VfL Nagold


VfL Nagold is a German multi-sport club, best known for its association football team in Nagold, Germany. It is the largest sports club in the Nagold region. Their football team currently plays in the Landesliga Württemberg, the seventh-tier in the German football league system. Previously they played in the sixth-tier Verbandsliga Württemberg.
The club's history dates back to 1847, and officially formed in 1934 when Turnverein Nagold, founded in 1860 and the Sportverein Nagold, founded in 1911, merged to form VfL Nagold.
Nagold operates teams across 16 sports including badminton, basketball, football, handball, judo, karate, swimming, table tennis, and gymnastics. They currently have 1700 members.

Association Football

Nagold's football program was founded in 1911 and is the largest sports department in the club. They currently have over 400 registered players, of which approximately 300 are in their youth program, which has been the clubs main focus in football since the 1990s, when they made the decision to switch to a player development focus, bringing in Walter Baur to run the football program.
The first team currently plays in the seventh-tier Landesliga Württemberg, as of 2019/20. They previously played in the sixth-tier Verbandsliga Württemberg, the top flight of the Württemberg state association.
The second team, VfL Nagold II, plays in the eighth-tier Bezirksliga Böblingen-Calw, as of 2019/20.
The youth teams range from the E1 to the A1 youth. As of 2019/20, the U19 team plays in the Verbandsstaffel Nord ; the U17 team plays in the Verbandsstaffel Nord ; and the U15 team plays in the Landesstaffel 1. The U-19 team has previously played as high as the Oberliga and in 2010 advanced to the U19 Cup final against VfB Stuttgart.
Their home stadium is the Reinhold Fleckenstein Stadium, which was renovated in 2014 to include a high-quality turf field and a surrounding track in the club's blue color. It has a capacity of 1000 spectators, including the new covered grandstand which seats 200-250 people.

Notable Former Players

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
SeasonDivisionTierPosition
2008–09Verbandsliga WürttembergVI4th
2009–10Verbandsliga WürttembergVI10th
2010–11Verbandsliga WürttembergVI15th ↓
2011–12Landesliga Württemberg Zone 3VII2nd
2012–13Landesliga Württemberg Zone 3VII2nd ↑
2013–14Verbandsliga WürttembergVI12th
2014–15Verbandsliga WürttembergVI10th
2015–16Verbandsliga WürttembergVI15th ↓
2016–17Landesliga Württemberg Zone 3VII5th
2017–18Landesliga Württemberg Zone 3VII1st ↑
2018–19Verbandsliga WürttembergVI12th ↓
2019–20Landesliga Württemberg Zone 3VII2nd

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