SG Sonnenhof Großaspach is a German association football club

Football in Germany

Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...

 based in Aspach

Aspach, Baden-Württemberg

Aspach is a community in the Rems-Murr-Kreis in Germany, near Backnang.The main village, Großaspach, is the birthplace of Hans Werner Aufrecht, co-founder of AMG Engine Production and Development, more commonly known as AMG, as well as the meaning of the "G" in the acronym...

, Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

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History

The club was formed in 1994 through the union of Spvgg Großaspach and FC Sonnenhof Kleinaspach. The sports club has 1,300 members and, in addition to its football side, has departments for bowling

Bowling

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, gymnastics, and table tennis

Table tennis

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The footballers have been twice promoted in recent years and reached the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg

Oberliga Baden-Württemberg

The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest Football League in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German Football, the 5th tier of the German football league system...

 (IV) in 2005, playing there as a lower table side. In 2008–09, the club achieved its greatest success yet, winning the league and earning the right for promotion to the Regionalliga Süd

Regionalliga Süd

The Regionalliga Süd is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany...

, where they have since played.

Current squad

League

• Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
  Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
  The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest Football League in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German Football, the 5th tier of the German football league system...
  
  (V)
  • Champions: 2009
• Verbandsliga Württemberg
  Verbandsliga Württemberg
  The Verbandsliga Württemberg is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system.-Overview:...
  
  (V)
  • Champions: 2005
• Landesliga Württemberg (VI)
  • Champions: 2002

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:

Manager	Start	Finish
Alexander Malchow	1 July 2006	30 June 2007
Markus Gisdol	1 July 2007	10 November 2007
Hans-Jürgen Boysen Hans-Jürgen Boysen Hans-Jürgen Boysen is a German former football player and current manager of FSV Frankfurt-External links:* at transfermarkt.de...	22 November 2007	5 January 2008
Thomas Letsch	6 January 2008	30 June 2009
Jürgen Hartmann	1 July 2009	15 April 2010
Norbert Gundelsweiler	1 May 2010	30 June 2010
Alexander Zorniger	1 July 2010	Present

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:

Season	Division	Tier	Position
2001–02	Landesliga Württemberg	VI	↑
2002–03	Verbandsliga Württemberg Verbandsliga Württemberg The Verbandsliga Württemberg is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system.-Overview:...	V	8th
2003–04	Verbandsliga Württemberg		8th
2004–05	Verbandsliga Württemberg		1st ↑
2005–06	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg Oberliga Baden-Württemberg The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest Football League in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German Football, the 5th tier of the German football league system...	IV	14th
2006–07	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg		13th
2007–08	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg		10th
2008–09	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg	V	1st ↑
2009–10	Regionalliga Süd Regionalliga Süd The Regionalliga Süd is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany...	IV	12th
2010–11	Regionalliga Süd		14th
2011–12	Regionalliga Süd

• With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3rd Liga
  3rd Liga
  The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
  
   in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2nd Bundesliga
  2. Fußball-Bundesliga
  - Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...
  
  , all leagues below dropped one tier.

External links

• Official team site
• SG Sonnenhof Großaspach at Weltfussball.de
• Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables
• eufo.de European club profiles and current rosters