VfB Eichstätt is a German association football club from the town of Eichstätt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 1920, and the first team competes in the Regionalliga Bayern, one of the fourth tiers of German football. Their home ground is the 2,090-capacity Hirsch-Sportpark.
The club's greatest success came in 2019 when it was runners-up in the Regionalliga Bayern and the Bavarian amateur champion, which qualified the club for the DFB-Pokal.
History
VfB Eichstätt was formed on 1 August 1920 with an initial membership of 90 people.Geschichte des VfB VfB Eichstätt website – Club history, accessed: 30 January 2014
For most of its history the club has been a non-descript amateur side in local Bavarian football. The club spent considerable time in the local A-Klasse, briefly moving up to the Bezirksliga above in the late 1970s. However, by 1991 VfB dropped to the lowest level of play in the region, the C-Klasse, and remained there for seven seasons. The club began to rise through the league system in the early 2000s, winning the tier seven Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord and earning promotion to the Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern in 2006.Tables and results of the Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 30 January 2014 After two second-place finishes in 2007 and 2008 VfB won this league in 2009 and earned another promotion, now to the Landesliga Bayern-Süd.Tables and results of the BOL Oberbayern Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 30 January 2014
In its first Landesliga season the club was a strong contender for another promotion but, after finishing first on equal points with SV Heimstetten, lost a championship decider and then also failed in the promotion round. The second year in the league proved much harder with VfB struggling against relegation and coming only 14th. The third year in the Landesliga, the final season of the Landesliga Süd before it was disbanded, the club came fourth.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv: Landesliga Bayern-Süd historical German domestic league tables, accessed: 30 January 2014
The fourth place in the Landesliga in 2011–12 allowed VfB Eichstätt direct qualification for the Bayernliga, where it came ninth in its first year and fourth the season after. After a less successful 2014–15 season the club was moved to the northern division of the Bayernliga for the following one.
In 2016–17 VfB Eichstätt was champion of the northern division of the Bayernliga. Following that the club was promoted to Regionalliga Bayern. At the end of its first season in Regionalliga Bayern the club reached the seventh place. The following season, they were second behind Bayern Munich II, and qualified for the DFB-Pokal, in which they lost 5–1 in the first round to Hertha Berlin.
Honours
The club's honours: Champions of C-Klasse: 1999 Champions of B-Klasse: 2000 Champions of A-Klasse: 1936, 1948 Champions of Kreisliga: 1974, 2002 Champions of Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord: 2006 Champions of Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern: 2009 Champions of Bayernliga Nord: 2017, 2025 Bavarian amateur champions: 2019
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Fussball.de – Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues
Season Division Tier Position 1999–2000 Kreisklasse 1 Ingolstadt IX 1st ↑ 2000–01 Kreisliga Donau-Isar VIII 6th 2001–02 Kreisliga Donau-Isar 1st ↑ 2002–03 Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord VII 10th 2003–04 Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord 8th 2004–05 Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord 5th 2005–06 Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord 1st ↑ 2006–07 Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern VI 3rd 2007–08 Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern 3rd 2008–09 Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern VII 1st ↑ 2009–10 Landesliga Bayern-Süd VI 2nd 2010–11 Landesliga Bayern-Süd 14th 2011–12 Landesliga Bayern-Süd 4th ↑ 2012–13 Bayernliga Süd V 9th 2013–14 Bayernliga Süd 4th 2014–15 Bayernliga Süd 13th 2015–16 Bayernliga Nord 2nd 2016–17 Bayernliga Nord 1st ↑ 2017–18 Regionalliga BayernIV 7th 2018–19 Regionalliga Bayern 2nd 2019–21 Regionalliga Bayern 6th 2021–22 Regionalliga Bayern 10th 2022–23 Regionalliga Bayern 16th ↓ 2023–24 Bayernliga NordV 2nd 2024–25 Bayernliga Nord 1st ↑ 2025–26 Regionalliga BayernIV 7th 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
Current squad
References
External links Official team site Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables Manfreds Fussball Archiv Tables and results from the Bavarian amateur leagues VfB Eichstätt at Weltfussball.de