FC Nöttingen is a German association football club from the Nöttingen district of Remchingen, Baden-Württemberg. The footballers are part of a sports club of more than 500 members that also has departments for table tennis and an unusual sport popular locally known as Schnürles or Fussballtennis (Football tennis), played with a soccer ball on a tennis court. The game was introduced to the area from Czechoslovakia in the 1920s by coach Fritz Schnürle. The stadium is the Kleiner Arena.
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History Founded on 2 July 1957, FC acknowledges TSV Germania Nöttingen, established prior to World War I, as a predecessor side. Germania folded in 1927.
The modern day successor rose slowly and steadily, out of B-class football into A-class in 1969, on into the Bezirksliga Pforzheim in 1972, the Landesliga Mittelbaden in 1996, the Verbandsliga Nordbaden (V) in 1997, and the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (IV) in 2002. On reaching the Regionalliga Süd (III) in 2004 FC stumbled and was relegated after finishing in last place. The club currently plays in the fifth tier Oberliga Baden-Württemberg as a lower table side.
In 2010–11, the club lead the Oberliga for most of the season, but eventually missed out on the title and promotion to Waldhof Mannheim when it lost the last two games of the season. A third-place finish in the Oberliga qualified the club for the promotion play-offs to the Regionalliga Südwest, where it defeated FSV Salmrohr and earned promotion. After only one season in the Regionalliga the club was relegated to the Oberliga again in 2015. Finishing runners-up in the Oberliga in 2015–16 Nöttingen was once more promoted to the Regionalliga after a play-off after four-all draw with SC Hauenstein in the final match.
Stadium The FC Nöttingen is playing in Kleiner Arena. The stadium has a capacity for 3.800 spectators.
Honours The club's honours:
League Oberliga Baden-Württemberg Champions: 2004 Runners-up: 2011, 2016 Verbandsliga Nordbaden (V) Champions: 2002 Landesliga Mittelbaden (VI) Champions: 1997 Bezirksliga Pforzheim Champions: 1979, 1982, 1986, 1996 A-Klass Süd Champions: 1972 B-Klass Nord Champions: 1969
Cup North Baden Cup Winners: 2012, 2015, 2017 Runners-up: 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2020
The club's second team also captured the Bezirksliga title in 2004.
League timeline
Recent managers Recent managers of the club:FC Nöttingen .:. Trainer von A-Z weltfussball.de, accessed: 5 September 2011 Manager Start Finish Günther Cuntz 9 January 2006 30 June 2006 Rainer Ulrich 1 July 2006 31 December 2006 Gerd Doll 1 January 2007 30 June 2007 Michael Fuchs 1 July 2007 30 June 2010 Michael Wittwer 1 July 2010 13 April 2016 Gerd Dais 14 April 2016 2 July 2016 Dubravko Kolinger 3 July 2016 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 Season Division Tier Position 1999–2000 Verbandsliga Nordbaden V 12th 2000–01 Verbandsliga Nordbaden 6th 2001–02 Verbandsliga Nordbaden 1st ↑ 2002–03 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg IV 8th 2003–04 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 1st ↑ 2004–05 Regionalliga Süd III 18th ↓ 2005–06 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg IV 9th 2006–07 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 14th 2007–08 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 11th 2008–09 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg V 5th 2009–10 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 9th 2010–11 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 2nd 2011–12 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 6th 2012–13 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 4th 2013–14 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 3rd ↑ 2014–15 Regionalliga Südwest IV 15th ↓ 2015–16 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg V 2nd ↑ 2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest IV 18th ↓ 2017–18 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg V 5th2018–19Oberliga Baden-Württemberg4th2019–20Oberliga Baden-Württemberg12th2020–21Oberliga Baden-Württemberg5th2021–22Oberliga Baden-Württemberg7th2022–23Oberliga Baden-Württemberg10th2023–24Oberliga Baden-Württemberg5th2024–25Oberliga Baden-Württemberg7th2025–26Oberliga Baden-Württemberg3rd 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.
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
References
External links Official team site Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables FC Nöttingen at Weltfussball.de