The SV Kickers Pforzheim is a German association football club from the town of Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg.
The club was formed in a merger of two local clubs in Pforzheim in 2011. Its greatest success came in 2014 when it won promotion to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, the highest football league in the state.
History The club was formed in 2011 in a merger of Germania Brötzingen and 1. FC Eutingen. Of the two clubs Germania Brötzingen had been the more successful, playing as high as the Gauliga Baden in the 1930s. Eutingen's greatest achievements were two seasons in the Amateurliga Nordbaden and a Baden Cup win in 1950. The merger came only a season after two other well known Pforzheim clubs, 1. FC Pforzheim and VfR Pforzheim merged to form 1. CfR Pforzheim.Eutingen – Zweite Elefanten-Hochzeit von Clubs Schwarzwälder Bote, published: 29 June 2011, accessed: 18 July 2014
The new club inherited the league place of Germania Brötzingen in the tier seven Landesliga Mittelbaden. After a seventh place in 2012 the club won this league and promotion the following season. In its first year in the Verbandsliga Baden Kickers won the league and earned promotion to the Oberliga. The club came last in the Oberliga in 2014–15 and was relegated back to the Verbandsliga, followed by a last place in this league in 2015–16. Instead of relegation, Kickers' first team resigned from competitive football. Amid financial constraints leading to the departure of many players, the club was inactive in 2016–17 to form youth teams. The first team joined the C-Klasse for the 2017–18 season.
Honours The club's honours: Verbandsliga Baden Champions: 2014 Landesliga Mittelbaden Champions: 2013
Seasons The 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 2011–12 Landesliga Mittelbaden VII 7th 2012–13 Landesliga Mittelbaden 1st ↑ 2013–14 Verbandsliga Baden VI 1st ↑ 2014–15 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg V 18th ↓ 2015–16 Verbandsliga Baden VI 16th ↓ 2016–17 inactive 2017–18Kreisklasse C1 Pforzheim XI
Key ↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
References
External links Official team site Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables Kickers Pforzheim at Weltfussball.de