FC Eintracht Bamberg is a German association football club from the city of Bamberg, Bavaria. The footballers are part of a sports club formed on 1 April 2006 out of the union of 1. FC Bamberg and TSV Eintracht Bamberg. With over 1,500 members it is one of the largest sports associations in the Upper Franconia region of the state and has departments for bowling, karate, gymnastics, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball.

History The two founding clubs initially held discussions around the possibility of a merger in the summer of 2005, but the talks failed when the proposal did not receive the necessary three-quarters majority support of the membership of TSV Eintracht. In January 2006, after another half-year of discussion and lobbying, Eintrachts membership overwhelmingly agreed to the merger, while the membership of FC Bamberg followed suit in March.

The newly merged side took up the place of FC in the Bayernliga (IV) and earned an unexpectedly good 5th place result. In the following season, the club stayed on course for a top-four finish, which would have meant Regionalliga Süd qualification, for most of the season but failed in the end, finishing fifth again. However, the insolvency of the Sportfreunde Siegen and the fact that the SpVgg Bayreuth was refused a licence meant, Bamberg did still move up to the Regionalliga.Sportfreunde planen für die 5. Liga (in German) kicker.de, accessed: 8 June 2008Aufstieg Regionalliga Süd (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 13 June 2008Keine Lizenz für die SpVgg (in German) SpVgg Bayreuth website, accessed: 13 June 2008

The club finished in mid-table in the 2008–09 Regionalliga season. The club had to declare insolvency at the end of the 2009–10 season and folded. However, a new club was formed immediately under the name of FC Eintracht Bamberg 2010 and entered the Bayernliga for 2010–11.Historie der FC Eintracht Bamberg 2010 e.V. FC Eintracht Bamberg 2010 website. accessed: 8 February 2011

At the end of the 2011–12 season the club managed to finish in the top nine of the Bayernliga and thereby directly qualified for the new tier four Regionalliga Bayern.Das war die Relegation 2012 auf Verbandsebene fupa.net, published: 7 June 2012, accessed 8 June 2012 In this league the club finished 13th and 10th in its first two seasons there.Regionalliga Bayern table 2013–14 kicker.de, accessed: 16 June 2014 The team came last in the league in 2014–15 and was relegated from the Regionalliga to the Bayernliga where it came last once more in the following season and was relegated to the Landesliga. The club had to declare insolvency once more in March 2016.Der Insolvenzantrag ist gestellt!!! (in German) fupa.net, published: 29 March 2016, accessed: 30 June 2016

Stadium 1. FC Eintracht Bamberg plays in the Fuchs-Park-Stadion (previously Hauptkampfbahn im Volkspark) which served as the home ground of FC prior to the merger. The stadium was opened in 1926 and expanded in 1938 to accommodate 22,600 spectators. The record attendance of 27,000 was established in an amateur contest between Germany and France (1:1) on 2 May 1964.

Honours The club's honours:

League 1. FC Eintracht Bamberg Amateurliga Bayern (III) Champions: 1946, 1948 (N), 1950, 1957 (N), 1958 (N), 1963 (N) Runners-up: 1961 (N) Landesliga Bayern-Nord (IV) Champions: 1975, 1981 Runners-up: 2004, 2006 Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken (V-VI) Champions: 2008‡ Runners-up: 1992, 1997 (N) = Northern division

Eintracht Bamberg Landesliga Bayern-Nordost (VI) Champions: 2019 Bezirksliga Oberfranken West (VII) Champions: 2018‡

Cup Oberfranken Cup Winners: 2002

Youth Bavarian Under 19 championship Runners-up: 2006 Bavarian Under 17 championship' Runners-up: 2004 ‡ Reserve team

Players

Recent managers Recent managers of the club:1. FC Eintracht Bamberg .:. Trainer von A-Z weltfussball.de, accessed: 5 April 2011 Manager Start Finish Ulrich Pechtold 1 July 1996 30 June 2005 Christoph Starke 1 July 2005 15 December 2009 Dieter Kurth 6 January 2010 30 June 2010 Christoph Starke 1 July 2010 30 June 2012 Petr Skarabela 1 July 2012 28 March 2013 Dieter Kurth 29 March 2013 18 September 2013 Hans-Jürgen Heidenreich 19 September 2013 June 2014 Roberto Pätzold July 2014 18 October 2014 Tobias Fuchs 19 October 2014 4 December 2014 Norbert Schlegel 5 December 2014 27 October 2015 Petr Skarabela 27 October 2015 30 June 2016 Georg Lunz 1 July 2016 4 April 2017 Michael Hutzler 1 July 2017 30 June 2021 Julian Kolbeck 1 July 2021 30 June 2022 Jan Gernlein 1 July 2022 Present

Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Historical German domestic league tablesFussball.de – Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues

1. FC Bamberg The final placings of 1. FC Bamberg: Year Division Tier Position 1999–2000 Landesliga Bayern-Nord V 4th 2000–01 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 6th 2001–02 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 6th 2002–03 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 4th 2003–04 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 2nd 2004–05 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 4th 2005–06 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 2nd ↑

Eintracht Bamberg Year Division Tier Position 2006–07 Bayernliga IV 5th 2007–08 Bayernliga 5th ↑ 2008–09 Regionalliga Süd IV 10th 2009–10 Regionalliga Süd 17th ↓ 2010–11 Bayernliga V 8th 2011–12 Bayernliga 8th ↑ 2012–13 Regionalliga Bayern IV 13th 2013–14 Regionalliga Bayern 10th 2014–15 Regionalliga Bayern 18th ↓ 2015–16 Bayernliga Nord V 18th ↓ 2016–17 Landesliga Bayern-Nordwest VI 17th ↓ 2017–18 Bezirksliga Oberfranken West VII 1st ↑ 2018–19 Landesliga Bayern-Nordost VI 1st ↑ 2019–21 Bayernliga Nord V 7th 2021–22 Bayernliga Nord 4th 2022–23 Bayernliga Nord 1st ↑ 2023–24 Regionalliga Bayern IV 15th 2024–25 Regionalliga Bayern 17th ↓ 2025–26 Bayernliga Nord V 5th

Reserve team Season Division Tier Position 2006–07 Bezirksliga Oberfranken-West VII 1st ↑ 2007–08 Bezirksoberliga OberfrankenVI 1st ↑ 2008–09 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 12th 2009–10 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 11th ↓ 2010–11 A-Klasse Bamberg-Bayreuth 4 XI 2nd ↑ 2011–12 Kreisklasse Bamberg 2 X 11th 2012–13 Kreisklasse Bamberg 1 IX 4th 2013–14 Kreisklasse Bamberg 1 12th 2014–15 Kreisklasse Bamberg 1 7th 2015–16 Kreisklasse Bamberg 1 1st ↑ 2016–17 Kreisliga Bamberg VIII 16th ↓ 2017–18 did not compete 2018–19 did not compete 2019–21 did not compete 2021–22 Kreisklasse Bamberg 1 X 5th 2022–23 Kreisklasse Bamberg 1

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.

↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated

References

External links Official website FC Eintracht Bamberg on Weltfussball.de