VfB Coburg
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| Full name | DJK Viktoria VfB Coburg e. V. |
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| Founded | 2000 |
| Dissolved | 2012 |
| Ground | Stadion am hinteren Floßanger |
| Capacity | 3,000 |
| League | defunct |
| 2011–12 | Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken (VII), 10th |
The DVV Coburg (full name: Deutsche Jugend Kraft Viktoria Verein für Bewegungsspiele Coburg e.V.) was a German association football club from the town of Coburg, Bavaria. Coburg became part of Bavaria in 1920, after the First World War.
The club was formed in 2000, when VfB Coburg merged with local side DJK/Viktoria Coburg. Of the three clubs, VfB was by far the most notable, spending 21 seasons in the tier three Fußball-Bayernliga from 1952 to 1984. The club also made a single appearance in the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) in 1977–78, losing 3–0 at fellow amateurs TuS Langerwehe.
DVV was disbanded on 30 June 2012, having declared insolvency in June 2011 owing Euro 118,000 to the German tax department. The club was succeeded by FC Coburg, which took over the league place of DVV.
The club was formed in 1907 as Coburger FC before becoming VfB sometime before 1920. They were joined by FC Germania Coburg in 1923 and by FC Viktoria Coburg in 1933.
As FC they took part in the playoff round of the regional central German league (Verbands Mitteldeutscher Ballspiel-Vereine, VMVB) in 1914, making it through the qualification round to an eighth-final match before going out. Historically part of the state of Thuringia, Coburg voted in a plebiscite in 1920 to join the neighbouring state of Bavaria. However, VfB continued to compete as part of central region football and again in 1929 took part in the VMVB playoffs, advancing to the semi-finals where they lost to Dresdner SC.
Germany's historical regional leagues were replaced by 16 new regional top-flight divisions in 1933 and Coburg finally became part of Bavarian competition. The team won promotion to the Gauliga Bayern for a single season in 1936–37 and made one more appearance there in 1938–39. They failed in qualification attempts in 1938 and 1941. Early in 1942, during World War II, they were merged with the military club Wehrmacht SV Coburg to play as the wartime side Kriegspielgemeinschaft Coburg. As the war progressed play in the Gauliga Bayern was broken up into a number of small local divisions before being abandoned in late 1944 as the conflict overtook the area.
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