1. FC Germania Egestorf/Langreder
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| Full name | 1. Fußballclub Germania Egestorf/Langreder e.V |
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| Founded | 16 March 2001 |
| Ground | Sportanlage Egestorf |
| Capacity | 3,000 |
| Chairman | Torsten Seebeck |
| Head Coach | Jan Zimmermann |
| League | Niedersachsenliga (V) |
| 2014–15 | 4th |
1. FC Germania Egestorf/Langreder is a German association football club from the town of Barsinghausen, Lower Saxony. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier five Niedersachsenliga in 2012. By reaching the final of the 2015–16 Lower Saxony Cup the club also qualified for the German Cup for the first time, entering the first round of the 2016–17 edition.
History
The club was formed on 16 March 2001 when two local clubs, TSV Egestorf and TSV Langreder merged to form the current club in an effort to combine the extensive youth department of the former with the senior team of the latter.[1]
The new club took started out in the tier seven Bezirksliga Hannover 1 but won promotion from this level to the Landesliga Hannover in 2003. It spent the next nine seasons there, with the league renamed to Bezirksoberliga Hannover from 2006 to 2010. After finishing runners-up in 2008 and 2010 and missing out on promotion Germania won the league in 2011–12 and earned promotion to the Niedersachsenliga for the first time. At this level the club finished sixth in its first season and gradually improving every year.[2]
The club qualified for the final of the Lower Saxony Cup and thereby directly for the first round of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal as both finalist advance to the national cup competition from the federation because it is one of the three largest in Germany.[3]
Honours
The club's honours:
- Landesliga Hannover
- Champions: 2011–12
- Lower Saxony Cup
- Runners-up: 2016
Seasons
The season-by-season performance of the club:[2][4]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
| 2001–02 | Bezirksliga Hannover 1 | VII | |
| 2002–03 | Bezirksliga Hannover 1 | 2nd ↑ | |
| 2003–04 | Landesliga Hannover | VI | 6th |
| 2004–05 | Landesliga Hannover | 5th | |
| 2005–06 | Landesliga Hannover | 6th | |
| 2006–07 | Bezirksoberliga Hannover | 6th | |
| 2007–08 | Bezirksoberliga Hannover | 2nd | |
| 2008–09 | Bezirksoberliga Hannover | 11th | |
| 2009–10 | Bezirksoberliga Hannover | 2nd | |
| 2010–11 | Landesliga Hannover | 4th | |
| 2011–12 | Landesliga Hannover | 1st ↑ | |
| 2012–13 | Niedersachsenliga | V | 6th |
| 2013–14 | Niedersachsenliga | 5th | |
| 2014–15 | Niedersachsenliga | 4th | |
| 2015–16 | Niedersachsenliga | ||
| 2016–17 |
- The Landesliga Hannover was renamed to Bezirksoberliga Hannover from 2006 to 2010.
| ↑ Promoted | ↓ Relegated |
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Germania Egestorf at Fussball.de (German) accessed: 29 April 2016
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Historic German football league tables (German) Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 29 April 2016
External links
- Official club site (German)
- Germania Egestorf at Weltfussball.de (German)
