Jahn Regensburg
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SSV Jahn Regensburg is a German association football club
based in Regensburg
, Bavaria. The team was part of a larger sports club founded in 1889 as Turnerbund Jahn Regensburg which took its name from Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
, whose ideas of gymnastics greatly influenced German sport 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.
, coming second as its best result in 1930. In the Gauliga Bayern
, one of sixteen top flight divisions formed in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich in 1933, Jahn lasted for only two seasons before being relegated in 1935. It returned in 1937 and their best performances were consecutive 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 "yo-yo team" bouncing up and down between the Oberliga Süd
and the second division
. Regensburg played the early 60s in the third division before making their way back to the Regionalliga Süd
(II). By the mid-70s 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 90s.
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 has played in the Regionalliga Süd
(III) since the turn of the millennium with a single season in the 2. Bundesliga in 2003–04. However, the club faced financial difficulties and narrowly avoided bankruptcy in 2005. After sinking to the fourth division Oberliga Bayern
in 2005–06 Jahn achieved first place in the following season and were promoted again to the Regionalliga Süd. Due to a reorganisation of the leagues, Jahn had to finish in tenth place or higher in order to stay in the third division, which is now the new 3rd Liga
. Jahn struggled to do so but finished ninth in the end and gained entry to the new league.
.
A lengthy period in the lower amateur divisions followed until 2002, when the merger of the first team with SG Post/Süd Regensburg allowed the reserve side to take Post's place in the Bayernliga, where the team played from 2002 to 2006. In 2006, the first teams relegation meant, they had to move down one level even so they finished eleventh this season. After three average seasons, the side became a promotion contendor again, finishing second in 2010-11 but losing to SpVgg Bayern Hof in the promotion round.
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
based in Regensburg
Regensburg
Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate...
, Bavaria. The team was part of a larger sports club founded in 1889 as Turnerbund Jahn Regensburg which took its name from Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn was a German gymnastics educator and nationalist. He is commonly known as Turnvater Jahn, roughly meaning "father of gymnastics" Jahn.- Life :...
, whose ideas of gymnastics greatly influenced German sport 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.
History
A merger with Sportverein 1889 Regensburg in 1934 to form Vereinsname Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg strengthened the football side somewhat, but mostly produced only indifferent results, from 1927 in the Bezirksliga BayernBezirksliga Bayern
The Bezirksliga Bayern was the highest association football league in the German state of Bavaria from 1923 to 1933. The league was disbanded with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933.-Overview:...
, coming second as its best result in 1930. In the Gauliga Bayern
Gauliga Bayern
The Gauliga Bayern was the highest football league in the German state of Bavaria from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the five Gaue Bayreuth, Munich-Upper Bavaria, Swabia, Main Franconia and Franconia de...
, one of sixteen top flight divisions formed in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich in 1933, Jahn lasted for only two seasons before being relegated in 1935. It returned in 1937 and their best performances were consecutive 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 "yo-yo team" bouncing up and down between the Oberliga Süd
Oberliga Süd (1945-63)
The Oberliga Süd was the highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1945 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963.It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.-Overview:...
and the second division
2nd Oberliga Süd
The 2nd Oberliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1950 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.-Overview:...
. Regensburg played the early 60s in the third division before making their way back to the Regionalliga Süd
Regionalliga Süd (1963-74)
The Regionalliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system. It existed in the south of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen....
(II). By the mid-70s 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
Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
The Landesliga Bayern-Mitte is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system....
(V) in the late 90s.
In 2000 the football team left to become an independent club and were joined by players from SG Post/Süd Regensburg
SG Post/Süd Regensburg
The SG Post/Süd Regensburg was a German association football club from the city of Regensburg, Bavaria.The club is still active in a large number of sports, having twenty-two separate departments, but its football department merged with Jahn Regensburg in 2002 and has not been...
in 2002. Regensburg has recovered to some degree and has played in the Regionalliga Süd
Regionalliga Süd
The Regionalliga Süd is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany...
(III) since the turn of the millennium with a single season in the 2. Bundesliga in 2003–04. However, the club faced financial difficulties and narrowly avoided bankruptcy in 2005. After sinking to the fourth division Oberliga Bayern
Oberliga Bayern
The Fußball-Bayernliga, commonly referred to as the Bayernliga, is the highest football league in the state of Bavaria and the Bavarian Football League System. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system...
in 2005–06 Jahn achieved first place in the following season and were promoted again to the Regionalliga Süd. Due to a reorganisation of the leagues, Jahn had to finish in tenth place or higher in order to stay in the third division, which is now the new 3rd Liga
3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
. Jahn struggled to do so but finished ninth in the end and gained entry to the new league.
Current squad
Reserve team
SSV Jahn Regensburg II (or SSV Jahn Regensburg Amateure) made a single season appearance in the southern division of the Amateurliga Bayern in 1962-63, the last year of the league being divided into two regional divisions. An eleventh place in the league that season was not enough to qualify for the new single-division league and the team also did not become part of the new Landesliga Bayern-MitteLandesliga Bayern-Mitte
The Landesliga Bayern-Mitte is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system....
.
A lengthy period in the lower amateur divisions followed until 2002, when the merger of the first team with SG Post/Süd Regensburg allowed the reserve side to take Post's place in the Bayernliga, where the team played from 2002 to 2006. In 2006, the first teams relegation meant, they had to move down one level even so they finished eleventh this season. After three average seasons, the side became a promotion contendor again, finishing second in 2010-11 but losing to SpVgg Bayern Hof in the promotion round.
Recent managers
Recent managers of the club:| Manager | Start | Finish |
| Günter Sebert Günter Sebert Günter Sebert is a former German footballer, and football manager. He is the current sport director of Waldhof Mannheim.-External links:**... |
1 July 2002 | 30 June 2003 |
| Ingo Peter | 1 July 2003 | 17 November 2003 |
| Günter Brandl | 18 November 2003 | 30 June 2004 |
| Mario Basler Mario Basler Mario Basler is a German former football winger and current manager.- Career :... |
1 July 2004 | 20 September 2005 |
| Dariusz Pasieka Dariusz Pasieka Dariusz Pasieka is a Polish former professional footballer and now a football manager, currently working for Ekstraklasa club Cracovia.- External links :... |
21 September 2005 | 6 April 2006 |
| Günter Güttler Günter Güttler Günter Güttler, is a former German football player and manager of the German low-tier football club SpVgg Weiden.- Honours :As player:* Bundesliga Champion: 1980–81* DFB-Pokal Winner: 1981–82... |
7 April 2006 | 30 June 2008 |
| Thomas Kristl Thomas Kristl Thomas Kristl is a former professional football player and currently coach.- Career :His first senior football club was 1. FC Nuremberg.... |
1 July 2008 | 24 November 2008 |
| Markus Weinzierl Markus Weinzierl Markus Weinzierl is a German football coach and former player. Since 2008 he manages SSV Jahn Regensburg.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de... |
25 November 2008 | Present |
SSV Jahn Regensburg
| Season | Division | Tier Bavarian football league system The Bavarian football league system of the Bavarian Football Association ranks within the German football league system. Its highest division, the Fussball-Bayernliga, is currently the 5th tier of German football. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the 4th tier of the league system... |
Position |
| 2000–01 | Regionalliga Süd Regionalliga Süd The Regionalliga Süd is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany... |
III | 12th |
| 2001–02 | Regionalliga Süd | 3rd | |
| 2002–03 | Regionalliga Süd | 2nd ↑ | |
| 2003–04 | 2nd Bundesliga | II | 16th ↓ |
| 2004–05 | Regionalliga Süd | III | 8th |
| 2005–06 | Regionalliga Süd | 17th ↓ | |
| 2006–07 | Bayernliga | IV | 1st ↑ |
| 2007–08 | Regionalliga Süd | III | 9th |
| 2008–09 | 3rd Liga 3rd Liga The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2... |
III | 15th |
| 2009–10 | 3rd Liga | 16th | |
| 2010–11 | 3rd Liga | 8th | |
| 2011–12 | 3rd Liga |
SSV Jahn Regensburg II
| Season | Division | Tier Bavarian football league system The Bavarian football league system of the Bavarian Football Association ranks within the German football league system. Its highest division, the Fussball-Bayernliga, is currently the 5th tier of German football. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the 4th tier of the league system... |
Position |
| 2002–03 | Bayernliga | IV | 11th |
| 2003–04 | Bayernliga | 8th | |
| 2004–05 | Bayernliga | 8th | |
| 2005–06 | Bayernliga | 11th ↓ | |
| 2006–07 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte Landesliga Bayern-Mitte The Landesliga Bayern-Mitte is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system.... |
V | 14th |
| 2007–08 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | 8th | |
| 2008–09 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | VI | 11th |
| 2009–10 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | 3rd | |
| 2010–11 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte | 2nd | |
| 2011–12 | Landesliga Bayern-Mitte |
- With the introduction of the BezirksoberligasBezirksoberligen BayernThe seven Bezirksoberligas Bayern are the third highest level of the Bavarian football league system, below Oberliga and Landesliga. They are the 7th tier of the German football league system.-Overview:...
in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the LandesligasLandesliga BayernIn the Bavarian football league system, the Landesliga Bayern is the second hightest level, below the Fußball-Bayernliga and organised in three regional divisions. The current Landesligas were formed in 1963, when the Fußball-Bundesliga was established...
, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3rd Liga3rd LigaThe 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2nd Bundesliga2. Fußball-Bundesliga- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...
, all leagues below dropped one tier.
League
- 2nd Oberliga Süd2nd Oberliga SüdThe 2nd Oberliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1950 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.-Overview:...
(II)- Champions: 1953
- Bayernliga (II-III-IV)
- Champions: (5) 1949, 1967, 1975, 2000, 2007
- Runners-up: 1946, 1964
- Bayernliga South (II)
- Runners-up: (2) 1947, 1948
- Landesliga Bayern-MitteLandesliga Bayern-MitteThe Landesliga Bayern-Mitte is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system....
(IV)- Champions: (3) 1966, 1983, 1990
- Runners-up: (2) 1997, 2011‡
- 2nd Amateurliga Niederbayern2nd Amateurliga BayernThe 2nd Amateurliga Bayern was a set of eleven regional leagues in Bavaria existing from 1951 to 1963 as the fourth tier of football in the state....
(IV)- Champions: 1962‡
Cup
- Bavarian Cup
- Winners: (6) 1947, 1948, 20012001 Bavarian CupThe 2001 Bavarian Cup was the fourth edition of this competition which was started in 1998. It ended with the Jahn Regensburg winning the competition...
, 20042004 Bavarian CupThe 2004 Bavarian Cup was the seventh edition of this competition which was started in 1998. It ended with the Jahn Regensburg II winning the competition...
‡, 20052005 Bavarian CupThe 2005 Bavarian Cup was the eighth edition of this competition, organised by the Bavarian Football Association , which was started in 1998. It ended with the Jahn Regensburg winning the competition...
, 2010, 2011 - Runners-up: 20022002 Bavarian CupThe 2002 Bavarian Cup was the fifth edition of this competition which was started in 1998. It ended with the FC Bayern Munich II winning the competition...
- Winners: (6) 1947, 1948, 2001
- Oberpfalz Cup
- Winners: (5) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004‡, 2006
Youth
- Bavarian Under 19 championship
- Winners: (2) 2005, 2007
- Bavarian Under 17 championship
- Winners: 2007
- Runners-up: 2003
- Bavarian Under 15 championshipBavarian Under 15 championshipThe Under 15 Fußball-Bayernliga is the highest level of competition for under 15 football teams in Bavaria and the second tier of the Southern German league system, set below the Under 15 Regionalliga South.-History:...
- Runners-up: 2005
- ‡ Reserve team
Sources
- Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9
- Die Bayernliga 1945-97 DSFS, published: 1998