ASV Durlach


ASV Durlach is a German association football club from the borough of Durlach in the city of Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg.

History

The club was established 14 May 1902 as Fußball Club Germania Durlach. During World War II they were briefly partnered with Fußball Club Phönix Karlsruhe and played from 1943 to 1945 as Kriegspielgemainschaft Karlsruhe. Following the war occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of most organizations, including sports and football clubs. ASV was re-established on 1 June 1946, and in addition to their former membership, included the memberships of VfR Durlach, Turnerschaft Durlach, and TG Durlach. The following year they were joined by Tennisclub Durlach.
Throughout the early existence of the association, the footballers played as an unheralded local side in lower-tier competition. ASV fielded competitive sides in the third division Amateurliga Nordbaden in four seasons from 1946 to 1950, earning a second-place finish in 1948, and top four finishes in each of the other seasons. Durlach advanced to the 2. Liga-Süd where they played until 1955 when they were relegated back to Amateurliga play. They struggled through four seasons there until again being demoted. They made a brief two season re-appearance in the Amateurliga Nordbaden in 1965–67.
After promotion to the Verbandsliga Nordbaden in 1988, ASV enjoyed its most recent turn in upper-level football in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg between 1993 and 1997 and again in the 2005–06 season, where they earned lower table results in five campaigns. In 2007–08, a Verbandsliga championship returned the club to the Oberliga, where it played until 2011, when it was relegated once more. In 2013 it suffered another relegation, now to the Landesliga, but won a league championship there in 2015 and returned to the Verbandsliga.

Honors

The club's honours:

League

Recent managers of the club:
ManagerStartFinish
Jürgen Apfel1 July 200830 August 2008
Klaus Kleinert1 September 200830 June 2009
Rainer Krieg1 July 200930 June 2011
Adis Herceg1 July 2011Present

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
SeasonDivisionTierPosition
1999–2000Verbandsliga NordbadenV6th
2000–01Verbandsliga NordbadenV7th
2001–02Verbandsliga NordbadenV3rd
2002–03Verbandsliga NordbadenV4th
2003–04Verbandsliga NordbadenV11th
2004–05Verbandsliga NordbadenV1st ↑
2005–06Oberliga Baden-WürttembergIV16th ↓
2006–07Verbandsliga NordbadenV6th
2007–08Verbandsliga NordbadenV1st ↑
2008–09Oberliga Baden-WürttembergV14th
2009–10Oberliga Baden-WürttembergV14th
2010–11Oberliga Baden-WürttembergV18th ↓
2011–12Verbandsliga NordbadenVI5th
2012–13Verbandsliga NordbadenVI13th ↓
2013–14Landesliga MittelbadenVII2nd
2014–15Landesliga MittelbadenVII1st ↑
2015–16Verbandsliga NordbadenVI6th
2016–17Verbandsliga NordbadenVI

↑ Promoted↓ Relegated