SV Sandhausen

SV Sandhausen

Full name	Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V.
Founded	1916;110 years ago (1916)
Ground	BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald
Capacity	15,414[ citation needed ]
Chairman	Jürgen Machmeier [1]
Head coach	Olaf Janßen
League	Regionalliga Südwest
2024–25	3. Liga, 19th of 20
Website	svs1916.de
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. It is Germany's smallest professional football club.

The club's greatest success came in 2011–12 when it won the 3. Liga and earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time.

History

Historical chart of Sandhausen league performance

After an initial period of financial instability, the club advanced steadily through the lower leagues until it earned promotion to the Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar in 1931, but only played for a single season at that level before descending again. In 1943, it was merged with TSV Walldorf and VfB Wiesloch to form the wartime squad KSG Walldorf-Wiesloch. The combined squad was dissolved at the end of the conflict and SG Sandhausen was reestablished as an independent club late in 1945. A half dozen^{[ vague ]} years later it re-claimed its original name. Sandhausen played football in the Landesliga or 2. Amateurliga until 1956, when it advanced to the 1.Amateurliga Nordbaden. In 1977, the team finished as runner-up in the German amateur championship and progressed to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 1978, where it consistently earned finishes in the upper half of the table. Sandhausen won three Oberliga titles through^{[ vague ]} the 1980s and the German Amateur Championship in 1993. It won back-to-back Oberliga titles in 1995 and 2000 and, with its latest title in 2007, gained promotion to the Regionalliga Süd (III).

Negotiations held in late 2005 and early 2006 to merge Sandhausen with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and FC Astoria Walldorf to create FC Heidelberg 06 were abandoned due to resistance to the idea on the part of both Sandhausen and Walldorf, and the failure to agree on whether the new side's stadium should be located in Heidelberg.

The 2007–08 season was a success for the club,^{[ according to whom? ]} being in contention for 2. Bundesliga promotion almost until the end of season and ^{[ according to whom? ]} qualifying for the new 3. Liga by finishing 5th in the Regionalliga South. ^[2] In 2012, the club won the 3. Liga and thus promotion to the 2. Bundesliga. The club finished its inaugural 2. Bundesliga season in a relegation position but was saved when MSV Duisburg was refused a licence and played a much stronger^{[ according to whom? ]} 2013–14 campaign, finishing 12th.

Players

Current squad

As of 7 September 2025 ^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   GER Arthur Lyska 2 DF   GER Kwabe Schulz 3 DF   GER Louis Kolbe 4 DF   GER Bennedikt Wimmer (on loan from Bayern Munich II ) 5 MF   GER Melvin Ramusovic 6 MF   GER Niklas Tarnat 7 FW   GER David Mamutovic 8 MF   GER Leon Ampadu 9 FW   GER Maximilian Wagner 10 MF   GER Jahn Herrmann 11 MF   GER Luca de Meester 12 GK   GER David Zimmer 13 MF   GER Yannick Osee

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW   GER Yanis Outman 18 MF   GER Berk Inaler 19 DF   GER Dennis Pfaffenrot 20 FW   GER Phil Halbauer 21 DF   GER Pablo Zahnen-Martinez 22 MF   GER Robin Krauße 23 DF   GER Teoman Akestanli 24 DF   GER Ken Gipson 29 FW   GER Jannick Graf 30 GK   GER Luis Idjakovic 31 GK   GER Lukas Schneller 37 FW   GER Pascal Testroet

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

No. Pos. Nation Player

Honours

The club's honours:^{[ citation needed ]}

League German amateur championship Champions: 1978, 1993[ citation needed ] Runners-up: 1977[ citation needed ] 3. Liga Champions: 2012 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (III/IV) Champions: 1981, 1985, 1987, 1995, 2000, 2007 Amateurliga Nordbaden (III) Champions: 1961[ citation needed ]

Cup Baden Cup (Tiers III–VII) Winners: 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1995, 2006, 2007, 2010‡, 2011, 2024, 2025 Runners-up: 1996, 2003, 2009‡

• ^‡ Won by reserve team.

Club management

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Olaf Janßen
Head goalkeeping coach	Daniel Ischdonat
Head athletic coach	Rafael Lopez
Sporting director	Matthias Imhof
Doctor	PD Dr. med. Nikolaus Streich Dr. Falko Frese
Physiotherapist	Niklas Schmitt
Medical director physiotherapy	Christian Bieser
Team official	Andreas Zesewitz
Kit manager	Muhterem Kocaman
Academy staff	Rolf Fetzer
Team manager	Philipp Klingmann

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club: ^[4]

Manager	Start	Finish
Hans-Jürgen Boysen	1 April 2001	30 June 2002
Willi Entenmann	1 July 2002	16 October 2002
?	?	?
Günter Sebert	1 June 2004	30 August 2005
Gerd Dais	1 September 2005	23 February 2010
Frank Leicht	25 February 2010	13 September 2010
Pavel Dotchev	13 September 2010	14 February 2011
Gerd Dais	17 February 2011	19 November 2012
Hans-Jürgen Boysen	20 November 2012	30 June 2013
Alois Schwartz	1 June 2013	29 June 2016
Kenan Koçak	5 July 2016	8 October 2018
Uwe Koschinat	15 October 2018	24 November 2020
Michael Schiele	26 November 2020	16 February 2021
Stefan Kulovits/Gerhard Kleppinger	16 February 2021	21 September 2021
Alois Schwartz	22 September 2021	19 February 2023
Tomas Oral	20 February 2023	10 April 2023
Gerhard Kleppinger	10 April 2023	30 June 2023
Danny Galm	1 July 2023	22 October 2023
Jens Keller	23 October 2023	12 May 2024
Gerhard Kleppinger	13 May 2024	30 June 2024
Sreto Ristić	1 July 2024	22 December 2024
Kenan Koçak	28 December 2024	6 April 2025
Gerhard Kleppinger / Dennis Diekmeier	6 April 2025

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club: ^{[5] [6]}

SV Sandhausen Season Division Tier Position 1999–2000 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg IV 1st 2000–01 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 4th 2001–02 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 2nd 2002–03 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 4th 2003–04 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 7th 2004–05 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 7th 2005–06 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 5th 2006–07 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 1st ↑ 2007–08 Regionalliga Süd III 5th ↑ 2008–09 3. Liga 8th 2009–10 3. Liga 14th 2010–11 3. Liga 12th 2011–12 3. Liga 1st ↑ 2012–13 2. Bundesliga II 17th 2013–14 2. Bundesliga 12th 2014–15 2. Bundesliga 12th 2015–16 2. Bundesliga 13th 2016–17 2. Bundesliga 10th 2017–18 2. Bundesliga 11th 2018–19 2. Bundesliga 15th 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 10th 2020–21 2. Bundesliga 15th 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 14th 2022–23 2. Bundesliga 18th ↓ 2023–24 3. Liga III 8th 2024–25 3. Liga 19th ↓

SV Sandhausen II Season Division Tier Position 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Landesliga Rhein-Neckar VI 10th 2004–05 Landesliga Rhein-Neckar 13th 2005–06 Landesliga Rhein-Neckar 9th 2006–07 Landesliga Rhein-Neckar 12th 2007–08 Landesliga Rhein-Neckar 1st ↑ 2008–09 Verbandsliga Baden 15th ↓ 2009–10 Landesliga Rhein-Neckar VII 1st ↑ 2010–11 Verbandsliga Baden VI 14th ↓ 2011–12 Landesliga Rhein-Neckar VII 1st ↑ 2012–13 Verbandsliga Baden VI 12th 2013–14 Verbandsliga Baden 5th 2014–15 Verbandsliga Baden 1st ↑ 2015–16 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg V 10th 2016–17 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 11th 2017–18 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 16th ↓ 2018–19 Verbandsliga Baden VI 2nd ↑

• With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.^{[ citation needed ]}

Key

↑ Promoted

↓ Relegated

References

1. "Jürgen Machmeier | DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga".
2. "RL Süd: Spielpaarungen, Tabelle und Ergebnisse der Saison 2007/08 am 34. Spieltag - kicker online". 6 August 2010. Archived from the original on 6 August 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
3. "Unser team" [Our team] (in German). SV Sandhausen. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
4. SV Sandhausen .:. Trainer von A-Z (in German) weltfussball.de. Retrieved 18 September 2011
5. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
6. Fussball.de – Ergebnisse (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues

External links

• Official website (in German)
• SV Sandhausen at Weltfussball.de
• Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)