TuS Mechtersheim are a German association football club based in Mechtersheim.
History TuS Mechtersheim was founded on 1 March 1914 as Viktoria Mechtersheim. Following the conclusion of World War I the club was remade as Sportverein Mechtersheim. With the formation of an athletics department in 1930 came the adoption of the name Turn- und Sportverein Mechtersheim. In the aftermath of World War II organizations across the country, including sports and football clubs, were ordered dissolved by occupying Allied authorities. The club was re-established as ASV Mechtersheim in 1946, before resuming its old identity as Tus Mechtersheim in March 1950.
TuS played through most of its history at the amateur level. The team won promotion to the Landesliga Südwest-Ost (VI) in 2001 before advancing through the Verbandsliga Südwest (V) to the Oberliga Südwest (IV) in 2004.
For the next eleven seasons the club played in the Oberliga, with a seventh place in 2013 as its best result. A fourteenth place in 2014–15 however meant relegation to the Verbandsliga for Mechtersheim where it won another league title in 2015–16 and returned to the Oberliga.
Honours The club's honours: Verbandsliga Südwest (V) Champions: 2004, 2016 Landesliga Südwest-Ost Champions: 2001 A-Klasse Speyer Champions: 1980, 1986 B-Klasse Speyer Champions: 1968, 1977
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 Season Division Tier Position 2000–01 Landesliga Südwest-Ost VI 1st ↑ 2001–02 Verbandsliga Südwest V 5th 2002–03 Verbandsliga Südwest 4th 2003–04 Verbandsliga Südwest 1st ↑ 2004–05 Oberliga Südwest IV 13th 2005–06 Oberliga Südwest 13th 2006–07 Oberliga Südwest 14th 2007–08 Oberliga Südwest 14th 2008–09 Oberliga Südwest V 9th 2009–10 Oberliga Südwest 8th 2010–11 Oberliga Südwest 8th 2011–12 Oberliga Südwest 11th 2012–13 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 7th 2013–14 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 13th 2014–15 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 15th ↓ 2015–16 Verbandsliga Südwest VI 1st ↑ 2016–17 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar V 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. In 2012 the Oberliga Südwest was renamed Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar.
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
References
External links Official team site TuS Mechtersheim at Weltfussball.de Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables