VfR Aalen
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VfR Aalen is a German football club
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 Württemberg
Gauliga 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-Arena
Scholz-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-Württemberg
    Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
    The 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 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)
    • Champions: 1951
  • Amateurliga Nordwürttemberg (III)
    • Champions: (2) 1974, 1975
  • 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:...

     (IV)
    • Champions: (2) 1980, 1983


Cup

  • Württemberg Cup
    Württemberg Cup
    The 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
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
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 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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