Fußball-Klub)
Ground Waldstadion
Ground Capacity 10,000
Chairman Harald Wallbott
Trainer Matthias Hagner
League Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte (VI)
2015–16 4th

VfB Gießen is a German football club based in Gießen, Hesse, currently playing in the Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte (VI).

The club's greatest success has been to qualify for the first round of the German Cup in 1979–80 and to win the tier three Amateurliga Hessen in 1962–63.

History

On 17 May 1956 SpVgg 1900 Gießen was merged with VfB 08 Gießen to become VfB 1900 Gießen. VfB first one promotion to the tier three Amateurliga Hessen in 1951 and would play at this level for the next 31 consecutive seasons, mostly as mid-table side the club won the league in 1962–63 but was unable to earn promotion because of the reorganisation of the German football league system that season. VfB returned to its mid-table existence, never coming close to league title again until relegated from the league in 1982. In this area also fall the club's three Hesse Cup triumphs, won in 1964, 1972 and 1979. The later also allowed the club to take part in the 1979–80 DFB-Pokal where it lost to 2–4 FC 08 Homburg in the first round.[1]

For the next six seasons in the tier four Landesliga Hessen-Mitte the club finished in the top three each season but was unable to win promotion back to the Hessenliga. In 1988–89 however it came 14th, one place behind local rival ASV Gießen, and was relegated. It made an immediate recovery, gradually returned to its old form in the league and finally won promotion to Hesse's highest league in 1995 courtesy to a Landesliga title.[1]

VfB spend the next six seasons in the Oberliga Hessen, generally achieving good results but the club withdrew from league in 2000–01 for financial reasons despite finishing sixth.[1][2]

VfB did not play league football at all in 2001–02 and restarted in the Kreisliga B (IX) in 2002 and has continuously worked itself up through the ranks again and, since the 2009–10 season, play in the sixth tier Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte. In this league, they finished runners-up in 2011 but missed out on promotion in the promotion round.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

  • Amateurliga Hessen
    • Champions: 1963
  • Landesliga Hessen Mitte
    • Champions: 1995
    • Runners-up: 1983, 1986, 1987, 1993, 2011
  • Gruppenliga Gießen-Marburg
    • Champions: 2009
  • Bezirksliga Gießen-Süd
    • Champions: 2008
  • Kreisliga A Gießen
    • Champions: 2006

Cup

  • Hesse Cup
    • Winners: 1964, 1972, 1979
    • Runners-up: 2015

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[3][4]

Season Division Tier Position
1999–2000 Oberliga Hessen IV 6th
2000–01 Oberliga Hessen 9th (withdrawn)
2001–02 inactive
2002–03 Kreisliga B2 Gießen IX
2003–04 Kreisliga B2 Gießen 3rd ↑
2004–05 Kreisliga A Gießen VIII 7th
2005–06 Kreisliga A Gießen 1st ↑
2006–07 Bezirksliga Gießen-Süd VII 4th
2007–08 Bezirksliga Gießen-Süd 1st ↑
2008–09 Gruppenliga Gießen-Marburg 1st ↑
2009–10 Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte VI 5th
2010–11 Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte 2nd
2011–12 Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte 5th
2012–13 Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte 6th
2013–14 Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte 3rd
2014–15 Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte 4th
2015–16 Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte 4th
2016–17 Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte

Key

Promoted Relegated

Stadium

VfB Gießen plays its home fixtures at the 10,000 capacity Waldstadion.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Das deutsche Fussball Archiv (German) Historic German league tables, accessed: 3 January 2015
  2. Hessenliga tables & results 1994 to present (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 3 January 2015
  3. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (German) Historical German domestic league tables
  4. Fussball.de – Ergebnisse Archived 7 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine. (German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
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