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Würzburger Kickers is a German association football club playing in Würzburg, Bavaria. ==History== Founded in 1907, the team has played for most of its history as an unknown local side, although they did manage three seasons in the ''Bezirksliga Bayern'', from 1930 to 1933, and two single season appearances in the Gauliga Bayern (1940–41, 1942–43) one of sixteen top-flight division established in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. The club became part of the Landesliga Bayern (II) after the Second World War. ''Kickers'' put on some strong performances through the 50s in the Amateurliga Bayern (II-III) but never quite managed a breakthrough. Through the 60s and on into the early 80s the club played as a third division side with the exception of a single season (1977–78) played in the 2. Bundesliga after their divisional title win in the Oberliga Bayern (III) in '77. By 1983 financial difficulties contributed to a slide to fourth division play in the Landesliga Bayern-Nord which became a fifth tier circuit in 1994. Two difficult seasons over 2002–2004 saw the club descend through the Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken (VI) to the Bezirksliga Unterfranken (VII). ''Kickers'' recovered and returned to the Oberliga Bayern on the strength of a 2nd place in the 2007–08 Landesliga season. The club met local rival Würzburger FV there for the first Würzburg league derby since 1998–99. The 2008–09 season proved no success, with ''Kickers'' immediately relegated again to the Landesliga and taking until 2012 to win this league again. The team was one of two clubs in the league to apply for a licence in the new tier four Regionalliga Bayern. Taking part in the promotion play off, Kickers earned a by in the first round and defeated BC Aichach in the second to play in the Regionalliga from 2012. The club was thereby also able to win promotion from the sixth tier to the fourth without playing in the fifth.〔(Das war die Relegation 2012 auf Verbandsebene ) fupa.net, published: 7 June 2012, accessed 8 June 2012〕 ''Kickers'' took out the 2013–14 Bavarian Cup on penalties in the final against SV Schalding-Heining and thereby qualified for the first round of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal. In the league the club finished tenth in 2013 and eleventh in 2014.〔(Regionalliga Bayern table 2013–14 ) ''kicker.de'', accessed: 16 June 2014〕 In the 2014–15 DFB Pokal Kickers knocked-out Fortuna Düsseldorf in the first round but was defeated by Eintracht Braunschweig in the second. In the 2014–15 season Kickers won the Regionalliga Bayern and earned the right to take part in the promotion round to the 3. Liga. They faced 1. FC Saarbrücken, runners-up of the Regionalliga Südwest, and won 1–0 away but also lost 1–0 at home. In the necessary penalty shoot-out Kickers won 6–5 and were promoted to the 3. Liga. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Würzburger Kickers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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