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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)
2021–22	10th
Website	Club website
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:

Current squad

As of 29 September 2021[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Paul Lawall 2 DF  GER Maik Goß 3 DF  GER Marco Manduzio 5 DF  GER Roman Hauk 6 MF  GER Janis Hanek 7 MF  GER Tim Fahrenholz 8 MF  GER Morris Nag 9 FW  GER Marcel Carl 10 MF  GER Andreas Schön 12 FW  GER Roen Fordyce Hlywka 13 MF  GER Emilian Lässig 17 MF  GER Theodoros Politakis 18 FW  GER Tilmann Jahn 19 FW  GER Niklas Antlitz

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  GER Patrice Kabuya 21 DF  CMR Tabe Nyenty 22 DF  GER Laurin Stich 23 MF  GER Maximilian Waack 24 MF  BRA Dennis Oelsner 25 MF  GER Nico Hillenbrand 26 DF  GER Christoph Becker 27 DF  GER Max Müller 29 DF  TUR Mert Yörükoğlu 30 GK  GER Luis Idjakovic 31 DF  GER Jonas Weik 33 GK  AUT Mario Schragl 38 FW  GER Mirco Born

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]

• 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]

References

External links

• Official website
• Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)
• FC Astoria Walldorf at Weltfussball.de

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