1. FC Nürnberg II


The 1. FC Nürnberg II is the reserve team of German football :Category:German football clubs|club 1. FC Nürnberg, from the city of Nuremberg, Bavaria.
Until 2005, the team played under the name of 1. FC Nürnberg Amateure.

History

1955–1963

Nürnberg's amateur team first won promotion to Bavarias highest football league, then the tier-three Amateurliga Nordbayern, in 1955, when it took out the title in the 2. Amateurliga Mittelfranken-Süd and came second in the following promotion round. The Amateurliga Nordbayern was then one of two leagues at this level in Bavaria, covering the northern half of the state while the Amateurliga Südbayern existed in parallel in the south.
1. FC Nürnberg Amateure, as the team was then known as, was the first reserve side to reach this level, pre-dating the FC Bayern Munich II by a year. The team finished in sixth place out of fourteen in its first year in the third division. It dropped to thirteenth in the following year, three points save of relegation. After an eighth place in 1957–58, a fourteenth the following season meant relegation back to the fourth division. The team remained at this level until 1963, when, in the reorganisation of the German football league system, it became part of the new tier-four Landesliga Bayern-Mitte.

1963 to 1973

After coming fifth in the Landesliga in 1963–64, the team won the league the season after and earned promotion to the Amateurliga Bayern, now operating as a single division and statewide. In this league, commonly referred to as the Bayernliga, it managed a second place in its first year there, two points behind champions BC Augsburg. As the third division was the highest league reserve teams were permitted in Germany, Nürnberg could not have been promoted anyway, even if it had won the league.
The team's performances gradually fell off, year-by-year, finishing fifth, seventh, tenth and thirteenth until 1970. In the 1969–70 season, it escaped relegation by only two points. Nurenberg continued to struggle against relegation and, in 1973, finished last in the league, fourteen points clear of salvation.

1973–1987

Back in the Landesliga, the team played as an upper-table side, improving again season-by-season. The 1977–78 season was a step backwards however, with the side finishing eleventh and only one point clear of a relegation rank. While the following year was an improvement, 1979–80 became an outstanding one, winning the league and promotion by earning 61 of a possible 68 points.
In a repeat of 1965–66, the team once more finished runners-up in the league in its first year back, this time to MTV Ingolstadt. Decline came much quicker this time, the side struggling against relegation from then on and by 1983, Nürnberg was relegated again. It won the Landesliga title once more the year after and returned to the Bayernliga.
The team spend the next three seasons at this level before suffering another relegation in 1987, when it finished last. One place and one point above it, the senior team of local rival SpVgg Fürth went down alongside.

1987–1998

A considerably longer spell of Landesliga football followed now for the side. In 1990–91, it finished on top of the table, on equal points with SpVgg Fürth, losing the following championship decider. In the following promotion round, which it was qualified for as the runners-up, it lost 1–0 to Landesliga Bayern-Süd runners-up FC Gundelfingen, condemning the team to stay in the Landesliga. In most other seasons before and after, the team finished in sixth and seventh place. In 1996, with the relegation of Nürnberg's first team to the third division for the first time in its history, the side was renamed 1. FC Nürnberg II, since the first team was not playing in a fully professional league anymore and was therefore considered Amateure themselves. This lasted for only one season, 1. FCN returning to the 2. Bundesliga in 1997. Its reserve team followed this upward trend the year after, finishing second in the league and advancing through the promotion round.

1998–2008

The team returned to the Bayernliga, now only the fourth tier of the league system, as a more competitive side then when it left eleven years before, finishing seventh in its first year there. It continued to be an upper-table side for the years to come, finishing second three times, in 2001, 2004 and 2006. In 2001, it was only one win away from winning the championship and promotion, finishing three points behind fellow Middle Franconian club SpVgg Ansbach.
In 2004, TSV 1860 Munich II beat them by a point, while, in 2006, an eleven points gap to champions FC Ingolstadt 04 was a much more obvious result.
In 2005, 1. FC Nürnberg Amateure was permanently renamed 1. FC Nürnberg II, as were all reserve sides of first and second Bundesliga teams.
In the 2007–08 season, the team finished third, becoming one of six Bayernliga clubs to be promoted to the Regionalliga Süd in the league reform that went alongside the creation of the 3. Liga.

2008–present

From 2008 onwards, 1. FCN II played in the tier-four Regionalliga Süd. After four seasons in this league with a second place in 2009–10 as the best result the club became part of the newly formed Regionalliga Bayern in 2012. In its first two seasons there the club finished fourth and eighth respectively.

Honours

Recent managers of the club:
ManagerStartFinish
Alois Reinhardt1 July 200230 June 2004
Peter Zeidler1 July 200530 June 2007
René Müller1 July 200710 April 2011
Pellegrino Matarazzo11 April 201130 June 2011
Michael Wiesinger1 July 201123 December 2012
Dieter Nüssing Michael Wimmer6 January 201321 June 2013
Roger Prinzen21 June 2013Present

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
SeasonDivisionTierPosition
1999–2000BayernligaIV5th
2000–01BayernligaIV2nd
2001–02BayernligaIV3rd
2002–03BayernligaIV6th
2003–04BayernligaIV2nd
2004–05BayernligaIV4th
2005–06BayernligaIV2nd
2006–07BayernligaIV6th
2007–08BayernligaIV3rd ↑
2008–09Regionalliga SüdIV5th
2009–10Regionalliga SüdIV2nd
2010–11Regionalliga SüdIV11th
2011–12Regionalliga SüdIV10th
2012–13Regionalliga BayernIV4th
2013–14Regionalliga BayernIV8th
2014–15Regionalliga BayernIV8th
2015–16Regionalliga BayernIV3rd
2016–17Regionalliga BayernIV

↑ Promoted↓ Relegated

DFB Cup appearances

The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup a number of times. Since 2008 however, reserve teams are not eligible to compete in the German Cup anymore:
SeasonRoundDateHomeAwayResultAttendance
DFB-Pokal 1979–80First round25 August 1979TuS Schloß Neuhaus1. FC Nürnberg II3–2
DFB-Pokal 1981–82First round28 August 1981SSV Ulm 18461. FC Nürnberg II1–1
DFB-Pokal 1981–82First round replay8 September 19811. FC Nürnberg IISSV Ulm 18461–3
DFB-Pokal 1984–85First round1 September 19841. FC Nürnberg IISV Südwest Ludwigshafen1–0
DFB-Pokal 1984–85Second round13 October 19841. FC Nürnberg IISC Jülich 19100–3
DFB-Pokal 1995–96First round26 August 19951. FC Nürnberg IIBorussia Mönchengladbach0–3