1. FC Herzogenaurach 1. FC Herzogenaurach The 1. FC Herzogenaurach is a German association football club from the city of Herzogenaurach, Bavaria. The history of the club is strongly intertwined with the Sports equipment manufacturer Puma, then just a local company and sponsor of the "FC" and its rivalry to ASV Herzogenaurach, which was sponsored by another local company, Adidas. Formed in 1916, the club did not begin to play competitive football till 1919 due to the difficult circumstances of the First World War. Between the two world wars, the club played on local Middle Franconian level, at times as high as the
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