Falke Markt Schwaben

Full name	Fußball-Club Falke von 1930 e.V. Markt Schwaben
Founded	1930
Ground	Sportpark Markt Schwaben
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Oliver Willi
Manager	Alexander Schmidbauer
League	Kreisliga München 3 (VIII)
2015–16	Kreisklasse München 6 (IX), 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

Falke Markt Schwaben is a German association football club from the city of Markt Schwaben, Bavaria. Falke is the German word for falcon, with the animal being depicted in the Coats of arms of Markt Schwaben.

History

The club was formed in 1930 through the merger of predecessor sides Ballspiel-Club Markt Schwaben and Deutsche Jugendkraft Markt Schwaben. In the aftermath of World War II the club briefly disappeared when occupying Allied authorities banned organizations across the country, including sports and football clubs, as part of the process of denazification, before being reestablished on 4 November 1945.^[1] In 1967, team won its first title and gained promotion to the Landesliga Bayern-Süd where they played for seven seasons before being sent down.

Falke reappeared in Landesliga (V) play in 2001, having spent the previous nine seasons in the Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern, and immediately captured the championship there. They moved up to the Oberliga Bayern (IV) where they played two seasons.

After a 17th place Landesliga (VI) finish in 2011, the team slipped to play in the Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern (VII). At the end of the 2011–12 season the club qualified directly for the newly expanded Landesliga after finishing fourth in the Bezirksoberliga.^[2] After two seasons in the Landesliga the club was relegated in 2014, opting to withdraw to the tier nine Kreisklasse where its reserve team played rather than to play in the Bezirksliga.^[3]

After two seasons at Kreisklasse level a league championship in 2015–16 took the club back up to the Kreisliga.

Honours

The club's honours:

League

• Landesliga Bayern-Süd
  • Champions: 2001
• Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern
  • Runners-up: 2000
• Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Ost
  • Champions: 1967, 1991
• Kreisklasse München 6
  • Champions: 2016

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:^[4]

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:^[5][6]

• With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. 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. 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.

Stadium

The team plays its matches in the Parkstadion, which has a capacity of 5,000.