FC Eintracht Bamberg is a German association football club from the city of Bamberg, Bavaria. The footballers are part of a sports club formed on 1 April 2006 out of the union of 1. FC Bamberg and TSV Eintracht Bamberg. With over 1,500 members it is one of the largest sports associations in the Upper Franconia region of the state and has departments for bowling, karate, gymnastics, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball.

FC Eintracht Bamberg
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Full nameFußball Club Eintracht Bamberg 2010
Founded2006
2010 (refounded)
GroundFuchs-Park-Stadion
Capacity5,200
ChairmanWolfgang Schauer
ManagerJan Gernlein
LeagueBayernliga Nord (V)
2021–22Bayernliga Nord, 4th of 18

History edit

The two founding clubs initially held discussions around the possibility of a merger in the summer of 2005, but the talks failed when the proposal did not receive the necessary three-quarters majority support of the membership of TSV Eintracht. In January 2006, after another half-year of discussion and lobbying, Eintracht's membership overwhelmingly agreed to the merger, while the membership of FC Bamberg followed suit in March.

The newly merged side took up the place of FC in the Bayernliga (IV) and earned an unexpectedly good 5th place result. In the following season, the club stayed on course for a top-four finish, which would have meant Regionalliga Süd qualification, for most of the season but failed in the end, finishing fifth again. However, the insolvency of the Sportfreunde Siegen and the fact that the SpVgg Bayreuth was refused a licence meant, Bamberg did still move up to the Regionalliga.[1][2][3]

The club finished in mid-table in the 2008–09 Regionalliga season. The club had to declare insolvency at the end of the 2009–10 season and folded. However, a new club was formed immediately under the name of FC Eintracht Bamberg 2010 and entered the Bayernliga for 2010–11.[4]

At the end of the 2011–12 season the club managed to finish in the top nine of the Bayernliga and thereby directly qualified for the new tier four Regionalliga Bayern.[5] In this league the club finished 13th and 10th in its first two seasons there.[6] The team came last in the league in 2014–15 and was relegated from the Regionalliga to the Bayernliga where it came last once more in the following season and was relegated to the Landesliga. The club had to declare insolvency once more in March 2016.[7]

Stadium edit

1. FC Eintracht Bamberg plays in the Fuchs-Park-Stadion (previously Hauptkampfbahn im Volkspark) which served as the home ground of FC prior to the merger. The stadium was opened in 1926 and expanded in 1938 to accommodate 22,600 spectators. The record attendance of 27,000 was established in an amateur contest between Germany and France (1:1) on 2 May 1964.

Honours edit

The club's honours:

Youth edit

Players edit

As of 31 August 2023[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   GER Fabian Dellermann
3 DF   GER Felix Popp
5 MF   GER Luca Auer
6 MF   GER Simon Kollmer
7 MF   GER Philipp Hack
8 DF   GER Marco Schmitt
9 FW   GER Tim Strasser
10 FW   GER Johannes Gebhart
11 DF   GER Tobias Linz
12 DF   GER Sebastian Valdez
13 MF   GER Andreas Mahr
14 FW   GER Luis Schneider
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF   GER Fabio Reck
16 MF   GER Luca Leistner
17 FW   GER Björn Schönwiesner
18 DF   GER Marc Reischmann
19 FW   GER David Lang
21 GK   GER Ben Olschewski
23 MF   GER Julian Sperling
24 DF   GER Christopher Kettler
27 FW   GER Patrick Görtler
29 MF   GER Luca Ljevsic
30 MF   GER Nico Baumgartl
35 DF   GER Jonas Hartwig

Recent managers edit

Recent managers of the club:[9]

Manager Start Finish
Ulrich Pechtold 1 July 1996 30 June 2005
Christoph Starke 1 July 2005 15 December 2009
Dieter Kurth 6 January 2010 30 June 2010
Christoph Starke 1 July 2010 30 June 2012
Petr Skarabela 1 July 2012 28 March 2013
Dieter Kurth 29 March 2013 18 September 2013
Hans-Jürgen Heidenreich 19 September 2013 June 2014
Roberto Pätzold July 2014 18 October 2014
Tobias Fuchs 19 October 2014 4 December 2014
Norbert Schlegel 5 December 2014 27 October 2015
Petr Skarabela 27 October 2015 30 June 2016
Georg Lunz 1 July 2016 4 April 2017
Michael Hutzler 1 July 2017 30 June 2021
Julian Kolbeck 1 July 2021 30 June 2022
Jan Gernlein 1 July 2022 Present

Recent seasons edit

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[10][11]

1. FC Bamberg edit

The final placings of 1. FC Bamberg:

Year Division Tier Position
1999–2000 Landesliga Bayern-Nord V 4th
2000–01 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 6th
2001–02 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 6th
2002–03 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 4th
2003–04 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 2nd
2004–05 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 4th
2005–06 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 2nd ↑
  • With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the Bayernliga was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onwards were elevated one tier.
Promoted Relegated

References edit

  1. ^ Sportfreunde planen für die 5. Liga (in German) kicker.de, accessed: 8 June 2008
  2. ^ Aufstieg Regionalliga Süd (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 13 June 2008
  3. ^ Keine Lizenz für die SpVgg (in German) SpVgg Bayreuth website, accessed: 13 June 2008
  4. ^ Historie der FC Eintracht Bamberg 2010 e.V. Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German) FC Eintracht Bamberg 2010 website. accessed: 8 February 2011
  5. ^ Das war die Relegation 2012 auf Verbandsebene (in German) fupa.net, published: 7 June 2012, accessed 8 June 2012
  6. ^ Regionalliga Bayern table 2013–14 kicker.de, accessed: 16 June 2014
  7. ^ Der Insolvenzantrag ist gestellt!!! (in German) fupa.net, published: 29 March 2016, accessed: 30 June 2016
  8. ^ "1. Mannschaft". FCE2010. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  9. ^ 1. FC Eintracht Bamberg .:. Trainer von A-Z (in German) weltfussball.de, accessed: 5 April 2011
  10. ^ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
  11. ^ Fussball.de – Ergebnisse Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
  12. ^ BZL Oberfranken West 17/18

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