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{{Short description|German association football club}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
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| fullname    = FC Memmingen 07 Verein für Leibesübungen
| nickname    = 
| founded     = {{start date and age|1907}}
| ground      = Memminger Arena
| capacity    = 5,100
| chairman    = Dieter Degenhart
| manager     = Esad Kahric 
| league      = [[Bayernliga|Bayernliga Süd]] (V)
| season      = 2023–24
| position    = 18th ([[Regionalliga Bayern]], relegated)
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'''FC Memmingen''' is a [[Football in Germany|German association football club]] based in [[Memmingen]], Bavaria.

==History==
The team was formed on 30 May 1907 as the football department of the gymnastics club Memminger Turnvereins 1859 and became independent in the fall of that year. They re-joined TV on 14 February 1919 before regaining their independence in March 1924 as FC Memmingen 07 Verein für Rasensport und Leibesübungen. The association later adopted its current name, FC Memmingen 07 Verein für Leibesübungen.

Prior to World War II the team captured seven local titles at various levels of play. In 1933 it took part in qualification play for the Gauliga Bayern, one of sixteen new top-flight divisions formed in the re-organization of German football under the [[Third Reich]].

FCM made a first appearance in the top-league of Bavaria in 1953, when, after finishing second in the 2nd Amateurliga Schwaben, the club was admitted to the new [[Amateurliga Südbayern]] (III).<ref>{{in lang|de}} Die Bayernliga 1945–1997, publisher: [[DSFS]], published: 1997, page: 26, accessed: 14 June 2009</ref> Its first season there was not very successful and the team found itself relegated after finishing last. It bounced back with a 2nd Amateurliga title in 1955 and a finish at the top of its promotion group.<ref>Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 {{in lang|de}} publisher: [[DSFS]], published: 1997, page: 32, accessed: 14 June 2009</ref> Two good seasons followed with top-five finishes but in 1958, the club was relegated once again.<ref>Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 {{in lang|de}} publisher: [[DSFS]], published: 1997, page: 40, accessed: 14 June 2009</ref> It finished on top of the 2nd Amateurliga once again in 1958, after having to play a decider against TSV Göggingen, which it won.

The two following seasons in the Bayernliga were difficult and the club was relegated once more in 1961. The team remained in the 2nd Amateurliga and qualified for the new tier-four [[Landesliga Bayern-Süd]] in 1963.<ref>{{in lang|de}} Die Bayernliga 1945–1997, publisher: [[DSFS]], published: 1997, page: 56, accessed: 14 June 2009</ref>

After a brief drop to the tier-five Bezirksliga from 1966 to 1968, the club recovered and, by winning the Landesliga in 1970, returned to the now single-division Amateurliga Bayern. The team was to remain at this level for the following seventeen years, quite an achievement, but, except for 1980, when it came third, it never finished in the top half of the table.<ref>Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 {{in lang|de}} publisher: [[DSFS]], published: 1997, page: 158, accessed: 14 June 2009</ref> The 1987–88 and 1988–89 seasons were spent in the Landesliga but then the club returned to the Bayernliga once more for the next thirteen seasons.

The club's most successful season came in 1996–97, when they came within a hairsbreadth of advancing to the [[Regionalliga Süd (1994–2012)|Regionalliga Süd]] (III). Memmingen held a 3−2 lead in a promotion playoff versus [[Kickers Offenbach]] when the stadium floodlights failed, bringing the match to a premature halt. Offenbach won the subsequent re-play and advanced to the Regionalliga.

After another relegation in 2002 and a one-year stint in the Landesliga, the club returned to the Bayernliga.

In 2007, FC Memmingen celebrated its centenary and inaugurated its refurbished Stadion an der Bodenseestraße with an Allgäu derby match against [[FC Kempten]] in front of 6,650 spectators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fc-memmingen.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=26|title=FC Memmingen centennial|access-date=13 December 2007|publisher=FC Memmingen|language=de}}</ref> The club had the best support in the Bayernliga in the 2007–08 season with over 1600 spectators per game.<ref>[http://www.bayliga.de/statistik/bayernliga/attendance.html Bayernliga 2007/08&nbsp;– Zuschauertabelle] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521113815/http://www.bayliga.de/statistik/bayernliga/attendance.html |date=21 May 2008 }} Bayliga.de, accessed: 11 June 2008</ref>

FC Memmingen holds the record for Oberliga Bayern seasons with its 37th in 2009–10 and also leads the overall table of this league.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} The club won the Bayernliga title in 2009–10 and thereby earned promotion to the Regionalliga Süd for the first time. In 2012 the club became part of the new [[Regionalliga Bayern]]<ref>[https://www.kicker.de/regionalliga-bayern/spieltag/2013-14 Regionalliga Bayern table 2013–14] ''kicker.de'', accessed: 16 June 2014</ref> where it played until relegation in 2022.

==Reserve team==
The club's reserve team, FC Memmingen II, played in the [[Bezirksoberliga Schwaben]] (VI) in the 2007–08 season, coming second at the end of season. This finish qualified them for the promotion round, where they lost both games and therefore would have remained in the Bezirksoberliga but due to the third placed team from the Landesliga gaining promotion, too, the FCM II was also promoted. Outclassed in the Landesliga, the team returned to the Bezirksoberliga immediately.

At the end of the 2011–12 season the team qualified for the newly expanded Landesliga after finishing eighth in the Bezirksoberliga and defeating [[TSV Neusäß]] in the promotion round.<ref>[http://www.fupa.net/berichte/so-laeuft-die-relegation-auf-verbandsebene-21714.html Das war die Relegation 2012 auf Verbandsebene] {{in lang|de}} fupa.net, published: 7 June 2012, accessed 8 June 2012</ref>

==Current squad==
{{updated|2 February 2024|<ref>{{cite web |title=Die Mannschaft |language=de |url=https://www.fc-memmingen.de/teams/bayernliga |publisher=FC Memmingen |access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref>}}

{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=GER|pos=GK|name=Tobias Werdich}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Lukas Bettrich}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Jakob Gräser}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=David Bauer}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=Pascal Maier}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Fabian Lutz}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=[[Dominik Stroh-Engel]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=Maximilian Berwein}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Sascha Hingerl}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=GER|pos=GK|name=Dominik Dewein}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Maximilian Dolinski}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=David Remiger}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Janis Peter}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=MKD|pos=FW|name=Bojan Tanev}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Matthias Moser}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Luis Sailer Fidalgo}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=[[Manuel Konrad]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Micha Bareis}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Tiziano Mulas}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=Dominik Kurija}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=Noah Müller}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=CRO|pos=MF|name=Mateo Bozic}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Lukas Rietzler}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Nikola Trkulja}}
{{Fs end}}

==Honours==
The club's honours:
{{col-begin}}
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===League===
* '''[[Bayernliga]]''' (V)
** Champions: [[2009–10 Bayernliga|2010]]
** Runners-up: 2023
* '''[[Landesliga Bayern-Süd]]''' (IV-V)
** Champions: (2) 1970, 2003
** Runners-up: 1989
* '''[[2nd Amateurliga Bayern|2nd Amateurliga Schwaben]]''' (IV)
** Champions: (2) 1955, 1958
* '''[[Bezirksoberliga Schwaben]]''' (VI)
** Runners-up: 2008<sup>‡</sup>
{{col-2}}

===Cup===
* '''[[Schwaben Cup]]'''
** Winners: (3) 1958, 1967, 1976
** Runners-up: (5) 1972, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2006
{{col-end}}

===Youth===
* '''[[Bavarian Under 19 championship]]'''
** Runners-up: 2003
* '''[[Bavarian Under 15 championship]]'''
** Runners-up: 1998
* <sup>‡</sup> Reserve team

==Recent managers==
Recent managers of the club:<ref>[http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/fc-memmingen/9/ FC Memmingen .:. Trainer von A-Z] {{in lang|de}} weltfussball.de, accessed: 30 April 2011</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Manager
! Start
! Finish
|- align="center"
| align="left" | Esad Kahric
| 1 July 2005
| 15 September 2013
|- align="center"
| align="left" | Thomas Rheinhardt{{Clear}}Christian Braun
| 16 September 2013
| 30 June 2016
|- align="center"
| align="left" | Stefan Anderl
| 1 July 2016
| Present
|}

==FC Memmingen seasons==
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:<ref>[http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] {{in lang|de}} Historical German domestic league tables</ref><ref>[http://www.fussball.de/fussball-ergebnisse-die-top-ligen-bei-fussball-de/id_45692854/index Fussball.de&nbsp;– Ergebnisse] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518003238/http://www.fussball.de/fussball-ergebnisse-die-top-ligen-bei-fussball-de/id_45692854/index |date=18 May 2011 }} {{in lang|de}} Tables and results of all German football leagues</ref>

===FC Memmingen===
{| border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
|
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Division
! [[Bavarian football league system|Tier]]
! Position
|- align="center"
| 1963–64
| align="left"|  [[Landesliga Bayern-Süd]]
| rowspan=3| IV
| 6th
|- align="center"
| 1964–65
| align="left"| Landesliga Bayern-Süd
| 11th
|- align="center"
| 1965–66
| align="left"|  Landesliga Bayern-Süd
| style="background:#ffcccc"| 14th ↓
|- align="center"
| 1966–67
| align="left"|  [[Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd|Bezirksliga Schwaben]]
| rowspan=2| V
|
|- align="center"
| 1967–68
| align="left"|  Bezirksliga Schwaben
| style="background:#ddffdd"| 2nd ↑
|- align="center"
| 1968–69
| align="left"| Landesliga Bayern-Süd
| rowspan=2| IV
| 3rd
|- align="center"
| 1969–70
| align="left"| Landesliga Bayern-Süd
| style="background:#ddffdd"| 1st ↑
|- align="center"
| 1970–71
| align="left"| [[Bayernliga]]
| rowspan=11| III
| 9th
|- align="center"
| 1971–72
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 9th
|- align="center"
| 1972–73
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 11th
|- align="center"
| 1973–74
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 12th
|- align="center"
| 1974–75
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 14th
|- align="center"
| 1975–76
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 12th
|- align="center"
| 1976–77
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 10th
|- align="center"
| 1977–78
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 10th
|- align="center"
| 1978–79
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 15th
|- align="center"
| 1979–80
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 3rd
|- align="center"
| 1980–81
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 11th
|- align="center"
| 1981–82
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| rowspan=6| III
| 10th
|- align="center"
| 1982–83
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 14th
|- align="center"
| 1983–84
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 14th
|- align="center"
| 1984–85
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 13th
|- align="center"
| 1985–86
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 14th
|- align="center"
| 1986–87
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| style="background:#ffcccc"| 15th ↓
|- align="center"
| 1987–88
| align="left"| Landesliga Bayern-Süd
| rowspan=2| IV
| 5th
|- align="center"
| 1988–89
| align="left"| Landesliga Bayern-Süd
| style="background:#ddffdd"| 2nd ↑
|- align="center"
| 1989–90
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| rowspan=2| III
| 9th
|- align="center"
| 1990–91
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 7th
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Division
! [[Bavarian football league system|Tier]]
! Position
|- align="center"
| 1991–92
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| rowspan=3| III
| 11th
|- align="center"
| 1992–93
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 7th
|- align="center"
| 1993–94
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 13th
|- align="center"
| 1994–95
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| rowspan=5| IV
| 12th
|- align="center"
| 1995–96
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 11th
|- align="center"
| 1996–97
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 2nd
|- align="center"
| 1997–98
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 15th
|- align="center"
| 1998–99
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 8th
|- align="center"
| 1999–2000
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| rowspan=3| IV
| 12th
|- align="center"
| 2000–01
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 10th
|- align="center"
| 2001–02
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| style="background:#ffcccc"| 18th ↓
|- align="center"
| 2002–03
| align="left"| Landesliga Bayern-Süd
| V
| style="background:#ddffdd"| 1st ↑
|- align="center"
| 2003–04
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| rowspan=5| IV
| 10th
|- align="center"
| 2004–05
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 9th
|- align="center"
| 2005–06
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 12th
|- align="center"
| 2006–07
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 4th
|- align="center"
| 2007–08
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| 6th
|- align="center"
| 2008–09
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| rowspan=2| V
| 3rd
|- align="center"
| 2009–10
| align="left"| Bayernliga
| style="background:#ddffdd"| 1st ↑
|- align="center"
| 2010–11
| align="left"| [[Regionalliga Süd (1994–2012)|Regionalliga Süd]]
| rowspan=9| IV
| 13th
|- align="center"
| 2011–12
| align="left"| Regionalliga Süd
| 15th
|- align="center"
| [[2012–13 Regionalliga#Regionalliga Bayern|2012–13]]
| align="left"| [[Regionalliga Bayern]]
| 9th
|- align="center"
| [[2013–14 Regionalliga#Regionalliga Bayern|2013–14]]
| align="left"| Regionalliga Bayern
| 13th
|- align="center"
| [[2014–15 Regionalliga#Regionalliga Bayern|2014–15]]
| align="left"| Regionalliga Bayern
| 7th
|- align="center"
| [[2015–16 Regionalliga#Regionalliga Bayern|2015–16]]
| align="left"| Regionalliga Bayern
| 12th
|- align="center"
| [[2016–17 Regionalliga#Regionalliga Bayern|2016–17]]
| align="left"| Regionalliga Bayern
| 4th
|- align="center"
| [[2017–18 Regionalliga#Regionalliga Bayern|2017–18]]
| align="left"| Regionalliga Bayern
| 16th
|- align="center"
| [[2018–19 Regionalliga#Regionalliga Bayern|2018–19]]
| align="left"| Regionalliga Bayern
| 
|}
|}
*The ''Bayernliga'' was officially called ''Amateurliga Bayern'' until 1978, then ''Amateur Oberliga Bayern'' till 1994 and ''Oberliga Bayern'' after that.

===FC Memmingen II===
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Division
! [[Bavarian football league system|Tier]]
! Position
|- align="center"
| 1999–2000
| align="left"| [[Bezirksoberliga Schwaben]]
| VI
| style="background:#ffcccc"| 15th ↓
|- align="center"
| 2000–01
| align="left"| [[Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd]]
| rowspan=4| VII
| 3rd
|- align="center"
| 2001–02
| align="left"| Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd
| 4th
|- align="center"
| 2002–03
| align="left"| Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd
| 9th
|- align="center"
| 2003–04
| align="left"| Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd
| style="background:#ddffdd"| 1st ↑
|- align="center"
| 2004–05
| align="left"| Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
| rowspan=5| VI
| 5th
|- align="center"
| 2005–06
| align="left"| Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
| 4th
|- align="center"
| 2006–07
| align="left"| Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
| 3rd
|- align="center"
| 2007–08
| align="left"| Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
| style="background:#ddffdd"| 2nd ↑
|- align="center"
| 2008–09
| align="left"| [[Landesliga Bayern-Süd]]
| style="background:#ffcccc"| 18th ↓
|- align="center"
| 2009–10
| align="left"| Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
| rowspan=3| VII
| 4th
|- align="center"
| 2010–11
| align="left"| Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
| 6th
|- align="center"
| 2011–12
| align="left"| Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
| style="background:#ddffdd"| 8th ↑
|- align="center"
| 2012–13
| align="left"| [[Landesliga Bayern-Südwest]]
| rowspan=5| VI
| 14th
|- align="center"
| 2013–14
| align="left"| Landesliga Bayern-Südwest
| 6th
|- align="center"
| 2014–15
| align="left"| Landesliga Bayern-Südwest
| 10th
|- align="center"
| 2015–16
| align="left"| Landesliga Bayern-Südwest
| 6th
|- align="center"
| 2016–17
| align="left"| Landesliga Bayern-Südwest
| 
|}
*With the introduction of the [[Bezirksoberligen Bayern|Bezirksoberligas]] in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the [[Landesliga Bayern|Landesligas]], all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the [[Regionalliga]]s in 1994 and the [[3. Liga]] in 2008 as the new third tier, below the [[2. Bundesliga]], all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the [[Regionalliga Bayern]] as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the [[Bayernliga]] was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onwards were elevated one tier.

===Key===
{|class="wikitable" align="center"
| style="background:#ddffdd"| ↑ <small>[[Promotion and relegation|Promoted]]</small>
| style="background:#ffcccc"| ↓ <small>[[Promotion and relegation|Relegated]]</small>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

===Sources===
*Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag {{ISBN|3-89784-147-9}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|FC Memmingen}}
*[http://www.fc-memmingen.de Official team site] {{in lang|de}}
*[http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/fc-memmingen/ FC Memmingen at Weltfussball.de]
*[http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German domestic league tables (in German)

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