TuS Koblenz

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TuS Koblenz
TuS Koblenz.svg
Full nameTurn- und Spielvereinigung
Koblenz 1911 e.V.
Founded1 August 1911
Ground Stadion Oberwerth
Capacity9,500 (2,000 seated)
ChairmanChristian Krey
Manager Michael Stahl
League Regionalliga Südwest
2022–23Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, 2nd (promoted)

TuS Koblenz is a German association football club, located in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Fussball Club Deutschland Neuendorf, which was formed in 1911, is viewed as the foundation of the modern club.

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History

Nazi era (1933–1945)

Logo of predecessor side FV Neuendorf ca. 1931. FV Neuendorf.png
Logo of predecessor side FV Neuendorf ca. 1931.

The original club was lost in 1917, but in 1919 the successor side Fussball Verein 1911 Neuendorf was assembled out of the former memberships of FCD, Fussball Club Concordia 1910 Neuendorf, and Fussball Club Alemania 1912 Neuendorf, both of which had folded in 1914.

In 1933, FV joined the Gauliga Mittelrhein, one of sixteen top flight divisions established with the re-organization of German football in Nazi Germany that year. The club was immediately relegated, and in 1934 was joined by Turnverein 1864 Neuendorf, Arbeitersportverein Neuendorf and DJK Neuendorf, to create Turn- und Spielvereinigung Neuendorf. Both ASV and DJK were forced into the merger through the policies of the Nazi regime which regarded worker's and church-sponsored clubs as politically undesirable. TuS Neuendorf returned to first division play in 1935 and was in and out of the Gauliga over the next several seasons.

In 1941, the Gauliga Mittelrhein was divided into two new divisions: the Gauliga Köln-Aachen and the Gauliga Moselland. TuS again returned to first division football in the Gauliga Moselland (Gruppe Ost) and this time earned much better results, finishing second in 1942 and then winning their group in 1943 and 1944 before decisively taking the division in single game playoffs in each of these seasons. That put the club into the national playoffs, where they were eliminated in the early going in both appearances. As World War II progressed and Allied armies advanced into Germany, the Gauliga Moselland played progressively shorter schedules until the league finally collapsed and did not play the 1944–45 season.

Postwar

Historical chart of Koblenz league performance Koblenz Performance Chart.png
Historical chart of Koblenz league performance

In the immediate post-war period, the club returned to tier I football in the Oberliga Südwest (Gruppe Nord) in 1946 as SpVgg Neuendorf. Resuming their old identity as TuS, they re-appeared in the national playoffs in 1948 even though they had managed only a third-place finish in their division. 1. FC Saarbrücken had taken second place by finishing three points ahead of TuS and so were entitled to a playoff spot. However, Saarbrücken was one of several teams in the French-occupied Saarland which the French were actively working to establish as an independent state or make part of France. This led to Saarland-based German teams being refused permission to play the German national playoffs, and even the participation of a Saarland national side in the 1954 World Cup preliminaries. TuS earned its place that season through politics and advanced as far as the semi-finals before being put out 1–5 by 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

The club continued to play well through the early and mid-50s, earning additional turns in the national playoffs in 1950 and 1956, but was once again eliminated in both appearances in the early going. By the end of the decade their performance began to slip and in 1959 they were relegated. They returned to the Oberliga Südwest (I) in 1961 but could not now escape the lower half of the table.

Formation of the Bundesliga

With the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963, TuS found itself placed in the second division Regionalliga Südwest. In both 1968 and 1969, the club played well enough to participate in the playoff for a Bundesliga spot, but was unsuccessful on both occasions. By the 1970s, they were a third division side, playing in the Amateurliga Rheinland, missing opportunities for promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in playoff rounds in both 1977 and 1978. By 1981, the club had crashed below the third division where they were mired for nearly a decade-and-a-half.

TuS Koblenz

In 1982, the club adopted the name TuS Koblenz, but the change did little to help their performance, as they lingered in the Verbandsliga Rheinland (V). The fortunes of the club improved with their ascent to the fourth division Oberliga Südwest (IV) in 1994 where they remained for a decade. An Oberliga Südwest championship in 2004 was followed by a quick ascent through the Regionalliga Süd (III) where a second-place finish in 2005–06 earned the club a spot in the 2. Bundesliga. Their 2006–07 campaign ended with TuS finishing ahead of expectations in 12th place, meriting an unexpected stay on the second level.

Any hopes of further improvement ended in the late stages of the 2007–08 season when TuS was penalized by the deduction of eight points for not providing contracts for Marko Lomić and Branimir Bajić, [1] turning a potential upper table finish into a lesser result. This was later reduced to six points for the actual season and three points for the following season 2008–09.

The club suffered relegation from the 2. Bundesliga in 2009–10 and played for a season in the 3. Liga before withdrawing to the level below for financial reasons. In 2010 the player Michael Stahl scored a goal from 61.5 metres in the DFB-Pokal against Hertha BSC. His goal was elected to ARD Goal Of The Year 2010. After the 2011–12 season in the Regionalliga West TuS became part of the new Regionalliga Südwest for the following year but was relegated from the league in 2015, dropping to the tier five Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar. Koblenz won the Oberliga in 2015–16 and made an immediate return to the Regionalliga, but were relegated again at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Honours

The club's honours:

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club: [2]

ManagerStartFinish
Flag of England.svg Colin Bell 1 July 198910 December 1996
Rainer Kannegieser11 December 199631 August 1998
Thomas Neis1 September 19987 October 1998
Jürgen Roth-Lebenstedt8 October 199830 June 2002
Flag of Croatia.svg Milan Šašić 1 July 200223 April 2007
Uwe Rapolder 25 April 200713 December 2009
Uwe Koschinat 14 December 200928 December 2009
Petrik Sander 29 December 200930 June 2011
Michael Dämgen1 July 201116 September 2012
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Peter Neustädter 17 September 201220 August 2013
Flag of Greece.svg Evangelos Nessos 21 August 20138 December 2014
Petrik Sander 1 January 201511 February 2018
Anel Džaka 11 February 201819 November 2021
Michael Stahl 19 November 2021Present

Recent seasons

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

SeasonDivisionTierPosition
1999–2000 Oberliga Südwest IV9th
2000–01Oberliga Südwest9th
2001–02Oberliga Südwest11th
2002–03Oberliga Südwest11th
2003–04Oberliga Südwest1st ↑
2004–05 Regionalliga Süd III11th
2005–06Regionalliga Süd2nd ↑
2006–07 2. Bundesliga II12th
2007–082. Bundesliga10th
2008–09 2. Bundesliga14th
2009–102. Bundesliga17th ↓
2010–11 3. Liga III11th (withdrawn)1
2011–12Regionalliga WestIV17th
2012–13 Regionalliga Südwest 8th
2013–14Regionalliga Südwest14th
2014–15Regionalliga Südwest16th ↓
2015–16 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar V1st ↑
2016–17Regionalliga SüdwestIV8th
2017–18Regionalliga Südwest15th ↓
2018–19Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/SaarV4th
2019–20Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar4th
2020–21Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar5th
2021–22Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar6th
2022–23Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar2nd ↑
Promoted Relegated

Current squad

As of 2 February 2024 [5]

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 Jonas Bast
4 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Daniel von der Bracke
5 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Almir Ahmetaj
6 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Marcel Wingender
7 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Armend Qenaj
8 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Michael Stahl
9 FW Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Erijon Shaqiri
10 MF Flag of Kosovo.svg  KOS Behadil Sabani
11 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sandro Porta
12 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Felix Könighaus
13 MF Flag of Palestine.svg  PLE Tariq-Emad Suleiman
14 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Damir Grgic
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Michael Zadach
17 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Nicolas Jörg(on loan from 08 Homburg )
18 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Yusupha Sawaneh
19 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Dylan Esmel
22 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Dominic Volkmer
23 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Leon Waldminghaus
24 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Lukas Szymczak
25 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jan Mahrla
28 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER André Mandt
29 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sollano Rodrigues
33 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Franjo Serdarusic

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References

  1. Wilde18, "8 point deducted from TuS Koblenz", Official Page of Bundesliga, 24 April 2008
  2. TuS Koblenz .:. Trainer von A-Z (in German) weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 July 2012
  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
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