1.FC Pforzheim

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1. FC Pforzheim is a Germany football (soccer) List of football clubs in Germany playing in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg. 1.FC Pforzheim was established on May 5, 1896 and was a Founding Clubs of the DFB of the DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) at Leipzig in 1900.

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History

Early success

1.FC Pforzheim enjoyed most of its success in its early years. In 1906 they captured the championship of the Süddeutschland Verband (South German League) by beating Karlsruher FV, one of the era's most prominent sides. This put Pforzheim into the national playoff rounds where they defeated favoured side Cologne FC 99 4:2 in a quarter final match, before eliminating defending champions Blau-Weiss Berlin 4:0 in the semi-finals. With the win 1.FC Pforzheim advanced to the final in Nuernberg where they lost a 1:2 decision to VfB Leipzig.

Interwar years

Pforzheim slipped to become a mid-table side until narrowly missing a chance to play in the playoff rounds of the Süddeutschland Verband in both 1913 and 1914: tied for first place, they finished second in both seasons on goal differential. World War I disrupted play in the country for several years and Pforzheim fell out of top-flight competition. They returned to, at first, the Kreisliga Südwest and then the Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden in the early 20's before being relgated in 1926, and then earning their re-promotion in 1929.

In 1933 German football was reorganized under the Third Reich into sixteen first division Gauliga. 1. FC Pforzheim played in the Gauliga Baden through to 1944 with their best results coming as second place finishes in 1936, 1938, and 1939. 1.FC Pforzheim narrowly missed relegation in 1941 escaping only through the collapse of FC Birkenfeld. Play in the Gauliga Baden was disrupted and then ended in the 1944-1945 season by the advance of Allied armies into Germany towards the end of World War II.

Postwar

After the war 1.FC Pforzheim re-emerged in the 2nd Oberliga Süd (II) playing there from 1950 to1963, the year of the formation of the Bundesliga (football), Germany's first professional football league. League re-organization then saw Pforzheim in the Regionalliga Süd (1963-74) (II) from 1963 until 1967 when a crash from 7th to 18th place led to 1.FC Pforzheim being relegated. Pforzheims 17-year-long stay in the second division was the longest of any other team at the time. Their best result in this period was a third-place finish in 1963, just two points shy of SSV Ulm 1846, and an advance to Oberliga Süd (1945-63) (I).

In 1967, Pforzheim fell to the third division Amateurliga Nordbaden and spent a dozen seasons there before slipping again in 1979 to fourth tier play. They returned to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (III) in 1985 and followed up their promotion with a Baden Cup win in 1987 leading to their first German Cup appearance in 1987-1988. They progressed into the Round of 16 before being put out by Bundesliga side Werder Bremen (1:1, 1:3). A second Baden Cup win and German Cup appearance came in 1989. The side then captured a division title in 1991 and took part in the promotion rounds for the 2nd Bundesliga (football), but were unable to advance.

League restructuring in 1994 saw the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg become a fourth tier league with the introduction of the Regionalliga Süd (III) and Pforzheim's 10th place finish left them behind in the lower division.

Current
The team narrowly missed a return to third class football in 2001 when they once again finished just two points behind TSG Ulm 1846. By 2004 the association was a million Euros in debt and declared bankruptcy. The financially re-structured club was forced down to the Verbandsliga Nordbaden (V), but quickly recovered, and on the strength of their division championship in 2006 returned to play in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (IV) for a season before returning to the Verbandsliga.

Honours
- Southern German championship: 1906
- German vice-champions: 1906
- Kreisliga Südwest (I) champions: 1921, 1923
- Bezirksliga Baden (I) champions: 1932
- Gauliga Baden (I) vice-champions: 1936, 1938, 1939
- North Baden Cup winners: 1987, 1989, 1993
- Oberliga Baden-Württemberg champions: 1991
- German Cup appearances: 1988, 1990, 2000
- Verbandsliga Nordbaden champions: 1985, 2006
- Amateurliga Nordbaden (II) champions: 1949

Recent seasons

Famous players
- Arthur Hiller (footballer), Germany's first national team captain in the country's 1908 debut against Switzerland
- Marius Hiller, Arthur's nephew, was capped for Germany in 1910 and 1911, before emigrating to Argentina and also being capped there
- Dieter Rosanowski, leading goal scorer of the Regionaliga Süd
- Rainer Scharinger, played professionally with the Karlsruher SC and SSV Ulm 1846
- Eberhard Carl, played professionally with the Karlsruher SC and Stuttgart Kickers
- Juergen Klopp, coach of FSV Mainz 05

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