SV Meppen

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SV Meppen

Full name

Sport-Verein Meppen 1912 e.V.

Nickname(s)

SVM

Founded

November 29, 1912

Ground

Vivaris Arena Emsland

Capacity

16,500

Chairman

Reinhard Meiners

Manager

Alfons Weusthof

League

Oberliga Nord, Germany

2004-05

Oberliga Nord, 3rd





Home colours





Away colours

SV Meppen is a German football club playing in Meppen, Lower Saxony. The club was founded on November 29, 1912 as Amisia Meppen and joined Männer-Turnverein Meppen on February 8, 1920 to form TuS Meppen 1912. The football branch left 'TuS Meppen' in 1921 to create their own club, Sport Verein Meppen 1912 e.V.

1 History
2 Stadium
3 Records
4 Past players and coaches
5 2005/2006 Playing Squad
6 Literature
7 External links
- 7.1 Fan sites

[edit] History

For the most part the footballers have had a relatively a quiet history playing in III and IV level circles. They won their first title of any sort when they claimed the championship of Lower Saxony in 1961. A solid third division side through the 60's and 70's, Meppen made the climb into 2.Bundesliga in the late 80's and became one of the league's original "Kult" clubs. Generally, the side ended up mid-table with their best finishes being seventh in 1994 and sixth in 1995. Meppen played their way into the final eight of the 1997 German Cup competition on the strength of a memorable 6:1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt. Unfortunately, their eleven year run in the professional league ended in 1998 and the club began a slide that landed them in Oberliga Nord (IV) where they have played the last half dozen seasons burdened by some on-going financial problems.

[edit] Stadium

The "Vivaris Arena Emsland" is located in northern Meppen on Lathener Strasse. Construction on the site was finished in 1924 and the stadium was named "Hindenburg Stadion" two years later. In 1992 the stadium was re-named "Emsland-Stadion". A sponsorship deal in 2005 currently has the stadium branded as "Vivaris Arena Emsland". The stadium's largest ever crowd of 18,000 spectators watched SV Meppen play a 1982 friendly against FC Barcelona and their famous Argentinian striker Diego Maradona. Today the stadium has a capacity of 16,500.

[edit] Records

Niedersachsen champions: 1961
Promotion to the Regionalliga: 1970
Oberliga Nord champion: 1987
Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga: 1987

The club played eleven consecutive seasons in the 2. Bundesliga from 1988 to 1998. In 404 games there, the team scored 495 goals, with a record 124 wins, 139 draws, and 141 losses placing them 27th in the all-time 2. Bundesliga table.