SpVgg SV Weiden, formerly just SpVgg Weiden, is a
German association football club from the city of
Weiden, Bavaria.
Playing in the tier-four
Regionalliga Süd in 2010–11, the club had to declare insolvency after being more than Euro 1 million in debt. Unable to raise enough funds to continue competing in the league, Weiden declared on 30 November 2010 that it would withdraw its Regionalliga team and thereby automatically be relegated. All games for the club in the 2010–11 season were declared void.
History
The side originated with the 1912 establishment of a football department in the gymnastics club ''Turnerbund Weiden''. The footballers became independent on 19 January 1924 and enjoyed some early success in capturing local titles in 1924 and 1931, gaining promotion to the ''
Bezirksliga Bayern
The Bezirksliga Bayern was the highest association football league in the German state of Bavaria from 1923 to 1933. The league was disbanded with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933.
Overview
The league was formed in 1923, after a league refor ...
'' for one season. Between 1929 and 1934 they were united with ''Fußball Club Windischeschenbach'' to play as ''SpVgg Weiden-Windischeschenbach''. In 1934, the team qualified to play in the
Gauliga Bayern
The Gauliga Bayern was the highest association football league in the German state of Bavaria from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the five ''Gaue'' ''Bayre ...
, one of sixteen top flight divisions formed in the 1933 re-organization of German football under the
Third Reich
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
. They were relegated to lower level play after just one season, but returned to the
Gauliga
A Gauliga () was the highest level of play in German football from 1933 to 1945. The leagues were introduced in 1933, after the Nazi takeover of power by the National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise.
Name
The German word ...
in 1941 in a union with ''Reichsbahn SV Weiden'' as part of the combined wartime side ''Reichsbahn Sport- und Spielvereinigung Weiden''. This club remained in the top flight until the end of World War II.
Following the war the side resumed play as ''SpVgg Weiden'' and slipped to lower-tier football before making a comeback in the
Landesliga Bayern
The Landesliga Bayern sits at step 6 of the German football league system and is the third highest level in the Bavarian football league system, below the Bayernliga and organised in five regional divisions. The current Landesligas were formed in ...
(II) in 1947, making a fleeting single season appearance in
second division
In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...
play in 1954–55. In between, the club played in the
Amateurliga Bayern (III), generally as a top side with good results.
The club failed to qualify for the new single-division
Amateurliga Bayern and had to enter the new tier-four
Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
The Landesliga Bayern-Mitte ( en, State league Bavaria-Central) was the sixth tier of the German football league system in southern Bavaria. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, it was the fifth tier of the league system, until the intr ...
instead. It took out the league title there and advanced to the tier-two
Regionalliga Süd in its first season back in the Amateurliga. ''Weiden'' only managed one season in the Regionalliga and was back in the Amateurliga in 1966. It remained a strong side there, taking out second places in 1971 and 1972 but, in 1975, it found itself relegated.
From 1977 to 1981, the club fell as far as the tier-five Bezirksliga but then returned to the Landesliga and, from there, back to what was now the Amateur Oberliga Bayern in 1985.
From the mid-80s on into the mid-90s the club played as a third division side and, following league re-structuring, carried on in what became the fourth tier Oberliga Bayern. Early in the 90s the team made first round appearances in German Cup play (1991 and 1992). After faltering briefly ''Weiden'' returned to Oberliga play on the strength of a Landesliga Bayern-Mitte (V) title in 2006. In the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons, the club finished eight in this league in both years. The 2008–09 season proved a very successful one for the club, winning the league and earning promotion to the
Regionalliga Süd, a league it hasn't played in since 1966. It only lasted for two seasons at this level, declaring insolvency and thereby being automatically relegated and its record expunged. The club reformed as SpVgg Weiden 2010 and continued to field a team in the Landesliga in 2010–11, with the reserve team being elevated to first team status but suffering relegation. The club however fulfilled the qualifying norms of the Bavarian Football Association to continue on in the tier below, the
Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz
The Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz was the seventh tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Upper Palatinate (German: ''Oberpfalz''). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the sixth tier of the lea ...
rather than to reform in the lowest division.
At the end of the 2011–12 season the club qualified directly for the newly expanded Landesliga after finishing third in the Bezirksoberliga. The following season the club took out the championship in the Landesliga in convincing fashion with a 30-point gap to the second placed team and 33 wins in 38 games, thereby earning promotion back to the Bayernliga. Back in the Bayernliga the club finished fifth in 2013–14.
''SpVgg Weiden'' has historically fielded a strong youth program. In 2010, its C-Junior (Under 15) team featured in the Las Vegas Mayor's Cup International Soccer Tournament, one of the top youth football tournaments in the United States.
Stadium
''SpVgg Weiden'' plays in the Stadion am Wasserwerk, opened in 1928 and renovated in 2009 (capacity 7,600, with 1,000 covered seats). A record 15,000 fans took in a 1967 match against
SSV Jahn Regensburg (0–3).
Honours
The club's honours:
League
* Upper Palatinate/Lower Bavaria championship
** Champions: (3) 1934, 1940, 1941
*
Bayernliga
The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one o ...
(V)
** Champions: (3) 1954 (south), 1965,
2009
** Runners-up: (2) 1971, 1972
*
Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
The Landesliga Bayern-Mitte ( en, State league Bavaria-Central) was the sixth tier of the German football league system in southern Bavaria. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, it was the fifth tier of the league system, until the intr ...
(V)
** Champions: (5) 1954, 1964, 1985, 1988, 2006
** Runners-up: 1995
*
Landesliga Bayern-Nordost
The Landesliga Bayern-Nordost ( en, State league Bavaria-Northeast) is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system in northeastern Bavaria and the third tier of the Bavarian football league system.
It is one of five Landesli ...
** Champions: 2013
Cup
*
Bavarian Cup
The Bavarian Cup (german: Bayerischer Toto-Pokal), was created in 1998 and functions as a qualifying competition to the German Cup. It is one of the 21 regional cups in Germany. It is one of three regional associations who are permitted to send ...
** Winner: 2009
** Runners-up: 2015
* Oberpfalz Cup
** Winner: (3) 1996, 1997, 2009
Youth
*
Bavarian Under 19 championship
The Under 19 Bayernliga (German: A-Jugend Bayernliga) is the second tier of under 19 youth football in Bavaria, set below the Under 19 Bundesliga South/Southwest.
Until 1996, the league was the highest tier of under 19 football, containing the ...
** Runners-up: 1962
Recent managers
Recent managers of the club:
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
Fussball.de – Ergebnisse
Tables and results of all German football leagues
SpVgg Weiden
SpVgg Weiden II
*With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. 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. With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern
The Regionalliga Bayern, ( en, Regional league Bavaria), is the highest association football league in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Regionalligas in German football, the fourth tie ...
as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the Bayernliga
The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one o ...
was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onward were elevated one tier.
DFB Cup appearances
The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup
The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...
three times, the most recent in 2009:
References
Sources
* Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag
External links
Official team site
Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables (in German)
SpVgg Weiden profile at Weltfussball.de
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Football clubs in Germany
Football clubs in Bavaria
Association football clubs established in 1924
Football in Upper Palatinate
1924 establishments in Germany