Herzogenaurach Herzogenaurach. Even the town's two football clubs were divided by the Adidas/Puma split: ASV Herzogenaurach club was supported by Adidas, while FC Herzogenaurach endorsed Puma's footwear. Both clubs still play at amateur level. The Argentina national football team resided in Herzogenaurach for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Néstor De la Torre, Mexico's Director of National Teams, said the Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team) would gather for 12 days in the city, its last stop before heading to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup. Herzogenaurach was the location of a military airfield beginning in the 1930s. The
1. FC Herzogenaurach with it to some extent the local football club issue, gained some international attention during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, when a number of international news organisations picked up on it. In 2014 the club won the local Kreisklasse championship and earned promotion to the tier seven Bezirksliga but lasted for only one season before being relegated again. "FCH" won another Kreisliga championship in 2015–16 and returned to the Bezirksliga. The recent season-by-season performance of the club: The Herzogenaurach derby in the "Bayernliga" and "Landesliga": The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup just