1. FC Lichtenfels
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| Full name | 1. Fußball-Club Lichtenfels von 1906 e.V. |
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| Founded | 1906 |
| Ground | Karl Fleschutz Stadion |
| Capacity | 4,500 |
| Chairman | Bernd Legal |
| League | Landesliga Bayern-Nordwest (VI) |
| 2015–16 | Bezirksliga Oberfranken West (VII), 1st (promoted) |
The 1. FC Lichtenfels is a German association football club from the city of Lichtenfels, Bavaria.
Formed in 1906, the club did not rise to prominence till after the Second World War, when it earned promotion to the tier-two Landesliga Bayern in 1946. The team became a dominant side in the northern division of this league, finishing second in 1947 and 1948.
For the 1948–49 season, the league was reduced to a single division and the club came third behind Jahn Regensburg and SpVgg Fürth, who were both promoted to the Oberliga Süd. The following season, when the new 2nd Oberliga Süd was to be formed, a finish in the top-five was necessary to qualify but FCL only came tenth and had to remain in what was to become the tier-three Amateurliga Bayern. The club remained a strong side and came third once more in 1951. From 1953 onwards, the Amateurliga was split into a northern and a southern group and Lichtenfels became part of the north.
It took part in the 1954 edition of the German amateur football championship but was knocked out in the group stage.
Second place finishes in 1954, 1956 and 1957 were the prelude to a league championship in 1959–60 under player-manager Željko Čajkovski. The team then went on to face Schwaben Augsburg in the final of the Bavarian championship, which it won 5–3 in Augsburg. Through this performance, the club qualified for the promotion round to the second division but missed out to Borussia Fulda there.
After this, the club's performances in the next two seasons dropped off but it managed to finish sixth in 1963, when only the top-seven qualified for the new single-division Amateurliga Bayern. The club holds top spot in the all-time table of this era of the Bayernliga from 1945 to 1963, having spent 17 seasons at this level, more than any other club.
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