FC Holstein 1902

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Holstein Kiel (KSV Holstein or Kieler SV Holstein) is a Germany Association football and Sports club List of football clubs in Germany based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. FC Holstein 1902 is nicknamed "the White Stork" because of their red-socks.

History

Foundation to WW2

Holstein Kiel is the product of the merger of predecessor sides Kieler Fußball-Verein von 1900 and Kieler Fußball-Club Holstein. The earliest of these two sides was Kieler Fussball-Verein (later 1. KFV) established on October 7 1900 out of the membership of the gymnastics club Kieler Männerturnvereins von 1844. FC Holstein 1902 was not very successful and never loom large in football generally. Later FC Holstein 1902 concentrate on track and field athletics.

Kieler Fußball-Club Holstein was formed 4 May 1902 and was re-named Fußball-Verein Holstein von 1902 (FV Holstein Kiel) sometime in 1908. FC Holstein 1902 quickly became competitive and in 1910 they reached the German championship final where they lost 0:1 in extra time to Karlsruher FV. In 1912 they captured the German championship with a 2:1 overtime semi-final victory over defending champions Viktoria 89 Berlin followed by a 1:0 win in the final over the previous year's champions, Karlsruher FV. In 1914, FC Holstein 1902 re-named again after the new branches hockey and athletics are added, becoming Sportverein Holstein von 1902.

On the 7 June 1917, 1. Kieler Fussball Verein von 1900 and Sportverein Holstein von 1902, severely weakened by World War I, merged to form the current day club. As is common practise in Germany, the new association adopted the foundation date of the older club, while taking up the ground, kit, colours, logo, and the name Holstein from from SV Holstein Kiel. Through the 1920s, FC Holstein 1902 made regular appearances in the national playoffs and reached 1926 the semi-finals where they were eliminate 1:3 by SpVgg Greuther Fürth. In 1930, they played their way to the final, losing 4:5 to Hertha BSC Berlin. The following year they reached the semi-finals where they were eliminate 0:2 by TSV 1860 München.

Under the Third Reich, German football was re-organized into sixteen top flight divisions. Kiel played in the Gauliga Nordmark and consistently delivered solid top-five finishes, but were frustrated in their pursuit of a division title. In 1942, the Gauliga Nordmark was broken up into the Gauliga Hamburg and Gauliga Schleswig-Holstein. No longer in the company of Hamburger SV and other strong teams from the city, Kiel immediately captured the title of the new division and defended it over the next two seasons until the end of World War II brought play to a halt across the country.

Those titles earned Kiel entry into the national playoff rounds. They made their best run in 1943 when they advanced as far as the semi-finals before being put out by eventual champions Dresdner SC. The team captured third place by defeating First Vienna FC. They next year, they were eliminated early on, and no final was played in 1945.

Postwar to present

Since the end of the war, Kiel has primarily been a tier II and III club. After the conflict football in the westen half of the country was re-organized into five regional top flight divisions. Holstein Kiel played from 1947 until 1963 in the Oberliga Nord (1947-63) (I) and twice finished as runners-up (1953, 1957). In 1961 the reserve team captured the German amateur championship. After the 1963 formation of a single national first division known as the Bundesliga (football), FC Holstein 1902 became a second division side and played in the Regionalliga Nord (1963-74) (II). Kiel failed in its attempt to advance to the Bundelsiga after its 1965 Regionalliga Nord championship. German football was restructured in 1974 with the formation of a new second division know as the 2. Bundesliga (football) and FC Holstein 1902 slipped to third division play in the Oberliga Nord (III). Holstein Kiel won promotion to second tier competition in 1978 as part of the 2nd Bundesliga Nord (1974-81) and was in relegated 1981.

With the reunification of Germany in 1990 teams from the former East Germany became part of combined national competition. German football was re-organized again in 1994 and Holstein Kiel qualified for the new tier three division Regionalliga Nord (III). In 1996 FC Holstein 1902 was relegated for the first time to the Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein (IV) and returned to Regionalliga Nord (III) in 1998. They were relegated again to the Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein (IV) after missing failing to qualify for the restructured Regionalliga (III) which went from four divisions to two. The did advance the next year and narrowly missed promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in the 2005-06 season. By 2007 they had slipped to the Oberliga Nord (IV), but earned two consecutive promotions to reach the new 3. Liga (III) in 2009.

Honours

National Titles

- German football champions (I): 1912
- German football champions runners-up (I): 1910, 1930

Regional

- Northern German football championship champions (I): 1910, 1911, 1912, 1926, 1927, 1930
- Northern German football championship runners-up (I): 1914, 1922, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932
- Gauliga Schleswig-Holstein champions (I): 1943, 1944
- Oberliga Nord (1947-63) runners-up (I): 1953, 1957
- Regionalliga Nord (1963-74) champion (II): 1965
- Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein champions (IV): 1998, 2001
- Oberliga Nord champion (IV): 2008
- Regionalliga Nord champion (IV): 2009

Reserve team

National Titles

- German amateur champions: 1961

Regional

- Schleswig-Holstein-Liga champion (II): 1961
- Schleswig-Holstein-Liga champion (IV): 1994
- Schleswig-Holstein-Liga champions (V): 2002, 2008, 2009

order: (league/achievement/tier/year)

Recent seasons

Holstein Kiel

League membership

since 1947
- 1947–63 Oberliga Nord (1947-63) (I)
- 1963–74 Regionalliga Nord (1963-74) (II)
- 1974–78 Oberliga Nord The second Oberliga Nord: 1974-1994 (III)
- 1978–81 2nd Bundesliga Nord (1974-81) (II)
- 1981–94 Oberliga Nord The second Oberliga Nord: 1974-1994 (III)
- 1994–96 Regionalliga Nord Foundation of the Regionalliga Nord (III)
- 1996–98 Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein (IV)
- 1998–00 Regionalliga Nord Foundation of the Regionalliga Nord (III)
- 2000–01 Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein (IV)
- 2001–07 Regionalliga Nord Expansion of the league in 2000 (III)
- 2007–08 Oberliga Nord (IV)
- 2008–09 Regionalliga Nord The league reform in 2008 (IV)
- 2009–10 3. Liga (III)

Holstein Kiel II

Players

As of July 26, 2009

Notable famous or former players

1. Fussballclub Kleve 1863/1903 e.V., 1.FC Eschborn, 1.FC Lokomotive Leipzig, 1.FC Magdeburg, 1.FC Pforzheim, 1.FC Schweinfurt 05, 1.FC Saarbrücken, 1.Fussball Club Köln II, 1.Fussball-Club Eintracht Bamberg, 1.Fussball-Club Heidenheim 1846, 1.Fussball-Club Nürnberg, 1.SC Feucht, Admira Wien, Altonaer Fussball-Club von 1893, Ballspielverein Cloppenburg e.V. von 1919, Bayer Leverkusen II, BFC Vorwärts 1890, Blau-Weiß Berlin, Borussia Dortmund II, Borussia Mönchengladbach II, Borussia Neunkirchen, BTuFC Union 1892, BTuFC Viktoria 1889, Chemnitzer FC, Concordia Hamburg, DFC Prag, Dresdner SC 1898, Dresdner SC 1898, Duisburger SpV 1900, Dynamo Berlin, Eintracht Frankfurt II, Eintracht Trier, Energie Cottbus II, FC Holstein 1902, FC Homburg, FC Sachsen Leipzig, First Vienna Football Club, FK Pirmasens, Fortuna Köln, Freiburger FC 1897, FSV Mainz 05 II, Fussball Club Hansa Rostock II, Fussball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 , Fussball-Club Oberneuland von 1948, Fussball-Club Sachsen Leipzig 1990, Göttingen 05, Hallescher Fussballclub, Hamburger SV II, Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, Hertha BSC Berlin II, Holstein Kiel, Kaiserslautern II, Karlsruher FV 1891, KFC Uerdingen, Luftwaffen SV, Lüdenscheid, Lüneburger SK, Preußen Münster, SC Rot-Weiß Essen, SC Verl, Schwimm und Sportverein Ulm 1846, SG Wattenscheid 09, SK Rapid Wien, Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth, Spielvereinigung Unterhaching, Sport Club Preussen Münster, Sport Verein Eintracht Trier 05, Sport Verein Waldhof Mannheim 1907 e.V., Sport-Club Freiburg, Sportverein Viktoria 1901 Aschaffenburg, Sportverein Wehen Wiesbaden II, SpVgg Ansbach 09, SSV Ulm 1846, SV Babelsberg 03, SV Darmstadt 98, SV Meppen, SV Waldhof Mannheim, SV Wilhelmshaven, Tasmania 1900 Berlin, Tennis Borussia Berlin, Turn-und Sportverein Grossbardorf 1923, Türkiyemspor Berlin e.V. 1978, Verein für Leibesübungen Sportfreunde Lotte, Verein für Rasensport Wormatia 08 Worms e.V., VfB Leipzig, VfB Lübeck, VfB Oldenburg, VfL Bochum Fussballgemeinschaft e.V., VfL Wolfsburg II, VfR Mannheim, VfR Neumünster, VfV Hildesheim, Vogtländischer Fussball-Club Plauen e.V.