1. FC Eschborn


1. FC Eschborn was a German association football club which played in Eschborn, a town close to Frankfurt, Hesse.
WWW 1fce.de

History

The association was founded 10 September 1930 and after World War II was re-established as SG Eschborn. In 1950, the football department left behind the postwar sports club, which was by then known as Turnverein Eschborn, to become an independent club under its current name.
A perennial lower division amateur side, 1. FC made strides that have seen it playing in the Regionalliga Süd as recently as the 2005–06 season. Their success was mixed, however: while making some strong showings in the fourth division Oberliga Hessen, they were not able to compete effectively at the Regionalliga level. The club was also suffering financially, and unable to find a strong sponsor, faced bankruptcy from which it never recovered.
Eschborn took part in the 2005–06 German Cup tournament on the strength of their championship in the Oberliga Hessen the previous season, but were eliminated in the opening round by 1. FC Nürnberg.
The club returned to the Hessenliga again after spending the 2007–08 season in the Landesliga. It won the league in 2011–12 and thereby earned promotion to the new Regionalliga Südwest. At this level it lasted for only one season before being relegated back to the Hessenliga. At the end of the 2015–16 Eschborn withdrew from the Hessenliga and competitive football after declaring insolvency and ceased to exist.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

Hessenliga

Cup

Hesse Cup
  • * Runners-up: 2005

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:
ManagerStartFinish
Thomas Biehrer1 July 200830 June 2010
Thomas Brendel1 July 201030 June 2011
Sandro Schwarz1 July 201130 June 2013
Dennis Weiland1 July 201330 June 2014
Stephan Adam1 July 201416 October 2015
Rouven Leopold17 October 201530 June 2016

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
SeasonDivisionTierPosition
1999–2000Landesliga Hessen-MitteV2nd
2000–01Landesliga Hessen-MitteV2nd ↑
2001–02Oberliga HessenIV12th
2002–03Oberliga HessenIV1st ↑
2003–04Regionalliga SüdIII17th ↓
2004–05Oberliga HessenIV1st ↑
2005–06Regionalliga SüdIII18th ↓
2006–07Oberliga HessenIV16th ↓
2007–08Landesliga Hessen-MitteV2nd ↑
2008–09HessenligaV6th
2009–10HessenligaV6th
2010–11HessenligaV4th
2011–12HessenligaV1st ↑
2012–13Regionalliga SüdwestIV16th ↓
2013–14HessenligaV3rd
2014–15HessenligaV10th
2015–16HessenligaV6th

  • 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. Also in 2008, a large number of football leagues in Hesse were renamed, with the Oberliga Hessen becoming the Hessenliga, the Landesliga becoming the Verbandsliga, the Bezirksoberliga becoming the Gruppenliga and the Bezirksliga becoming the Kreisoberliga. In 2012, the number of Regionalligas was increased from three to five with all Regionalliga Süd clubs except the Bavarian ones entering the new Regionalliga Südwest.
↑ Promoted↓ Relegated