SpVgg Neckarelz

SpVgg Neckarelz

Full name	Spielvereinigung Neckarelz e.V.
Founded	1921
Ground	Elzstadion
Capacity	4,500
Chairman	Thomas Ulmer
Manager	Peter Hogen
League	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (V)
2015–16	Regionalliga Südwest (IV), 17th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

SpVgg Neckarelz is a German association football club from the city of Neckarelz, Baden-Württemberg.

History

The club was established in June 1921 as Fußballverein Neckarelz and was renamed Spielvereinigung Neckarelz in April 1930.^[1] The club reached its highest level of play when they advanced to the Amateurliga Nordbaden (III) in 1974. They played four seasons at that level before failing to qualify for the new Amateuroberliga Baden-Württemberg formed in 1979 out of the four separate circuits then existing in the state. Their best result came as a 6th place finish in 1977. SpVgg has appeared twice in play for the DFB Pokal, the German Cup, going out in the first round 1:6 to Freiburger FC in 1979, and 1:3 to Bayern Munich in 2010.

Following a Verbandliga (VI) title in 2010, Neckarelz became part of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, where they competed until 2013, when a league championship earned the club promotion to the Regionalliga Südwest. After three Regionalliga seasons Neckarelz was relegated back to the Oberliga again in 2016.

Current squad

As of 1 February 2016

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Mario Miltner 2 DF Tim Eiben 3 DF Claus Bückle 4 DF Ugurtan Kizilyar 5 DF Niklas Tasky 6 DF Tim Grupp 7 MF Claudio Bellanave 8 MF Christian Schäfer 9 FW Ugur Beyazal 10 FW Danny Galm 11 FW Abedin Krasniqi 12 GK Volkan Tekin 13 FW Bogdan Müller 14 FW Mario Cancar

No. Position Player 15 FW Henrik Hogen 16 MF Marius Klotz 17 DF Jonas Kiermeier 18 MF Manuel Hofmann 19 DF Daniel Schwind 20 FW Maximilian Albrecht 21 DF Benjamin Schäfer 22 MF Fabian Gondorf 23 DF Tobias Keusch 24 DF Denis Bindnagel 25 GK Denis Deter 28 MF Marcel Abele 33 MF Maurice Müller

Honours

The club's honours:

• Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
  • Champions: 2013
• Verbandsliga Nordbaden
  • Champions: 2010
  • Runners up: 1979
• Landesliga Odenwald
  • Champions: 2006
  • Runners up: 2004
• North Baden Cup
  • Winners: 2009
  • Runners-up: 2012, 2016

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:^[2][3]

Season	Division	Tier	Position
2003–04	Landesliga Odenwald	VI	2nd ↑
2004–05	Verbandsliga Nordbaden	V	17th ↓
2005–06	Landesliga Odenwald	VI	1st ↑
2006–07	Verbandsliga Nordbaden	V	14th
2007–08	Verbandsliga Nordbaden		9th
2008–09	Verbandsliga Nordbaden	VI	4th
2009–10	Verbandsliga Nordbaden		1st ↑
2010–11	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg	V	4th
2011–12	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg		3rd
2012–13	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg		1st ↑
2013–14	Regionalliga Südwest	IV	9th
2014–15	Regionalliga Südwest		12th
2015–16	Regionalliga Südwest		17th ↓
2016–17	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg	V

• 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.

Key

↑ Promoted

↓ Relegated

Stadium

The club plays its home games at the Elzstadion, which has a capacity of 4,500 and was opened in 1963.^[4][5]

References

1. Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. ISBN 978-3-89784-147-5.
2. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (German) Historical German domestic league tables
3. Fussball.de – Ergebnisse (German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
4. Wie das Elzstadion entstand (German) SpVgg Neckarelz website, accessed: 2 October 2011
5. Elzstadion (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 2 October 2011

External links

• Official team site
• SpVgg Neckarelz profile at Weltfussball.de
• Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (German)