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| Full name | Kultur- und Sportverein Baunatal e.V. | ||
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| Founded | 13 April 1964 | ||
| Ground | Parkstadion | ||
| Capacity | 9,000 | ||
| Chairman | Timo Gerhold | ||
| Manager | Tobias Nebe | ||
| League | Hessenliga (V) | ||
| 2018–19 | 7th | ||
KSV Baunatal is aGerman association football club based inBaunatal,Hesse. The team was founded on 13 April 1964 out of the union ofKSV Altenritte andKSV Altenbauna.
The club's greatest success has been its three seasons spent in the second division, the2nd Bundesliga Süd, from 1976 to 1979.
Predecessor sideKSV Altenritte had roots that go back to the much earlier establishment of the gymnastics clubTurnverein Gut-Heil Altenritte on 2 September 1892. A football department was founded within this club in 1914. In 1933,TV was joined by the membership ofArbeiter TV Altenritte – one of the many worker's sports clubs disbanded as politically unpalatable under theNazi regime – to becomeVfL Altenritte. In 1945, following World War II, the team re-emerged asKSV Alteritte.
Another predecessor,KSV Altenbauna, was established in 1904 asDeutscher Turnverein Altenbauna and in 1918, following World War I, played asDeutscher Turn- und Sportverein Altenbauna.DTSV becameTV Gut-Heil Altenbauna in 1933 andKSV Altenbauna in 1945.
After the 1964 merger that united these two clubs asKSV Baunatal, the association grew again when joined bySV Baunatal in 1970.SV was founded in 1921 asArbeiter Turn- und Sportverein Kirchbauna and was one of the many worker's clubs that disappeared under theThird Reich. It was re-established in 1945 asFreier SV Kirchbauna by the former members ofATSV and another worker's side known asTV Gut Heil Kirchbauna.FSV briefly adopted the nameSpVgg Kirchbauna in 1955 before becomingSV Baunatal the same year.
The long string of mergers of these unremarkable sides paid dividends whenKSV Baunatal rose up out of lower-tier competition into theOberliga Hessen (III) in 1970. The club slipped to theLandesliga Hessen-Nord (IV) for a single season, but promptly reclaimed a place in the Oberliga. An Amateur Oberliga Hessen (III) title in 1976 led to a three season long stint in the2nd Bundesliga Süd. Through the 70s and 80s KSV made half a dozen appearances in theDFB-Pokal, going out in the preliminary rounds on each occasion.
The team then played as a third-tier side in the Oberliga Hessen until being relegated in 1991 and for a while was an elevator side, moving frequently up and down between third- and fifth-tier competition.KSV has been firmly settled into the Oberliga Hessen (IV) since 1999, generally finishing in the lower half of the table, while managing to earn better results on occasion.
The club gradually improved season by season from 2007 onwards and, in2012–13, it was able to win another title in the Hessenliga and earn promotion to theRegionalliga Südwest but was initially relegated again after finishing 17th in the league. However, the insolvency of SSV Ulm 1846 and the withdrawal of Eintracht Frankfurt II saved the club from relegation. The following seasonKSV once more finished 17th and this time was unable to avoid relegation.
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Recent managers of the club:[1]
| Manager | Start | Finish |
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| Bernd Lichte | 1 July 2006 | 19 April 2008 |
| Carsten Lakies | 20 April 2008 | 30 June 2010 |
| Tobias Nebe | 1 July 2010 | present |
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[2][3]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | Hessenliga | IV | 12th |
| 2000–01 | Hessenliga | 2nd | |
| 2001–02 | Hessenliga | 14th | |
| 2002–03 | Hessenliga | 6th | |
| 2003–04 | Hessenliga | 11th | |
| 2004–05 | Hessenliga | 4th | |
| 2005–06 | Hessenliga | 14th | |
| 2006–07 | Hessenliga | 13th | |
| 2007–08 | Hessenliga | 8th | |
| 2008–09 | Hessenliga | V | 5th |
| 2009–10 | Hessenliga | 3rd | |
| 2010–11 | Hessenliga | 3rd | |
| 2011–12 | Hessenliga | 2nd | |
| 2012–13 | Hessenliga | 1st ↑ | |
| 2013–14 | Regionalliga Südwest | IV | 17th |
| 2014–15 | Regionalliga Südwest | 17th ↓ | |
| 2015–16 | Hessenliga | V | 12th |
| 2016–17 | Hessenliga | 9th | |
| 2017–18 | Hessenliga | 10th | |
| 2018–19 | Hessenliga | 7th |
| ↑Promoted | ↓Relegated |
