The FC Vilshofen is a German association football club from the town of Vilshofen an der Donau, Bavaria.
The club's most successful era was from 1978 to 1985, when it spent six seasons in the tier three Fußball-Bayernliga, with a ninth place in this league as its best result. They also reached the first round of the German Cup in 1979–80, where it lost 2–3 to FV Würzburg 04 after extra time.DFB-Pokal 1979/1980 .:. 1. Runde Weltfussball.de, accessed: 1 November 2011
Their youth team reached the final of the Bavarian Under 19 championship twice in the 1970s and produced players like former German international Klaus Augenthaler.
History FC Vilshofen was formed in 1919FC Vilshofen www.fupa.net, accessed: 1 November 2011FC Vilshofen regiowiki.pnp.de, accessed: 1 November 2011 and rose above local play in 1973, when it achieved promotion to the tier four Landesliga Bayern-Mitte. In this league, Vilshofen spent the next five seasons, the first three of them struggling against relegation before taking out the league championship in 1977–78 and gaining entry to the Bayernliga.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv: Landesliga Bayern-Mitte historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 1 November 2011 The club's first two seasons at this level were however a struggle and it was relegated at the end of the 1979–80 season.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv: Bayernliga historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 1 November 2011
In 1980–81, Vilshofen was immediately promoted from the Landesliga back to the Bayernliga again. Back in the Bayernliga, the club finished in ninth place for two consecutive seasons. After this, fortunes declined and the side finished 13th and 17th in the following years, finding itself relegated from the league again after the later result.
The club also had a number of cup successes in this era, taking out the Lower Bavarian Cup in 1982, 1983 and 1984 after having qualified for the first round of the German Cup in 1979.
After relegation in 1985, the club spent another ten seasons at Landesliga level, initially as an upper table side. But in 1994–95, the team suffered another relegation, dropping out of the Landesliga for good.
Vilshofen now entered the Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern, where it became a mid-table side. Gradually, the club declined at this level and suffered another relegation, now to the Bezirksliga, in 2001.Tables and results of the BOL Niederbayern Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 1 November 2011
The club dropped even further in the following season to the Kreisliga, but immediately recovered and returned to the Bezirksliga. After five seasons at this level, the team won a league championship and earned another promotion.Tables and results of the Bezirksliga Niederbayern-Ost Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 1 November 2011
They returned to the Bezirksoberliga in 2008 with a much better performance then it left it seven years before, finishing consistently in the top third of the league and coming second in 2009–10. At the end of the 2011–12 season the club qualified for the promotion round to the newly expanded Landesliga, after finishing eighth in the Bezirksoberliga. FCV qualified for the Landesliga after a 4–1 extra time win in the third round of the promotion play-offs.Das war die Relegation 2012 auf Verbandsebene fupa.net, published: 7 June 2012, accessed 8 June 2012
The club lasted for only one season in the Landesliga, finishing on a relegation play-off rank and losing to TuS Pfarrkirchen in the relegation round. The following season it suffered relegation again, now to the Kreisliga.
Honours The club's honours:
League Landesliga Bayern-Mitte Champions: 1978, 1981 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern Runners-up: 2010 Bezirksliga Niederbayern-Ost Champions: 2008
Cup Niederbayern Cup Winner: 1982, 1983, 1984
Youth Bavarian Under 19 championship Runners-up: 1971, 1975
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 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern VI 12th 2000–01 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern 16th ↓ 2001–02 Bezirksliga Niederbayern-Ost VII 14th ↓ 2002–03 Kreisliga VIII ↑ 2003–04 Bezirksliga Niederbayern-Ost VII 3rd 2004–05 Bezirksliga Niederbayern-Ost 4th 2005–06 Bezirksliga Niederbayern-Ost 7th 2006–07 Bezirksliga Niederbayern-Ost 3rd 2007–08 Bezirksliga Niederbayern-Ost 1st ↑ 2008–09 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern 6th 2009–10 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern 2nd 2010–11 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern 4th 2011–12 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern 8th ↑ 2012–13 Landesliga Bayern-Südost VI 14th ↓ 2013–14 Bezirksliga Niederbayern-West VII 15th ↓ 2014–15 Kreisliga Passau VIII 6th 2015–16 Kreisliga Passau 2nd 2016–17 Kreisliga Passau 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 onward were elevated one tier.
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
DFB Cup appearances The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup just once: Season Round Date Home Away Result Attendance 1979–80 First roundSpielstatistik FC Vilshofen – FV Würzburg 04 Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 12 November 2012 25 August 1979 FC Vilshofen FV Würzburg 04 2–3 aet 1,800
References
External links Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables Manfreds Fussball Archiv Tables and results from the Bavarian amateur leagues