Jahn Regensburg
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| SSV Jahn Regensburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn 2000 Regensburg e.V. |
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| Nickname(s) | "the Jahn" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1907 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Städtisches Jahnstadion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 10.724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Franz Nerb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Jëno Rauch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Bayernliga (IV) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Regionalliga Süd, 17th (relegated) |
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SSV Jahn Regensburg is a German football club in Regensburg, Bavaria. The team was part of a larger sports club founded in 1889 as Turnerbund Jahn Regensburg. They took their name from Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, whose ideas of gymnastics greatly influenced German sports in the 19th century. The football department was created in 1907. The footballers and swimmers left their parent club in 1924 to form Sportbund Jahn Regensburg.
A merger with Sportverein 1889 Regensburg in 1934 to form Vereinsname Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg strengthened the football side somewhat, but produced only indifferent results in the Gauliga Bayern. Their best performances were consectutive third place finishes in 1938 and 1939 after which they languished as an uncompetitive mid-to-lower table side.
The club spent most of the period between the end of World War II and the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963 as an "elevator crew" bouncing up and down between the Oberliga Süd and the second division. Regensburg played the early 60's in the third division before making their way back to the Regionalliga Sud (II). By the mid-70's the team began to falter and by the end of the decade had become a third and fourth division side, even playing three years in the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte (V) in the late 90's.
In 2000 the football team left to become an independent club and were joined by players from SG Post/Süd Regensburg in 2002. Regensburg has recovered to some degree and have played in the Regionalliga Sud (III) since the turn of the millennium with a single season back up in the 2.Bundesliga in 2003-04. However, the club is facing financial difficulties and narrowly avoided bankruptcy in 2005. The club will sink to the 4th division next season amid fresh rumors of impending insolvency.
