SVO Germaringen
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The SVO Germaringen is a German association football club
from Germaringen
, Bavaria
.
The clubs most successful era was the 1970s and early '80s, when it played in the tier-four Landesliga Bayern-Süd
. More notable however is its qualification to the first round of the German Cup in this time. Qualified on three occasions, it advanced to the second round in 1976, beating fellow amateur side VfR Laboe 9–0.
Apart from football, the club has another seven sports departments, like tennis and line dance
.
The club experienced some local success and, by 1935, reached the local Kreisliga, where it played against team from Landsberg
, Thannhausen
, Mindelheim
and Krumbach
. With the outbreak of the Second World War, the senior team had to be withdrawn but a junior side was still successful in 1940, winning a local championship. From this side, ten of the eleven players did not return from the war.
The side was reformed in 1946 and re-entered competitive football in the local amateur leagues. In 1957, the club earned promotion to the A-Klasse, where it would play until 1971. In this era, the clubs youth teams were more successful, earning to runners-up finishes in the Schwaben championship.
In 1971, the team achieved promotion to the tier-five Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd
. It stayed in this league for only two seasons before earning another championship and moving up to the Landesliga Bayern-Süd
.
In its first season there, the team finished in twelfth place, nine points clear of a relegation rank. For the duration of its league membership, the club finished in the lower half of the table, but nevertheless survived there for eight seasons. In 1980, a seventeenth place however meant relegation.
In 1976, the team reached the final of the Schwaben Cup
for the first time, losing 3–2 to FC Memmingen
. It then beat SV Brunnthal 3–2 to qualify for the first round of the German Cup for the first time. There, the team defeated fellow amateur side VfR Laboe 9–0, a result more common in games between professional and amateur sides. In the second round of the Cup it lost 6–0 to Arminia Bielefeld
.
The club returned to the Schwaben Cup final in 1978, where it lost to SSV Glött
on penalties. Qualified for the first round of the German Cup once more, the team went out to VfR Bürstadt
after a 7–1 loss.
It made a third, and, as of 2009, final appearance in the national cup competition when it won the Schwaben Cup with a 2–1 over TSV 1861 Nördlingen
in 1982 and then qualified after defeating SV Bütthard 4–1. It met Hammer SpVgg in the first round of the German Cup and lost 2–1.
The team made a return to the Landesliga in 1983. It achieved its best-ever finish there in the following season, coming eighth. This time around, the club only lasted for three seasons in the league, suffering relegation in 1986.
When, in 1988, the Bezirksoberligas were formed in Bavaria as the new fifth tier of the Bavarian football league system
, SVO managed to qualify for the new Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
.
After a fifth place in its first season there, 1989–90 brought almost a return to the Landesliga. Finishing on equal points at the top of the table with TSG Thannhausen
, the side lost a decider and then also lost in the following promotion round.
A number of seasons with mid-table finishes followed but, in 1995, the club was relegated back to the Bezirksliga, ironically alongside TSG Thannhausen, and also TSG Augsburg
.
After a number of season spend at Bezirksliga level, it returned to the Bezirksoberliga in 1999. In four seasons there, it could not break into the upper half of the table and was relegated back to the Bezirksliga in 2003, where it still plays in 2009–10.
For the clubs 75th anniversary, it invited the 1. FC Nuremberg, who it lost to 8–0 in front of 1,800 spectators.
, one in the Bezirksliga (VIII), one in the Kreisliga (IX) and a third in the A-Klasse (XI), the lowest possible level in Schwaben. Most clubs in Schwaben only field two senior teams.
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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...
from Germaringen
Germaringen
Germaringen is a municipality in the district of Ostallgäu 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 clubs most successful era was the 1970s and early '80s, when it played in 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....
. More notable however is its qualification to the first round of the German Cup in this time. Qualified on three occasions, it advanced to the second round in 1976, beating fellow amateur side VfR Laboe 9–0.
Apart from football, the club has another seven sports departments, like tennis and line dance
Line dance
A line dance is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows without regard for the gender of the individuals, all facing the same direction, and executing the steps at the same time. Line dancers are not in physical contact...
.
History
Football was first played in organised form in Germaringen in the early 1920s, but it took until 1930 for a club to be formed, the Spielvereinigung Obergermaringen. The club, in its early days, had 32 members.The club experienced some local success and, by 1935, reached the local Kreisliga, where it played against team from Landsberg
Landsberg
Landsberg may refer to:* Landsberg , Bavaria, Germany* Landsberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany* the Margraviate of Landsberg, Holy Roman Empire* Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany* Landsberg an der Warthe, German name of Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland...
, Thannhausen
Thannhausen
Thannhausen is a town in the district of Günzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Mindel, southeast of Günzburg, and west of Augsburg....
, Mindelheim
Mindelheim
Mindelheim is a town in the German Bundesland of Bavaria. The town is the capital of the Unterallgäu district. At various points in history it was the chief settlement of an eponymous state.- Geography :...
and Krumbach
Krumbach
-In Austria:*Krumbach, Lower Austria*Krumbach, Vorarlberg*Krumbach , Styria-In Germany:*Krumbach, Bavaria, in the Günzburg district, Bavaria*A borough of Asbach, in the Neuwied district, Rhineland-Palatinate...
. With the outbreak of the Second World War, the senior team had to be withdrawn but a junior side was still successful in 1940, winning a local championship. From this side, ten of the eleven players did not return from the war.
The side was reformed in 1946 and re-entered competitive football in the local amateur leagues. In 1957, the club earned promotion to the A-Klasse, where it would play until 1971. In this era, the clubs youth teams were more successful, earning to runners-up finishes in the Schwaben championship.
In 1971, the team achieved promotion to the tier-five Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd
Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd
The Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd is currently the 8th tier of the German football league system in the southern half of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...
. It stayed in this league for only two seasons before earning another championship and moving up to the 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....
.
In its first season there, the team finished in twelfth place, nine points clear of a relegation rank. For the duration of its league membership, the club finished in the lower half of the table, but nevertheless survived there for eight seasons. In 1980, a seventeenth place however meant relegation.
In 1976, the team reached the final of 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:...
for the first time, losing 3–2 to FC Memmingen
FC Memmingen
FC Memmingen is a German association football club based in Memmingen, Bavaria.-Overview:The team was formed on 30 May 1907 as the football department of the gymnastics club Memminger Turnvereins 1859 and became independent in the fall of that year...
. It then beat SV Brunnthal 3–2 to qualify for the first round of the German Cup for the first time. There, the team defeated fellow amateur side VfR Laboe 9–0, a result more common in games between professional and amateur sides. In the second round of the Cup it lost 6–0 to Arminia Bielefeld
Arminia Bielefeld
DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue...
.
The club returned to the Schwaben Cup final in 1978, where it lost to SSV Glött
SSV Glött
The SSV Glött is a German association football club from the town of Glött, Bavaria.The club spent almost its entire history as an amateur side in the leagues of the Schwaben football league system...
on penalties. Qualified for the first round of the German Cup once more, the team went out to VfR Bürstadt
VfR Bürstadt
Kickers VfR Bürstadt is a German association football club playing out of Bürstadt, Hesse. The team was founded 1 February 1910 as SC 1910 Bürstadt and took on the name VfR on 23 August 1919...
after a 7–1 loss.
It made a third, and, as of 2009, final appearance in the national cup competition when it won the Schwaben Cup with a 2–1 over TSV 1861 Nördlingen
TSV 1861 Nördlingen
The TSV 1861 Nördlingen is a German football club in the town of Nördlingen, Schwaben, formed in 1861. It plays its home games at the Rieser Sportpark which has a capacity of 10000 spectators...
in 1982 and then qualified after defeating SV Bütthard 4–1. It met Hammer SpVgg in the first round of the German Cup and lost 2–1.
The team made a return to the Landesliga in 1983. It achieved its best-ever finish there in the following season, coming eighth. This time around, the club only lasted for three seasons in the league, suffering relegation in 1986.
When, in 1988, the Bezirksoberligas were formed in Bavaria as the new fifth tier of the Bavarian football league system
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...
, SVO managed to qualify for the new 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....
.
After a fifth place in its first season there, 1989–90 brought almost a return to the Landesliga. Finishing on equal points at the top of the table with TSG Thannhausen
TSG Thannhausen
TSG Thannhausen is a German association football club located in Thannhausen, Bavaria.-Overview:TSG Thannhausen traces its earliest origins as an organization to 1862, first as a gymnastics club and then later as a gymnastics club and fire brigade as required by local bylaw. The club's recognized...
, the side lost a decider and then also lost in the following promotion round.
A number of seasons with mid-table finishes followed but, in 1995, the club was relegated back to the Bezirksliga, ironically alongside TSG Thannhausen, and also TSG Augsburg
TSG Augsburg
The TSG Augsburg is a German football and sports club from Augsburg, Schwaben, formed in 1885. It consists of over 2500 members in 13 different departments ranging from football to alpine skiing.-Overview:...
.
After a number of season spend at Bezirksliga level, it returned to the Bezirksoberliga in 1999. In four seasons there, it could not break into the upper half of the table and was relegated back to the Bezirksliga in 2003, where it still plays in 2009–10.
For the clubs 75th anniversary, it invited the 1. FC Nuremberg, who it lost to 8–0 in front of 1,800 spectators.
Current
For the 2009–10 season, the club plans to field eighteen separate football teams in senior and youth football, one more than in the previous season, and a new club record. SVO has three senior teams in the Schwaben football league systemSchwaben football league system
The Schwaben football league system is a league system operating in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia .-Overview:...
, one in the Bezirksliga (VIII), one in the Kreisliga (IX) and a third in the A-Klasse (XI), the lowest possible level in Schwaben. Most clubs in Schwaben only field two senior teams.
League
- Bezirksoberliga SchwabenBezirksoberliga SchwabenThe 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....
(V)- Runners-up: 1990
- Bezirksliga Schwaben-SüdBezirksliga Schwaben-SüdThe Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd is currently the 8th tier of the German football league system in the southern half of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...
(V)- Champions: (2) 1973, 1983
- Runners-up: 1999
Indoor
- Bavarian championship
- Runners-up: 1992
- Schwaben championship
- Winners: 1992
- Runners-up: 1988
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 | 12th |
| 2000–01 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 10th | |
| 2001–02 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 13th | |
| 2002–03 | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 14th ↓ | |
| 2003–04 | Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd The Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd is currently the 8th tier of the German football league system in the southern half of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia... |
VII | 5th |
| 2004–05 | Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd | 7th | |
| 2005–06 | Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd | 8th | |
| 2006–07 | Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd | 11th | |
| 2007–08 | Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd | 11th | |
| 2008–09 | Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd | VIII | 10th |
| 2009–10 | Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd | 10th | |
| 2010-11 | Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd | 7th | |
| 2011–12 | Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd |
- With the introduction of the BezirksoberligasBezirksoberligen BayernThe 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 LandesligasLandesliga BayernIn 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 Liga3rd LigaThe 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 Bundesliga2. 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.
Friendlies
The club has played a number of friendlies in the past against top-teams from Europe and South America:- 25 July 1982: Fortuna DüsseldorfFortuna Düsseldorf' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga...
0–0 - 28 July 1983: Eintracht FrankfurtEintracht FrankfurtEintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...
0–3 - 25 July 1984: FC Twente Enschede 0–4
- 27 July 1984: Arminia BielefeldArminia BielefeldDSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue...
0–3 - 24 July 1985: HFC HaarlemHFC HaarlemHFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889. The club won the Dutch national title in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912...
2–4 - 17 July 1986: Alkmaar Zaanstreek 0–3
- 23 July 1986: VfL BochumVfL BochumVerein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum, is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia.-Founding to World War II:...
2–4 - 3 July 1987: Ajax AmsterdamAjax AmsterdamAmsterdamsche Football Club Ajax , also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax , is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands...
1–1 - 4 August 1987: Gremio Porto Alegre 0–4
- 22 January 1989: FC Swarovski TirolFC Swarovski TirolFC Swarovski Tirol was an Austrian association football club from 1986–1992, based in Innsbruck, Tyrol.It was created as a split-off of FC Wacker Innsbruck, whose Bundesliga license it adopted at the end of the 1985–86 season. With manager Ernst Happel it won the Austrian football championship of...
10–4 - 13 July 1990: 1. FC Lok Leipzig 1–4
- 2 July 2005: 1. FC Nuremberg 0–8
- 19 October 2007: FC Bayern Allstars 5–4
DFB Cup appearances
The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup three times:| Season | Round | Date | Home | Away | Result | Attendance |
| DFB-Pokal 1976–77 DFB-Pokal 1976–77 The DFB-Pokal 1976–77 was the 34th season of the competition. It began on 6 August 1976 and ended on 30 May 1977. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds. In the final FC Köln defeated Hertha Berlin 1–0 in a replay after the first game ended in a draw after 120 minutes... |
First round | 6 August 1976 | SVO Germaringen | VfR Laboe | 9–0 | |
| Second round | 16 October 1976 | Arminia Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue... |
SVO Germaringen | 6–0 | ||
| 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 | SVO Germaringen | VfR 1910 Bürstadt | 1–7 | |
| DFB-Pokal 1982–83 DFB-Pokal 1982–83 The DFB-Pokal 1982–83 was the 40th season of the competition. It began on 27 August 1982 and ended on 11 June 1983. In the only DFB-Pokal final ever held between two clubs from the same city FC Köln defeated Fortuna Köln 1–0.- 1st round :- Replays :... |
First round | 27 August 1983 | SVO Germaringen | Hammer SpVgg | 1–2 |
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External links
- Official team site
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables