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Würzburger Kickers
Würzburger Kickers logo.svg
Full name Fußball-Club Würzburger Kickers e.V.
Nickname(s) Rothosen (Red Shorts)
Founded 17 November 1907; 111 years ago (1907-11-17)
Ground Flyeralarm Arena
Capacity 14,500
Chairman Dr. Michael Schlagbauer
Manager Michael Schiele
League 3. Liga
2017–18 5th


















Home colours














Away colours














Third colours




Current season

Würzburger Kickers is a German association football club playing in Würzburg, Bavaria. In pre-World War II football, the club has competed briefly at highest level, in the Bezirksliga Bayern and, during the war, in the Gauliga Bayern. Post-war, it made a single appearance in professional football when it played in the southern division of the 2. Bundesliga in 1977–78. After a long stint in amateur football, dropping as low as the seventh tier it made a recovery, reaching professional football again when winning promotion to the 3. Liga in 2014–15 and the following season, promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Honours


    • 2.1 League


    • 2.2 Cup




  • 3 Players


    • 3.1 Current squad


    • 3.2 Out on loan




  • 4 Recent managers


  • 5 Recent seasons


  • 6 Stadium


  • 7 Supporters and rivalries


  • 8 Reserve team


  • 9 The Würzburg league derby since 1963


  • 10 DFB Cup appearances


  • 11 References


  • 12 External links





History


Founded in 1907, the team has played for most of its history as an unknown local side, although they did manage three seasons in the Bezirksliga Bayern, from 1930 to 1933, and two single season appearances in the Gauliga Bayern (1940–41, 1942–43) one of sixteen top-flight division established in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich.




Historical chart of Würzburger Kickers league performance after WWII


The club became part of the Landesliga Bayern (II) after the Second World War. Kickers put on some strong performances through the 1950s in the Amateurliga Bayern (II-III) but never quite managed a breakthrough. Through the 1960s and on into the early 1980s, the club played as a third division side with the exception of a single season (1977–78) played in the 2. Bundesliga after their divisional title win in the Bayernliga (III) in '77. By 1983, financial difficulties contributed to a slide to fourth division play in the Landesliga Bayern-Nord which became a fifth tier circuit in 1994. Two difficult seasons over 2002–2004 saw the club descend through the Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken (VI) to the Bezirksliga Unterfranken (VII). Kickers recovered and returned to the Oberliga Bayern on the strength of a 2nd place in the 2007–08 Landesliga season. The club met local rival Würzburger FV there for the first Würzburg league derby since 1998–99.


The 2008–09 season proved no success, with Kickers immediately relegated again to the Landesliga and taking until 2012 to win this league again. The team was one of two clubs in the league to apply for a licence in the new tier four Regionalliga Bayern. Taking part in the promotion play-off, Kickers earned a by in the first round and defeated BC Aichach in the second to play in the Regionalliga from 2012. The club was thereby also able to win promotion from the sixth tier to the fourth without playing in the fifth.[1]


Kickers took out the 2013–14 Bavarian Cup on penalties in the final against SV Schalding-Heining and thereby qualified for the first round of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal. In the league, the club finished tenth in 2013 and eleventh in 2014.[2] In the 2014–15 DFB Pokal, Kickers knocked-out Fortuna Düsseldorf in the first round but was defeated by Eintracht Braunschweig in the second. In the 2014–15 season, Kickers won the Regionalliga Bayern and earned the right to take part in the promotion round to the 3. Liga. They faced 1. FC Saarbrücken, runners-up of the Regionalliga Südwest, and won 1–0 away but also lost 1–0 at home. In the necessary penalty shoot-out, Kickers won 6–5 and were promoted to the 3. Liga.


In March 2016, the club's fans protested against a potential merger with local rival Würzburger FV. Kickers had been asked by the Mayor of Würzburg to hold talks about mergers and cooperation with a number of local clubs in order to receive the city's support in a stadium expansion.[3]Kickers finished the inaugural 3. Liga season in third place, thereby qualifying for the promotion play-off and the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal.[4] The club ensured promotion to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time in almost 40 years by winning 4–1 (2–0/2–1) on aggregate against MSV Duisburg.[5]



Honours











Players



Current squad


As of 5 September 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


































































































No.

Position
Player
1

Germany

GK

Leon Bätge
2

Germany

DF

Maximilian Ahlschwede
3

Germany

DF

Anthony Syhre
4

Bosnia and Herzegovina

DF

Ibrahim Hajtić
5

Germany

DF

Hendrik Hansen
6

Germany

DF

Kai Wagner
7

Germany

MF

Fabio Kaufmann
8

Germany

MF

Dave Gnaase
9

Germany

FW

Dominic Baumann
11

Kosovo

FW

Enis Bytyqi
14

Canada

MF

Caniggia Elva
15

Turkey

MF

Enes Küç
16

Germany

MF

Dennis Mast
18

Greece

MF

Simon Skarlatidis


















































































No.

Position
Player
19

Republic of Macedonia

FW

Orhan Ademi
20

Germany

FW

Patrick Breitkreuz
21

Germany

GK

Patrick Drewes
22

Germany

MF

Daniel Hägele
23

Germany

MF

Florian Kohls
24

Germany

GK

Nico Stephan
25

Germany

MF

Björn Jopek
26

Germany

DF

Janik Bachmann
27

Germany

DF

Sebastian Schuppan
28

Germany

DF

Peter Kurzweg (on loan from Union Berlin)
31

Germany

MF

Patrick Göbel
37

Turkey

MF

Onur Ünlüçifçi



Out on loan


Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
















No.

Position
Player


Germany

FW

Maximilian Breunig (at FC Ingolstadt U19 until 30 June 2019)



Recent managers


Recent managers of the club:[6][7]












































Manager

Start

Finish
Predrag Uzelac
1 April 2009
1 October 2009
Dieter Wirsching
1 October 2009
30 June 2010
Anton Kramer
1 July 2010
2 March 2011
Dieter Wirsching
3 March 2011
30 June 2014

Bernd Hollerbach
1 July 2014
30 June 2017

Stephan Schmidt
1 July 2017
2 October 2017

Michael Schiele
2 October 2017



Recent seasons


The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[8][9]




















































































































Season

Division

Tier

Position
1999–2000

Landesliga Bayern-Nord
V
5th
2000–01
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
8th
2001–02
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
17th ↓
2002–03

Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken
VI
13th ↓
2003–04
Bezirksliga Unterfranken
VII
1st ↑
2004–05
Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken
VI
1st ↑
2005–06
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
V
6th
2006–07
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
6th
2007–08
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
2nd ↑
2008–09

Bayernliga
V
18th ↓
2009–10
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
VI
5th
2010–11
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
5th
2011–12
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
1st ↑

2012–13

Regionalliga Bayern
IV
10th

2013–14
Regionalliga Bayern
11th

2014–15
Regionalliga Bayern
1st ↑

2015–16
3. Liga
III
3rd ↑

2016–17

2. Bundesliga
II
17th ↓

2017–18
3. Liga
III
5th

  • 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.

Key




Promoted
Relegated


Stadium





flyeralarm Arena (2014)


Prior to 1967, the club used the Randersacker Straße stadium and since then have played in the flyeralarm Arena, which has a capacity of 13,090 (4,000 seated). The facility was renovated in 2005 and equipped with floodlights in 2014.



Supporters and rivalries


The Würzburg derby is a fierce local rivalry with Würzburger FV and the fans have a hostility with fans of 1. FC Schweinfurt 05.[10]



Reserve team


The club's reserve team won promotion to the tier five Bayernliga for the first time after defeating VfL Frohnlach in the play-off for the 2016–17 Bayernliga.



The Würzburg league derby since 1963



The 2009–10 season was the 19th time, the two most prominent clubs from Würzburg, Würzburger FV and Kickers, played in the same league since 1963. In this time, the derby was played on professional level only once, in the 1977–78 2. Bundesliga Süd season.[11]





















































































































































Season
League
Teams
Home
Away
1964–65

Amateurliga Bayern
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
2–1
1–5
1965–66
Amateurliga Bayern
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
0–1
1–1
1970–71
Amateurliga Bayern
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
3–1
2–1
1971–72
Amateurliga Bayern
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
1–3
4–1
1972–73
Amateurliga Bayern
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
1–0
3–1
1973–74
Amateurliga Bayern
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
2–1
0–0
1974–75
Amateurliga Bayern
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
3–0
1–0
1975–76
Amateurliga Bayern
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
3–0
1–1
1977–78

2. Bundesliga Süd
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
4–0
2–2
1980–81
Amateur Oberliga Bayern
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
0–0
1–1
1991–92

Landesliga Bayern-Nord
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
1–2
1–3
1992–93
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
5–1
3–0
1993–94
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
3–3
0–5
1994–95
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
4–1
1–5
1996-96
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
3–0
1–1
1996–97
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
3–2
0–0
1998–99
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
4–0
0–1
2008–09

Bayernliga
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
1–2
2–5
2009–10
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
4–1
0–2
2018–19

Bavarian Cup
Würzburger FV – Würzburger Kickers
0–4


DFB Cup appearances


The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup seven times:




































































































Season

Round

Date

Home

Away

Result

Attendance

1978–79
First round
4 August 1978

SC Herford
Würzburger Kickers
2–1


1980–81
First round
30 August 1980

Würzburger Kickers

TSV Hirschaid
2–1 (a.e.t)

Second round
4 October 1980
Würzburger Kickers

Fortuna Düsseldorf
0–2


1981–82
First round
28 August 1981

SV Neckargerach
Würzburger Kickers
4–2


2014–15
First round[12]
17 August 2014

Würzburger Kickers

Fortuna Düsseldorf
3–2 (a.e.t)
10,500
Second round
28 October 2014
Würzburger Kickers

Eintracht Braunschweig
0–1
12,000

2015–16
First round
8 August 2015
Würzburger Kickers

SV Werder Bremen
0–2 (a.e.t)
9,706

2016–17
First round
20 August 2016

Würzburger Kickers
Eintracht Braunschweig
1-0 (a.e.t)
6,384
Second round
25 October 2016
Würzburger Kickers

TSV 1860 Munich
3-4
12,142

2017–18
First round
12 August 2017
Würzburger Kickers

SV Werder Bremen
0–3
8,090

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References





  1. ^ Das war die Relegation 2012 auf Verbandsebene (in German) fupa.net, published: 7 June 2012, accessed 8 June 2012


  2. ^ Regionalliga Bayern table 2013–14 kicker.de, accessed: 16 June 2014


  3. ^ "Würzburg: Ein Punkt fehlt noch - Wirbel um "Fusion"" [Würzburg: One more point required - Storm over merger]. kicker.de (in German). Kicker. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.


  4. ^ "Aue wieder zweitklassig, Würzburg sicher Dritter" [Aue back in second division, Würzburg secures third place]. kicker.de (in German). Kicker. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.


  5. ^ "Würzburg jubelt! Aufstieg in 2. Liga perfekt" [Würzburg celebrates! Promotion to Second Division achieved] (in German). Weltfussball.de. Retrieved 25 May 2016.


  6. ^ Würzburger Kickers .:. Trainer von A-Z (in German) weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 2013


  7. ^ Würzburger Kickers Chronik (in German) fupa.net, accessed: 4 June 2013


  8. ^ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables


  9. ^ Fussball.de - Ergebnisse Archived 7 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine. (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues


  10. ^ http://www.faszination-fankurve.de/index.php?head=Auseinandersetzungen-vorm-Derby-in-Wuerzburg&folder=sites&site=news_detail&news_id=13878


  11. ^ Landesliga Bayern-Nord tables Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Manfreds Fussball Archiev, accessed: 1 May 2011


  12. ^ DFB-Pokal 2014/2015 1. Runde, Würzburger Kickers - Fortuna Düsseldorf (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 21 August 2014




External links



  • Official team site

  • Abseits Guide to German Soccer















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