SpVgg Ansbach

The Spielvereinigung Ansbach 09 eV is a sports club from Ansbach in Central Franconia with a football and a karate Department.

History

Start-up phase

With the establishment of the football department of TV 1860 Ansbach in 1909, the history of the club began. During World War II, the department for three years was dissolved. The SpVgg Ansbach 09 was founded in 1917 tied aware of the history of the football department of the TV and wore a register of associations with the founding year 1909. However, the new club had a precursor in the 1st FC 1912 Ansbach.

A highlight of the early football history was the championship in the A-Class Middle Franconia in 1928 and won in the playoff against 1 FC Fuerth rise in the county league, again carried out in 1937 of the descent.

Postwar period and foundation

1945, the club as a result of World War II was dissolved. The Ansbacher sports clubs jointly formed the sports club Ansbach. This was dissolved on 30 October 1948, renamed in gymnastics and sports club Ansbach. 1951 was finally the SpVgg Ansbach re-established from the football department out 09.

Establishment of the regional soccer

1953 reached the summit in the then fourth-rate 2 Amateur League Bavaria. After relegation in 1955 succeeded a year later the prompt resurgence. The construction of two grass courts at the club's sports fields at the Turk Street in the 60s guaranteed the continuation of the gaming operation.

By League reforms of the club slipped again from the Viertklassigkeit. In the season 1977/78 youth teams played in the then highest youth league, the Bavarian League.

The first men's team succeeded in the 1984/85 season again the rise in the fourth- highest division, the division center. A year later, after qualifying for the main round of the DFB Cup. Against the SV Waldhof Mannheim, however, would retire before 6,000 spectators with a 0-3 defeat.

Climb up to the Regionalliga

End of the 90s saw the SpVgg Ansbach 09 their most successful period. Once again the Viertklassigkeit was achieved with the rise in the Oberliga Bayern, succeeded after only two seasons as master even the promotion to the Regionalliga Süd. There you during the 2001/ 02 season, but ultimately had no chance against the strong competition. The squad stood with the exception of the Nuremberg ex- professionals Hans -Jürgen Brunner only players who had previously never played higher class. So they lost to eventual fourth- VfR Aalen at home 0:4, 0:7 away at all. However, one could initially keep up well and won, for example, both the FC Rot -Weiß Erfurt 1-0 and the later team Eintracht Trier 3:2. However, a series of 12 games without a win between 21 and 33 Matchday could tumble down to the penultimate place in the table the club. With a home win against Kickers Offenbach ( 3:1), the Ansbacher footballer adopted after only one year from the Regional.

Subsequent descent and participation in the DFB-Pokal

After descending from the Regionalliga Süd one was landed back in the Oberliga Bayern, played there but always against relegation. At the end of the 2004/05 season the club was relegated after the relegation matches against FC Bayern Hof and FC Kempten again in the national league Mitte. After a successful season in 2006/ 07 were abolished as a master of division Bavaria center again take the plunge in the Oberliga Bayern. In the 2007 /08 season, they made sure by the 13th place in the league in the Bavarian League. With the appearance in the final of the Toto Cup, the club for the first round of the DFB - Cup 2008/2009 could qualify. The SpVgg Ansbach met on 10 August 2008 at Ansbacher Sports Park on the Bundesliga side Karlsruher SC. The match ended 0:5.

2010 was relegated the team to a 15th place in the table and a defeat in the relegation match against 1 FC Schweinfurt 05 from the Bavarian League.

Known player

• Hans -Jürgen Brunner, longtime professional of the 1st FC Nuremberg, led the team in 2001 as a player and assistant coach for promotion to the Regionalliga Süd. Coaches from 2003 to 2005 and from 2009 to 2010, between sports coordinator.
• Sandro Cescutti belonged to the team in 2001 and rise to the Regional squad. Excited in the Regionalliga season of positive attention and was obliged by the Bundesliga side TSV 1860 Munich, but never came to a Bundesliga use. Was then player at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim before moving to VfR Aalen.
• Former international Georg Volkert played in the youth of the Ansbacher. 1962 that he signed the 1st FC Nuremberg, with whom he was German champion in 1968, the youth players against payment of 3,000 marks. This was one of the first youth transfers in German football.
• The Bundesliga player and former U-21 national player Andreas Wolf played in the Youth for SpVgg Ansbach, before joining the 1st FC Nuremberg.

Stadium

The sports park opened in 1976. The stadium holds 5,000 spectators for courses, including 600 and 400 uncovered covered seats. Since 1 July 2007, the club's sports complex is named after a local paint manufacturer PIGROL Sports Park.