VfB Gießen
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| Full name | Verein für Ballsport 1900 Gießen e.V. |
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| Founded | 5 August 1900 (as Gießener Fußball-Klub) |
| Ground | Waldstadion |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
| Chairman | Harald Wallbott |
| Trainer | Matthias Hagner |
| League | Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte (VI) |
| 2015–16 | 4th |
VfB Gießen is a German football club based in Gießen, Hesse, currently playing in the Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte (VI).
The club's greatest success has been to qualify for the first round of the German Cup in 1979–80 and to win the tier three Amateurliga Hessen in 1962–63.
On 17 May 1956 SpVgg 1900 Gießen was merged with VfB 08 Gießen to become VfB 1900 Gießen. VfB first one promotion to the tier three Amateurliga Hessen in 1951 and would play at this level for the next 31 consecutive seasons, mostly as mid-table side the club won the league in 1962–63 but was unable to earn promotion because of the reorganisation of the German football league system that season. VfB returned to its mid-table existence, never coming close to league title again until relegated from the league in 1982. In this area also fall the club's three Hesse Cup triumphs, won in 1964, 1972 and 1979. The later also allowed the club to take part in the 1979–80 DFB-Pokal where it lost to 2–4 FC 08 Homburg in the first round.
For the next six seasons in the tier four Landesliga Hessen-Mitte the club finished in the top three each season but was unable to win promotion back to the Hessenliga. In 1988–89 however it came 14th, one place behind local rival ASV Gießen, and was relegated. It made an immediate recovery, gradually returned to its old form in the league and finally won promotion to Hesse's highest league in 1995 courtesy to a Landesliga title.
VfB spend the next six seasons in the Oberliga Hessen, generally achieving good results but the club withdrew from league in 2000–01 for financial reasons despite finishing sixth.
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