SpVgg Ansbach

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SpVgg Ansbach
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Full nameSpielvereinigung Ansbach 1909 e.V.
Founded1909
GroundSportpark Ansbach
Capacity5,000
ChairmanTheodoros Mutsios
ManagerChristoph Hasselmeier
League Regionalliga Bayern (IV)
2023–24 Regionalliga Bayern, 13th of 18

SpVgg Ansbach is a German football club from the city of Ansbach, Bavaria.

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The club's greatest league success came in 2001, when it earned promotion to the tier-three Regionalliga Süd, where it lasted for only one season. They returned to the Regionalliga in 2022. SpVgg Ansbach qualified for the German Cup on three occasions, reaching the second round once, in 1980–81.

History

The club roots go back to the 1909 formation of a football department within the gymnastics club Turnverein 1860 Ansbach. The team disappeared for a period of three years during World War I but was re-formed in 1917 as the independent club Sportverein 1909 Ansbach by the footballers of TV and 1. FC 1912 Ansbach. A highlight of the club's early years came in 1928 with the capture of the A-Klasse Mittelfranken title and subsequent promotion playoff win over 1. FC Zirndorf that advanced the club to the second tier Kreisliga where they would compete until 1937.

Following World War II most organizations in the country, including sports and football clubs, were dissolved by occupying Allied authorities. The club was re-established in 1945 as Sportverein Ansbach out of the membership of a number of local sports clubs. On 30 November 1948, the association was renamed Turn- und Sportverein Ansbach and, in 1951, the footballers went their own way again as Spielvereinigung 1909 Ansbach.

The team advanced to the fourth tier 2nd Amateurliga Bayern in 1953 for a single season, and after being sent down, promptly returned in 1955. They played at that level until sent down through league restructuring in the early 60s. The club qualified for DFB Pokal (German Cup) play for the first time in 1981 and advanced out of the first round by defeating FSV Pfaffenhofen 1–0. In the next round they were soundly thrashed by second-division side Stuttgarter Kickers (0:13). Ansbach returned briefly to fourth-tier play in the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte in 1985 and again qualified to participate in the opening round of the DFB Pokal the same year where they were put out 0–3 by SV Waldhof Mannheim .

SpVgg spent eleven seasons in the Landesliga with a fifth place in 1993 as its best result, but was then relegated to the Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken in 1996. This lasted for only one season, earning promotion straight back and returning to the Landesliga as a much more competitive side.

Ansbach enjoyed their best successes to date in the late 90s as they won promotion first to the Fußball-Bayernliga (IV) in 1999, and two seasons later, to the Regionalliga Süd (III). However, they had a difficult time in the third tier, and after a 12-game winless streak and a next to last place finish, the team was sent down.

The club continued to struggle after being sent down and narrowly missed relegation in each of the next two campaigns. They were finally relegated to the Landesliga Bayern (V) after a 15th-place finish in 2004–05. Ansbach promptly rebounded and on the strength of a division title in 2006–07 and won promotion back to the Fußball-Bayernliga (IV) for three seasons, before it was relegated again in 2010.

After only being saved from relegation from the Landesliga in 2012 by a league expansion Ansbach won the Landesliga Bayern-Nordwest in 2014 and earned promotion back to the Bayernliga. After a fifteenth place in 2014–15 the club had to enter the relegation round where it lost to 1. FC Bad Kötzting and was relegated. Ansbach won its Landesliga division in the following season and was promoted back to the Bayernliga.

Honours

The club's honours:

Players

As of 2 February 2024 [1]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sebastian Heid
2 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Michael Belzner
3 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Lukas Karakas
4 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jonas Bayerlein
6 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Tobias Dietrich
7 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Daniel Schelhorn
8 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Niklas Seefried
9 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Michael Sperr
10 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Patrick Kroiß
13 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Fin Haag
14 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Nico Frisch
15 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Lukas Oberseider
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Christian Kestel
17 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Lukas Schmidt
18 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Pepe Brekner
19 MF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Tanyel Deliboyraz
20 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Tom Abadjiew
22 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sven Landshuter
23 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Bastian Herzner
24 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Heiko Schiefer
25 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Eric Weeger
27 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Robin Hartnagel
29 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Riko Manz
30 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jonas Sauerstein

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club: [2]

ManagerStartFinish
Hans-Jürgen Brunner1 July 200312 December 2004
Reiner Eisenberger1 July 200730 June 2009
Hans-Jürgen Brunner1 July 200930 June 2010
Norbert Weidlein1 July 201630 June 2017
Duane Carl Collins1 July 201730 June 2019
Christoph Hasselmeier28 August 2019Present

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club: [3] [4]

SeasonDivision Tier Position
1999–2000 Bayernliga IV10th
2000–01Bayernliga1st ↑
2001–02 Regionalliga Süd III17th ↓
2002–03BayernligaIV13th
2003–04Bayernliga14th
2004–05Bayernliga15th ↓
2005–06 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte V8th
2006–07Landesliga Bayern-Mitte1st ↑
2007–08BayernligaIV13th
2008–09BayernligaV12th
2009–10Bayernliga15th ↓
2010–11Landesliga Bayern-MitteVI9th
2011–12Landesliga Bayern-Mitte17th
2012–13 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 4th
2013–14 Landesliga Bayern-Nordwest 1st ↑
2014–15 Bayernliga NordV15th ↓
2015–16Landesliga Bayern-NordwestVI1st ↑
2016–17Bayernliga NordV13th
2017–18Bayernliga Nord7th
2018–19Bayernliga Nord11th
2019–21Bayernliga Nord6th
2021–22Bayernliga Nord2nd ↑
2022–23 Regionalliga Bayern IV15th
2023–24 Regionalliga Bayern IV13th
Promoted Relegated

Stadium

Since 1976 the club has played its home matches at the Sportpark Ansbach which has a capacity of 5,000 (1,000 seats).

DFB Cup appearances

The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup three times:

SeasonRoundDateHomeAwayResultAttendance
DFB Cup 1980-81 First round [5] 28 August 1980SpVgg AnsbachFSV Pfaffenhofen1–0
Second round [6] 4 October 1980 Stuttgarter Kickers SpVgg Ansbach13–0
DFB Cup 1985-86 First round [7] 24 August 1985SpVgg Ansbach Waldhof Mannheim 0–2
DFB Cup 2008-09 First round [8] 10 August 2008SpVgg Ansbach Karlsruher SC 0–54,000

American football department

From 1979 to 1981, the club was home to an American football department, the Ansbach Grizzlies. The Grizzlies were a successful team during the early days of the game in Germany, reaching every German Bowl from 1979 to 1986 and winning it in 1981, 1982 and 1985. In 1981, this department however went its own way, separating from the SpVgg. [9]

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References

  1. "Nullneuner". SpVgg Ansbach 09. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  2. SpVgg Ansbach .:. Trainer von A-Z (in German) weltfussball.de, retrieved 8 March 2011
  3. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
  4. Fussball.de – Ergebnisse (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
  5. DFB-Pokal 1980/1981 » 1. Runde Weltfussball.de, retrieved 6 November 2008
  6. DFB-Pokal 1980/1981 » 2. Runde Weltfussball.de, retrieved 6 November 2008
  7. DFB-Pokal 1985/1986 » 1. Runde Weltfussball.de, retrieved 6 November 2008
  8. DFB-Pokal 2008/2009 .:. 1. Runde: SpVgg Ansbach – Karlsruher SC Weltfussball.de, retrieved 3 November 2008
  9. Vereinsgeschichte Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Ansbach Grizzlies website, retrieved 26 December 2010

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