FC Ensdorf
Full nameFußballclub Ensdorf e.V. 1912
Founded1912
GroundGlück-Auf-Stadion
Capacity12,000
ChairmanMarkus Gabriel
Head CoachVedran Ivancovic
LeagueBezirksliga Saarlouis (IX)
2015–163rd
WebsiteClub website

FC Ensdorf is a German association football club from the village of Ensdorf, Saarland. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the two Regionalliga Südwest where it played for a season in 1973–74.

The club has also made two appearances in the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, in 1976–77 and 1982–83.

History

Formed in 1912 FC Ensdorf spent the first three decades in local amateur football.[1]

In post-Second World War football FC Ensdorf became a member of the tier two Ehrenliga Saarland which later became the Amateurliga Saarland. It played at this level from 1948 to 1951 and, from 1952 to 1954. The club made a return to the league after the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963, now with the Amateurliga having dropped to third tier. It struggled against relegation for the first seasons after returning but improved from 1969 onwards, culminating in a league championship and promotion in 1973.[2]

Ensdorf entered the tier two Regionalliga Südwest where it played for a season in 1973–74 before the league was disbanded in favour of the new 2. Bundesliga. The club came last in the league and was never in contention to qualify for the new 2. Bundesliga.[2]

FC Ensdorf made two appearances in the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, courtesy to reaching the final of the Saarland Cup, in 1976–77 and 1982–83, going out in the first round on each occasion after losing to Victoria Hamburg and Union Solingen. Back in the Amateurliga from 1974 onwards FC Ensdorf finished third in its first two seasons back but then declined and, finishing 14th in 1977–78, missed out on qualifying for the new Oberliga Südwest, which would have required finishing in the top seven.[2]

Ensdorf became part of the new tier four Verbandsliga Saarland and won the league in its inaugural season in 1978–79, thereby earning promotion to the Oberliga. In the next four season the club played as a lower table side in the league, with an eleventh place in 1981 as its best result. A 19th-place finish in 1982–83 however meant relegation. The club bounced back immediately, winning the Verbandsliga and earning promotion but suffering another relegation straight away. Ensdorf played in the Verbandsliga for another nine season before it was relegated from this level as well after coming last in the league in 1993–94. The club was relegated from the Landesliga as well the following season and dropped out of higher league football in Saarland altogether.[2]

By 2000 the club was relegated from the Bezirksliga as well. After dropping to the tier ten Kreisliga A Saar FC Ensdorf the club won the league in 2015 and moved up to the Bezirksliga again.[3]

Honours

The club's honours:

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[2][3]

Season Division Tier Position
2003–04 Kreisliga A Saar VIII 13th
2004–05 Kreisliga A Saar 11th
2005–06 Kreisliga A Saar 9th
2006–07 Kreisliga A Saar 14th
2007–08 Kreisliga A Saar 11th
2008–09 Kreisliga A Saar IX 3rd ↑
2009–10 Bezirksliga Saarlouis 11th
2010–11 Bezirksliga Saarlouis 13th
2011–12 Bezirksliga Saarlouis 18th ↓
2012–13 Kreisliga A Saar X 4th
2013–14 Kreisliga A Saar 3rd
2014–15 Kreisliga A Saar 1st ↑
2015–16 Bezirksliga Saarlouis IX 3rd
2016–17 Bezirksliga Saarlouis
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated

References

  1. ↑ Chronik Archived 11 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in German) FC Ensdorf website, Club history, accessed: 11 December 2015
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Historic German football league tables (in German) Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 11 December 2015
  3. 1 2 FC Ensdorf at Fussball.de (in German) accessed: 11 December 2015
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