SSV Glött
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The SSV Glött is a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 association football club from the town of Glött
Glött
Glött is a municipality in the district of Dillingen in Bavaria in Germany....

, Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

.

The club spent almost its entire history as an amateur side in the leagues of the Schwaben football league system
Schwaben football league system
The Schwaben football league system is a league system operating in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia .-Overview:...

. Glött's most notable moment came in 1978 when, after having won the Schwaben Cup
Schwaben Cup
The Schwaben Cup was a domestic cup competition in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia , played from 1947 to 2009.-Overview:...

 and qualified for the first round of the DFB Pokal (German Cup), the team met FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....

 and lost 5-0 in front of 8,000 spectators in Gundelfingen
Gundelfingen
Gundelfingen im Breisgau is a municipality directly north of the city Freiburg in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.Gundelfingen is one of the larger municipalities in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district...

.

Two years later, the side earned promotion to the tier-four Landesliga Bayern-Süd
Landesliga Bayern-Süd
The Landesliga Bayern-Süd 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....

 but lasted for only one season at this level and has remained within the leagues of Schwaben ever since.

History

The SSV Glött was formed on 28 May 1949 and entered league football in the following year. In 1951, the club was granted permission to adopt the crest of the Fugger
Fugger
The Fugger family was a historically prominent group of European bankers, members of the fifteenth and sixteenth-century mercantile patriciate of Augsburg, international mercantile bankers, and venture capitalists like the Welser and the Höchstetter families. This banking family replaced the de'...

 as its club logo, Glött having once been one of the territories owned by the trading family.

The club did not make it out of the bottom two divisions of local league football until 1975, followed by a title in the A-Klasse in 1977 that granted the side entry to the tier-five Bezirksliga.

The club's greatest moment came when it won the Schwaben Cup for the first and only time by beating SV Ober-Germaringen 6-4 on penalties in Lauingen
Lauingen
Lauingen is a town in the district of Dillingen in Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the left bank of the Danube, 5 km west of Dillingen, and 37 km northeast of Ulm.St. Albert the Great was born in Lauingen, c. 1200....

. The side then qualified for the first round of the German Cup and played it's home game at near-by Gundelfingen. Despite Glött's lowly league status, Bayern fielded a strong side against the amateurs, with players like Paul Breitner
Paul Breitner
Paul Breitner is a former German football player. One of Germany's most controversial players, he was capped 48 times for his country.-Playing career:...

, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge is a German former football player.He had his greatest career success with German club Bayern Munich, where he won the Intercontinental Cup, the European Cup, as well as two league titles and two domestic cups.A member of the German national team, Rummenigge won the...

 and Gerd Müller
Gerd Müller
Gerhard "Gerd" Müller is a former German football player and one of the most prolific goalscorers of all time.With national records of 68 goals in 62 international appearances, 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games and the international record of 66 goals in 74 European Club games, he was one of the...

 in the team. Glött was 3-0 behind after 18 minutes but then managed to stem the tide and concede only two more goals, both through penalties. Bayern's lackluster performance in the cup match was heavily critisised in the newspapers the following day, especially in the face of coach Gyula Lóránt
Gyula Lóránt
Gyula Lóránt , also referred to as Gyula Lipovics or Lóránt Gyula, was a Hungarian football player and manager...

 having demanded 20 goals to be scored against the amateurs.

Two years later, the team enjoyed another successful season, crowned with a championship in the tier-five Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord
Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord
The Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord is currently the 8th tier of the German football league system in the northern half of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...

 and promotion to the Landesliga Bayern-Süd. In the Landesliga, Glött battled against relegation, finishing 14th in the end as the best-placed relegated side, but relegated nevertheless after losing 2-4 to SV Wacker Burghausen
SV Wacker Burghausen
SV Wacker Burghausen is a German association football club based in Burghausen, Bavaria and is part of one of the nation's largest sports clubs with some 6,000 members participating in two dozen different sports.-History:...

in the first relegation game.

When the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
The Bezirksoberliga Schwaben is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia . Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the 6th tier of the league system....

 was formed in 1988, Glött did not qualify for the league but played at Bezirksliga level instead. The early 1990s saw the club as a permanent relegation struggler, and eventually dropped down to the A-Klasse Schwaben-Nord
Kreisliga Schwaben-Nord
The Kreisliga Schwaben-Nord is currently the 9th tier of the German football league system in the northern region of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...

 in 1993.

They made a return to the Bezirksliga in 1995, spending the first three seasons battling relegation again before a second place finish in 1999 meant promotion to the Bezirksoberliga.

Glött's single season in the Bezirksoberliga was not a lucky one, as they won only five out of 32 games, finished second-last and were relegated again. Back in the Bezirksliga, the team gradually declined and was relegated back to the Kreisliga, the former A-Klasse, in 2003.

SSV Glött made an immediate return to the Bezirksliga in 2004, and initially earned better results than previous campaigns before once more falling to relegation in 2007. Since then, the side has not been able to make a Bezirksliga return. The team has been playing in the Kreisliga Schwaben-West
Kreisliga Schwaben-West
The Kreisliga Schwaben-West is currently the 9th tier of the German football league system in the western region of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...

 since 2007, achieving upper-table finishes.

League

  • Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord
    Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord
    The Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord is currently the 8th tier of the German football league system in the northern half of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...

    • Champions: 1980
    • Runners-up: 1999
  • Kreisliga Schwaben-Nord
    Kreisliga Schwaben-Nord
    The Kreisliga Schwaben-Nord is currently the 9th tier of the German football league system in the northern region of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...

    • Champions: 1977, 1995, 2004
  • Kreisliga Schwaben-West
    Kreisliga Schwaben-West
    The Kreisliga Schwaben-West is currently the 9th tier of the German football league system in the western region of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...

    • Runners-up: 2008


Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
Season Division Tier
Bavarian football league system
The Bavarian football league system of the Bavarian Football Association ranks within the German football league system. Its highest division, the Fussball-Bayernliga, is currently the 5th tier of German football. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the 4th tier of the league system...

Position
1999–2000 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
The Bezirksoberliga Schwaben is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia . Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the 6th tier of the league system....

VI 16th ↓
2000–01 Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord
Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord
The Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord is currently the 8th tier of the German football league system in the northern half of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...

VII 8th
2001–02 Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord 10th
2002–03 Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord 14th ↓
2003–04 Kreisliga Schwaben-Nord
Kreisliga Schwaben-Nord
The Kreisliga Schwaben-Nord is currently the 9th tier of the German football league system in the northern region of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...

VIII 1st ↑
2004–05 Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord VII 5th
2005-06 Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord 3rd
2006–07 Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord 14th ↓
2007–08 Kreisliga Schwaben-West
Kreisliga Schwaben-West
The Kreisliga Schwaben-West is currently the 9th tier of the German football league system in the western region of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...

2nd VIII
2008–09 Kreisliga Schwaben-West IX 5th
2009–10 Kreisliga Schwaben-West 7th
2010–11 Kreisliga Schwaben-West 3rd
2011–12 Kreisliga Schwaben-West
  • With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas
    Bezirksoberligen Bayern
    The seven Bezirksoberligas Bayern are the third highest level of the Bavarian football league system, below Oberliga and Landesliga. They are the 7th tier of the German football league system.-Overview:...

     in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas
    Landesliga Bayern
    In the Bavarian football league system, the Landesliga Bayern is the second hightest level, below the Fußball-Bayernliga and organised in three regional divisions. The current Landesligas were formed in 1963, when the Fußball-Bundesliga was established...

    , all leagues below dropped one tier. 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.

DFB Cup appearance

SSV Glött qualified for the first round of the German Cup just once:
Season Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
DFB-Pokal 1978–79
DFB-Pokal 1978–79
The DFB-Pokal 1978–79 was the 36th season of the competition. It began on 4 August 1978 and ended on 23 June 1979. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds...

First round 5 August 1978 SSV Glött FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....

0-5 8,000

External links

Official team site Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables Manfreds Fussball Archiv Tables and results from the Bavarian amateur leagues
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