1. FC Heidenheim

1. FC Heidenheim

Full name	1. Fußballclub Heidenheim 1846 e.V.
Founded	14 August 1846
Ground	Voith-Arena
Ground Capacity	13,000
President	Klaus Mayer
Head coach	Frank Schmidt
League	2. Bundesliga
2015–16	11th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

1. FC Heidenheim 1846 is a German association football club from the city of Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg.

The club achieved its greatest success in 2013–14 when it won promotion to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time.

History

The current day club was formed in 2007 through the separation of the football section from parent association Heidenheimer Sportbund, a larger sports club that has 5,800 members in 27 departments. The independence of the football side allows it to operate under the stricter economic standards set for professional clubs which are members of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund or German Football Association).

Logo of parent association Heidenheimer SB

Heidenheimer SB itself was founded through the 1972 merger of TSB Heidenheim and VfL Heidenheim. The club's origins go back to the 14 August 1846 establishment of the gymnastics club Turngemeinde Heidenheim, which folded in 1852, but was re-constituted under the same name in 1861. The club was renamed Turnverein Heidenheim in 1872.

A football department was created within the association on 8 July 1911 and became an independent side known as VfR 1911 Heidenheim on 21 August 1922. The swimming club Schwimmverein 04 Heidenheim joined VfR in 1936 to form VfL Heidenheim 04. In 1949, following World War II, these two clubs went their separate ways, the swimmers under their original name, and the footballers as VfL Heidenheim 1911.

In the meantime, parent club TV 1846 Heidenheim was joined on 13 July 1935 by SpVgg Heidenheim and then on 3 April 1937 merged with 1. Sportverein 1900 Heidenheim – which was known as Athletenklub Hellenstein until 1920 – to become TSV 1846 Heidenheim. After the war TSV was united with Turnerbund Heidenheim 1902 whose history was as a worker's club. TB was established on 21 December 1902 and was renamed Turnerbund Heidenheim on 6 August 1904. This club merged with Arbeiterturnverein 1904 Heidenheim on 8 March 1919. Like other worker's clubs, TB was considered as politically unreliable by the Nazi regime and was dissolved in 1933. It was re-established after the war and on 3 February 1946 joined TSV 1846 Heidenheim to form TSB 1846 Heidenheim.

The 27 May 1972 merger of TSB and VfL brought all these threads together, returning the footballers to the fold of the original gymnastics club. Heidenheimer SB and predecessor VfL Heidenheim played in the Amateurliga Württemberg (III) from 1963–75 and again from 1976–79. Regional cup wins led to the team's participation in the opening round of the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) in 1975, 1978, and 1980, before the side slipped into lower level competition.

The club has since recovered and in 2004 advanced to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. A successful season finish in 2008 saw the club being promoted to the Regionalliga Süd. Having simultaneously won the Württemberg Cup, Heidenheim was allowed to participate in the first round of the DFB-Pokal in the following season, where the team lost 0:3 to VfL Wolfsburg. In 2009, Heidenheim finished first in the Regionalliga Süd and got promoted to the 3. Liga.

After five seasons in the 3. Liga with the club always finishing in the upper half of the table 1. FCH won the league in 2013–14 and earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time. At the same time the club however withdrew its reserve team, playing in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, from competition after such teams ceased to be compulsory for professional clubs.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

• 3. Liga
  • Champions: 2013–14
• Regionalliga Süd (IV)
  • Champions: 2009
• Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
  • Runners-up: 2006
• Verbandsliga Württemberg
  • Champions: 2013^#

Cup

• Württemberg Cup
  • Winners: 1965^†, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
  • Runners-up: 1977^‡, 2005^‡

• ^‡ Won by SB Heidenheim.
• ^† Won by VfL Heidenheim.
• ^# Won by reserve team.

Current squad

As of 2 February 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Jan Zimmermann 3 DF Ronny Philp 5 DF Mathias Wittek 6 MF Julius Reinhardt 7 MF Marc Schnatterer (captain) 9 FW Smail Morabit 10 FW Bård Finne 11 FW Denis Thomalla (on loan from Lech Poznań) 13 MF Robert Leipertz 14 DF Maurizio Scioscia 16 DF Tim Göhlert 18 MF Sebastian Griesbeck

No. Position Player 19 GK Sven Ullrich 21 MF Ben Halloran 22 GK Kevin Müller 23 DF Kevin Kraus 26 MF Marcel Titsch-Rivero 28 DF Arne Feick 29 DF Robert Strauß 30 MF Norman Theuerkauf 31 MF Dominik Widemann 33 DF Timo Beermann 37 DF Kevin Njie 38 MF Tim Skarke

For recent transfers, see List of German football transfers summer 2015 and List of German football transfers winter 2015–16.

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:

Manager	Start	Finish
Dieter Märkle	1 July 2006	17 September 2007
Frank Schmidt	18 September 2007	Present

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:

1. FC Heidenheim

Season	Division	Tier	Position
1999–2000	Verbandsliga Württemberg	V	5th
2000–01	Verbandsliga Württemberg		10th
2001–02	Verbandsliga Württemberg		8th
2002–03	Verbandsliga Württemberg		2nd
2003–04	Verbandsliga Württemberg		2nd ↑
2004–05	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg	IV	5th
2005–06	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg		2nd
2006–07	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg		3rd
2007–08	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg		4th ↑
2008–09	Regionalliga Süd		1st ↑
2009–10	3. Liga	III	6th
2010–11	3. Liga		9th
2011–12	3. Liga		4th
2012–13	3. Liga		5th
2013–14	3. Liga		1st ↑
2014–15	2. Bundesliga	II	8th
2015–16	2. Bundesliga		11th
2016–17	2. Bundesliga

1. FC Heidenheim II

Season	Division	Tier	Position
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04	Bezirksliga Kocher/Rems	VII	9th
2004–05	Bezirksliga Kocher/Rems		2nd
2005–06	Bezirksliga Kocher/Rems		10th
2006–07	Bezirksliga Kocher/Rems		1st ↑
2007–08	Landesliga Württemberg 2	VI	12th
2008–09	Landesliga Württemberg 2	VII	3rd
2009–10	Landesliga Württemberg 2		1st ↑
2010–11	Verbandsliga Württemberg	VI	7th
2011–12	Verbandsliga Württemberg		4th
2012–13	Verbandsliga Württemberg		1st ↑
2013–14	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg	V	12th
2014–present	withdrawn from competition

• With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.

Stadium

Since June 1973 the team has played in the Albstadion which has a capacity of 8,000. Since the extension in 2009 the stadium is now called Voith-Arena and accommodates 10,000 visitors. Following another extension in 2013 the stadium holds 13,000 visitors. At the beginning of 2015 another extension twas added increasing capacity to 15,000.

References

Sources

• Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9

External links

• Official team site
• 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 at Weltfussball.de
• Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (German)
• eufo.de European football club profiles and current rosters