Freiburger FC


Freiburger FC are a German association football club based in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg. Freiburger FC were one of the founding clubs of the DFB in 1900.

History

Founded in 1897, for many decades FFC were the dominant club in the city. Their early successes included a South German title in their second season and a national championship in 1907. The club were also semi-finalists of the Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva, one of the very first international football competitions in the world, in 1908. Those wins proved to be the height of their success, and they have not won any significant honours since. In 1916, the club managed to win the Südkreis-Liga but the competition was heavily affected by the war and very localised.
The club belonged to the tier-one Kreisliga Südwest and then the Bezirksliga Baden throughout its existence from 1923 to 1933. They played mid-table in the Gauliga Baden through the 1930s, and after the Second World War, entered the 2. Oberliga Süd.
With the formation of the Bundesliga, Germany's professional football league, in 1963, Freiburg found themselves seeded in the tier II Regionalliga Süd, while SC Freiburg were playing in the Amateurliga Südbaden. FFC slipped to that level for three seasons in 1974–77 before playing their way back to 2. Bundesliga. However the team could not draw support and suffered from poor attendance throughout the following five-year period spent in the 2nd division. When they were relegated to the amateur Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 1982, only a saving campaign by fans kept the club out of bankruptcy, while SC Freiburg remained in the 2. Bundesliga on their way to the top flight.
Since 1994, FFC played in the Verbandsliga Südbaden, interrupted by the 1999–2000 season, when the club dropped to the Landesliga for a year. In 2009, the club's decline continued with a more permanent drop to the Landesliga. After finishing third in its first two attempts at promotion the club came second in the Landesliga in 2011–12 and qualified for the promotion round to the Verbandsliga. After a 2–2 draw at FC Radolfzell the club achieved promotion by defeating SC Offenburg 5–1.
Continued financial problems forced Freiburger FC to sell its Möslestadion and enter into a sharing arrangement with Blau-Weiß Wiehre. Their former stadium was taken up by SC Freiburg as a youth facility.
After a twenty-year absence, Freiburger FC returned to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg after winning the Verbandsliga title in 2014 but were relegated again in 2016 season after just two seasons at this level. In the 2018–19 season the club finished second in the Verbandsliga Südbaden and were again promoted to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg.

Honours

League

Recent managers of the club:
ManagerStartFinish
Walter Güntner1 July 198922 November 1989
Ata Lameck23 November 198921 February 1990
Uwe Ehret22 February 199030 June 1993
Maximilian Heidenreich1 January 200130 June 2007
Ralf Eckert1 July 2013Present

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
SeasonDivisionTierPosition
1999–2000Landesliga SüdbadenVI↑
2000–01Verbandsliga SüdbadenV10th
2001–02Verbandsliga SüdbadenV10th
2002–03Verbandsliga SüdbadenV6th
2003–04Verbandsliga SüdbadenV7th
2004–05Verbandsliga SüdbadenV5th
2005–06Verbandsliga SüdbadenV11th
2006–07Verbandsliga SüdbadenV6th
2007–08Verbandsliga SüdbadenV4th
2008–09Verbandsliga SüdbadenVI13th ↓
2009–10Landesliga Südbaden 2VII3rd
2010–11Landesliga Südbaden 2VII3rd
2011–12Landesliga Südbaden 2VII2nd ↑
2012–13Verbandsliga SüdbadenVI8th
2013–14Verbandsliga SüdbadenVI1st ↑
2014–15Oberliga Baden-WürttembergV15th
2015–16Oberliga Baden-WürttembergV13th ↓
2016–17Verbandsliga SüdbadenVI2nd
2017–18Verbandsliga SüdbadenVI2nd
2018–19Verbandsliga SüdbadenVI2nd ↑

↑ Promoted↓ Relegated

Partner clubs

The club has strong connections to English football club Guildford City F.C., with Guildford being a sister city of Freiburg, and publishes news and results of the later club on its website.