KSV Hessen Kassel
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KSV Hessen Kassel is a German football club based in Kassel, Hessen. The club was founded as FC Union 93 Kassel in 1893 and just two years later joined FC Hassia 93 Cassel to form Casseler FV 95. In 1919, fusion with VfK Kassel created SV Kurhessen Kassel. After World War II, SVKK was one of a number of clubs merged to form the Gründung der Sportgruppe Süd, an association active in a number of sports. This club became VfL Kassel in 1946, and finally, merged with Kasseler SV Kassel in November of 1947 to become today's KSV Hessen Kassel.
Kassel quickly established themselves as a stolid, but largely unremarked, second tier side. They played their way into what was at the time the first tier Oberliga Süd and then found themselves in the Regionalliga Sud (II) after the formation in 1963 of Germany's new premier level professional league, the Bundesliga. A first place Oberliga finish in 1964 saw them compete unsuccessfully in the promotion rounds for the Bundesliga. The club continued to play tier II ball until the mid 70's when their performance dropped them to Amateur Oberliga Hessen (III) until the start of the next decade brought an advance to the 2.Bundesliga. Through the 80's, the team flirted with promotion to the senior circuit, but never quite could put themselves over the top. In 1986 the club just missed being promoted: a loss to Nurenburg (0:2) in the last game of the season against wins by three other clubs in the hunt saw Kassel left behind.
Those runs at the Bundesliga in the 80's, alongside an advance to the quarter final of the German Cup in 1991, represent the apex of the team's achievement. The club was bankrupted in 1993 and the football side set off on its own as FC Hessen Kassel. They too had financial problems and in 1998 also found themselves bankrupt, but this time relegated all the way down to Kreisliga Hessen A (VIII). Kassel began their recovery by going unbeaten over the course of the next two seasons and advanced to the Oberliga Hessen (IV) which they won in 2005/06 to earn a promotion to the Regionalliga
Notable persons
- Karl-Heinz Metzner, 2 caps for West Germany (1952-53)
External links
| German Regionalliga Süd Football Clubs (2006-07) |
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