SV Memmelsdorf
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| Full name | Sportverein 1923 Memmelsdorf e.V. |
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| Founded | 7 December 1923 |
| Ground | Schmittenau-Stadion |
| Capacity | 4,000 |
| Chairman | Herbert Massak |
| Manager | Bernd Eigner |
| League | Landesliga Bayern-Nordwest (VI) |
| 2015–16 | 10th |
The SV Memmelsdorf is a German association football club from the city of Memmelsdorf, Bavaria. The club played for a season in the Oberliga Bayern in 2009–10, having achieved promotion to this league for the first time.
Formed on 7 December 1923, SVM was not the first football club formed in the village of Memmelsdorf, near Bamberg. An earlier club had existed for a brief period from the end of the First World War to 1923 but was then disbanded. Josef Bauer, a local trader, was the driving force behind the new club and became its chairman, an office he held until 1933.
The new club played its first game of football on 24 December 1934, losing 5–2 to TB Jahn Bamberg. The clubs early years were spend in the local C- and B-Klasse, but, in 1931, it won promotion to the A-Klasse Bamberg for the first time. Also in 1931, the club changed its colours from black and white to red and white.
Memmelsdorf remained in the A-Klasse for three seasons before being relegated again. A period of decline followed, culminating in a withdrawal from competitive football because of a lack of players in 1938. The outbreak of the Second World War did not improve this situation and SVM remained dormant for a time.
After the end of the war in 1945, the club needed permission from the local occupation authorities, Bavaria was in the US-zone, but it was now able to field a team in local league football again. The club had to restart at the bottom of the league pyramid, the C-Klasse, but returned to the A-Klasse by 1953. SVM stayed for only one season in this league but returned in 1955 and became a more permanent member, lasting until 1968.
Once more, the club returned to the A-Klasse, now the sixth tier of league football in the region, in 1971. The 1975–76 season saw the club reach new heights, finishing second in the A-Klasse. In the promotion round, it faced VfL Frohnlach, which it beat 2–1 and earned promotion to the Bezirksliga Oberfranken-West for the first time.
The club performed well in this new league and came second in 1977–78 but lost its greatest talent, 20-year-old Joachim Pickel in a car accident. It played in the 1978–79 German Cup, where it lost 8–1 at home to 1. FC Bocholt. SVM remained a good side in the Bezirksliga but it took until 1987 to get another shot at promotion. Finishing second on equal points with SV Hallstadt, a decider had to be played in Bamberg and SVM won 6–3 in front of 1,200 spectators. The team then had to face ATS Kulmbach, which it beat 3–2, courtesy to a 90th minute goal. In the decisive third game, it beat FC Eibelstadt 2–0 and earned promotion to the Landesliga Bayern-Nord (IV) for the first time. Because of the relegation of local powerhouse 1. FC Bamberg to the Bezirksliga that year, the team also became the highest-ranking club in the city of Bamberg.
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