SpVgg Bayern Hof

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The SpVgg Bayern Hof ( officially: Spielvereinigung Bayern Hof eV) is a sports club based in Hof an der Saale, which arose on 1 July 2005 by the merger of FC Bayern Hof and SpVgg Hof. Main sport is football. The first team plays since the rise in the year 2012 in the fourth division Regionalliga Bayern. In addition, there is a box and a singer Department ( FC Bayern ), as well as departments for athletics and women's gymnastics (from SpVgg ).

History

FC Bayern Hof

FC Bayern Hof was founded on June 1, 1910 under the name Club ballgame court and was called from 1911 Britannia Court. 1913 joined the farm and the Roland FC FC Phönix courtyard of Britannia. When Britain in 1914 became the enemies of Germany, the name was changed in FC Bayern Hof. Just that for such a short time valid club name is taken up again for several years from the world of travel and quite a number of fans who cheer their team with " Britannia " calls. After the First World War Bayern Hof soon became one of the most successful football teams in Northern Bavaria. The so-called tank - Elf ( after their striker Karl tanks ) increased in 1927 on the then top flight and could, among other things in the season 1929/30, winning both league games against 1 FC Nuremberg.

The renewed jump into the then prime Oberliga Süd succeeded in 1959. This class could be maintained until the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963, as the best placement Bayern Hof reached in the 1961/62 season in sixth place. The biggest success was the 5-0 away win at Bayern Munich Grünwalder Road 1961 /62. Since only five teams from the South were considered for the Bundesliga, FC Bayern Hof was in 1963 in the then second division, the Regionalliga Süd at home. There you could win under coach Heinz Elzner the league title in 1968 and took this year, as well as after the second places in 1967 and 1972 participated in the promotion round to the Bundesliga.

When in the 1972/73 season discharged DFB - League Cup get two wins against FC Bayern Munich and a victory against TSV 1860 Munich, by the catchment succeeded to the quarter finals of the competition. The game between Hapoel Nahariya in 1969 and FC Bayern Hof was the first game between teams from Germany and Israel. Referee of the match was Abraham Klein, who used also came in three World Cups. First, qualified for the 1974 Launched Second Bundesliga South, the team rose after the 1977/ 78 from the Bavarian League. In 1980 he did the crash in the national league northern Bavaria. In the following years Bayern eked out an existence as a " lift team ". Since the second half of the 1990s, has Bayern Hof - apart from a national league interlude from 2004 to 2006 - re-established in the Bavarian League.

SpVgg Hof

The SpVgg Hof ( popularly known Spotzer ) was the first organized by clubs football team in Upper Franconia at its inception as a football department of the gymnastics club yard in 1893. From 1924, it existed as an independent association, which also an athletics department, as well as an included from 1926 recently for ladies gymnastics. The Handball department was disbanded in 1990.

The football players were twice, in 1921 and 1929, to reach promotion to the top division in each case, however, never stopped there long. After the Second World War, the greatest success was to qualify for the Bavarian League in 1966, which, however, also followed the direct re- descent.

SpVgg Bayern Hof

In the very first season after the merger succeeded in 2006 to rise again in the Bavarian League. Two years later, the team secured a 2-0 victory on the final day against FC Kempten in the league. In 2011, the team was taken off because of " a particularly serious case of violation of the court order," two points. This point deduction but was then withdrawn by the Association sports court. By a 2-1 win after extra time against the same number of points SpVgg Bayreuth, Hofer avoided relegation and fled to the Bavarian League Relegation. There, the league could be ensured after a 1-0 against the second team of the SSV Jahn Regensburg.

A year later, the SpVgg Bayern was runner-up behind the TSV 1860 Rosenheim and rose to the newly created League Bavaria. Great part of the success was top scorer Cem Ekinci, who was top scorer in the league with 21 goals Bavaria. In the 2012/13 season the Regional Hofern managed to avoid relegation only in the relegation against TSV Großbardorf.

Venues

The stadium Au Green, located at the eastern district court, in the factory suburb, was built on a site which the FC Bayern Hof 1913 and 1930 leased commercially acquired. Since 1980 it is owned by the city court. It is a pure football stadium without a running track, the playing field is surrounded on three sides by earthen ramparts with standing ranks in the middle of the main lines interrupted by the building with changing rooms, office and other premises. This leads to the so-called New Tribune joins with 800 covered seats, which towers above the standing room. Also a covered wooden grandstand with 1335 seats is on benches in the back straight. The official attendance record dated May 22, 1968 in the Bundesliga promotion round match against Rot -Weiss Essen with 19,100 visitors. In the 2007 /08 season, the average attendance was the fourth-class Bavarian League in 1144.

The original home of the SpVgg Hof was in the range of today's Jahn and Fröbelstraße, but had to give way in the 30s, the expansion of the Jahn road as a new arterial road of the city to the west. 1933, the new sports complex was inaugurated at the Ossecker road. It is since 1982 when Hans - Peter stadium owned by the city court and offers all the necessary facilities for athletics events as well as a covered grandstand. In addition, the Games of the reserve and youth teams of SpVgg Bayern Hof take place in the rule here.

Fan friendships

The fans of the SpVgg Bayern Hof have a longstanding Fanfreundschaft with the followers of FC Eintracht Bamberg and also with the Appendix of some 40 km away VFC Plauen in Saxony. A long-standing rivalry with the fans of SpVgg Bayreuth Upper Franconia ( " Goodnight Bareid ").