TSV 1861 Nördlingen
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| Full name | TSV 1861 Nördlingen e. V. |
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| Founded | 1861 |
| Ground | Rieser Sportpark (Capacity 10,000) |
| Chairman | Helmut Beyschlag |
| League | Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (VII) |
| 2007-08 | Landesliga Bayern-Süd (V) 17th |
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).
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[edit] Basketball
The club has two very successful basketball teams. Both the men's and women's team play in the 2nd Basketball Bundesliga. The women's team belonged to the Basketball-Bundesliga for many years before voluntarily withdrawing to the second division. The men's team won the Basketball-Regionalliga South-East (III) in 2003 and since plays in the 2nd Bundesliga-Süd (II) which now is called 2nd Bundesliga Pro-A[1].
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, 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[2]. The men's team won the league championship on the strength of a 17-game winning streak, lasting until the end of the season[3]. Both teams are eligible for Bundesliga promotion.
Men's seasons (selection):
- 2003 Regionalliga Südost 1st
- 2004 2nd Bundesliga-Süd 14th
- 2005 2nd Bundesliga-Süd 10th
- 2006 2nd Bundesliga-Süd 8th
- 2007 2nd Bundesliga-Süd 9th
- 2008 2nd Bundesliga Pro-A 1st
Women's seasons (selection):
- 2008 2nd Bundesliga-Süd 1st
[edit] 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[4]. The TSV was grouped in the Bezirksliga (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 sesons 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) plays 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.
[edit] Famous player
Gerd Müller, born in Nördlingen, played in his early days for the TSV, until 1964, when FC Bayern München signed him. Even then his goal scoring abilities were already very visible with 50 goals scored in his last season with the TSV.
[edit] TSV Nördlingen seasons (from 1963)
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[edit] Honours
- Schwaben Cup winners: 1981, 1989, 2007
- Schwaben indoor football champions: 1996
- Bezirksliga Schwaben champions: 1964
- Bezirksoberliga Schwaben champions: 1992, 2001
- Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord champions: 1974
[edit] Overall tables
In the overall tables of the Landesliga Süd (1963-2007) and Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (1988-2007) the TSV Nördlingen ranks as follows:
| League | Place | Seasons | Games | Win | Draw | Lose | GF | GA | Points |
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| Landesliga Bayern-Süd | 7th | 23 | 770 | 288 | 170 | 312 | 1268 | 1284 | 1034 |
| Bezirksoberliga Schwaben | 2nd | 10 | 306 | 161 | 64 | 79 | 662 | 401 | 549 |
Source:Overall tables of Landesliga Süd and Bezirksoberliga Schwaben. FC Gundelfingen website. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
[edit] External links
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)
- Bavarian amateure leagues: Tables and results
- TSV Nördlingen website
- TSV Nördlingen-Basketball website
[edit] References
- ^ Website on European Basketball, accessed: 8 December 2007
- ^ TSV Nördlingen basketball website, accessed: 29 April 2008
- ^ Pro A website, accessed: 29 April 2008
- ^ , Short history of TSV Nördlingen, accessed: 7 December 2007
