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 four occasions and, through this, qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.
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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 (Verband Mitteldeutscher Ballspiel Vereine or Federation of Middle German Ball Playing Teams), 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 (III) in the 1991–92 season and played at that level for seven years, interrupted by three seasons in the Regionalliga Nordost (III) 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 (IV) in 1998 the club slowly declined. Financial problems drove the club further down to the Landesliga Thüringen (V) in 2000–01 before they finally landed in the Landesklasse Thuringen-Ost (VI) 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.FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen at Fussball.de accessed: 12 February 2015
Stadium FSV plays its home matches in the Albert-Kuntz-Sportpark which has a capacity of 8,000 (~1,000 seats) spectators.
Current squad
Honors The club's honours: NOFV-Oberliga Süd Champions: 1995, 2013 Thüringenliga Champions: 2012, 2015‡ Landesklasse Thüringen-Ost Champions: 2005 Thuringia Cup Winners: 1992, 1996, 1997, 2019 Runners-up: 1998, 1999, 2017, 2023 ‡ Denotes won by reserve team.
Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Historical German domestic league tables Year Division Tier Position 1999–2000 NOFV-Oberliga Süd IV 7th 2000–01 NOFV-Oberliga Süd 18th ↓ 2001–02 Landesliga Thüringen V15th↓ 2002–03 Landesklasse Thüringen-West VI 3rd 2003–04 Landesklasse Thüringen-Ost 5th 2004–05 Landesklasse Thüringen-Ost 1st ↑ 2005–06 Thüringenliga V 4th 2006–07 Thüringenliga 7th 2007–08 Thüringenliga 8th 2008–09 Thüringenliga VI 3rd 2009–10 Thüringenliga 3rd 2010–11 Thüringenliga 9th 2011–12 Thüringenliga 1st ↑ 2012–13 NOFV-Oberliga Süd V 1st ↑ 2013–14 Regionalliga Nordost IV 5th 2014–15 Regionalliga Nordost 3rd 2015–16 Regionalliga Nordost 3rd 2016–17 Regionalliga Nordost 7th 2017–18 Regionalliga Nordost 2nd 2018–19 Regionalliga Nordost 3rd 2019–20 Regionalliga Nordost13th↓ With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
References
External links
Official team site