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| Full name | Zipsendorfer Fußballclub Meuselwitz e.V. | ||
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| Founded | 1919 | ||
| Ground | bluechip-Arena | ||
| Capacity | 5,260 | ||
| Chairman | Hubert Wolf | ||
| Manager | Heiko Weber | ||
| League | Regionalliga Nordost (IV) | ||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga Nordost, 11th of 18 | ||
Zipsendorfer Fußballclub Meuselwitz is aGerman association football club fromMeuselwitz,Thuringia.
The origins of the club go back to the establishment ofAktivist Zipsendorf in 1919. AfterWorld War II the club played asBSG Aktivist Zipsendorf and enjoyed some early minor success with three consecutive titles (1954–56) in the Kreisliga Altenburg and a 1962 win in local cup play. However, the club remained mired in the lower echelons ofEast German competition. When the community of Zipsendorf was merged into nearby Meuselwitz in 1976 the team was re-christenedBSG Aktivist Meuselwitz. In 1991, afterGerman re-unification the year before, the club briefly joinedSV Bergbau as that association's football department before going their own way, first asFV Zipsendorf and then, in 1994, asZipsendorfer Fußballclub Meuselwitz.
Mid-way through the decade the club began an ascent out of the lower divisions of German football. Between 1993 and 1997 they worked their way up through four different divisions on the strength of four consecutive titles before settling into the Landesliga Thuringia (V) for seven seasons.
Under coachDamian Halata the club reached the semi-finals of the 2003 Thüringerpokal (Thuringia Cup) and the following season captured the Landesliga title to advance to theNOFV-Oberliga Süd (IV) where they played for five seasons until winning promotion to theRegionalliga Nord in 2009. After three seasons at this level the club moved to theRegionalliga Nordost in 2012 when this league was reformed. It has been playing as a mid-table side in this league since.[1]
The association has grown to include departments forbowling andcheerleading.
The club plays its home matches in the bluechip-Arena (capacity 5,000) named under a sponsorship agreement with a local computer firm. The facility was constructed as the Stadion Glaserkuppe in 1953 and refurbished over a two-year period ending in 2004.
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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The club's honours:
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[3][1]
| Year | Division | Tier | Position |
| 1999–2000 | Thüringenliga | V | 6th |
| 2000–01 | 7th | ||
| 2001–02 | 8th | ||
| 2002–03 | 2nd | ||
| 2003–04 | 1st ↑ | ||
| 2004–05 | NOFV-Oberliga Süd | IV | 6th |
| 2005–06 | 5th | ||
| 2006–07 | 5th | ||
| 2007–08 | 8th | ||
| 2008–09 | V | 1st ↑ | |
| 2009–10 | Regionalliga Nord | IV | 10th |
| 2010–11 | 11th | ||
| 2011–12 | 9th | ||
| 2012–13 | Regionalliga Nordost | 7th | |
| 2013–14 | 10th | ||
| 2014–15 | 14th | ||
| 2015–16 | 14th | ||
| 2016–17 | 14th | ||
| 2017–18 | 10th | ||
| 2018–19 | 10th | ||
| 2019–20 | 10th | ||
| 2020–21 | 18th | ||
| 2021–22 | 14th |
| ↑Promoted | ↓Relegated |
