TSV 1861 Nördlingen

The TSV 1861 Nördlingen is a German multi-genre club in the Swabian town of Nördlingen. It was originally founded in 1861 as a TV Nördlingen. Since the merger with the football club VfR Nördlingen in 1938, it got its present name. The greatest athletes from the ranks of the Association is the former German footballer Gerd Muller, who already at TSV his goalscoring gave proof ( only 180 goals in the season 1962/63 ). With FC Bayern Munich, which he joined in the summer of 1964, Müller has won numerous national and international titles and became the all-time record scorer in the Bundesliga. In addition, he was both world (1974 ) and European champion (1972).

Nationally known the club was through his basketball department. The first men's team, the Giants Nördlingen Basketball AG, which was spun off from the main club and converted into a public limited company, played in the 2008/2009 season in the National Basketball League (BBL ) and is currently represented in the regional - southeast. The former women's team plays first-class as BG Donau-Ries. Their home games wearing both teams in the 2000 -seat Hermann Kessler - hall in Rieser Sportpark.

The football team of the club plays in the stadium in the Rieser Sportpark, which was renamed in the summer of 2008 after Gerd Müller Gerd- Müller -Stadion. It holds around 10,000 spectators.

Departments

Badminton, basketball, disability and rehabilitation sports group, fencing, football, handball, judo / jujitsu, running club triathlon, track and field, road group, curling, table tennis, gymnastics, volleyball