FC Gießen 1927 Teutonia/1900 VfB e.V., commonly known as FC Gießen, is a German association football club from the city of Giessen and the Watzenborn-Steinberg quarter of the town of Pohlheim, both in Hesse. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier four Regionalliga Südwest in 2016, 2019, and 2024.
History
Predecessor club Sportclub Teutonia Watzenborn-Steinberg was formed on 1 November 1927. For much of its history this club played in local amateur leagues.
From the mid-2000s, the club experienced a rise through the league system, reaching the tier five Landesliga Hessen-Mitte in 2006 after a runners-up finish in the Bezirksoberliga Gießen/Marburg. Teutonia played at this level for two seasons before being relegated again in 2008. It returned to what had now been renamed the Gruppenliga Gießen/Marburg, where it played for the next three seasons. A league championship in 2011 took it back up to the Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte, the former Landesliga. It played at Verbandsliga level for the next four seasons before winning the league in 2015 and earning promotion to the Hessenliga for the first time. Winning the league in 2015–16 Teutonia earned another promotion, now to the Regionalliga Südwest, from which the club was relegated one season later.
Teutonia was renamed FC Gießen on 1 July 2018 after acquiring VfB Gießens football department. VfB announced its closure earlier in March. FC won another Hessenliga championship in 2019, promoting them to the Regionalliga again.
Current squad
Honours The club's honours: Hessenliga Champions: 2016, 2019, 2024 Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte Champions: 2015 Gruppenliga Gießen/Marburg' Champions: 2011
Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Historic German football league tables Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 23 October 2015Teutonia Watzenborn-Steinberg at Fussball.de accessed: 23 October 2015 Season Division Tier Position 2003–04 Bezirksliga Gießen/Marburg-Süd VII 1st ↑ 2004–05 Bezirksoberliga Gießen/Marburg VI 7th 2005–06 Bezirksoberliga Gießen/Marburg 2nd ↑ 2006–07 Landesliga Hessen-Mitte V 14th 2007–08 Landesliga Hessen-Mitte 19th ↓ 2008–09 Gruppenliga Gießen/Marburg VII 10th 2009–10 Gruppenliga Gießen/Marburg 9th 2010–11 Gruppenliga Gießen/Marburg 1st ↑ 2011–12 Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte VI 12th 2012–13 Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte 9th 2013–14 Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte 14th 2014–15 Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte 1st ↑ 2015–16 Hessenliga V 1st ↑ 2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest IV 17th ↓ 2017–18 Hessenliga V 4th 2018–19 Hessenliga 1st ↑ 2019–20 Regionalliga Südwest IV 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
FC Gießen at Weltfussball