| Full name |
Karlsruher Sportverein Rintheim-Waldstadt e.V. |
|---|---|
| Union | German Rugby Federation |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Location | Karlsruhe, Germany |
| Ground(s) | Traugott-Bender-Sportpark |
| Chairman | Alexander Stämmler |
| Captain(s) | Jasper Steffens |
| League(s) | Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg |
| 2010–11 | Rugby-Verbandsliga Baden-Württemberg |
| Official website | |
| www.karlsruher-sv.de/rugby/index.html | |
The Karlsruher SV Rugby is a German rugby union club from Karlsruhe, currently playing in the Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg. It is part of a larger club, the Karlsruher SV, which also offers other sports like tennis, association football and lacrosse, the later under the name of Karlsruhe Storm.
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The KSV was formed in 1991 through a merger of to local clubs, the FC Nordstern Rintheim, formed 1909, and the FC Waldstadt, formed in 1962.[1]
The clubs rugby department achieved promotion to the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga from the Rugby-Regionalliga in 2003, finishing fifth in the new league in its first season there.
The second season ended with relegation back to the Regionalliga and it took the club until 2009, to return to the second division. Hopelessly outclassed at this level, the club withdrew its team from the competition at the winter break, KSV therefore being automatically relegated from the league.[2] In 2010-11 KSV made a new start playing in the lowest league, the Rugby-Verbandsliga Baden-Württemberg, the fifth division, to rebuild and restructure the squad and management of the rugby department.
| Year | Division | Position |
| 2001-02 | Rugby-Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg (III) | 6th |
| 2002-03 | Rugby-Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg | 4th — Promoted |
| 2003-04 | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West (II) | 5th |
| 2004-05 | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West | 9th — Relegated |
| 2005-08 | did not compete 1 | |
| 2008–09 | Rugby-Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg (III) | 1st — Promoted |
| 2009–10 | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West (II) | 10th — Relegated |
| 2010–11 | Verbandsliga Baden-Württemberg (V) | ? |
| 2011–12 | Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg (IV) | |
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