VfL Frohnlach is a German football club from the city of Frohnlach, Bavaria.
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| Full name | Verein für Leibesübungen 1919 e. V. Frohnlach | ||
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| Founded | 1919 | ||
| Ground | Willi-Schillig-Stadion | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Chairman | Willi Schillig | ||
| Manager | Werner Gückel | ||
| League | Landesliga Bayern (V) | ||
| 2006-07 | Oberliga Bayern (IV), 16th | ||
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The club was established as SC Arminia Frohnlach in 1919 and, after a 1925 merger with Turnverein Frohnlach, became Verein für Leibesübungen 1919 e. V. Frohnlach. In addition to fielding a football side the club had departments for cycling, fistball, and gymnastics. Like other clubs that were part of the Arbeiter-Turn- und -Sportbundes (Worker's Gymnastics and Sports Union) VfL was banned in 1933 by the Nazi regime as politically undesireable. After World War II the club was re-established as TV Frohnlach and before the end of 1945 was playing as Allgemeine Sportvereinigung Frohnlach. By 1948 the association was again known as VfL.
The footballers took part in lower level local play in the Coburg city league, until the mid-70s when, with the support of local furniture maker Willi Schillig - who took on the presidency and a major spornsorship role - the club made a rapid ascent. Three consecutive promotions from 1978 to 1980 saw the club through to the fourth division Oberliga Bayern. They also made their first appearance in DFB-Pokal (German Cup) play in 1980. Frohnlach enjoyed a decade long run in the Oberliga until slipping to become an elevator side, moving frequently up and down between fourth and fifth tier play. The team competed as an Oberliga side in 1992-93, 1994-99, and 2004-07. Their most current result, a 16th place finish, saw the club sent down to the Landesliga Bayern (V).
Stadium
Between 1958 and 1980 the club played its home matches at Am Wirtsteich until the opening of the Waldstadion (capacity 5,000). The stadium has served as a venue for matches of the German junior national U20 and U21 teams. In 2006 the facility was re-named for club president Willi Schillig.
External links
- [www.vflfrohnlach.de Official team site]
References
- Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)
- eufo.de European football club profiles and current team rosters