Torgelower SV Greif
The Torgelower SV Greif is a sports club in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern situated town Torgelow. The largest sports club in the city operates the sports of football, handball, badminton, table tennis, cycling, women's sports and Nordic walking.
Historical development
The SV Greif returns to its development until the end of the 19th century. On November 4, 1890, the Turnverein Torgelow was established in the then almost 3,000 inhabitants site. His name " Cross " is derived from the association from 1919 launched FC gripping Torgelow, a pure football club. 1931 TV Torgelow was split in the German Gymnastics Association and the Free Turnerschaft, the Free Turnerschaft also operatively after a football team. She called 1933 Red Sport Torgelow to, but was banned in 1933 by the Nazis.
After the Second World War, the occupying powers were banned all sports clubs in 1946 by Directive No. 23 of the Allied Control Council. In East Germany were held sports competitions initially only with loosely organized sports communities in enclosed local level. In Torgelow thereupon founded on 26 February 1946, the sports community Torgelow. In 1948 the sports operation in East Germany on the basis of company sports teams (BSG ) has been reorganized. Based in Torgelow ironworks took over as a future carrier operating the SG and changed it in 1951 to the ESR steel Torgelow to. From 1952 to 1956, the BSG wore the meantime, the term " motor ", in late 1963 they took the name " BSG north Max Matern Torgelow " to more clearly refer to the support VEB foundry and machine "Max Matern ". In public, however, soon put through the short version BSG North Torgelow.
When, after the German reunification in 1990, the changing economic conditions, the continuation of the Operation Sports community system could not be maintained, established members of the previous BSG north on 1 July 1990 a club called Torgelower sports club grip.
On 1 July 2010, the merger of Torgelower SV Greif took place with the Association division club FC forward Drögeheide. It came to acquire all members of the Divisions ( soccer) and the women's sport group of FC forward in the Torgelower SV Greif. The first team of FC forward Drögeheide thus turned from the season 2010/ 2011, the second team of TSV Greif. Sporting home but remained the sport facility at Torgelower district Drögeheide.
Development of football
Although at times were three football clubs before the Second World War in Torgelow with FC Griffin, the red sports and founded in 1921 VfB Torgelow, the Torgelower football never got beyond regional importance. In contrast, the SG Torgelow denied in 1947 the final of the Western Pomerania Championship, they lost the SG Greifswald in the two finals with 1:5 and 0:3. In the 1947/48 season, the SG was represented in the national class of Mecklenburg -Vorpommern, at that time one of the highest football leagues in East Germany. However, after 6th place in the Oststaffel Torgelow dismounted at the end of the season.
As 1952, the third-class district leagues were established in the GDR football operation, BSG Motor was one of the teams in the first hour in the district league Neubrandenburg. You also immediately caused a sensation when they penetrated the GDR's cup competition into the knockout stages, and only there the Oberliga unit Pankow was defeated 1-2. In the following years Torgelow reached, from 1956 antretend as BSG Stahl, always top places in the district league. In the season 1960, the BSG landed at # 1 on the Oststaffel, lost the final to the district championship locomotive goods but in two games with 0:2 and 1:1. 1966 won Torgelow after a 2-0 victory over the post Neubrandenburg District Football Cup.
In the 1970/71 season reached a second place behind forward Neubrandenburg to rise along with the army team in the enlarged five seasons DDR -Liga. While in the first game of the year, now could save as SPAs North Torgelow, with 9th place just in the league, it was enough 1972/73 for the 10th place, synonymous with the re- descent into the district league. After two more years in the third division Torgelow won 1975 Neubrandenburg district championship and returned to the DDR -Liga. Then history repeated itself, two years being second class, two years District League, then again in 1979 winning the district championship and again the attempt to establish themselves in the DDR -Liga.
With the Torgelower veteran and team captain Klaus Brackrock, who had already completed the age of 39 almost 400 games for the BSG and the oberliga experienced Bodo summer, who had graduated 45 top-flight appearances for the 1st FC Magdeburg and become there twice DDR master was, went the BSG north in the summer of 1979, in its fifth DDR -Liga season. In the end, it was the worst idea that Torgelow had ever delivered in the second highest league. It came in the 22 -point games, only one victory, goal difference was 14:72. With only 4 points Torgelow landed far behind on the bottom of the table.
1984 North Torgelow was once district champion, but failed in the meantime the necessary promotion round to the DDR -Liga clear with four defeats and 1:16 gates. By the end of the GDR football operation Torgelow remained in the district league Neubrandenburg, where the team was able to place usually in the upper third of the table itself.
The last District League season after DDR system closed the now playing as SV Greif team from the 7th Place. That was enough for inclusion in the fifth rate then District League East. There succeeded in 1994, the rise in the national league, which merged a year later in the fifth division and in the SV Greif spent the next eleven seasons. 2004 reached the team the National Cup final, but the six-time champions FC Schönberg 95 defeated 1-2. In the season 2004/ 05 Torgelower national champion Mecklenburg- Vorpommern were and got into the Oberliga Nordost, which is fünftklassig since 2008. In the 2008 /09 season, the club experienced sporting highs and lows. In the league they finished only 14th place in the table, which would have sporty means the descent into the national league. Due to a start renunciation of the FSV Bentwisch but Torgelower allowed to compete in the top league in the season 2009/10. With a 4-3 victory over the TSG Neustrelitz but you won the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Cup in 2009, so that the SV Greif was qualified for the first round of the DFB - Cup 2009/10. There, the association of the second division Alemannia Aachen was randomly assigned, which they lost with 1:4. 2010 won the SV Greif again the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern National Cup. He was qualified for the first round of the DFB - Cup 2010/11, where the Association of Bundesliga club Hamburger SV was randomly assigned. The team from Torgelow lost the game 1:5 and retired from the goblet.
In the 2010/2011 season the club won the championship for the first time the Oberliga Nordost, abandoned for economic reasons, however, to a promotion to the Regionalliga Nord. The promotion to the following season 2011/2012, as in the relegation of the representatives of Südstaffel, VfB Fortuna Chemnitz, in the second leg after extra time could be defeated.
In May 2013, the club was forced to declare bankruptcy due to economic difficulties. At this time the descent from the Regionalliga Nord was already clear.
Stadium
Venue of the Torgelower SV Greif is the foundry arena in the north of the city, still called Spartakusstadion to 2007. New namesake is the iron foundry Torgelow GmbH. The stadium has an official capacity of 10,000 spectators and has a lawn, stone beams for the spectators and a running track. At the inauguration of the stadium on September 14, 1958, 11,000 spectators, the District League game point of steel Torgelow against Lok Anklam (1:1). Also sold out ranks played on 12 May 1963, the East German youth team against the offspring of Romania ( 1:1). Adjacent to the main square there is an artificial pitch, which is not allowed because of its dimensions for a competitive game mode high playing levels.