The TSV Gerbrunn is a German association football club from the municipality of Gerbrunn, Bavaria.

The club's greatest success came in 2002, when it won promotion to the tier four Bayernliga, but it lasted for only one season at this level.

History Formed in 1877 as a gymnastics club, the Turnverein Gerbrunn, for the most part of its history, existed as a lower amateur side.

The club rose to a short stint of Bavarian prominence in 1998 when it won the Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken (VI) in its first season in the league. From there it advanced to the Landesliga Bayern-Nord (V) where it finished in mid-table for the next three years.

The 2001–02 season was to become the club's greatest so far, winning the Landesliga and earning promotion to the Bayernliga (IV), the highest league in the state.

In the Bayernliga the TSV Gerbrunn found the going hard and was eventually relegated, coming last out of eighteen teams. However, the TSV won the local Unterfranken Cup, earning it the right to compete in the Bavarian Cup. In this competition, the team went all the way to the final.

Financial considerations forced the club to withdraw to the Kreisklasse Würzburg instead of entering the Landesliga for 2003–04.Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen 2002/03 Yearbook of German football, publisher: DSFS, page: 228, accessed: 6 November 2008 Due to the Bavarian Cup final being played at the beginning of the next season, the TSV found itself with a much weaker team and was sorely defeated by the TSV Aindling, 0–14.Bayerischer Toto-Pokal – Finals, BFV, accessdate: 6 November 2008 Having qualified for the German Cup by reaching the Bavarian final, the team met the SV Wacker Burghausen, where another 0–14 defeat meant a harsh end to its area of higher league football.DFB-Pokal 2003/2004 .:. 1. Runde: TSV Gerbrunn – Wacker Burghausen Weltfussball.de, accessed: 6 November 2008 It was only one goal off the record cup defeat of DJK Waldberg against Bayern Munich, who lost 1–16 in 1997.Wacker verpasst Bayern-Rekord – Nur "14 Tore" Rheinische Post online, published: 30 August 2003, accessed: 6 November 2008 Five of Gerbrunn's players, including the goal keeper Stylianos Voulgaris,Stylianos Voulgaris profile at Weltfussball.de accessed: 6 November 2008 played in both matches.Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen 2002/03 Yearbook of German football, publisher: DSFS, page: 286, accessed: 6 November 2008

The TSV Gerbrunn returned to local amateur league football in the Würzburg region, where it spent most of its previous history. In its first season there, 2003–04, it suffered another relegation, down to the lowest level, the A-Klasse. A last place finish with 29 loses and one draw to its name, 122 goals scored against, culminated a season that had started with the 0–14 cup los.Table of the Kreisklasse Würzburg 2003–04 BFV website, accessed: 8 November 2008 Gerbrunn actually remained without a win for 15-month, until 29 August 2004, when it beat SV Heidingsfeld II 4–2. Its last victory before that, still in the Bayernliga, was on 11 May 2003, ironically against the TSV Aindling.A-Klasse Würzburg 2004–05 – 3rd round results BFV website, accessed: 8 November 2008TSV Gerbrunn results 2002–03 season Weltfussball.de, accessed: 8 November 2008

The TSV most recently played in the Kreisklasse Würzburg-Gruppe 1, the ninth division of the Bavarian league system, with a second place in 2010–11 as its best result but being relegated from the league in 2016.

Honours

League Landesliga Bayern-Nord (V) Champions: 2002 Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken (VI) Champions: 1998 Bezirksliga Unterfranken-Mitte (VII) Champions: 1997

Cup Bavarian Cup Runners-up: 2003 Unterfranken Cup Winners: 2003

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 1998–1999 Landesliga Bayern-Nord V 6th 1999–2000 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 6th 2000–01 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 7th 2001–02 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 1st ↑ 2002–03 Bayernliga IV 18th ↓ 2003–04 Kreisklasse Würzburg IX 16th ↓ 2004–05 A-Klasse Würzburg-Gruppe 1 X 6th 2005–06 A-Klasse Würzburg 4th 2006–07 A-Klasse Würzburg-Gruppe 5 11th 2007–08 A-Klasse Würzburg-Gruppe 5 2nd ↑ 2008–09 Kreisklasse Würzburg-Gruppe 1 9th 2009–10 Kreisklasse Würzburg-Gruppe 1 5th 2010–11 Kreisklasse Würzburg-Gruppe 1 2nd 2011–12 Kreisklasse Würzburg-Gruppe 1 6th 2012–13 Kreisklasse Würzburg-Gruppe 1 IX 8th 2013–14 Kreisklasse Würzburg-Gruppe 1 10th 2014–15 Kreisklasse Würzburg-Gruppe 1 13th 2015–16 Kreisklasse Würzburg-Gruppe 1 14th ↓ 2016–17 A-Klasse Würzburg X 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 The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup only once: DFB Cup 2003–04 Round Date Home Away Result Attendance First roundDFB-Pokal 2003/2004 .:. 1. Runde: TSV Gerbrunn – Wacker Burghausen Weltfussball.de, accessed: 5 November 2008 30 August 2003 TSV Gerbrunn Wacker Burghausen 0–14 815

References

Sources Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables

External links Official team site TSV Gerbrunn profile at Weltfussball.de