SpVgg Unterhaching
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Spielvereinigung Unterhaching is a German sports club
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...

 in Unterhaching
Unterhaching
Unterhaching is the second largest municipality in the district of Munich in Bavaria, Germany.-History:Based upon the discovery of graves, the settlement of the Haching Valley can be traced back as far as 1100 B.C...

, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

.

The club is widely known for playing in the first-division Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...

 alongside its more famous cousins, 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 1860 Munich
TSV 1860 München
Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860, commonly known as TSV 1860 München or 1860 Munich, is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. The club's football team plays in the Second Bundesliga, after relegation from the Bundesliga following the 2003–04 season...

, for two seasons between 1999 and 2001, while the bobsleigh department has captured several world and Olympic titles.

The team currently play in the 3. 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...

, the German third division, having been relegated from the 2. 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...

 in season 2006–07 and then moved into the newly created 3. Liga for 2008–09 following a reorganisation of the German league system.

Early history

Originally part of the gymnastics and sports club TSV Hachinger, SpVgg Unterhaching was established as an independent football club on 1 January 1925. Their first promotion to a higher division came in 1931 and they went on to be promoted to the A-Klasse a year later. However, the club was dissolved in 1933 as it was regarded as "politically unreliable" by the Nazis
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...

 and was not re-established until after the end of World War II in 1945 to resume play in the amateur fourth division B-Klasse.

A rise through the ranks

Unterhaching's football team was only an anonymous local amateur team with no significant successes until a climb through league ranks that began in 1976 with promotion from B-Klasse to A-Klasse play. A first place finished earned the club quick promotion to the Bezirksliga in 1977. Continued good play put the team into the fourth-division 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 1979 and then the Oberliga Bayern
Oberliga Bayern
The Fußball-Bayernliga, commonly referred to as the Bayernliga, is the highest football league in the state of Bavaria and the Bavarian Football League System. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system...

 (III), the highest amateur division at the time, by 1981.

Unterhaching finished first there in 1983 to earn an appearance in the playoff round for the Second Bundesliga, but failed to advance. They suffered a similar fate in 1988 when they next appeared in the promotion round.

The club finally emerged out of the Oberliga to play in the 2. Bundesliga in 1989, but were quickly relegated after a 20th-place finish. Promoted a second time in 1992, they were once again sent down after a marginally better 18th place result. Unterhaching next appeared in the second division in 1995 after a first-place finish in the new Regionalliga Süd
Regionalliga (football)
The Fußball-Regionalliga is the fourth tier of football in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier of the league system before being disbanded. The Regionalliga was then re-introduced as the third tier of the system in 1994...

 (III).

Unterhaching's Bundesliga adventure

With their return to the 2. Bundesliga in the 1995–96 season the club would begin a period that would see them earn their best ever results. They finished 4th that season, then slipped to 6th and 11th place results in their next two campaigns before securing promotion to the top-flight Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...

 after a 2nd place finish in 1999 season.

They went on to surprise everyone with a respectable 10th place result in their inaugural Bundesliga season and also famously played the spoiler's role in deciding who would win the championship that year. Their first Bundesliga win came in just their second match of the season, with a 2:0 victory over MSV Duisburg
MSV Duisburg
MSV Duisburg is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed "the Zebras" for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of the Bundesliga when it was formed in 1963.-Early years:...

 at home. While struggling in away matches, Unterhaching remained undefeated at home in nine games before losing 0:2 to their stronger neighbours, Bayern Munich. Prior to this loss, they had earned wins at home in matches against highly favoured teams like VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...

 and Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...

, beating them 2:0 and 1:0 respectively. They earned their first away win in the Bundesliga by beating VfB Stuttgart 2:0 once again.

On the final matchday of the season, visiting Bayer Leverkusen needed only a draw in Unterhaching to secure their first national title, but instead went down to defeat to the determined home side. Things took a sinister turn for Leverkusen when Michael Ballack
Michael Ballack
Michael Ballack is a German professional footballer, who is currently playing for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. He is among the top goal scorers in the history of his international team. Ballack has worn the number 13 shirt for every team he has played for except for Kaiserslautern...

 scored an own goal
Own goal
An own net occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team. It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents....

 that put home side ahead in the 20th minute. Their title hopes ended when Haching midfielder Markus Oberleitner
Markus Oberleitner
Markus Oberleitner is a former football midfielder who played for SpVgg Unterhaching, Fortuna Düsseldorf and SpVgg Greuther Fürth in Germany and finished his career with FC Kärnten in Austria.- Career :...

 made the score 2:0 in the 72nd minute. Meanwhile, Bayern Munich beat Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...

 3:1 at home and were able to overtake Leverkusen on goal difference to snatch away the title. With a 10th place result, Unterhaching finished ahead of long-established sides Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04
Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...

. They ended the season with the league's fifth best home record with 10 wins and 5 draws in 17 matches having lost only to Bayern Munich and 1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900...

.

Goalkeeper Gerhard Tremmel
Gerhard Tremmel
Gerhard Martin Tremmel is a German football goalkeeper currently playing for Swansea City.- Career :His previous clubs include Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich, where he spent years as a youth, before SpVgg Unterhaching where he made his senior debut.Tremmel left Bavaria in 2002 for spells at...

, defender Alexander Strehmel
Alexander Strehmel
Alexander Strehmel is a German football coach and a former player.-External links:*...

, midfielders Jochen Seitz
Jochen Seitz
Jochen Seitz is a German footballer who currently plays for Chernomorets Burgas.He had previously played in his country for Hamburger SV, SpVgg Unterhaching, VfB Stuttgart, FC Schalke 04, Kaiserslautern, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and Alemannia Aachen. Seitz signed with Bulgarian Chernomorets Burgas for...

 and Markus Oberleitner
Markus Oberleitner
Markus Oberleitner is a former football midfielder who played for SpVgg Unterhaching, Fortuna Düsseldorf and SpVgg Greuther Fürth in Germany and finished his career with FC Kärnten in Austria.- Career :...

, and strikers Altin Rraklli
Altin Rraklli
Altin Rraklli is a retired Albanian footballer who played as a forward.Most of his professional career was spent in Germany, where he played for five clubs in both major levels of football, namely SC Freiburg and SpVgg Unterhaching, totalling 282 games as a professional in that nation.-Football...

 and André Breitenreiter
André Breitenreiter
André Breitenreiter is a German football manager and former player who last played for TSV Havelse.-Career:Breitenreiter played for Hannoverscher SC, Borussia Hannover, Hannover 96, Hamburger SV, VfL Wolfsburg, SpVgg Unterhaching, SC Langenhagen, KSV Hessen Kassel, Holstein Kiel, BV Cloppenburg...

 – who scored 13 Bundesliga goals between them that season – were among the most memorable players of a team that impressed by its discipline.

However, the start of the 2000–01 season was a nightmare for Unterhaching as they would win only one and draw two of their first eight matches. While the team went undefeated in its next six matches, they were unable to maintain that form and at the mid-season break were only out of the relegation zone on goal difference. The second half of the season was just as dismal, and although they earned wins over local rivals 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 1860 Munich
TSV 1860 München
Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860, commonly known as TSV 1860 München or 1860 Munich, is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. The club's football team plays in the Second Bundesliga, after relegation from the Bundesliga following the 2003–04 season...

, their campaign would end with a 16th place result and relegation.

Interestingly, as the season drew to a close Unterhaching was once again in a position to help Bayern Munich win another title. Needing only to hold second-place Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04
Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...

 to a draw in their final match to ensure Bayern's win, Unterhaching held 2:0 and 3:2 advantages before finally succumbing 3:5 to Schalke. Bayern then had to make their own way to the championship with at least a draw against Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV
Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...

 which they only narrowly managed on a Patrik Andersson equalizer (1:1) deep into stoppage time.

Ironically, in the middle of their poor season, SpVgg Unterhaching would emerge as winners of the last ever DFB-Hallenpokal, an indoor football tournament staged during the winter break of the Bundesliga season from 1987 to 2001.

Recent history

The club's struggles continued after their relegation to the 2. 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...

. Needing an away win in their final match of the season in order to avoid being sent down to the Regionalliga Süd (III), they instead went down to a 0:3 defeat to Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. KSC rose out of the consolidation of a number of predecessor clubs. They currently play in the 2...

 and finished in 15th place. They re-bounded the following season, taking the Regionalliga title, and making their way back to second division competition. Subsequently, 'Haching' has delivered poor results in the 2. Bundesliga, narrowly avoiding being relegated again in both 2004 and 2006 before finally dropping into the Regionalliga in 2007, finishing 16th in the table due to FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss...

's 2–1 win against FC Augsburg
FC Augsburg
FC Augsburg is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. The team was founded as Fußball-Klub Alemania Augsburg in 1907 and played as BC Augsburg from 1921 to 1969....

.

In the 2007–08 season, the club was never really in contention for a 2. Bundesliga return but did qualify for the new 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 its first season in the new, nationwide 3. Liga, the club was close to promotion, but a loss 3:4-loss against Carl Zeiss Jena on the 37th matchday earned them a fall from 2nd to 4th place, and a prolonged stay in the 3rd league.

In 2009/10 the club started well, but went down the tableau during winter. 2008/09's successful coach Ralph Hasenhüttl
Ralph Hasenhüttl
Ralph Hasenhüttl is a retired Austrian football player and current coach of VfR Aalen.-Coaching career:He began his coaching career in summer 2007 with SpVgg Unterhaching and was after three years with the club sacked on 22 February 2010.-External links:...

 got replaced by the 1990-world champion Klaus Augenthaler
Klaus Augenthaler
Klaus "Auge" Augenthaler is a former football player and now manager.-Playing years:...

, who led the team to a finish on a secure 11th place.

Reserve team

SpVgg Unterhaching II (or SpVgg Unterhaching Amateure) belong to the Oberliga Bayern since 2001, coming ninth in the 2007–08 season of this league. Due to a number of clubs in the league not receiving a licence for the Regionalliga, the team gained entry to the Regionalliga Süd for the 2008–09 season.

Current squad



Stadium

SpVgg Unterhaching's home stadium is the municipal Stadion am Sportpark (capacity 15,053), now known as Generali Sportpark under a sponsorship arrangement with the club. The club's fan base is local in character, although it has developed a small following as one of Germany's "Kult" teams.

Until 1960, Haching played their home matches at the Jahnstraße football field and moved then to the Grünauer Allee stadium, which has about 4,000 standing places and where they played before the Sportpark stadium opened in April 1992. The Grünauer Allee stadium is now home ground of the club's reserve squad, Haching II, which is currently playing in the fourth-division Oberliga Bayern.
The Grünauer Allee stadium is also the home ground of Fortuna Unterhaching, established in 1992 and playing close to the bottom end of the German league system. During winter, Fortuna Unterhaching shares the artificial football pitch owned by SpVgg Unterhaching.

Bobsleigh

In 1975, local entrepreneur and club sponsor Anton Schrobenhauser († 1982) founded the bobsleigh department, which he presided over until 1979. The club's bobsledders have since achieved a number of excellent results on the national and international level.

Numerous Olympic medals and world championship titles make Christoph Langen
Christoph Langen
Christoph Langen is a German bobsledder who competed for the West German and German national team from 1985 to 2005...

 Unterhaching's outstanding bobsledder. His honours include:
  • Olympics 2-man crew: 2002 (Gold); 1992, 1998 (Bronze)
  • Olympics 4-man crew: 1998 (Gold)
  • World champion 2-man crew: 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001
  • World champion 4-man crew: 1996, 2001
  • World Cup 2-man crew: 1996, 1999, 2004
  • World Cup 4-man crew: 1996, 1999
  • European champion 2-man crew: 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2004
  • European champion 4-man crew: 1996, 1999

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:
Manager Start Finish
Wolfgang Frank
Wolfgang Frank
Wolfgang Frank is a German football manager and former player.Frank made a total of 215 appearances in the Fußball-Bundesliga during his playing career, scoring 89 goals...

1 July 2002 1 April 2004
Harry Deutinger 2 April 2004 30 June 2004
Andreas Brehme
Andreas Brehme
Andreas "Andy" Brehme is a German football coach and former football defender. He is best known for scoring the winning goal for Germany in the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final against Argentina on a 85th minute penalty kick....

1 July 2004 11 April 2005
Harry Deutinger 12 April 2005 19 March 2007
Ralph Hasenhüttl
Ralph Hasenhüttl
Ralph Hasenhüttl is a retired Austrian football player and current coach of VfR Aalen.-Coaching career:He began his coaching career in summer 2007 with SpVgg Unterhaching and was after three years with the club sacked on 22 February 2010.-External links:...

20 March 2007 31 March 2007
Werner Lorant
Werner Lorant
Werner Lorant is a former German football player and manager.-Playing career:The defender and defensive midfielder commenced his professional career 1970 in the second division with Westfalia Herne. 1971 he moved to Borussia Dortmund. There he was part of a side that lost 1-11 against Bayern...

23 March 2007 3 October 2007
Ralph Hasenhüttl 4 October 2007 22 February 2010
Matthias Lust
Matthias Lust
Matthias Lust is a German football coach and a former player, he is the assistant manager of SpVgg Unterhaching.-Career:...

23 February 2010 22 March 2010
Klaus Augenthaler
Klaus Augenthaler
Klaus "Auge" Augenthaler is a former football player and now manager.-Playing years:...

23 March 2010 30 June 2011
Heiko Herrlich
Heiko Herrlich
Heiko Herrlich is a German former football centre forward and the current manager of 3rd Liga club SpVgg Unterhaching.-Career:...

1 September 2011 Present

League

  • 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...

    (II)
    • Runners-up: 1999
  • 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...

    (III)
    • Champions: (2) 1995, 2003
  • Oberliga Bayern
    Oberliga Bayern
    The Fußball-Bayernliga, commonly referred to as the Bayernliga, is the highest football league in the state of Bavaria and the Bavarian Football League System. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system...

    (III)
    • Champions: (4) 1983, 1988, 1989, 1992
    • Runners-up: 1991
  • 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....

    (IV)
    • Champions: 1981
    • Runners-up: 2001
  • Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern
    Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern
    The Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Upper Bavaria...

    (VI)
    • Champions: 1999


Cup

  • Bavarian Cup
    • Winners: 2008
      2008 Bavarian Cup
      The 2008 Bavarian Cup was the eleventh edition of this competition, organised by the Bavarian Football Association , which was started in 1998. It ended with the SpVgg Unterhaching winning the competition...

  • Oberbayern Cup
    • Winners: 2004, 2008, 2009


Youth

  • Bavarian Under 19 championship
    • Champions: (3) 2004, 2008, 2011
    • Runners-up: 2007
  • Bavarian Under 17 championship
    • Champions: (3) 2002, 2004, 2011
    • Runners-up: (2) 2007, 2009
  • Bavarian Under 15 championship
    Bavarian Under 15 championship
    The Under 15 Fußball-Bayernliga is the highest level of competition for under 15 football teams in Bavaria and the second tier of the Southern German league system, set below the Under 15 Regionalliga South.-History:...

    • Champions: 2011
    • Runners-up: (3) 1993, 2004, 2006

  • Reserve team

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
1998–99 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...

II 2nd ↑
1999–2000 Fußball-Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...

I 10th
2000–01 Fußball-Bundesliga 16th ↓
2001–02 2nd Bundesliga II 15th ↓
2002–03 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...

III 1st ↑
2003–04 2nd Bundesliga II 13th
2004–05 2nd Bundesliga 10th
2005–06 2nd Bundesliga 14th
2006–07 2nd Bundesliga 16th ↓
2007–08 Regionalliga Süd III 6th
2008–09 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...

III 4th
2009–10 3rd Liga 11th
2010–11 3rd Liga 14th
2011–12
  • 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.

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