TSV 1861 Nördlingen
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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. Apart from football, the club offers 14 other sports departments, the most successful by far being the basketball-department which currently has a men's and women's team in the 2nd Basketball Bundesliga (II).
in 2008. The women's team belonged to the Basketball-Bundesliga for many years from 1989 before voluntarily withdrawing to the second division. The men's team won the Basketball-Regionalliga South-East (III) in 2003 and played in the 2nd Bundesliga-Süd (II) which now is called 2nd Bundesliga Pro-A until 2008, when the team archived promotion to the Basketball Bundesliga
. Once before, in the 1972–73 season, did the team reach this level, to finish last out of eight teams in the southern group of the Bundesliga and to be imideatelly relegated.
The 2007–08 season was by far the most successful in the clubs basketball history. Both the men's and women's senior teams won their league and earning promotion, with the women being especially dominant, winning 21 out of their 22 games, with a 63–72 defeat at home to ASC Theresianum Mainz being the only loss of the season. The men's team won the league championship on the strength of a 17-game winning streak, lasting until the end of the season. Both teams are eligible for Bundesliga promotion.
Men's seasons (selection):
Women's seasons (selection):
(V) Schwaben, which it managed to win in its first season, thanks to the goal scoring efforts of a young talent with the name of Gerd Müller
. Promotion to the Landesliga Bayern-Süd
(IV) was achieved and the club spent three seasons in the league until they were relegated back to the Bezirksliga in 1967. The Bezirksliga Schwaben was split into a northern and a southern section in 1968 and the TSV entered the Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord
, where it stayed until 1974.
With the Bezirksliga championship in 1974, the club returned to the Landesliga once more and survived 11 seasons in the league until relegated once again in 1985, back to the Bezirksliga Nord. It began the golden age of the club with five top-four finishes in the Landesliga until 1979 its first Schwaben Cup win in 1981. After 1983, the club fell into decline. In 1988, the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
was introduced and TSV Nördlingen managed to qualify, remaining in this league till 1992. From 1992 till 1997 and again in 2002, the club played in the Landesliga Süd, in between were stints in the Bezirksoberliga.
In 2004, the club won its last promotion to the Landesliga to date and remained in this league until the 2007–08 season, when relegation once more couldn't be avoided.
The clubs youth teams are traditionally quite strong; its under-19 side (German:A-Junioren) played in the Bayernliga-Süd, the highest level in Bavaria. Before the introduction of the U-19 Bundesliga
and Regionalliga the TSV used to face the youth sides of FC Bayern and TSV 1860 München
in the Bayernliga-Süd.
All in all, the TSV 1861 Nördlingen is a very stable and solid club, having played now for almost 50 years either in the Landesliga Süd or the highest Schwaben league, be this the Bezirksliga, Bezirksoberliga or 2nd Amateurliga. While some clubs in the Bezirk Schwaben achieved higher, they also tended to fall deeper.
The club does not have a true local rival as no other club in the Donau-Ries Kreis had similar success. In the early 2000s the TSV Wemding, based approximately 15 km away, spent a few seasons in the Bezirksoberliga with the TSV and this local derby attracted reasonable crowds.
, born in Nördlingen, played in his early days for the TSV, until 1964, when FC Bayern Munich
signed him. Even then his goal scoring abilities were already very visible with 50 goals scored in his last season with the TSV.
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Nördlingen
Nördlingen is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in Bavaria, Germany, with a population of 20,000. It is located in the middle of a complex meteorite crater, called the Nördlinger Ries. The town was also the place of two battles during the Thirty Years' War...
, Schwaben, formed in 1861. It plays its home games at the Rieser Sportpark which has a capacity of 10000 spectators. Apart from football, the club offers 14 other sports departments, the most successful by far being the basketball-department which currently has a men's and women's team in the 2nd Basketball Bundesliga (II).
Basketball
The club has two very successful basketball teams, the men's team now named Giants Nördlingen and the womes's WWK Donau-Ries Nördlingen. Both the men's and women's team played in the 2nd Basketball BundesligaBasketball Bundesliga
The Basketball Bundesliga — commonly abbreviated BBL — is the highest level league of club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season is split into a league stage and a playoff stage...
in 2008. The women's team belonged to the Basketball-Bundesliga for many years from 1989 before voluntarily withdrawing to the second division. The men's team won the Basketball-Regionalliga South-East (III) in 2003 and played in the 2nd Bundesliga-Süd (II) which now is called 2nd Bundesliga Pro-A until 2008, when the team archived promotion to the Basketball Bundesliga
Basketball Bundesliga
The Basketball Bundesliga — commonly abbreviated BBL — is the highest level league of club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season is split into a league stage and a playoff stage...
. Once before, in the 1972–73 season, did the team reach this level, to finish last out of eight teams in the southern group of the Bundesliga and to be imideatelly relegated.
The 2007–08 season was by far the most successful in the clubs basketball history. Both the men's and women's senior teams won their league and earning promotion, with the women being especially dominant, winning 21 out of their 22 games, with a 63–72 defeat at home to ASC Theresianum Mainz being the only loss of the season. The men's team won the league championship on the strength of a 17-game winning streak, lasting until the end of the season. Both teams are eligible for Bundesliga promotion.
Men's seasons (selection):
- 1972–73 Bundesliga-Süd 8th (relegated)
- 2002–03 Regionalliga Südost 1st (promoted)
- 2003–04 2nd Bundesliga-Süd 14th
- 2004–05 2nd Bundesliga-Süd 10th
- 2005–06 2nd Bundesliga-Süd 8th
- 2006–07 2nd Bundesliga-Süd 9th
- 2007–08 2nd Bundesliga Pro-A 1st (promoted)
- 2008–09 Basketball BundesligaBasketball BundesligaThe Basketball Bundesliga — commonly abbreviated BBL — is the highest level league of club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season is split into a league stage and a playoff stage...
Women's seasons (selection):
- 1987–88 2nd Bundesliga-Süd 2nd
- 1988–89 2nd Bundesliga-Süd 1st (promoted)
- 1989–90 Basketball Bundesliga 7th
- 1990–91 Basketball Bundesliga 10th
- 2007–08 2nd Bundesliga-Süd 1st (promoted)
- 2008–09 Basketball Bundesliga
Football
The club was promoted in 1959 to the 2nd Amateurliga Schwaben (IV), were it spent the next three seasons until the reorganisation of German football in 1963. The TSV was grouped in the BezirksligaBezirksklasse
The Bezirksliga, Bezirksklasse or Landesklasse is the 8th tier of football in Germany. The Bezirksliga exists in all regions of German football. Below the Bezirksliga usually ranks the Kreisliga...
(V) Schwaben, which it managed to win in its first season, thanks to the goal scoring efforts of a young talent with the name of 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...
. Promotion 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....
(IV) was achieved and the club spent three seasons in the league until they were relegated back to the Bezirksliga in 1967. The Bezirksliga Schwaben was split into a northern and a southern section in 1968 and the TSV entered the 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...
, where it stayed until 1974.
With the Bezirksliga championship in 1974, the club returned to the Landesliga once more and survived 11 seasons in the league until relegated once again in 1985, back to the Bezirksliga Nord. It began the golden age of the club with five top-four finishes in the Landesliga until 1979 its first Schwaben Cup win in 1981. After 1983, the club fell into decline. In 1988, 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 introduced and TSV Nördlingen managed to qualify, remaining in this league till 1992. From 1992 till 1997 and again in 2002, the club played in the Landesliga Süd, in between were stints in the Bezirksoberliga.
In 2004, the club won its last promotion to the Landesliga to date and remained in this league until the 2007–08 season, when relegation once more couldn't be avoided.
The clubs youth teams are traditionally quite strong; its under-19 side (German:A-Junioren) played in the Bayernliga-Süd, the highest level in Bavaria. Before the introduction of the U-19 Bundesliga
Under 19 Bundesliga (football)
The Under 19 Fußball-Bundesliga is the highest level in German Under 19 football. It was created in 2003 and is divided in three divisions with 14 teams each...
and Regionalliga the TSV used to face the youth sides of FC Bayern and TSV 1860 München
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...
in the Bayernliga-Süd.
All in all, the TSV 1861 Nördlingen is a very stable and solid club, having played now for almost 50 years either in the Landesliga Süd or the highest Schwaben league, be this the Bezirksliga, Bezirksoberliga or 2nd Amateurliga. While some clubs in the Bezirk Schwaben achieved higher, they also tended to fall deeper.
The club does not have a true local rival as no other club in the Donau-Ries Kreis had similar success. In the early 2000s the TSV Wemding, based approximately 15 km away, spent a few seasons in the Bezirksoberliga with the TSV and this local derby attracted reasonable crowds.
Famous player
Gerd MüllerGerd 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...
, born in Nördlingen, played in his early days for the TSV, until 1964, when 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....
signed him. Even then his goal scoring abilities were already very visible with 50 goals scored in his last season with the TSV.
Stadium
The club plays its home games at the Gerd-Müller-Stadion. The stadium was renamed in honor of him on 19 July 2008. Until then, it carried the name Rieser Sportpark.League
- Bezirksliga SchwabenBezirksliga 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: 1964
- 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-VI)- Champions: (2) 1992, 2001
- Bezirksliga Schwaben-NordBezirksliga Schwaben-NordThe Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord is currently the 8th tier of the German football league system in the northern half of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia...
(V)- Champions: 1974
Cup
- Schwaben CupSchwaben CupThe Schwaben Cup was a domestic cup competition in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia , played from 1947 to 2009.-Overview:...
- Winners: (3) 1981, 1989, 2007
- Runners-up: (3) 1982, 1990, 2003
TSV Nördlingen seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
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DFB Cup appearances
The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup just once:| Season | Round | Date | Home | Away | Result | Attendance |
| DFB-Pokal 1981–82 DFB-Pokal 1981–82 The DFB-Pokal 1981–82 was the 39th season of the competition. It began on 28 August 1981 and ended on 1 May 1982. In the final Bayern Munich defeated FC Nuremberg 4–2. Bayern thus won the trophy for the sixth time. It was the last season, that the cup was held with 128 teams participating... |
First round | 28 August 1981 | TSV 1861 Nördlingen | VfB Oldenburg VfB Oldenburg VfB Oldenburg is a German association football club based in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. As of the 2011/12 season they play in the Oberliga Niedersachsenliga, which is at the 5th level of football in Germany.-History:... |
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External links
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables
- Bavarian amateure leagues: Tables and results
- TSV Nördlingen website
- TSV Nördlingen-Basketball website