FSV 1926 Fernwald


FSV Fernwald is a German football club from the town of Fernwald, Hesse.

History

The club was established as FSV Steinbach on 30 March 1926. In 1935 the club disappeared when it was folded into the Turn- und Sport-Gemeinde Steinbach alongside several other Steinbach-area associations under the politically motivated policies of the Nazis which saw the dissolution of clubs which were considered by the regime to be ideologically undesirable. FSV re-emerged as an independent club after World War II in May 1949.
After decades as a local side the club was promoted to the Landesliga Hessen – Mitte in 1992 where they would compete until being sent down at the end of the 2000–01 season. Steinbach bounced back to enjoy its greatest success in 2005 with a Landesliga championship through a 2:1 victory over TSV Eintracht Stadtallendorf in the final match of the season to earn promotion to the Oberliga Hessen, the state's highest amateur class.
On 8 December 2006 the membership voted to rename the club FSV 1926 Fernwald effective 1 July 2007. Steinbach is one of three municipalities, the others being Albach and Annerod, that make up Fernwald.
After seven seasons in the Hessenliga the club opted to withdraw from the league in 2014, despite finishing tenth, and to drop down to the tier eight Kreisoberliga but won promotion back to the Gruppenliga in 2016.

Honors

The club's honours:

League

Recent managers of the club:
ManagerStartFinish
Stefan Hassler1 July 200630 June 2007
Michael de Kort1 July 200719 December 2007
Niko Semlitsch20 December 200730 June 2010
Daniyel Bulut1 July 2010present

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
SeasonDivisionTierPosition
1999–2000Landesliga Hessen-MitteV4th
2000–01Landesliga Hessen-MitteV14th ↓
2001–02Bezirksoberliga Gießen-Marburg SüdVI8th
2002–03Bezirksoberliga Gießen-Marburg SüdVI1st ↑
2003–04Landesliga Hessen-MitteV5th
2004–05Landesliga Hessen-MitteV1st ↑
2005–06HessenligaIV15th
2006–07HessenligaIV7th
2007–08HessenligaIV11th
2008–09HessenligaV12th
2009–10HessenligaV13th
2010–11HessenligaV9th
2011–12HessenligaV3rd
2012–13HessenligaV7th
2013–14HessenligaV10th
2014–15Kreisoberliga GießenVIII14th
2015–16Kreisoberliga GießenVIII1st ↑
2015–16Gruppenliga Gießen/MarburgVII

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Stadium

FSV play their home matches at the Stadion an der Oppenröder Straße which has a capacity of 2,500 spectators. In addition to a natural grass pitch the facility includes an artificial turf field which serves several area sports associations as a training site and is used for Oberliga matches if the main field cannot be used.