Sportfreunde Siegen

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Sportfreunde Siegen
Logo Sportfreunde Siegen.svg
Full nameSportfreunde Siegen von 1899 e.V.
Founded8 September 1899
Ground Leimbachstadion
Capacity18,500
ChairmanRoland Schöler
Manager Thorsten Nehrbauer
League Oberliga Westfalen (V)
2023–24Oberliga Westfalen, 7th of 18

Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. After going through insolvency in 2008, the first team was forcibly relegated to the fifth-tier NRW-Liga. Promotion to fourth division Regionalliga West was accomplished in 2012, but the club continued to struggle while going back and forth between fourth and fifth league play. In 2017, the club had to file for insolvency for a second time.

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The club's home ground is the Leimbachstadion, an arena that can host up to 18,500 people.

History

Historical chart of the club's league performance Siegen League Performance.png
Historical chart of the club's league performance

The early years

The club was founded in 1899 as the football department of a gymnastics club called Turnverein Jahn von 1879 Siegen, being one of the first clubs in Western Germany to offer organized football to its members. In 1923, it merged with Sportverein 07 Siegen to become an independent football club called Sportfreunde Siegen von 1899.

The 1920s also marked the club's first ascension to the national level, competing in the Western German championship after claiming the crown in the district league four times in a row. Despite these results, the team did not qualify for the first division when German football was re-organized in the Third Reich. After World War II, the club initially could not match its pre-war successes until it won the German amateur championship in 1955 with a stunning 5–0 win over 05 Bad Homburg.

Two years later, Sportfreunde captain Herbert Schäfer was called up by national coach Sepp Herberger to play for the German national team. In 1954, Schäfer had been the last player being cut from the team which went on to win the World Cup. To this day, Herbert Schäfer still ranks as one of the best players to ever wear a Sportfreunde jersey.

Six years after winning the German amateur championship, Sportfreunde Siegen made the jump to professional football in 1961. When the Bundesliga was introduced in 1963, the club settled in the Regionalliga, which was the second highest division at the time. League games against renowned clubs such as Bayer Leverkusen, Fortuna Düsseldorf or Borussia Mönchengladbach were common during these days.

After some years of struggle, Sportfreunde Siegen fought its way back to professional football in 1972, claiming the West German amateur championship and promoting to the second-tier Regionalliga once again. Siegen remained on the professional stage for two more years before the introduction of the 2. Bundesliga forced the club to withdraw from this level in 1974. For the following twelve years, Sportfreunde Siegen continuously played in Germany's third division. After several ups and downs in the late 1980s and early '90s, the club made it back to third-tier Regionalliga in 1997, narrowly missing out on the promotion to the 2. Bundesliga by one game in 1999. In the same year, the team advanced to the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal, the German cup, before losing to Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg in a highly contested match.

Recent history

Club logo until 2015 Sportfreunde Siegen Logo gerade.svg
Club logo until 2015

The first decade of the new millennium turned out to be the most eventful in the club's rich history. After a last-minute victory on the last match day of the 2004–05 campaign, the club was finally promoted to 2. Bundesliga. Local hero and future German international Patrick Helmes led the team with 21 goals.

The following season saw the refurbishment of Leimbachstadion, the club's home ground since 1957, to its current capacity of 18,700 and quite decent results in the first half of the 2005–06 campaign in the 2. Bundesliga. German football heavyweight VfL Bochum was beaten 3–0, as was SC Freiburg. However, after a lacklustre performance in the second half of the season, the team was not able to avoid relegation. Two years later, Sportfreunde Siegen had to file for insolvency after failing to qualify for the newly established 3. Liga. The club managed to resume operations in fifth-division NRW-Liga. It returned to the Regionalliga West with the 2012–13 campaign and came in fifth in its first season back in semi-professional football, repeating this result in the following season. The team finished second-last in the Regionalliga in 2015 and was relegated from the league but bounced back immediately by winning the Oberliga Westfalen championship. Following another relegation they have been again playing in the Oberliga since 2017.

Management

The club is chaired by Roland Schöler. Patrick Helmes serves as head coach.

Honours

The club's honours:

Former managers

Women's football

In 1996 the women's department of TSV Siegen moved to the Sportfreunde. At that time the team had been the most successful team in the Bundesliga. Since the team was denied a license for the 2001–02 Bundesliga season they have not returned to the Bundesliga, moving between second and third league. In the 2008–09 season they have played in the Regionalliga (III), were relegated to the fourth tier Verbandsliga Westfalen in 2009–10 but managed direct promotion to the Regionalliga West for the 2010–11 season.

Honours

All the honours were gained when the women's department was still a part of TSV Siegen.

Sportfreunde Siegen (women’s football) All time Table

All time Table from 1996-97 to 2023/2024 seasons [4] [5] [6] [7]

German Site

SeasonLeaguePlaceMP(SP)W(S)D(U)L(V)GFGAGDPTSDFB CUP
1996/97 Bundesliga North3rd1813145215+3740
1997/98 Frauen-Bundesliga 5th2212284623+2338Halbfinale
1998/99 Frauen-Bundesliga 3rd2210753228+437Achtelfinale
1999/00 Frauen-Bundesliga 3rd2213364828+2042Final
2000/01 Frauen-Bundesliga 8th2275102846−1826Round of 16
2001/02Regional League West2nd2415547939+40501st round
2002/03Regional League West13th2432194189-4811not qualified
2003/04Westphalia League2nd28215211040+7068not qualified
2004/05Regional League West6th22114771512037not qualified
2005/06Regional League West6th2293103242-1030not qualified
2006/07Regional League West8th2275103036-626not qualified
2007/08Regional League West7th207672630-427not qualified
2008/09Regional League West12th2685133443-929not qualified
2009/10Westphalia League1st26251098188076not qualified
2010/11Regional League West3rd26134956411543not qualified
2011/12Regional League West4th24135646331344not qualified
2012/13Regional League West9th2485114344-1291st round
2013/14Regional League West6th26132115560-5611st round
2014/15Regional League West10th2694135467-1331not qualified
2015/16Regional League West12th2672173472-3823not qualified
2016/17Westphalia League3rd28193682374560not qualified
2017/18Westphalia League4th24146496366048not qualified
2019/20 ⁠Westphalia League1st15121255114537not qualified
2018/19Westphalia League3rd26163782374551not qualified
2019/20 ⁠Westphalia League1st15121255114437not qualified
2020/21Regional League West1st65102271516not qualified
Regionalliga West playoff round1st320151-46
2021/22Regional League West9th28125116370-741Round of 16
2022/23Regional League West9th2490153353-2027not qualified
2023/24Regional League WestWithdrawal, no play

Green --> promoted

Orange --> relegated

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References

  1. ↑ Rob Delahaije trainer Sportfreunde Siegen – Limburgse Courant (in Dutch)
  2. ↑ "Kein Verein für Wunschkonzerte" – Der Westen (in German)
  3. ↑ "SZ – 27.5.11 Magath-Schützling Boris neuer Trainer – Freunde Forum". Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Spieltag/Tabelle". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). 18 March 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Sportfreunde Siegen W Stats, Form & xG | FootyStats". footystats.org. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Sportfreundinnen starten in der Bezirksliga". Sportfreunde Siegen von 1899 e.V. (in German). 19 April 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Sportfreunde Siegen Records vs. Opponents". FBref.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
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