FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen


FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen is a German association football club from Nordhausen, Thuringia.
The club's greatest success has been promotion to the Regionalliga Nordost in 1995 and 2013. It has also won the Thuringia Cup on three occasions and, through this, qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.

History

The football team FC Wacker 05 Nordhausen was founded on 1 November 1905 as an offshoot of a Protestant youth club in the city. By 14 June 1906 the team had broadened its scope to become the sports club SV Wacker 05 Nordhausen and in 1908 merged with local side Ballsport-Club Mars Nordhausen which had been formed in 1906. Until 1918 the club played as SV Wacker-Mars Nordhausen when it was renamed 1. SV Wacker 05 Nordhausen. Playing in the VMBV, Wacker participated in the early rounds of the league championships in the mid- to late 20s, but without any success.
After the end of World War II occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of all organizations in Germany, including sports and football clubs. The former membership of Wacker reorganized as SG Nordhausen in 1946 and this team went on to become the football department of the sports club BSG Motor Nordhausen in 1949. The club played briefly as KWU/Lok Nordhausen after a merger with an industrial club. From 1951 on the team played as BSG Motor Nordhausen-West in second tier East German football. Motor enjoyed some modest success in the early 80s but then slipped and was relegated to the third division Bezirkliga Erfurt in 1989.
After German reunification in 1990 the football department separated from the sports club to form FSV Wacker 90. The newly independent team took up play in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd in the 1991–92 season and played at that level for seven years, interrupted by three seasons in the Regionalliga Nordost from 1995 to 1998. During the 1990s the club made three appearances in the DFB-Pokal, in 1992–93, 1996–97 and 1997–98 but was knocked out in the first round at each occasion. After relegation back to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd in 1998 the club slowly declined. Financial problems drove the club further down to the Landesliga Thüringen in 2000–01 before they finally landed in the Landesklasse Thuringen-Ost in 2002.
After a decade of lower league play the club won the Thüringenliga in 2011–12 and the NOFV-Oberliga Süd the season after to make a return to the Regionalliga Nordost where it plays today.

Stadium

FSV plays its home matches in the Albert-Kuntz-Sportpark which has a capacity of 8,000 spectators.

Current squad

Honors

The club's honours:
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
YearDivisionTierPosition
1999–2000NOFV-Oberliga SüdIV7th
2000–01NOFV-Oberliga SüdIV18th ↓
2001–02Landesliga ThüringenV15th↓
2002–03Landesklasse Thüringen-WestVI3rd
2003–04Landesklasse Thüringen-OstVI5th
2004–05Landesklasse Thüringen-OstVI1st ↑
2005–06ThüringenligaV4th
2006–07ThüringenligaV7th
2007–08ThüringenligaV8th
2008–09ThüringenligaVI3rd
2009–10ThüringenligaVI3rd
2010–11ThüringenligaVI9th
2011–12ThüringenligaVI1st ↑
2012–13NOFV-Oberliga SüdV1st ↑
2013–14Regionalliga NordostIV5th
2014–15Regionalliga NordostIV3rd
2015–16Regionalliga NordostIV3rd
2016–17Regionalliga NordostIV7th
2017–18Regionalliga NordostIV2nd
2018–19Regionalliga NordostIV3rd
2019-20Regionalliga NordostIV13th↓

↑ Promoted↓ Relegated