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SV Sandhausen

Full name	Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V.
Founded	1916; 108 years ago (1916)
Ground	BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald
Capacity	15,414[ citation needed]
Chairman	Jürgen Machmeier[ citation needed]
Head coach	Jens Keller
League	3. Liga
2022–23	2. Bundesliga, 18th of 18 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. It is Germany's smallest professional football club.

The club's greatest success came in 2011–12 when it won the 3. Liga and earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time.

History

After a shaky start^{[ tone]} financially, the club advanced steadily through the lower leagues until it earned promotion to the Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar in 1931, but only played for a single season at that level before descending again. In 1943, it was merged with TSV Walldorf and VfB Wiesloch to form the wartime squad KSG Walldorf-Wiesloch. The combined squad was dissolved at the end of the conflict and SG Sandhausen was reestablished as an independent club late in 1945. A half dozen^{[ vague]} years later it re-claimed its original name. Sandhausen played football in the Landesliga or 2. Amateurliga until 1956, when it advanced to the 1. Amateurliga Nordbaden. In 1977, the team finished as runner-up in the German amateur championship and progressed to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 1978, where it consistently earned finishes in the upper half of the table. Sandhausen won three Oberliga titles through^{[ vague]} the 1980s and the German Amateur Championship in 1993. It won back-to-back Oberliga titles in 1995 and 2000 and, with its latest title in 2007, gained promotion to the Regionalliga Süd (III).

Negotiations held in late 2005 and early 2006 to merge Sandhausen with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and FC Astoria Walldorf to create FC Heidelberg 06 were abandoned due to resistance to the idea on the part of both Sandhausen and Walldorf, and the failure to agree on whether the new side's stadium should be located in Heidelberg.

The 2007–08 season was a success for the club,^{[ according to whom?]} being in contention for 2. Bundesliga promotion almost until the end of season and comfortably^{[ vague][ according to whom?]} qualifying for the new 3. Liga. In 2012, the club won the 3. Liga and thus promotion to the 2. Bundesliga. The club finished its inaugural 2. Bundesliga season in a relegation position but was saved when MSV Duisburg was refused a licence and played a much stronger^{[ according to whom?]} 2013–14 campaign, finishing 12th.

Players

Current squad

As of 4 January 2024 ^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   GER Nikolai Rehnen 2 GK   LTU Edvinas Girdvainis 3 DF   GER Christoph Ehlich 4 DF   GER Tim Knipping 5 MF   AUT Lion Schuster 6 MF   TUR Abu-Bekir El-Zein 7 MF   USA Joe-Joe Richardson 8 FW   GER Richard Meier 9 FW   CMR Franck Evina 10 FW   GER Rouwen Hennings 11 MF   TUR Livan Burcu 14 DF   GER Max Geschwill 15 MF   GER Alexander Mühling 16 MF   GER Alexander Fuchs

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW   GER David Otto 18 DF   GER Dennis Diekmeier ( captain) 19 DF   GER Luca Zander 20 FW   GER Tim Maciejewski 21 DF   GER Felix Göttlicher 22 GK   GER Timo Königsmann 23 FW   AUT Markus Pink 24 MF   AUT Patrick Greil 26 MF   FRA Yassin Ben Balla 27 DF   GER Lucas Laux (on loan from 1. FSV Mainz 05) 30 GK   GER Daniel Klein (on loan from FC Augsburg) 31 DF   GER Jonas Weik 35 DF   GER Dennis Egel 36 FW   GER Sebastian Stolze

Honours

The club's honours:^{[ citation needed]}

• ^‡ Won by reserve team.

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club: ^[2]

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Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club: ^{[3] [4]}

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• With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.^{[ citation needed]}

Key

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to SV Sandhausen.

• Official website (in German)
• SV Sandhausen at Weltfussball.de
• Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)