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Full name | Karlsruher Fussballverein e.V. | ||
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Nickname(s) | KFV | ||
Founded | 1891 | ||
Ground | Joachim-Kurzaj-Weg 5 | ||
Chairman | Alex Holley | ||
Manager | Lucca Beiler | ||
League | Kreisklasse B Karlsruhe | ||
2021–22 | 6th | ||
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The Karlsruher Fußball-Verein e. V. is a German association football club that plays in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. Established on 17 November 1891, KFV was a founding member of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball-Bund) in 1900 and is the oldest still existing football club in Southern Germany. The club was one of the leading German football clubs before the First World War. The team went on to capture the national championship in 1910 with a 1–0 victory over Holstein Kiel, but lost the final in 1905 and 1912. The KFV claimed the Southern German football championship from 1901 to 1905 and from 1910 to 1912. After a financial collapse and a resulting disqualification from league operations in 2004, the club continued its activities in 2007.