both clubs were playing football in the tier III Amateurliga Württemberg and would continue to do so for a nearly a decade. In 1980, the combined side advanced to the 2. Bundesliga Süd and would spend six of the next ten years playing at that level where, except for a fifth-place finish in 1982, their results were well down the table. After another decade in the level III Amateur Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and Regionalliga Süd, 1846 made an unexpected breakthrough after just one season in the 2. Bundesliga with a third-place finish that led to the club's promotion to the top-flight Bundesliga for the 1999–2000 season. Even though the issue was not decided until the last day of the season, Ulm could do no better than a sixteenth-place finish and returned to the second division. The 2000–01 season was an unqualified disaster for the club: they could manage only another sixteenth-place finish and were sent back down to the Regionalliga Süd (III). They were then denied a licence over the chaotic state of their finances which plunged the club down to the fifth tier Verbandsliga Württemberg. Afterwards Ulm worked their way back, to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (IV) in 2002, and the Regionalliga in 2008. SSV Ulm 1846 Fußball Following the 2009 European football betting scandal, the club released three allegedly involved players, Davor Kraljević, Marijo Marinović and Dinko Radojević. In January 2011, the club was declared insolvent, and the results of the 2010–11 season were declared void. The club was relegated to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg but immediately won the 2011–12 title, finishing nine points clear of second-placed VfR Mannheim and earning promotion to the new Regionalliga Südwest. In May 2014, SSV Ulm 1846 was once again close to insolvency, for the third time in 13 years, requiring €420,000 in financial support before the end of the month to ensure survival. The club eventually entered administration and was relegated back to the Oberliga. After two seasons, SSV Ulm 1846 was promoted to the Regionalliga in May 2016. Honours League German amateur championship Champions: 1996 Regionalliga Süd (III) Champions: 1998 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (III/IV/V) Champions: 1979, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2012, 2016 Runners-up: 1992, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 Amateurliga Württemberg (III) Champions: 1946‡, 1950‡, 1955†, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978 Runners-up: 1956†, 1974 Verbandsliga Württemberg (V) Runners-up: 2002 Cup Württemberg Cup (Tiers III-VII) Winners: 1957†, 1982, 1983, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2018, 2019, 2020,