VfR Aalen
Encyclopedia
VfR Aalen is a German football club
based in Aalen
, Baden-Württemberg
.
, one of sixteen top-flight leagues established through the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. They played there until 1945, typically finishing in the lower half of the table.
After the war the club was joined by Boxclub Aalen in 1950. They went on to the third tier Landesliga Württemberg and in 1951 captured the title in what had become the Amateurliga Württemberg
(III). After a single season appearance in the 2nd Oberliga Süd
in 1951–52 they returned to play in the III and IV divisions over the next two decades. The club slipped to fifth division play in the late 70s for a couple of seasons before recovering itself. At the turn of the millennium Aalen managed an advance to the third division Regionalliga Süd
and have played at that level as a mid-table side since the 1999–2000 season. Their best recent result there was a fourth place finish in 2007–08, which qualified them for the new 3rd Liga
. After spending just one season in the 3. Liga, Aalen were relegated after the 2009-10 season. The club finished in 1st place in the Regionalliga Süd
at the conclusion of the 2010-11 season and were promoted to the 3. Liga. Aalen were subsequently able to retain their place in the 3. Liga during the 2010-11 season.
The football team is part of a larger sports club which also offers its members gymnastics, table tennis, and cheerleading.
– popularly known as the Rohrwang – which has a capacity of 11,183. Work was undertaken to upgrade the facility to accommodate Aalens promotion to the Regionalliga. It now includes 4,773 seats, new lighting, playing field improvements, and other features that bring the venue to the standard required for second division football.
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 Aalen
Aalen
Aalen is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about east of Stuttgart and north of Ulm. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district, and its largest city, as well as the largest city within the Ostwürttemberg region. In spatial planning, Aalen is designated a Mittelzentrum...
, 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...
.
History
The club was founded on 8 March 1921 out of the football department of the gymnastics club MTV Aalen and has led a largely unremarked existence as a lower division side. In 1939 Aalen was promoted to the first division Gauliga WürttembergGauliga Württemberg
The Gauliga Württemberg was the highest football league in the German state of Württemberg and the Prussian province of Hohenzollern from 1933 to 1945...
, one of sixteen top-flight leagues established through the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. They played there until 1945, typically finishing in the lower half of the table.
After the war the club was joined by Boxclub Aalen in 1950. They went on to the third tier Landesliga Württemberg and in 1951 captured the title in what had become the Amateurliga Württemberg
Amateurliga Württemberg
The Amateurliga Württemberg was the highest football league in the region of the Württemberg FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1945 until the formation of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and the Verbandsliga Württemberg below it in 1978.- Overview :The...
(III). After a single season appearance in the 2nd Oberliga Süd
2nd Oberliga Süd
The 2nd Oberliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1950 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.-Overview:...
in 1951–52 they returned to play in the III and IV divisions over the next two decades. The club slipped to fifth division play in the late 70s for a couple of seasons before recovering itself. At the turn of the millennium Aalen managed an advance to the third division 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...
and have played at that level as a mid-table side since the 1999–2000 season. Their best recent result there was a fourth place finish in 2007–08, which qualified them 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...
. After spending just one season in the 3. Liga, Aalen were relegated after the 2009-10 season. The club finished in 1st place in 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...
at the conclusion of the 2010-11 season and were promoted to the 3. Liga. Aalen were subsequently able to retain their place in the 3. Liga during the 2010-11 season.
The football team is part of a larger sports club which also offers its members gymnastics, table tennis, and cheerleading.
Current squad
The club's current squad:Stadium
The team plays its home matches in the Scholz-ArenaScholz-Arena
The Scholz-Arena is a multi-purpose stadium in Aalen, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of VfR Aalen. The stadium is able to hold 11,169 people....
– popularly known as the Rohrwang – which has a capacity of 11,183. Work was undertaken to upgrade the facility to accommodate Aalens promotion to the Regionalliga. It now includes 4,773 seats, new lighting, playing field improvements, and other features that bring the venue to the standard required for second division football.
League
- Oberliga Baden-WürttembergOberliga Baden-WürttembergThe 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)- Champions: 1999
- Amateurliga WürttembergAmateurliga WürttembergThe Amateurliga Württemberg was the highest football league in the region of the Württemberg FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1945 until the formation of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and the Verbandsliga Württemberg below it in 1978.- Overview :The...
(III)- Champions: 1951
- Amateurliga Nordwürttemberg (III)
- Champions: (2) 1974, 1975
- Verbandsliga WürttembergVerbandsliga WürttembergThe 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:...
(IV)- Champions: (2) 1980, 1983
Cup
- Württemberg CupWürttemberg CupThe Bitburger-wfv-Pokal is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of German football. The winner of the competition gains entry to the first round of the German Cup. It was introduced in 1945. In 2011 the cup was renamed from WFV-Pokal into Bitburger-wfv-Pokal because of a new name sponsoring by...
- Winners: (7) 1972, 1979, 1986, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2010
- Runners-up: (3) 1987, 1992, 1999
Recent managers
Recent managers of the club:| Manager | Start | Finish |
| Walter Modick | 19 October 1997 | 15 April 2000 |
| Helmut Dietterle | 16 April 2000 | 30 June 2000 |
| Willi Entenmann Willi Entenmann Willi Entenmann is a German football coach and a former player. The best result he achieved as a coach in the Bundesliga was the fifth place in 1986.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de... |
1 July 2000 | 13 August 2001 |
| Helmut Dietterle | 14 August 2001 | 7 December 2002 |
| Peter Zeidler | 8 December 2002 | 30 August 2004 |
| Slobodan Pajic | 31 August 2004 | 30 June 2005 |
| Frank Wormuth Frank Wormuth Frank Wormuth is a former German footballer who is now coach of the Germany U-20 team.- External links :... |
1 July 2005 | 8 December 2006 |
| Edgar Schmitt Edgar Schmitt Edgar Schmitt is a retired German football player and was last football manager in charge of KFC Uerdingen 05.-External links:... |
15 January 2007 | 27 August 2008 |
| Jürgen Kohler Jürgen Kohler Jürgen Kohler is a World Cup-winning German centre back football player and football manager. Kohler has retired from professional sports, but still occasionally plays for Alemannia Adendorf in the Kreisliga C... |
28 August 2008 | 16 November 2008 |
| Petrik Sander Petrik Sander Petrik Sander is a German footballer, who works as Head Coach of Carl Zeiss Jena- Player career :He played many games in the DDR-Oberliga for Energie Cottbus and Motor Nordhausen.- Coaching career :... |
21 November 2008 | 5 May 2009 |
| Rainer Scharinger | 6 May 2009 | 27 December 2010 |
| 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:... |
2 January 2011 | Present |
VfR Aalen
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
| 1999–2000 | 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 | 10th |
| 2000–01 | Regionalliga Süd | 7th | |
| 2001–02 | Regionalliga Süd | 4th | |
| 2002–03 | Regionalliga Süd | 10th | |
| 2003–04 | Regionalliga Süd | 6th | |
| 2004–05 | Regionalliga Süd | 12th | |
| 2005–06 | Regionalliga Süd | 6th | |
| 2006–07 | Regionalliga Süd | 6th | |
| 2007–08 | Regionalliga Süd | 4th ↑ | |
| 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 | 19th ↓ |
| 2009–10 | Regionalliga Süd | IV | 1st ↑ |
| 2010–11 | 3rd Liga | III | 16th |
| 2011–12 | 3rd Liga |
VfR Aalen II
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
| 1999–2000 | |||
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| 2001–02 | |||
| 2002–03 | |||
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| 2004–05 | |||
| 2005–06 | |||
| 2006–07 | Landesliga Württemberg | VI | |
| 2007–08 | 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 |
| 2008–09 | Verbandsliga Württemberg | VI | 9th |
| 2009–10 | Verbandsliga Württemberg | 5th | |
| 2010–11 | Verbandsliga Württemberg | 10th | |
| 2011–12 | Verbandsliga Württemberg |
- 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.
External links
- Official club website
- VfR Aalen at Weltfussball.de
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables
- The Abseits Guide to German Soccer