SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden is a German association football club from the municipality of Ruhmannsfelden, Bavaria. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier five Bayernliga in 2015.
History SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden was formed after the Second World War, in 1946.Steckbrief SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden website – Club profile, accessed: 10 July 2015
Long an amateur side in local football SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden first rose above the Lower Bavarian football level when it won promotion to the tier four Landesliga Bayern-Mitte in 1984. Coming last in the league in 1984–85 the club promptly dropped back down but won promotion for a second time in 1988. It lasted for two seasons this time, coming thirteenth in 1989 but last once more the season after.Bezirksliga Niederbayern-Ost Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 10 July 2015
Following relegation from the Landesliga, Ruhmannsfelden spent the next twenty two seasons in either the Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern, a league established in 1988, or the Bezirksliga below, with the exception of a three-year stint in the A-Klasse from 1994. Relegation so from the Bezirksoberliga in 1992 and 2003 were followed by promotions back to the league in 1998 and 2006. Generally the club played as a mid table side in the Bezirksoberliga and only came close to promotion back to the Landesliga once, when it finished runners-up in 2009 but failed to earn promotion. In 2012, with the reorganisation of the Bavarian league system Ruhmannsfelden had the opportunity to qualify for the Landesliga despite having finished only eleventh in the Bezirksoberliga. The club was successful at this by defeating SV Schalding-Heining II and FC Vilshofen and returned to Landesliga football from 2012.Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 10 July 2015
From 2012 he club became part of the new Landesliga Bayern-Mitte, a league different in territory from the old Landesliga Mitte. Ruhmannsfelden played as a mid table side in its first two seasons there but won the league in 2014–15 and earned promotion to the southern division of the Bayernliga for the first time. The club came last in the Bayernliga in 2015–16 and was relegated back to the Landesliga.
Honours The club's honours: Landesliga Bayern-Mitte Champions: 2015 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern Runners-up: 2009 Bezirksliga Niederbayern-Ost Champions: 1981, 1998, 2006
Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Historic German football league tables Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 10 July 2015German football tables and results at Fussball.de accessed: 10 July 2015 Season Division Tier Position 2003–04 Bezirksliga Niederbayern-Ost VII 5th 2004–05 Bezirksliga Niederbayern-Ost 7th 2005–06 Bezirksliga Niederbayern-Ost 1st↑ 2006–07 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern VI 7th 2007–08 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern 5th 2008–09 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern VII 2nd 2009–10 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern 10th 2010–11 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern 10th 2011–12 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern 11th ↑ 2012–13 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte VI 7th 2013–14 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 10th 2014–15 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 1st ↑ 2015–16 Bayernliga Süd V 18th ↓ 2016–17 Landesliga Bayern VI 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.
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
References
External links Official team site SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden at Weltfussball.de