KSV Baunatal

Football club infobox
clubname = KSV Baunatal


fullname = Kultur- und Sport-Verein Baunatal 1892, e.V.
nickname = | founded = 1914
ground = Parkstadion
capacity = 9,000
chairman = Ursula Harms
manager = Bernd Lichte
league = Hessenliga (V)
season = 2007-08
position = 8th
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KSV Baunatal is a German football club based in Baunatal, Hessen. The team was founded on April 13, 1964 out of the union of "KSV Altenritte" and "KSV Altenbauna".

History

Predecessor side "KSV Altenritte" has roots that go back to the much earlier establishment of the gymnastics club "Turnverein Gut-Heil Altenritte" on September 2, 1892. A football department was founded within this club in 1914. In 1933, "TV" was joined by the membership of "Arbeiter TV Altenritte" - one of the many worker's sports clubs disbanded as politically unpalatable under the Nazi regime - to become "VfL Altenritte". In 1945, following World War II, the team re-emerged as "KSV Alteritte".

Another predecessor, "KSV Altenbauna", was established in 1904 as "Deutscher Turnverein Altenbauna" and in 1918, following World War I, played as "Deutscher Turn- und Sportverein Altenbauna". "DTSV" became "TV Gut-Heil Altenbauna" in 1933 and "KSV Altenbauna" in 1945.

. It was re-established in 1945 as "Freier SV Kirchbauna" by the former members of "ATSV" and another worker's side known as "TV Gut Heil Kirchbauna". "FSV" briefly adopted the name "SpVgg Kirchbauna" in 1955 before becoming "SV Baunatal" the same year.

The long string of mergers of these unremarked sides paid dividends when "KSV Baunatal" rose up out of lower tier competition into the Oberliga Hessen (III) in 1970. The club slipped to the Landesliga Hessen-Nord (IV) for a single season, but promptly reclaimed a place in the Oberliga. An Amateur Oberliga Hessen (III) title in 1976 led to a three season long stint in the 2nd Bundesliga Süd. Through the 70s and 80s "KSV" made a half dozen appearances in DFB-Pokal (German Cup) play, going out in the preliminary rounds on each occasion.

The team then played as a third tier side in the Oberliga Hessen until being relegated in 1991 and for a while was an elevator side, moving frequently up and down between third and fifth tier competition. "KSV" has been firmly settled into the Oberliga Hessen (IV) since 1999, generally placing in the lower half of the table, while managing to earn a better result on occasion.

Honours

*Landesliga Hessen-Nord (IV) champions: 1970, 1972, 1994, 1999
*Amateur Oberliga Hessen (III) champions: 1976

External links

* [http://www.ksv-baunatal.com Official team site]
* [http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/baunatal.html The Abseits Guide to German Soccer]

References

*Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German domestic league tables (in German)
* [http://www.eufo.de/football/ger/2006/ksv_atal.htm eufo.de] European football club profiles and current team rosters