1. FC Normannia Gmünd


1. FC Normannia Gmünd is a German association football club from the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg.

History

The origins of the club go back to the formation of Alemannia Schwäbisch Gmünd on 1 July 1904. This side later merged with Suevia Schwäbisch Gmünd to form 1. FC Normannia. The club managed to reach the tier-one Bezirksliga Württemberg in 1932 and played at this level for one season, before the league was dissolved.
Normannia took part in second division competition for two seasons in 1942–44 before advancing to the Gauliga Württemberg where they played in the war-shortened 1944–45 season. The club returned to second division play after World War II in 1947 in the Landesliga Württemberg, later the Amateurliga Württemberg, where they would remain until sent down in 1955.
In 1965 they re-emerged in the Amateurliga Nordwürttemberg, capturing the division title, and then taking part in the promotion round playoff for the Regionaliga Süd. However, they were unable to advance and spent most of the next ten years in the Amateurliga before slipping to lower-tier competition in 1975. In 1972 Normannia enjoyed a solid run in the national amateur championship, going as far as the semi-finals before being put out by FSV Frankfurt. A regional cup win in 1977 earned the team a place in the 1978 DFB Pokal tournament. They eliminated second division side Fortuna Köln before being eliminated themselves by the second team squad of FC Augsburg.
After winning the Verbandsliga Württemberg in 2004, the 1. FC played in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg as a lower table side until 2012 when it was relegated again.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

Recent managers of the club:
ManagerStartFinish
Alexander Zorniger1 July 200630 June 2020
Lothar Mattner1 July 2009?
Dieter Märkle?Present

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
SeasonDivisionTierPosition
2001–02Landesliga WürttembergVI↑
2002–03Verbandsliga WürttembergV5th
2003–04Verbandsliga WürttembergV1st ↑
2004–05Oberliga Baden-WürttembergIV9th
2005–06Oberliga Baden-WürttembergIV12th
2006–07Oberliga Baden-WürttembergIV11th
2007–08Oberliga Baden-WürttembergIV9th
2008–09Oberliga Baden-WürttembergV9th
2009–10Oberliga Baden-WürttembergV7th
2010–11Oberliga Baden-WürttembergV5th
2011–12Oberliga Baden-WürttembergV16th ↓
2012–13Verbandsliga WürttembergVI8th
2013–14Verbandsliga WürttembergVI10th
2014–15Verbandsliga WürttembergVI4th
2015–16Verbandsliga WürttembergVI7th
2016–17Verbandsliga WürttembergVI

↑ Promoted↓ Relegated