FC Gießen
German football club
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FC Gießen 1927 Teutonia/1900 VfB e.V., commonly known as FC Gießen, is a German association football club from the city of Giessen and the Watzenborn-Steinberg quarter of the town of Pohlheim, both in Hesse. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier four Regionalliga Südwest in 2016, 2019, and 2024.
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| Full name | FC Gießen 1927 Teutonia/1900 VfB e.V. | ||
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| Founded | November 1, 1927 | ||
| Ground | Waldstadion | ||
| Capacity | 4,999 | ||
| Chairman | Dominik Fischer | ||
| Manager | Michael Fink | ||
| League | Hessenliga (V) | ||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga Südwest, 15th of 18 (relegated) | ||
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History
Predecessor club Sportclub Teutonia Watzenborn-Steinberg was formed on 1 November 1927. For much of its history this club played in local amateur leagues.[1]
From the mid-2000s, the club experienced a rise through the league system, reaching the tier five Landesliga Hessen-Mitte in 2006 after a runners-up finish in the Bezirksoberliga Gießen/Marburg. Teutonia played at this level for two seasons before being relegated again in 2008. It returned to what had now been renamed the Gruppenliga Gießen/Marburg, where it played for the next three seasons. A league championship in 2011 took it back up to the Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte, the former Landesliga. It played at Verbandsliga level for the next four seasons before winning the league in 2015 and earning promotion to the Hessenliga for the first time.[2][3] Winning the league in 2015–16 Teutonia earned another promotion, now to the Regionalliga Südwest, from which the club was relegated one season later.
Teutonia was renamed FC Gießen on 1 July 2018 after acquiring VfB Gießen's football department.[4] VfB announced its closure earlier in March.[5] FC won another Hessenliga championship in 2019, promoting them to the Regionalliga again.
Current squad
- As of 25 January 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
The club's honours:
- Hessenliga
- Champions: 2016, 2019, 2024
- Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte
- Champions: 2015
- Gruppenliga Gießen/Marburg
- Champions: 2011
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[3][2]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
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| 2003–04 | Bezirksliga Gießen/Marburg-Süd | VII | 1st ↑ |
| 2004–05 | Bezirksoberliga Gießen/Marburg | VI | 7th |
| 2005–06 | Bezirksoberliga Gießen/Marburg | 2nd ↑ | |
| 2006–07 | Landesliga Hessen-Mitte | V | 14th |
| 2007–08 | Landesliga Hessen-Mitte | 19th ↓ | |
| 2008–09 | Gruppenliga Gießen/Marburg | VII | 10th |
| 2009–10 | Gruppenliga Gießen/Marburg | 9th | |
| 2010–11 | Gruppenliga Gießen/Marburg | 1st ↑ | |
| 2011–12 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte | VI | 12th |
| 2012–13 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte | 9th | |
| 2013–14 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte | 14th | |
| 2014–15 | Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte | 1st ↑ | |
| 2015–16 | Hessenliga | V | 1st ↑ |
| 2016–17 | Regionalliga Südwest | IV | 17th ↓ |
| 2017–18 | Hessenliga | V | 4th |
| 2018–19 | Hessenliga | 1st ↑ | |
| 2019–20 | Regionalliga Südwest | IV |
- 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 |