FC 08 Homburg

FC 08 Homburg
Full name Fußball-Club 08 Homburg/Saar e.V.
Founded 1908
Ground Waldstadion Homburg
Ground Capacity 21,813
Manager Jens Kiefer
League Regionalliga Südwest (IV)
2014–15 6th

FC 08 Homburg is a German association football club based in Homburg, Saarland. The club was founded on 15 June 1908 as Fussball Club Homburg by a group of seventeen young men at the local Hohenburg pub.

History

In February 1913 Fussballverein Homburg and went on to take the local championship that season. By the mid 20s the side was playing second division football, but folded on 27 August 1936. A new multi-sport club known as VfL Homburg was formed 5 March 1937 out of a group of local sides that included Turnverein 1878 Homburg, Schwimmverein Homburg, Kraftsportverein Homburg, Boxclub Homburg, Tennis-Club Homburg, as well as the former membership of the defunct FV. The footballers again took up play in second tier competition and failed in two attempts (1938, 1941) to win their way through the regional promotion playoff to the first division Gauliga Südwest.

After World War II, Allied occupation authorities dissolved all types of associations in Germany, including football clubs. The club was soon re-constituted as Sportverein Homburg and captured a division championship in the Amateurliga Saarland (III) in 1948 before resuming the name FC Homburg in January 1949.

The Saarland was occupied by the French who made various efforts to see the state become independent of Germany or join France. In sport this was manifested as separate 1952 Olympic and 1954 World Cup teams for Saarland, the establishment of a short-lived football league for the state, and the German club 1. FC Saarbrücken playing in the French second division. Homburg played in the Saarland Ehrenliga from 1949 to 1951 as FC Homburg-Saar. By the time of the 1951–52 season the return of German teams to the German Football Association had been negotiated: the Ehrenliga faded away and by 1956 the independent Saarland Fussball Bund had re-joined the DFB.

A second Amateurliga Saarland title in 1957 advanced FC to the 2. Liga-Südwest (II) and in December of that year they adopted the name FC 08 Homburg/Saar. The club was relegated to the Amateurliga in 1960 which had become a fourth tier circuit by 1963.

In the late 1970s the team advanced to the quarter finals of the DFB-Pokal on two occasions, and on into the early 1980s moved frequently between third and fourth tier play. Then, in the second half of the decade, they enjoyed their greatest success. They played their way back to the second division and on into the Bundesliga in 1986. Homburg played two seasons there, were relegated, and returned for one final Bundesliga season in 1989–90 before beginning a gradual descent which would lead them to Oberliga Südwest (IV) where they play today.

The club had a moment of glory in 1991 when it beat FC Bayern Munich in Munich 4–2 after extra time in the first round of the 1991–92 DFB-Pokal.[1] They were relegated from the Second Bundesliga after the 1994–95 season.

Along the way the club had a couple of misadventures. In 1988, the DFB prohibited the team from wearing the sponsorship logo of a condom manufacturer on ethical and moral grounds. In 1998, they entered into an agreement with 1. FC Saarbrücken to loan players to that team to help ease Homburg's financial pinch. Despite this, in 1999, the club had a brush with bankruptcy that led to their being denied a license to play in the Regionalliga West/Südwest (III) and demotion to the Oberliga Südwest (IV). The club qualified for the 2006–07 German Cup and went out in the first round 1–2 to Bundesliga side VfL Bochum. Homburg was finally promoted to Regionalliga West after finishing atop the Oberliga Südwest ahead of FK Pirmasens on a goal differential of plus 2 in the 2009–10 season. Their Regionalliga cameo ended with a 17th place finish and a return to fifth tier play. Homburg immediately bounced back by capturing the Oberliga Südwest title and qualifying for the Regionalliga Südwest (IV) for 2012–13.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

Cup

  • Saarland Cup
    • Winners: (6) 1983, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2016
    • Runners-up: (5) 1996, 1998, 2003, 2007, 2015

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:[2]

Manager Start Finish
Christian Hock 14 November 2010 21 April 2011
Guinea Taifour Diane 22 April 2011 30 June 2011
Christian Titz 1 July 2011 10 April 2014
Sebastian Stache 7 April 2014 21 April 2014
Robert Jung 22 April 2014 Present

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[3][4]

Season Division Tier Position
1999–2000 Oberliga Südwest IV 3rd
2000–01 Oberliga Südwest 4th
2001–02 Oberliga Südwest 9th
2002–03 Oberliga Südwest 12th
2003–04 Oberliga Südwest 4th
2004–05 Oberliga Südwest 4th
2005–06 Oberliga Südwest 2nd
2006–07 Oberliga Südwest 4th
2007–08 Oberliga Südwest 7th
2008–09 Oberliga Südwest V 2nd
2009–10 Oberliga Südwest 1st ↑
2010–11 Regionalliga West IV 17th ↓
2011–12 Oberliga Südwest V 1st ↑
2012–13 Regionalliga Südwest IV 14th
2013–14 Regionalliga Südwest 11th
2014–15 Regionalliga Südwest 6th
2015–16 Regionalliga Südwest

Key

Promoted Relegated

Current squad

As of 1 February 2016[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Germany GK David Buchholz
4 Germany DF Andreas Gaebler
5 Germany MF Steven Kröner
6 Germany DF Tim Stegerer
7 Italy MF Giovanni Runco
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Azur Velagić
9 Italy FW Angelo Vaccaro
10 Germany MF Murat Bildirici
13 Germany MF André Kilian
14 Germany MF Marco Gaiser (on loan from Stuttgarter Kickers)
15 Germany DF Nils Fischer
19 France FW Thierry Steimetz
20 Germany DF Sebastian Wolf
No. Position Player
21 Germany FW Marc Gallego
22 Algeria FW Chadli Amri
23 Germany MF Jaron Schäfer
24 Germany MF André Dalphin
25 Germany DF Niklas Wiebach
26 Germany FW Kai Hesse
27 Germany GK Tobias Trautner
28 Germany GK Jonas Weisenstein
29 Germany DF Emil Noll
31 Germany DF Jan Eichmann
32 Germany FW Patrick Schmidt
33 Germany GK Florian Fromlowitz

Former players

A selection of former players of the club:[6]

References

  1. Shock defeats and a record victory FC Bayern Munich website, accessed: 13 November 2008
  2. FC 08 Homburg .:. Trainer von A-Z (German) weltfussball.de, accessed: 6 July 2012
  3. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (German) Historical German domestic league tables
  4. Fussball.de – Ergebnisse (German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
  5. http://fc08homburg.de/start/profis/team/kader/
  6. FC 08 Homburg .:. Spieler von A-Z (German) weltfussball.de, accessed: 6 July 2012

External links

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