Sportvereinigung Feuerbach 1883 e. V. to give the club its full title, is an amateur football club based in the German city of Stuttgart. The football section is one of twenty different sporting sections at a club with over 6,000 members. The club has a long and interesting history.
FC Viktoria Feuerbach was formed on the 8th November 1898. They merged with FVgg Stern-Germania Feuerbach in October 1919 to become SV 1898 Feuerbach.
In 1933, the club became a member of the Gauliga Württemberg, one of sixteen leagues in
the country along with Stuttgarter Kickers and VfB Stuttgart. The club was
relegated in 1935-36, but fought back to win promotion back to the Gauliga for the 1938-39 campaign.
Feuerbach's spell lasted just twelve months before dropping back down to the regional Bezirksligen.
They won back their status at the first attempt, before the final season of the competition saw the teams split into three groups, where Feuerbach won Staffel 2. The highlight of the period was victories over former German champions, Karlsruher FV and Phönix Karlsruhe, in the Tschammerpokal, as the DBK Pokal was formerly known.
During the course of 1945, SV 1898 Feuerbach was finally dissolved. On the 30th November 1946, Sportvg was formed, as Turnerbund, RV Pfeil, ASV 1898, TV 1883, Radsportverein, Tennisverein 1921, and Skizunft 1923 Feuerbach all joined ranks. The football team played in Württemberg Landesliga, the highest amateur level until they were relegated in 1954-55.
Following
the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1964, Der Roter Teufel, the Red Devil,
progressed to the fourth tier, Viertklassigkeit. However, they had a brief return
to the Amateurliga Nordwürttemberg in 1967.
The 2007-08 campaign saw Feuerbach relegated from the seventh national level Landesliga Staffel II in bottom place to the Bezirksliga, where they consolidated for a couple of seasons before producing a fourth-place finish in 2010-11.
There then followed two seasons towards the relegation zone, which were improved upon in 2013-14. Twelve months later, Feuerbach found themselves in the relegation play-off in which they defeated Spvgg Cannstatt to retain their status.
The next two
seasons saw a slight improvement before 2017-18, when another close call with
the drop was averted. Fifth place through the goals of Amir Limani and Michael
Müller saw a marked improvement in 2018-19 for the side coached by Rocco
Cesarano. Once things returned to normal after the worldwide pandemic, the side continued in Bezirksliga Stuttgart.
Fifth place was achieved in 2021-22 as Raphael Kugel scored the goals, with the same performance arriving in 2023-24. However, the side was relegated twelve months later after Deniz Kumas had arrived as trainer. Feuerbach went down to Kreisliga A1 Stuttgart/Böblingen for the 2025-26 campaign after Sven Damnig was out in charge of the team.
Spvgg Feuerbach 1883 will play in Kreisliga A1 Stuttgart/Böblingen in the 2025-26 season.
My visit
Sunday 16th
August 2015
After
arriving in Stuttgart at least a day later than I had originally planned, I had
a few hours to kill before my double header match action in the afternoon. Not
one wishing to leave any stone unturned, I decided to visit some local clubs. I had
no idea of the standard of grounds I would come across.
The weather
was worse than I expected when I left the hotel, but I convinced myself that
I’d be fine. I made my way to Wilhelmsplatz in the centre of Bad Canstatt and
caught the U13 U Bahn tram service to Sportpark Feuerbach, and within yards of
alighting, I was outside the fine clubhouse at the Wilhelm-Braun-Sportpark.
The park had lots of indoor sports facilities as well as several grass pitches and one clay surface with railings around it and dugouts.
There was a hard-standing path around the pitch. There were only basic
facilities around the other pitches.
However, it
would appear on my return home that I missed the main pitch inside the stadium, which was
surrounded by a running track with a few steps of terracing down one side. I
will be visiting Stuttgart again in the future and will put my slight error
right!
I went back
to the tram stop and took a ride to Feuerbach rail station, and took the S Bahn
to Alexanderstrasse in the town centre to change for a U Bahn service towards
Untertürkheim.