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| Full name | Spielverein Seligenporten e.V. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Die Klosterer | ||
| Founded | 1949 | ||
| Ground | MAR Arena | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Chairman | Walter Eisl | ||
| Manager | Florian Schlicker | ||
| League | Bayernliga Nord (V) | ||
| 2017–18 | Regionalliga Bayern, 18th (relegated) | ||
SV Seligenporten is a German association football club from Pyrbaum, Bavaria. It is part of a sportsclub established 23 July 1949 which also has departments for handball, Ju-Jitsu, horseback riding, dancing, singing, and women's recreational sport.
The footballers first rose above amateur level in Middle Franconia when they earned promotion to the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte (V) in 2004. The enjoyed a successful 2006–07 campaign that saw them beat FC Augsburg II 3–0 on their way to a 1–0 win over Würzburger FV in the final of the Bavarian Cup. This earned the club an appearance in the opening round of the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) where they were eliminated 0–2 by Bundesliga side Arminia Bielefeld .
In the 2007–08 season, a second place in the Landesliga allowed the club to move up to the Oberliga Bayern. Like with their promotion in 2004, they finished runners-up to the FSV Erlangen-Bruck.
SVS experienced a difficult 2008–09 season and had to continue its fight for Bayernliga survival in the post-season, having finished on equal points with Würzburger FV (14th) and TSV Rain am Lech (16th) and therefore requiring a set of deciders to be played. After losing to Rain 5–1 and beating Würzburg 4–0, the team had to face FC Affing in the promotion/relegation round. A 3–0 victory over Affing put the club into the final, where it faced SpVgg Landshut and won 1–0, retaining its Bayernliga status. [1]
At the end of the 2011–12 season the club managed to finish in the top nine of the Bayernliga and thereby directly qualified for the new tier four Regionalliga Bayern. [2] After three seasons in the league, with a seventh place in 2014 as its best result, the club finished seventeenth in 2014–15 and was relegated from the league but won the Bayernliga Nord in 2015–16 and made a direct return to the Regionalliga where it played until relegation in 2018.
The club's honours:
League
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The recent season-by-season performance of the club: [3] [4]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Süd | VII | 7th |
| 2000–01 | Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Süd | 1st ↑ | |
| 2001–02 | Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken | VI | 13th |
| 2002–03 | Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken | 13th | |
| 2003–04 | Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken | 2nd ↑ | |
| 2004–05 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | V | 6th |
| 2005–06 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | 6th | |
| 2006–07 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | 4th | |
| 2007–08 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | 2nd ↑ | |
| 2008–09 | Bayernliga | 15th | |
| 2009–10 | Bayernliga | 6th | |
| 2010–11 | Bayernliga | 6th | |
| 2011–12 | Bayernliga | 6th ↑ | |
| 2012–13 | Regionalliga Bayern | IV | 14th |
| 2013–14 | Regionalliga Bayern | 7th | |
| 2014–15 | Regionalliga Bayern | 17th ↓ | |
| 2015–16 | Bayernliga Nord | V | 1st ↑ |
| 2016–17 | Regionalliga Bayern | IV | 16th |
| 2017–18 | Regionalliga Bayern | 18th ↓ |
| ↑ Promoted | ↓ Relegated |
Recent managers of the club: [5]
| Manager | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Karsten Wettberg | April 2009 | 30 June 2013 |
| Florian Schlicker | 1 July 2013 |
The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup just once:
| Season | Round | Date | Home | Away | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFB-Pokal 2007–08 | First round | 5 August 2007 | SV Seligenporten | Arminia Bielefeld | 0–2 | 3,500 [6] |
Source: "DFB-Pokal" (in German). Weltfussball.de. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
