Greifswalder SV 04 was a
German association football club from the city of
Greifswald
Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (german: Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rosto ...
,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...
. The club was formed out of the merger of ''SSV Grün-Schwarz Greifswald'', ''ESV/Empor Greifswald'', and ''Greifswalder SV 98''. In addition to its football side the club had departments for athletics,
badminton
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, basketball, dance and rhythmic gymnastics.
The merger of the three clubs made ''SV'' the second-largest club in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with some 1400 members. The club had a strong focus on youth football and had links to a number of area schools. It also had a DFB-affiliated training centre and had sent on several players to
FC Hansa Rostock
FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...
and state select teams.
In March 2015 the club decided to merge with
FC Pommern Greifswald to form
Greifswalder FC.
Greifswalder SC
Until the end of the 2002–03 season, the biggest club in Greifswald was ''Greifswalder SC'', who played in the
NOFV-Oberliga Nord
The NOFV-Oberliga Nord is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the northern states of the former East Germany and West Berlin. It covers the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and northern Saxony ...
from 1991 until 2002. The club merged in 2003 with ''ESV Greifswald'' for financial reasons and thereby dissolved. Through ''ESV'', Greifswalder SV 04 is therefore carrying on with ''SC's'' tradition. ''SC'' played its last game on 31 May 2003, beating SV Blau Weiss Polz 5–2.
The new club played in the tier five
Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
The Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the ...
until 2007 when a league championship took it up to the
NOFV-Oberliga Nord
The NOFV-Oberliga Nord is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the northern states of the former East Germany and West Berlin. It covers the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and northern Saxony ...
. It finished fourth in the league in its first season there but then declined and was relegated again in 2010. Since then the club had been playing in the Verbandsliga again until the merger with FC Pommern in 2015.
[Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv]
Historical German domestic league tables[Greifswalder SV 04 at Fussball.de]
Tables and results of all German football leagues
Honours
*
Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
The Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the ...
(V)
** Champions: 2007
Former managers
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Andreas Zachhuber (2005)
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Jens Dowe (2005–2006)
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Andreas Zachhuber (2006–2009)
* Norbert Toller (2009–2013)
Famous players
*
Toni Kroos
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(1997–2002)
*
Felix Kroos (1997–2002)
References
* Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag
External links
Abseits Guide to German Soccer
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Defunct football clubs in Germany
Defunct football clubs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Association football clubs established in 2004
Greifswald
2004 establishments in Germany
Association football clubs disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Germany
Football clubs in Germany