FC Astoria Walldorf

FC Astoria Walldorf is a German association football club from the town of Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg.

FC Astoria Walldorf

Full name	Fußball-Club Astoria Walldorf e.V.
Founded	15 February 1995
Ground	FC-Astoria Stadion
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Wilhelm Kempf
Manager	Matthias Born
League	Regionalliga Südwest (IV)
2022–23	Regionalliga Südwest, 12th of 18
Website	https://fcastoria.de/
Home colours Away colours

The club is named after John 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 the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, generously supported the town of Walldorf and the new football club, formed in 1908, was named Astoria in his honour.^[1]

History

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 the Verbandsliga Nordbaden (V) in 2001. Winning the Verbandsliga in 2007, the club was promoted to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg.

Like TSG 1899 Hoffenheim the club is supported by Dietmar Hopp, the founder of software maker SAP. Hopp initiated negotiations to merge FC Astoria Walldorf, TSG Hoffenheim, and SV Sandhausen to create FC Heidelberg 06 with the long-term objective of reaching the Bundesliga, 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 in Heidelberg or Eppelheim.

A North Baden Cup win in 2013–14 earned the club the right to enter the first round of the 2014–15 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 four Regionalliga Südwest for the first time.

Honours

The club's honours:

League Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (V) Champions: 2014 Runners-up: 2010, 2013 Verbandsliga Baden (V) Champions: 2007, 2016

Cup Baden Cup Winners: 2014, 2016, 2023

Current squad

As of 15 September 2024^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Tim Hansen 2 DF  GER Maik Goß 3 DF  GER Emanuel Gstettner 4 DF  GER Dennis Egel (on loan from SV Sandhausen) 5 DF  GER Roman Hauk 6 MF  GRE Jannis Boziaris 7 MF  GER Tim Fahrenholz 8 DF  GER Lennart Grimmer 9 FW  GER Marcel Carl 10 MF  GER Maximilian Waack 11 FW  GER Felix Kendel 12 DF  GER Bennet Schieber 13 MF  GER Emilian Lässig 17 MF  GER Theodoros Politakis 18 FW  GER Tilmann Jahn

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  AUT Bekem Bakci 20 FW  GER Marco Rienhardt 21 DF  GER Ken Hauser 22 GK  GER Jerik von der Felsen 24 FW  GER Jonas Arcalean 25 MF  GER Topaz Kronmüller 26 MF  GER Andre Redekop 27 DF  GER Max Müller 29 DF  GER Andre Sirianni 30 MF  GER Moritz Reuther 31 MF  GER Nazif Tchadjei 32 FW  GER Louis Safranek 33 GK  AUT Mario Schragl 38 MF  GER Arion Erbe — MF  GER Alexander Müller

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:^[3]

Manager	Start	Finish
Roland Dickgießer	1 July 2007	30 August 2011
Thomas Erlein
Guido Streichsbier	2 October 2011	30 June 2014
Matthias Born	1 July 2014	Present

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:^[4][5]

FC Astoria Walldorf Season Division Tier Position 2000–01 Landesliga Nordbaden VI 2001–02 Verbandsliga Nordbaden V 6th 2002–03 Verbandsliga Nordbaden 3rd 2003–04 Verbandsliga Nordbaden 4th 2004–05 Verbandsliga Nordbaden 8th 2005–06 Verbandsliga Nordbaden 5th 2006–07 Verbandsliga Nordbaden 1st ↑ 2007–08 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg IV 8th 2008–09 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg V 4th 2009–10 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 2nd 2010–11 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 8th 2011–12 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 7th 2012–13 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 2nd 2013–14 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 1st ↑ 2014–15 Regionalliga Südwest IV 8th 2015–16 Regionalliga Südwest 11th 2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest 11th 2017–18 Regionalliga Südwest 11th 2018–19 Regionalliga Südwest 13th 2019–20[a] Regionalliga Südwest 5th 2020–21 Regionalliga Südwest 18th 2021–22 Regionalliga Südwest 10th 2022–23 Regionalliga Südwest 12th 2023–24 Regionalliga Südwest Season curtailed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

FC Astoria Walldorf II Season Division Tier Position 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 Kreisliga B Heidelberg-Süd VIII 5th 2005–06 Kreisklasse A Heidelberg 8th 2006–07 Kreisklasse A Heidelberg 1st ↑ 2007–08 Kreisliga Heidelberg VII 1st ↑ 2008–09 Landesliga Rhein-Neckar 1st ↑ 2009–10 Verbandsliga Baden VI 11th 2010–11 Verbandsliga Baden 5th 2011–12 Verbandsliga Baden 4th 2012–13 Verbandsliga Baden 6th 2013–14 Verbandsliga Baden 2nd 2014–15 Verbandsliga Baden 3rd 2015–16 Verbandsliga Baden 1st ↑ 2016–17 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg V 15th 2017–18 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 17th ↓ 2018–19 Verbandsliga Baden VI 5th 2019–20 Verbandsliga Baden 1st ↑ 2020–21 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg V 19th 2021–22 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 16th 2022–23 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 16th ↓ 2023–24 Verbandsliga Baden VI

• With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.

Key

↑ Promoted

↓ Relegated

Stadium

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 the Costa Rican national side.^[6]