FSV Fernwald is a German football club from the town of Fernwald, Hesse.
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History The club was established as FSV Steinbach on 30 March 1926. In 1935 the club disappeared when it was folded into the Turn- und Sport-Gemeinde Steinbach alongside several other Steinbach-area associations under the politically motivated policies of the Nazis which saw the dissolution of clubs which were considered by the regime to be ideologically undesirable. FSV re-emerged as an independent club after World War II in May 1949.
After decades as a local side the club was promoted to the Landesliga Hessen – Mitte (V) in 1992 where they competed until being sent down at the end of the 2000–01 season. Steinbach bounced back to enjoy its greatest success in 2005 with a Landesliga championship through a 2–1 victory over TSV Eintracht Stadtallendorf in the final match of the season to earn promotion to the Oberliga Hessen (IV), the state's highest amateur class.
On 8 December 2006 the membership voted to rename the club FSV 1926 Fernwald effective from 1 July 2007. Steinbach is one of three municipalities, the others being Albach and Annerod, that make up Fernwald.
After seven seasons in the Hessenliga the club opted to withdraw from the league in 2014, despite finishing tenth, and to drop down to the tier eight Kreisoberliga but won promotion back to the Gruppenliga in 2016.
Honors The club's honours:
League Landesliga Hessen-Mitte (V) Champions: 2005 Bezirksoberliga Gießen-Marburg Süd Champions: 2003
Recent managers Recent managers of the club:FSV Fernwald .:. Trainer von A-Z weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 December 2011 Manager Start Finish Stefan Hassler 1 July 2006 30 June 2007 Michael de Kort 1 July 2007 19 December 2007 Niko Semlitsch 20 December 2007 12 September 2009 Stephan Belter 12 September 2009 30 June 2010 Daniyel Bulut 1 July 2010 30 June 2013 Günter Stiebig 1 July 2013 29 September 2013 Ronny Borchers 30 September 2013 30 June 2014 Roger Reitschmidt 1 July 2014 30 June 2018 Karl-Heinz Stete 1 July 2018 28 August 2019 Benjamin Lock 28 August 2019 30 June 2020 Daniyel Bulut 1 July 2020 30 June 2024 Daniel Steuernagel 1 July 2024 present
Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Historical German domestic league tablesFussball.de – Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues Season Division Tier Position 1999–2000 Landesliga Hessen-Mitte V 4th 2000–01 Landesliga Hessen-Mitte 14th ↓ 2001–02 Bezirksoberliga Gießen-Marburg Süd VI 8th 2002–03 Bezirksoberliga Gießen-Marburg Süd 1st ↑ 2003–04 Landesliga Hessen-Mitte V 5th 2004–05 Landesliga Hessen-Mitte 1st ↑ 2005–06 Hessenliga IV 15th 2006–07 Hessenliga 7th 2007–08 Hessenliga 11th 2008–09 Hessenliga V 12th 2009–10 Hessenliga 13th 2010–11 Hessenliga 9th 2011–12 Hessenliga 3rd 2012–13 Hessenliga 7th 2013–14 Hessenliga 10th (withdrawn) 2014–15 Kreisoberliga Gießen VIII 14th 2015–16 Kreisoberliga Gießen 1st ↑ 2016–17 Gruppenliga Gießen/Marburg VII 2nd ↑ 2017–18 Verbandsliga Hessen Mitte VI 2nd 2018–19 Verbandsliga Hessen Mitte 1st ↑ 2019–20 Hessenliga V 18th 2020–21 Hessenliga 10th 2021–22 Hessenliga 6th 2022–23 Hessenliga 4th 2023–24 Hessenliga 8th 2024–25 Hessenliga 1st 2025–26 Hessenliga 13th 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. Also in 2008, a large number of football leagues in Hesse were renamed, with the Oberliga Hessen becoming the Hessenliga, the Landesliga becoming the Verbandsliga, the Bezirksoberliga becoming the Gruppenliga and the Bezirksliga becoming the Kreisoberliga.
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Stadium FSV play their home matches at the Stadion an der Oppenröder Straße which has a capacity of 2,500 spectators. In addition to a natural grass pitch the facility includes an artificial turf field which serves several area sports associations as a training site and is used for Oberliga matches if the main field cannot be used.Waldstadion weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 December 2011
References
External links Official team site FSV Fernwald at Weltfussball.de Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables