FC Nottingen
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Wikipedia - FC Nöttingen
FC Nöttingen is a German association football club from the Nöttingen district of Remchingen, Baden-Württemberg. The footballers are part of a sports club of more than 500 members that also has departments for table tennis and an unusual sport popular locally known as Schnürles or Fussballtennis (en:football-tennis), played with a soccer ball on a tennis court. The game was introduced to the area from Czechoslovakia in the 1920s by coach Fritz Schnürle. The stadium is the Kleiner Arena.
History
Founded on 2 July 1957, FC acknowledges TSV Germania Nöttingen, established prior to World War I, as a predecessor side. Germania folded in 1927.
The modern day successor rose slowly and steadily, out of B-class football into A-class in 1969, on into the Bezirksliga Pforzheim in 1972, the Landesliga Mittelbaden in 1996, the Verbandsliga Nordbaden (V) in 1997, and the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (IV) in 2002. On reaching the Regionalliga Süd (III) in 2004 FC stumbled and was relegated after finishing in last place. The club currently plays in the fifth tier Oberliga Baden-Württemberg as a lower table side.
In 2010–11, the club lead the Oberliga for most of the season, but eventually missed out on the title and promotion to Waldhof Mannheim when it lost the last two games of the season. A third-place finish in the Oberliga qualified the club for the promotion play-offs to the Regionalliga Südwest, where it defeated FSV Salmrohr and earned promotion. After only one season in the Regionalliga the club was relegated to the Oberliga again in 2015. Finishing runners-up in the Oberliga in 2015–16 Nöttingen was once more promoted to the Regionalliga after a play-off after four-all draw with SC Hauenstein in the final match.
Culorile tradiționale ale clubului sunt alb-roșu, iar stadionul său de casă este Stadionul Richard-Brenneke, cu o capacitate de peste 10.000 de locuri.
FC Nottingen și-a câștigat faima în anii 1970 și 1980, când a participat în mod regulat în cupele europene. În 1981, a atins sferturile de finală ale Cupei UEFA, cea de-a doua competiție ca importanță din Europa.
În ultimii ani, FC Nottingen a evoluat în Bundesliga 2, a doua ligă a fotbalului german. Clubul a avut succes în cupele naționale, câștigând Cupa Germaniei în 1981 și 1997.
FC Nottingen este cunoscut pentru fanii săi pasionați și atmosfera vibrantă de pe stadionul său de casă. Clubul are o tradiție puternică în dezvoltarea tinerilor jucători, mulți dintre ei continuând să joace la nivel internațional.