MSV Neuruppin
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MSV Neuruppin is a German association football club
from Neuruppin
, Brandenburg
. The football team and its youth side is part of a larger sports association of approximately 1,000 members that has departments for athletics, billiards
, boxing, chess, disabled sports, gymnastics, hiking, swimming, table tennis, volleyball, and general recreation.
The club played as an anonymous side the East German fourth division Berzirksliga Potsdam through most of the 50s and 60s. In the mid-70s Neuruppin began a climb that took them to a first place finish in Group 1 of the division in 1980, but despite being unable to advance from there, they continued to finish strongly until the mid-80s. They did not enjoy any other meaningful on-field success until the turn of the millennium.
After the merger of the football leagues of the two Germany's in the early 90s Neuruppin would initially compete in what was then the Landesliga Brandenburg (V). League re-structuring in 1994 made the division a sixth tier circuit where the club delivered uneven results until capturing the division championship in 2000 and advancing to the Verbandsliga Brandenburg (V). Neuruppin immediately took a second title and was promoted to the Oberliga Nordost-Nord (IV). The team has performed well at this level, consistently earning upper table results including second place finishes in each of the last two seasons.
In 2004–05 MSV finished behind the second team squad of Hansa Rostock which declined promotion. This led to Neuruppins participation in promotion playoffs for the third tier Regionalliga where they were defeated by FC Carl Zeiss Jena
by scores of 0:2 and 1:2. However, the club was able to come away that season as Brandenburgpokal (Brandenburg Cup) winners by beating SV Babelsberg 03
2:1. That earned the team a place in the 2005–06 German Cup competition and on 25 August 2005 Neuruppin was beaten 0:4 in their first round match versus FC Bayern Munich
in front of 33,000 spectators, the largest number to ever watch an MSV match.
In the 2005–06 regular season the club delivered another strong performance, finishing a solid second to 1. FC Union Berlin
. Unfortunately, an announcement by management of the association's poor financial state, which would prevent any application for a Regionalliga place, put a damper on the campaign and has contributed to the collapse of the team competitively in the current season following significant personnel changes. After being relegated from the Oberliga in 2006–07, the club appears to have sat out the following Verbandsliga season, competing in the Landesliga Brandenburg-Nord (VII) in 2008–09.
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
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Neuruppin
Neuruppin is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. Located on the shore of Ruppiner See , it is the capital of the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin. Population: 32,800 .-Overview:...
, Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
. The football team and its youth side is part of a larger sports association of approximately 1,000 members that has departments for athletics, billiards
Billiards
Cue sports , also known as billiard sports, are a wide variety of games of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by rubber .Historically, the umbrella term was billiards...
, boxing, chess, disabled sports, gymnastics, hiking, swimming, table tennis, volleyball, and general recreation.
History
The club was originally formed as Neuruppiner Turnerbund in the fall of 1919. It evolved into the military sports club Militärsportverein Neuruppin before becoming Märkischer Sportverein Neuruppin. After World War II the club was re-established as SG Neuruppin in the fall of 1945 and then went through a quick succession of name changes playing variously as ZSG Neuruppin (1948), Nordwest Neuruppin (1949), BSG Konsum Neuruppin (1950), BSG Empor Mitte Neurppin (1951), and finally, BSG Empor Neuruppin (1952). The club played as Elektronik Neuruppin from 1983 to 1989 and after German re-unification was known briefly as TuS Neuruppin before re-claiming its current name in 1990.The club played as an anonymous side the East German fourth division Berzirksliga Potsdam through most of the 50s and 60s. In the mid-70s Neuruppin began a climb that took them to a first place finish in Group 1 of the division in 1980, but despite being unable to advance from there, they continued to finish strongly until the mid-80s. They did not enjoy any other meaningful on-field success until the turn of the millennium.
After the merger of the football leagues of the two Germany's in the early 90s Neuruppin would initially compete in what was then the Landesliga Brandenburg (V). League re-structuring in 1994 made the division a sixth tier circuit where the club delivered uneven results until capturing the division championship in 2000 and advancing to the Verbandsliga Brandenburg (V). Neuruppin immediately took a second title and was promoted to the Oberliga Nordost-Nord (IV). The team has performed well at this level, consistently earning upper table results including second place finishes in each of the last two seasons.
In 2004–05 MSV finished behind the second team squad of Hansa Rostock which declined promotion. This led to Neuruppins participation in promotion playoffs for the third tier Regionalliga where they were defeated by FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss...
by scores of 0:2 and 1:2. However, the club was able to come away that season as Brandenburgpokal (Brandenburg Cup) winners by beating SV Babelsberg 03
SV Babelsberg 03
SV Babelsberg 03 is a German association football club based in Potsdam-Babelsberg, on the outskirts of Berlin. The team was founded as Sport-Club Jugendkraft 1903 and again as SG Karl-Marx Babelsberg in 1948 as successor to the pre-war side SpVgg Potsdam 03.-History:Playing as SV Nowawes the team...
2:1. That earned the team a place in the 2005–06 German Cup competition and on 25 August 2005 Neuruppin was beaten 0:4 in their first round match versus FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
in front of 33,000 spectators, the largest number to ever watch an MSV match.
In the 2005–06 regular season the club delivered another strong performance, finishing a solid second to 1. FC Union Berlin
1. FC Union Berlin
1. FC Union Berlin is a German association football club based in Berlin. It is one of two sides in the city bearing the name Union that emerged during the Cold War and played in East Germany, while the other played in the west. The club currently plays in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.-Foundation to...
. Unfortunately, an announcement by management of the association's poor financial state, which would prevent any application for a Regionalliga place, put a damper on the campaign and has contributed to the collapse of the team competitively in the current season following significant personnel changes. After being relegated from the Oberliga in 2006–07, the club appears to have sat out the following Verbandsliga season, competing in the Landesliga Brandenburg-Nord (VII) in 2008–09.
Honours
- Landesliga Brandenburg-Nord (VI) champions: 2000
- Verbandsliga Brandenburg (V) champions: 2001
- Brandenburgpokal (Brandenburg Cup) winners: 2005
Stadium
The club plays in the Volksparkstadion which has a capacity of 5,300 and was built in the 60s as the Stadion der Freundschaft. The facility originally accommodated close to 10,000 spectators and was refurbished between 1998 and 2001. MSVs former home was the Sportplatz der Friedrich-Franz-Kaserne.Club notables
- Christian SchreierChristian SchreierChristian Schreier is a German former footballer who is currently general manager of SC Paderborn. He played as an attacking midfielder, most notably with VfL Bochum and Bayer Leverkusen, and won one cap for West Germany, in 1984...
, coach (April 2006) and one-time Bundesliga player (331 matches).
External links
- Official team site
- Abseits Guide to German Soccer
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German football league tables (in German)
- eufo European football club profiles