first division leagues established in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. The club was relegated in 1937, but made a prompt return to the top flight after a one-year absence. Sent down again in 1941 they came back to play the 1943–44 season, after which the rump of the division struggled through just one more truncated season as Allied forces rolled through Germany in the last days of World War II. Postwar play KFV played in the Oberliga Süd where they finished dead last, five points in back of rivals Phönix Karlsruhe. Not immediately relegated as the league was being re-structured, the club played another season in the Oberliga Süd, and this time both Karlsruhe sides were relegated, although FV did manage to finish ahead of Phönix. Karlsruher FV emerged in the 2nd Oberliga Süd in 1951–52 and played second division football there until being relegated in 1957. The club won two titles in the Amateurliga Nordbaden (III) in 1952 and 1974 but after this the team fell to tier V Kreisliga play before being disqualified from league operations in October 2004, after collapsing financially. Revival The club was not dissolved at any time after the disqualification from league operations and returned to amateur league football in 2007, finishing 9th in the Kreisklasse C, Staffel 3 – Kreis Karlsruhe (X), the lowest division in the North Baden region, in 2007–08. The 2008–09 season proved disastrous for the club, coming last in its division with only one win and 21 losses in 24 games. After a tenth place in 2009–10, in 2010–11, the side finished 15th and last once more, with only two wins, a draw and 27 defeats and 127 goals conceded. The club came last in its division once more in 2011–12 but conceded less than 100 goals in this season. In 2017-18 the club went on to finish 2nd and was promoted to the Kreisklasse B after two victories in the play-offs. Honours The club's honours: League German football championship Champions: 1910 Southern German championship Champions: 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1910, 1911, 1912 Regional Südkreis-Liga (I) Champions: 1910, 1911, 1912 Kreisliga Südwest (I) Champions: 1922 Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden (I) Champions: 1927 Bezirksliga Baden (I) Champions: 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932 Cup North Baden Cup (Tiers III-VII) Winners: 1961, 1962, 1965 Notable former players Julius Hirsch Gottfried Fuchs Hermann Bosch Max Breunig Fritz Förderer Wilhelm Gros Ernst