The TSF Ditzingen is an association football club in Germany. It is located in the city of Ditzingen, in Baden-Wurttemberg.
History The club was formed on 2 July 1893 under the name of TV Ditzingen. accessed: 18 October 2008 However, it did not have a football department until 1920.TSF Ditzingen website _history of the club accessed: 18 October 2008 The club changed its name in 1919 to TSVgg Ditzingen after a merger.
The club existed for most of its life as an undistinguished amateur club, lingering in the lower divisions of Württemberg football. The club fluctuated between Kreisklasse A and Kreisklasse B in those years, the local fifth and sixth division. Only in 1950 could it briefly gain entry to the tier-four 2nd Amateurliga.
It began its rise to prominence in the mid-1980s when a couple of quick promotions took the TSF from the tier-eight Kreisliga B to the tier-three Amateuroberliga Baden-Württemberg in 1991. One of the players in this team was Fredi Bobic, who later played for Germany internationally.Fredi Bobic profile on Weltfussball.de accessed: 18 October 2008 Bobic was the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg top-scorer in 1991–92, playing for the TSF, with 19 goals.Amateur-Oberliga Statistik 1991–92, publisher: DSFS, published: 1992, page: 7, accessed: 18 October 2008
In 1993, the club managed to win the Württemberg Cup, beating SV Böblingen 3–2 in the final. This allowed the TSF to take part in the 1993–94 DFB-Pokal, where it lost to Hansa Rostock 0–2 in the second round.TSF Ditzingen .:. Die Bilanz gegen Hansa Rostock Weltfussball.de, accessed: 18 October 2008
In three seasons in the Oberliga, the club did well enough to qualify for the new Regionalliga Süd, which was formed in 1994. Initially, in this new league, Ditzingen performed well, too, finishing 6th and 5th in its first two seasons. In the 1994–95 season, Sean Dundee scored 24 goals for the team and came second in the Regionalliga scorer list.Die Regionalligen 1994–95, Yearbook of German amateur football, publisher: DSFS, published: 1995, accessed: 18 October 2008
From 1996, the club declined however, having to struggle against relegation instead. When, in 2000, the number of Regionalligas was reduced from four to two, the TSF failed to make the cut, having finished only 15th in the league.
With the end of the club's "miracle" rise, it was handed down through the Oberliga within two seasons to the Verbandsliga. After 2008, the club went into free fall, suffering three consecutive relegations and ending up in the tier-nine Kreisliga A Enns/Murr in 2011–12. It won promotion back to the Bezirksliga for a season but was relegated back down to the Kreisliga A in 2013 and the Kreisliga B in 2015. Ditzingen went up to the Kreisliga A the next year but came down again after the season, becoming a yo-yo club.
Honours The club's honours:
League Verbandsliga Württemberg (IV) Champions: 1991 Landesliga Württemberg I (V) Champions: 1990 Bezirksliga Enz-Murr (VI) Champions: 1988
Cup Württemberg Cup Winners: 1993 Runners-up: 1994
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 Regionalliga Süd III 15th ↓ 2000–01 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg IV 14th 2001–02 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 17th ↓ 2002–03 Verbandsliga Württemberg V 4th 2003–04 Verbandsliga Württemberg 12th 2004–05 Verbandsliga Württemberg 9th 2005–06 Verbandsliga Württemberg 5th 2006–07 Verbandsliga Württemberg 6th 2007–08 Verbandsliga Württemberg 12th 2008–09 Verbandsliga Württemberg VI 16th ↓ 2009–10 Landesliga Württemberg I VII 16th ↓ 2010–11 Bezirksliga Enz/Murr VIII 16th ↓ 2011–12 Kreisliga A Enns/Murr 2 IX 2nd ↑ 2012–13 Bezirksliga Enz/Murr VIII 15th ↓ 2013–14 Kreisliga A Enns/Murr 2 IX 7th 2014–15 Kreisliga A Enns/Murr 2 13th ↓ 2015–16 Kreisliga B Enns/Murr X 2nd 2016–17 Kreisliga A Enns/Murr IX 14th ↓ 2017–18 Kreisliga B Enns/Murr X 2nd 2018–19 Kreisliga B Enns/Murr 3rd 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
TSF Ditzingen profile at Weltfussball.de Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables