TSV Schwieberdingen
Encyclopedia
TSV Schwieberdingen is a German association football club
that plays in Schwieberdingen
, Baden-Württemberg. The club was founded as a gymnastics club on 1 August 1906 with a strong labour union background and for the first forty years its primary interest remained in gymnastics. An attempt to form a football team in 1919 failed after a short time, but a second try in 1937 was successful.
Through the late 70's the club's football team advanced steadily from the A-Klasse Enz-Murr, to the 2. Amateurliga Württemberg, and then on to the Landesliga Württemberg (IV). Weak performances there saw the team demoted but it returned to fourth tier play in the mid-90's and advanced as far as the round of 16 in the 2002 Württemberg Cup. In 2004 Schwieberdingen earned a promotion to the Verbandsliga Württemberg
(V) where it played until 2007, when a second place finish and wins in the promotion play-off lifted the club into the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
, where they remained for a season before being relegated again. The club decided to withdraw its team to the tier-VIII Bezirksliga Enz-Murr after this.
The club's youth division has also enjoyed a fair measure of success winning the Württemberg championship twice, the South German championship twice, as well as earning third and fourth place finishes in the national youth finals.
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...
that plays in Schwieberdingen
Schwieberdingen
Schwieberdingen is a town of about 10,700 inhabitants located in Southwest Germany. The city founded in 1304 is 10 km away from Ludwigsburg and 14 km away from Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg....
, Baden-Württemberg. The club was founded as a gymnastics club on 1 August 1906 with a strong labour union background and for the first forty years its primary interest remained in gymnastics. An attempt to form a football team in 1919 failed after a short time, but a second try in 1937 was successful.
History
The club was dissolved after World War II like most organizations in Germany including sports and football associations. It was re-established as Sport und Kulturverein Schwieberdingen in July 1946 and returned to its old name in late 1947. The club's focus in the two decades following the war was on gymnastics and football, with a growing emphasis on the latter. In the late 60's and early 70's TSV experienced considerable growth and added ten new departments including table tennis, hand ball, volleyball, swimming and judo.Through the late 70's the club's football team advanced steadily from the A-Klasse Enz-Murr, to the 2. Amateurliga Württemberg, and then on to the Landesliga Württemberg (IV). Weak performances there saw the team demoted but it returned to fourth tier play in the mid-90's and advanced as far as the round of 16 in the 2002 Württemberg Cup. In 2004 Schwieberdingen earned a promotion to the Verbandsliga Württemberg
Verbandsliga Württemberg
The Verbandsliga Württemberg 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) where it played until 2007, when a second place finish and wins in the promotion play-off lifted the club into 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...
, where they remained for a season before being relegated again. The club decided to withdraw its team to the tier-VIII Bezirksliga Enz-Murr after this.
The club's youth division has also enjoyed a fair measure of success winning the Württemberg championship twice, the South German championship twice, as well as earning third and fourth place finishes in the national youth finals.
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
| 2003–04 | Landesliga Württemberg I | VI | 1st ↑ |
| 2004–05 | Verbandsliga Württemberg Verbandsliga Württemberg The Verbandsliga Württemberg 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 | 4th |
| 2005–06 | Verbandsliga Württemberg | 3rd | |
| 2006–07 | Verbandsliga Württemberg | 2nd ↑ | |
| 2007–08 | 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... |
IV | 18th ↓ |
| 2008–09 | Bezirksliga Enz-Murr | VIII | 9th |
| 2009–10 | Bezirksliga Enz-Murr | 13th | |
| 2010–11 | Bezirksliga Enz-Murr | 10th | |
| 2011–12 | Bezirksliga Enz-Murr |
- 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
- TSV Schwieberdingen profile at Weltfussball.de
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables