FC Germania Friedrichstal
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| Full name | Fussball Club Germania Friedrichstal e.V. |
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| Founded | 23 November 1913 |
| Ground | FC-Sportplatz |
| Manager | Michael Streichsbier |
| League | Verbandsliga Baden (VI) |
| 2015–16 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (V), 17th (relegated) |
The FC Germania Friedrichstal is a German association football club from Friedrichstal, Baden-Württemberg.
The club achieved its greatest success in 2014 when it earned promotion to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg for the first time.
FC Germania Friedrichstal was formed on 23 November 1913. Because of the effects of the First World War the club had to withdraw from football soon after, in 1915. After the war the club restarted in the lowest possible division, the local C-Klasse but had to withdraw from league football once more from 1925 to 1928. FC even had to leave the Southern German Football Association because of financial troubles caused by the hyperinflation in Germany. Upon returning to competitive football the club played in the local C and B-Klasse again until 1939 when the Second World War brought football to a halt again.
On 1 January 1946 the club once more reformed but now adopted the name Sportfreunde Friedrichstal. In 1947 Sportfreunde resumed league football, now joining the A-Klasse and, in 1951, the club returned to its pre-war name FC Germania Friedrichstal. After playing in local amateur football for the most part of its history FC won promotion to the 2. Amateurliga Mittelbaden in 1968, finishing runners-up in its first season there. In 1972 a division title in the 2. Amateurliga earned the club promotion to the Amateurliga Nordbaden for the first time, the third tier of German football.
At this level Germania struggled, narrowly avoiding relegation in its first year but coming last in its second and dropping back down to the 2. Amateurliga. In 1975 the village of Friedrichstal together with four other villages amalgamated to form the municipality of Stutensee. It was also decided by the local football clubs to hold an annual Stutenseepokal, a local cup competition. In 1978 the club won the 2. Amateurliga once more and thereby qualified for the Verbandsliga Baden, the new fourth tier of local football, below the also newly introduced Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. FC Germania would play the next twelve seasons in the Verbandsliga.
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