| Clubname: | TSV Roth |
| Fullname: | Turn- und Sportverein 1859 Roth e. V. |
| Founded: | 1859 |
| Dissolved: | 2008 |
| League: | defunct |
| Season: | 2007–08 |
| Position: | Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken (VI), 9th |
The TSV Roth is a defunct German association football club from the town of Roth, Bavaria.
The club's most successful era was in the 1970s when it spent a season in the tier three Bayernliga. In 2008 the club merged with SC Roth 1952 to form TSG 08 Roth.[1]
For most of its history the club has been a non-descript amateur side in local Bavarian football. The club's most successful era began in 1970 when it earned promotion to the tier four Landesliga Bayern-Mitte after a championship in the Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Süd.[2] Roth immediately became a top side in this league, finishing fourth in its first season there. A second place followed in 1972 and a league championship the season after. The later earned the club promotion to the Bayernliga, the third tier of the German football league system in Bavaria.[3]
TSV spend the 1973–74 season in the Bayernliga but finished last and was immediately related again, never to return to this level again.[4]
Back in the Landesliga the club could not perform on the same level as before the promotion, instead constantly struggling against relegation. Four seasons at this level followed in which a thirteenth place in 1977 was the club's best result but relegation back to the Bezirksliga followed the year after. The club earned promotion to the Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken for a season in 1990, a league introduced in 1988, after runners-up finish in the Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Süd. Between 1999 and 2001 the club dropped even further, to the Kreisliga, but made a recovery after three seasons there.[2]
The club experienced a revival in the last few seasons of its existence, earning promotion to the Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken in 2006 and immediately becoming a top side in this league. After the merger in 2008 the new club, TSG Roth, inheritated the old club's league place.[5]
The club's honours:
The final season-by-season performance of the club:[6] [7]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | |||
| 2000–01 | Kreisliga | ↑ | |
| 2001–02 | Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Süd | VII | 7th |
| 2002–03 | Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Süd | 10th | |
| 2003–04 | Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Süd | 4th | |
| 2004–05 | Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Süd | 2nd | |
| 2005–06 | Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Süd | 1st ↑ | |
| 2006–07 | Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken | VI | 5th |
| 2007–08 | Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken | 9th |
| ↑ Promoted | ↓ Relegated |