VfR Kaiserslautern (German: Verein für Rasenspiele Kaiserslautern e. V.) is a German sports club in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

VfR Kaiserslautern
Full nameVerein für Rasenspiele Kaiserslautern e. V.
Founded1906
GroundWaldstadion am Erbsenberg
ChairmanKubilay Uluc
CoachKarl-Heinz Bickert and Thorsten Jehn
LeagueLandesliga West
Websitehttps://vfr1906kaiserslautern.de/

Creation

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VfR Kaiserslautern was created through several mergers.

In 1893, MTV Kaiserslautern was formed. The football team split off and formed FC Bayern 1906 Kaiserslautern in 1906. On March 30, 1910, VfC 1906, FC Barbarossa 08 and FC Viktoria 05 merged to form Kaiserslauterer Fußball-Vereinigung 1910. Kaiserslauterer Fußball-Vereinigung 1910 then changed its name to SpVgg 1910. Then in March 1920, FC Bayern 1906 Kaiserslautern merged with SpVgg 1910 to form VfR Kaiserslautern.[1][2][3]

History

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The club competed in the South German Football Association as part of the South Hess district league in the 1920s and in the Rhein district league in the 1930s.[4] The club was supposed to play in the 1944-1945 Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen but the season was cancelled.[5]

The club was coached by Fritz Walter and won the 1948-1949 Westpfälzischen Amateurliga (Western Palatinate Amateur League). They were then promoted to the 1949-1950 Oberliga Südwest.[6] The club typically finished in the lower half of the Oberliga Südwest and were eventually demoted after finishing last in the 1957–58 Oberliga Südwest. The club came in first place in the II. Division, which was the 2nd division of the Oberliga Südwest in 1958–1959, to earn promotion, but were demoted the next season.[7] The club won the II. Division for a second time and stayed in the Oberliga Südwest until demotion in 1964/1965.[1][8]

The club stayed in the 1. Amateurliga Südwest and made it to the Deutsche Fußball-Amateurmeisterschaft (German football amateur championship) in 1971, but were defeated by Sportfreunde 05 Saarbrücken in the first round. The club was then demoted from the 1. Amateurliga Südwest to the 2. Amateurliga Südwest in the 1974/1975 season.[9] Since then, both the club's main and secondary teams have stayed in the amateur leagues.[1] As of 2023, the club is competing the Herren Landesliga West.[10]

Honors

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  • Westpfälzischen Amateurliga
Champions: 1948-1949
  • II. Division
Champions: 1958-1959, 1960-1961

Notable players and staff

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Story".
  2. ^ Pyta, Wolfram (2004). Der lange Weg zur Bundesliga (in German). ISBN 9-78382-587-2618.
  3. ^ Rohrbacher-List, Gunter (2007). Im Herzen der Pfalz (in German). Verlag Die Werkstatt. p. 26. ISBN 9-78382-587-2618.
  4. ^ "German Football Associations".
  5. ^ 650 Jahre Steinbach Am Glan (in German). Ortsgemeinde. 2005. p. 313. ISBN 9-78382-587-2618.
  6. ^ Balhauff, Werner (2014). 1. FC Kaiserslautern – Die Roten Teufel – Von Tradition und Herzblut für den Fußball (in German). Neobooks. ISBN 9-78384-761-6870.
  7. ^ Rohr, Bernd (2012). Fußball Lexikon (in German). Stiebner Verlag. ISBN 9-78376-791-1444.
  8. ^ "VfR Kaiserlautern".
  9. ^ "Amateurliga Südwest 1974/75".
  10. ^ "VFR KAISERSLAUTERN".
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