SpVgg Hankofen-Hailing is a German association football club from the villages of Hankofen and Hailing in the municipality of Leiblfing, Bavaria.
The club's greatest success came in 2022 when it qualified for Regionalliga Bayern, in the fourth tier of the German football league system.
History For most of its history, the club has been an undistinguished amateur side in local Bavarian football. The club's rise began in 1992 when it was promoted to the Kreisklasse Dingolfing where it finished runners-up in 1993 and 1994 before winning promotion to the Bezirksliga in 1995.Erfolge SpVgg Hankofen-Hailing website – Success, accessed: 28 July 2014
Thirty years after its formation, the club rose to the highest league in Lower Bavaria, the Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern, for the first time in 1998 on the strength of a Bezirksliga Niederbayern-West titleBezirksliga Niederbayern-West tables and results Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 28 July 2014 and played at that level for the next three seasons. SpVgg immediately became a strong side at this level, finishing sixth in its first season and fourth in its second and won the league in its third.Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern tables and results Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 28 July 2014 The latter allowed the club to move up to the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte, where it would play for the next five seasons. After a difficult first year, the club finished in the upper half of the table for the second, third and fourth seasons there, but was relegated in 2006 after finishing 15th.Landesliga Bayern-Mitte tables and results Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 28 July 2014
SpVgg bounced back immediately, winning the Bezirksoberliga again and returning to the Landesliga. It was unable to establish itself however, finished 16th, and was relegated again. Two more seasons in the Bezirksoberliga followed before the club won a third league title there and moved up to the Landesliga again. This third title also equaled SpVgg GW Deggendorf's record of three titles in the Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern, which no other club achieved until the league was disbanded in 2012.
Back in the Landesliga, SpVgg performed much better as in the past, coming fourth in its first year there. The second season, the last of the league in its current format, saw a sixth-place finish and allowed the club to move up to the southern division of the newly expanded Bayernliga.
In its first Bayernliga season, the club came tenth, followed by a seventh place in 2013–14 and a sixth place the year after.Bayernliga Süd Weltfussball.de, accessed: 28 July 2014
The club won promotion to the Regionalliga Bayern in the 2021–22, finishing first in the Bayernliga Süd.
Current squad
Honours The club's honours:
League Bayernliga Süd (V) Champions: 2022 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern Champions: 2001 (VI), 2007 (VI), 2010 (VII) Bezirksliga Niederbayern-West (VII) Champions: 1998
Cup
Niederbayern Cup Runners-up: 2001, 2004, 2005
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 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern VI 4th 2000–01 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern 1st ↑ 2001–02 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte V 13th 2002–03 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 7th 2003–04 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 9th 2004–05 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 9th 2005–06 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 15th ↓ 2006–07 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern VI 1st ↑ 2007–08 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte V 16th ↓ 2008–09 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern VII 11th 2009–10 Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern 1st ↑ 2010–11 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte VI 4th 2011–12 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 6th ↑ 2012–13 Bayernliga Süd V 10th 2013–14 Bayernliga Süd 7th 2014–15 Bayernliga Süd 6th 2015–16 Bayernliga Süd 9th 2016–17 Bayernliga Süd 13th 2017–18 Bayernliga Süd 13th 2018–19 Bayernliga Süd 13th 2019–21 Bayernliga Süd 14th 2021–22 Bayernliga Süd 1st ↑ 2022–23 Regionalliga Bayern IV 18th ↓ 2023–24 Bayernliga Süd V 1st ↑ 2024–25 Regionalliga BayernIV 16th 2025–26 Regionalliga Bayern 18th ↓ 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.
Key ↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
References
External links Official team site Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables Manfreds Fussball Archiv Tables and results from the Bavarian amateur leagues SpVgg Hankofen-Hailing at Weltfussball.de