▁Landes liga , ▁initially ▁as ▁a ▁mid - table ▁side . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁the ▁team ▁finished ▁fifth ▁in ▁the ▁league , ▁its ▁best ▁performance ▁so ▁far , ▁but ▁also ▁managed ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁local ▁cup ▁competition , ▁the ▁Lower ▁Fran con ian ▁Cup , ▁and ▁to ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Cup . ▁ ▁The ▁club ▁drew ▁FC ▁Bayern ▁Mun ich ▁as ▁its ▁opposition ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁play ▁its ▁home ▁game ▁in ▁N ure m berg ▁to ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁attract ▁more ▁spect ators . ▁In ▁front ▁of ▁ 3 5 , 5 0 0 ▁DJ K ▁was ▁sound ly ▁defeated , ▁ 1 – 1 6 , ▁which ▁is ▁still ▁the ▁record ▁defeat ▁in ▁a ▁German ▁Cup ▁match . ▁In ▁the ▁game , ▁Car sten ▁Jan cker ▁scored ▁five ▁goals ▁against ▁Wald berg , ▁equal ising ▁an ▁all - time ▁scoring ▁record ▁he ▁would ▁improve ▁to ▁six ▁goals ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁in ▁ 1 . ▁FC ▁Kais ers la ut ern ' s ▁ 1 5 – 0 ▁defeat ▁of ▁FC ▁Schön berg ▁ 9 5 . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁league ▁the ▁club ▁continued ▁to ▁improve , ▁finishing ▁fourth ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 – 9 8 ▁and ▁second ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 – 9 9 . ▁This ▁result ▁allowed ▁the ▁club ▁to ▁take ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁promotion ▁round ▁to ▁the ▁Bayern liga ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁however ▁un success ful ▁and ▁had ▁to ▁remain