The SV Heidingsfeld is a German association football club from the Heidingsfeld suburb of Würzburg, Bavaria. For this reason, the club is sometimes also referred to as SVH Würzburg.[1]

SV Heidingsfeld
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Full nameSportverein Heidingsfeld 1919 e.V.
Founded1919
GroundSportpark Herieden
ChairmanUdo Feldinger
ManagerFrank Wettengel
LeagueBezirksliga Unterfranken-West (VII)
2015–1612th

The club's greatest successes were its four seasons spent in the Fußball-Bayernliga between 1985 and 1995, with a seventh place in 1986–87, as its best result and qualifying twice for the first round of the German Cup, in 1983 and 1987.

History edit

The club was formed on 17 February 1919. After the Second World War, the club briefly lost its independence, becoming part of the TSV Würzburg-Heidingsfeld in 1946, but it left this club again in 1949 to go its one way.[2]

SVH won promotion to the tier four Landesliga Bayern-Nord (IV) in 1978 and, after struggling for the first two seasons, was able to establish itself in the league.[3] Heidingsfeld made its first appearance on the national football scene in 1983, when it qualified for the first round of the German Cup, where it defeated fellow amateurs SV Göppingen 5–1. In the second round, at home against Hannover 96, the club was knocked out through a 1–3 defeat.

After two second-place finishes in the Landesliga in 1983 and 1984, with defeats in the promotion round, the club won a league championship in 1985 and earned promotion to the Bayernliga on its third attempt.[3]

In the Bayernliga (III) for the first time, Heidingsfeld came 15th in its inaugural season. The club was much improved in the following year, coming seventh but once more came 15th in 1988 and was relegated back to the Landesliga.[4] In the same season, the club made its second German Cup appearance, but lost 1–2 to Bayer 05 Uerdingen after leading 1–0 up to the 62nd minute. Back in the Landesliga for the next six seasons, the club remained a top side, finishing second on two more occasions, earning another promotion in 1994.[3]

SV Heidingsfeld's fourth and to date final Bayernliga (IV) season was no success, the club came 17th and was relegated from the league again.[4] On return to the Landesliga, the club was handed through to the Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken (VI) after coming 16th in 1996. It was not able to recover from this drop and was unable to return to the Landesliga.[3]

Back in Lower Franconian football, SVH came fifth in its first two years in the Bezirksoberliga. After this, results declined and a 13th place in 2000–01 meant the club dropped another level, now to the Bezirksliga (VII).[5]

The club was grouped in the Bezirksliga Unterfranken-Mitte, finishing in mid field in the next four seasons there.[6] In 2005, the three Bezirksligas in Lower Franconia were reduced to two and renamed and SVH was placed in the Bezirksliga Unterfranken Gruppe 1, where the club initially played as an upper table side, finishing in third place on two occasions. However, in 2008–09 a 14th-place finish meant another relegation for the club.[7] After a number of years in the Kreisliga Würzburg 1 as an upper table side the club won the league in 2013 and earned promotion back to the Bezirksliga.

Honours edit

The club's honours:

League edit

  • Landesliga Bayern-Nord
    • Champions: 1985
    • Runners-up: 1983, 1984, 1992, 1994
  • Kreisliga Würzburg 1
    • Champions: 2013

Past managers edit

The club has had some managers in the past who have coached or played at professional level, like Werner Lorant (1985–86) and Dieter Eckstein (1999–2000).[2]

Recent seasons edit

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[8][9]

Season Division Tier Position
1999–2000 Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken VI 10th
2000–01 Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken 13th ↓
2001–02 Bezirksliga Unterfranken-Mitte VII 10th
2002–03 Bezirksliga Unterfranken-Mitte 6th
2003–04 Bezirksliga Unterfranken-Mitte 5th
2004–05 Bezirksliga Unterfranken-Mitte 7th
2005–06 Bezirksliga Unterfranken Gruppe 1 8th
2006–07 Bezirksliga Unterfranken Gruppe 1 3rd
2007–08 Bezirksliga Unterfranken Gruppe 1 3rd
2008–09 Bezirksliga Unterfranken Gruppe 1 VIII 14th ↓
2009–10 Kreisliga Würzburg 1 IX 4th
2010–11 Kreisliga Würzburg 1 3rd
2011–12 Kreisliga Würzburg 1 3rd
2012–13 Kreisliga Würzburg 1 VIII 1st ↑
2013–14 Bezirksliga Unterfranken-West VII 12th
2014–15 Bezirksliga Unterfranken-West 5th
2015–16 Bezirksliga Unterfranken-West 12th
2016–17 Bezirksliga Unterfranken-West
  • 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

DFB Cup appearances edit

The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup twice:

Season Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
1983–84 First round[10] 26 August 1983 SV Heidingsfeld SV Göppingen 5–1
Second round[11] 8 October 1983 SV Heidingsfeld Hannover 96 1–3 4,500
1987–88 First round[12] 29 August 1987 SV Heidingsfeld Bayer 05 Uerdingen 1–2 6,000

References edit

  1. ^ SVH Würzburg (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 11 November 2011
  2. ^ a b Vereinsgeschichte (in German) SV Heidingsfeld website, accessed: 11 November 2011
  3. ^ a b c d Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv: Landesliga Bayern-Nord (in German) historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 11 November 2011
  4. ^ a b Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv: Bayernliga (in German) historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 11 November 2011
  5. ^ Tables and results of the BOL Unterfranken Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 11 November 2011
  6. ^ Tables and results of the Bezirksliga Unterfranken-Mitte (in German) Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 11 November 2011
  7. ^ Tables and results of the Bezirksliga Unterfranken Gruppe 1 (in German) Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 11 November 2011
  8. ^ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
  9. ^ Fussball.de - Ergebnisse (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
  10. ^ Die Spiele der 1. Runde des DFB-Pokals 1983/1984 (in German) Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 11 November 2011
  11. ^ Spielstatistik SV Heidingsfeld - Hannover 96 (in German) Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 11 November 2011
  12. ^ Spielstatistik SV Heidingsfeld - Bayer Uerdingen (in German) Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 11 November 2011

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