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| Full name | Fußball-Club Astoria Walldorf e.V. | ||
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| Founded | 15 February 1995 | ||
| Ground | FC-Astoria Stadion | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Chairman | Wilhelm Kempf | ||
| Manager | Matthias Born | ||
| League | Regionalliga Südwest (IV) | ||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga Südwest, 11th of 18 | ||
| Website | https://fcastoria.de/ | ||
FC Astoria Walldorf is aGerman association football club from the town ofWalldorf, Baden-Württemberg.
The club is named afterJohn Jacob Astor, who was born in Walldorf in 1763 and later emigrated to the United States where he became a successful businessman. His descendants, founders of theWaldorf-Astoria Hotel, generously supported the town of Walldorf and the new football club, formed in 1908, was namedAstoria in his honour.[1]
The club was formed on 15 February 1995 through the union of the 1. FC 08 Walldorf and the football department of SG Walldorf Astoria 02.[1] The new club advanced to theVerbandsliga Nordbaden (V) in 2001. Winning the Verbandsliga in 2007, the club was promoted to theOberliga Baden-Württemberg.
LikeTSG 1899 Hoffenheim the club is supported byDietmar Hopp, the founder of software makerSAP. Hopp initiated negotiations to merge FC Astoria Walldorf, TSG Hoffenheim, andSV Sandhausen to create FC Heidelberg 06 with the long-term objective of reaching theBundesliga, Germany's first division league. The talks were abandoned in 2005 due to the resistance of the latter two clubs, and the failure to agree on whether the new side's stadium should be located inHeidelberg orEppelheim.
ANorth Baden Cup win in 2013–14 earned the club the right to enter the first round of the2014–15 DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, for the first time. In the same season the club also won the Oberliga title and earned promotion to the tier fourRegionalliga Südwest for the first time.
The club's honours:
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Recent managers of the club:[3]
| Manager | Start | Finish |
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| Roland Dickgießer | 1 July 2007 | 30 August 2011 |
| Thomas Erlein | ||
| Guido Streichsbier | 2 October 2011 | 30 June 2014 |
| Matthias Born | 1 July 2014 | Present |
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[4][5]
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FC Astoria Walldorf plays its home matches in the FC-Astoria stadium which features a natural turf field and two artificial turf fields. During the 2006 World Cup the facility was used as the training ground of theCosta Rican national side.[6]
