Kehler FV is a German association football club from the town of Kehl, Baden-Württemberg. In addition to fielding a football side, the club has departments for athletics, and badminton, as well as general fitness and recreational sport.
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History The team was established in 1907, and from 1958 to 1966 and 1970–1974 played in the third tier Amateurliga Südbaden. Following several seasons as an "elevator club" moving frequently up and down between the Landesliga Südbaden (VI) and the Verbandsliga Südbaden (V), FV has advanced to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (V) following a second place Verbandsliga finish and successful promotion playoff in 2008.
The club played the next eight seasons in the Oberliga with an eighth place in 2012–13 as its best result but was relegated in 2015–16.
Honours The club's honours:
League Verbandsliga Südbaden Runners-up: 2008 Landesliga Südbaden Champions: 2006
Cup South Baden Cup Winners: 1957
Other The club includes a successful bobsleigh department. Club member Bodo Bittner was part of the bronze medal-winning four-man team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Peer Joechel won a gold medal at the 1993 World championships in the two-man competition.
Sprinter Georg Nückles was the European 400m indoor champion in 1972 and German indoor 400m champion in 1972 and 1973.
Recent managers Recent managers of the club:Kehler FV .:. Trainer von A-Z weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 September 2011 Manager Start Finish Bora Marković 1 July 1998 30 June 2014 Helmut Kröll 1 July 2014 18 January 2016 Alexander Hassenstein 19 January 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 Landesliga Südbaden I VI 2000–01 Landesliga Südbaden I ↑ 2001–02 Verbandsliga Südbaden V 13th ↓ 2002–03 Landesliga Südbaden VI ↑ 2003–04 Verbandsliga Südbaden V 17th ↓ 2004–05 Landesliga Südbaden I VI 3rd 2005–06 Landesliga Südbaden I 1st ↑ 2006–07 Verbandsliga Südbaden V 5th 2007–08 Verbandsliga Südbaden 2nd ↑ 2008–09 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 15th 2009–10 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 11th 2010–11 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 11th 2011–12 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 10th 2012–13 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 8th 2013–14 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 11th 2014–15 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 10th 2015–16 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 14th ↓ 2016–17 Verbandsliga Südbaden VI 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
Sources Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag
External links Official team site Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables Kehler FV at Weltfussball.de