Karlsruher Sport-Club Mühlburg-Phönix e. V. , better known as Karlsruher SC , is a German association football club , based in Karlsruhe , Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga , the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909 and won the DFB-Pokal in 1955 and 1956. In Europe, KSC won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1996, which remains the club's last major honour.