SV Spielberg
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The SV Spielberg is a German association football club
from the suburb of Spielberg, Karlsbad
, Baden-Württemberg. In 2009, the club had its most successful season ever, earning promotion to the tier-five Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
. After immediate relegation, the club returned to the Oberliga in 2011.
In 1959, the SVS won a championship in the local A-Klasse, but it took until 1970 for the side to reach the tier-four 2nd Amateurliga Mittelbaden-Group 2. Spielberg showed some decent performances at this level in the following season, finishing fifth in its first year.
In 1975
, the club made its first, and so far only, participation in the German Cup. In a first-round game at fellow amateur side Eintracht Höhr-Grenzhausen, the club lost 4–3. The team also had a good league season, finishing third in the 2nd Amateurliga. The following season, the club was moved to Group 2 of the league and fell only one point short of promotion, coming second. This performance was however enough to qualify for the new Landesligas (State league) which replaced the 2nd Amateurligas at this level. Instead of five 2nd Amateurligas, North Baden now had three Landesligas.
Spielberg had another good season in the Group 3 of this league in 1978–79, finishing third, followed by a second place the year after. After this, the club's performances notably declined and it was relegated in 1983 after finishing last in its league. In the 1980s, the club's youth program produced a future German international, Jens Nowotny.
By 1987, the SVS managed to return to the Landesliga and managed to earn promotion for the first time to the Verbandsliga Nordbaden
in 1994.
The club remained a member of this league for the next fifteen seasons, with two third places in 1999 and 2005 as the highlights. It managed to finish in the upper half of the table every season except 2001 and 2002 when it came twelfth in both years.
In the 2008–09 season, a championship in the Verbandsliga earned the club promotion to the highest league in the state of Baden-Württemberg, the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
, for the first time. The club was relegated after just one season, but then managed to be promoted again in the subsequent season, and will be playing in the Oberliga again in 2011-12.
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...
from the suburb of Spielberg, Karlsbad
Karlsbad (Baden)
Karlsbad is an administrative area in the district of Karlsruhe, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the northern Black Forest, 13 km southeast of Karlsruhe, and 15 km west of Pforzheim. The largest town in Karlsbad is Langensteinbach, where its administration offices are...
, Baden-Württemberg. In 2009, the club had its most successful season ever, earning promotion to the tier-five Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest Football League in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German Football, the 5th tier of the German football league system...
. After immediate relegation, the club returned to the Oberliga in 2011.
History
The club was formed in 1920. For the first forty years of the club's history, it remained a local amateur side. From 1933 to 1945, the club, with its working class background, was outlawed.In 1959, the SVS won a championship in the local A-Klasse, but it took until 1970 for the side to reach the tier-four 2nd Amateurliga Mittelbaden-Group 2. Spielberg showed some decent performances at this level in the following season, finishing fifth in its first year.
In 1975
DFB-Pokal 1975–76
The DFB-Pokal 1975–76 was the 33rd season of the competition. It began on 1 August 1975 and ended on 26 June 1976. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds...
, the club made its first, and so far only, participation in the German Cup. In a first-round game at fellow amateur side Eintracht Höhr-Grenzhausen, the club lost 4–3. The team also had a good league season, finishing third in the 2nd Amateurliga. The following season, the club was moved to Group 2 of the league and fell only one point short of promotion, coming second. This performance was however enough to qualify for the new Landesligas (State league) which replaced the 2nd Amateurligas at this level. Instead of five 2nd Amateurligas, North Baden now had three Landesligas.
Spielberg had another good season in the Group 3 of this league in 1978–79, finishing third, followed by a second place the year after. After this, the club's performances notably declined and it was relegated in 1983 after finishing last in its league. In the 1980s, the club's youth program produced a future German international, Jens Nowotny.
By 1987, the SVS managed to return to the Landesliga and managed to earn promotion for the first time to the Verbandsliga Nordbaden
Verbandsliga Nordbaden
The Verbandsliga Baden is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system.- Overview :...
in 1994.
The club remained a member of this league for the next fifteen seasons, with two third places in 1999 and 2005 as the highlights. It managed to finish in the upper half of the table every season except 2001 and 2002 when it came twelfth in both years.
In the 2008–09 season, a championship in the Verbandsliga earned the club promotion to the highest league in the state of Baden-Württemberg, the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest Football League in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German Football, the 5th tier of the German football league system...
, for the first time. The club was relegated after just one season, but then managed to be promoted again in the subsequent season, and will be playing in the Oberliga again in 2011-12.
Recent managers
Recent managers of the club:| Manager | Start | Finish |
| Martin Fleck | ? | Present |
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
| 1999–2000 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden Verbandsliga Nordbaden The Verbandsliga Baden is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system.- Overview :... |
V | 9th |
| 2000–01 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | 12th | |
| 2001–02 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | 12th | |
| 2002–03 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | 6th | |
| 2003–04 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | 9th | |
| 2004–05 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | 3rd | |
| 2005–06 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | 4th | |
| 2006–07 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | 7th | |
| 2007–08 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | 6th | |
| 2008–09 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | VI | 1st ↑ |
| 2009–10 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg Oberliga Baden-Württemberg The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest Football League in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German Football, the 5th tier of the German football league system... |
V | 15th ↓ |
| 2010–11 | Verbandsliga Nordbaden | VI | 1st ↑ |
| 2011–12 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | V |
- With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3rd Liga3rd LigaThe 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2nd Bundesliga2. Fußball-Bundesliga- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...
, all leagues below dropped one tier.
External links
- Official team site
- SV Spielberg profile at Weltfussball.de
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables