SVA Bad Hersfeld


Spielverein Asbach-Bad Hersfeld is a German association football club from Asbach, formerly a separate village, but now part of the town of Bad Hersfeld, Hesse.

History

The earliest football played in Asbach was in 1911 and prior to World War I two clubs emerged. Spielvereinigung Asbach and Sportverein Germania Asbach were youth clubs that disappeared as a consequence of the war. A number of short-lived sports and gymnastics clubs came and went between 1922 and the formation on 5 August 1928 of Sportverein Asbach. This club also struggled early on, but managed to persevere. By 1936 SV had a number of local honours to its credit and was finally able to establish its own ground.
SVA long played in the shadow of Hessen Hersfeld, but after a 1993 title in the Bezirksoberliga Fulda has become a fixture in the Landesliga Hesse-Nord. Following a second-place finish in the Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord in 2008–09, SVA was promoted to the Hessenliga but lasted for only one season before going down again. Another relegation followed in 2015–16, now to the Gruppenliga.

Honours

The club's honours: