Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn is a German football club based in

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. The club is based on a gymnastics club founded in 1886 as ''Turnerbund Jahn Regensburg'' which took its name from

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (11August 177815October 1852) was a German gymnastics educator and nationalist whose writing is credited with the founding of the German gymnastics ( Turner) movement as well as influencing the German Campaign of 1813, during which a coalition o ...

, whose ideas of gymnastics greatly influenced German sport in the 19th century. The football department was created in 1907. The footballers left their parent club in 1924 to form ''Sportbund Jahn Regensburg'', in 1934 they were combined with two further sports clubs, ''Sportverein 1889 Regensburg'' and ''Schwimmverein 1920 Regensburg'', to ''Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn 1889 Regensburg'', today commonly known as ''SSV Jahn 1889 Regensburg'' with the departments

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and nine-pin bowling. The football department separated in 2000 and is called ''SSV Jahn Regensburg''. SSV Jahn play their home games at Jahnstadion Regensburg since 2015. The club colours are white and red, the team's most common nicknames 'Rothosen' (Red Shorts) and 'Jahnelf' (Jahn Eleven). Jahn currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the German second division, having been promoted from the

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in season 2016–17.

History

The merger in 1934 to form SSV Jahn Regensburg strengthened the football side somewhat, but mostly produced only indifferent results, from 1927 in the Bezirksliga Bayern, coming second as its best result in 1930. In the

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, one of sixteen top flight divisions formed in the re-organization of German football under the

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in 1933, ''Jahn'' lasted for only two seasons before being relegated in 1935. It returned in 1937 and their best performances were consecutive third-place finishes in 1938 and 1939 after which they languished as an uncompetitive mid-to-lower table side. Jahn Regensburg Performance Chart

The club spent most of the period between the end of World War II and the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963 as a " yo-yo team" bouncing up and down between the

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and the

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. Regensburg played the early 1960s in the third division before making their way back to the Regionalliga Süd (II). By the mid 1970s the team began to falter and by the end of the decade had become a third and fourth division side, even playing three years in the

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(V) in the late 1990s. In 2000 the football team left to become an independent club and were joined by players from SG Post/Süd Regensburg in 2002. Regensburg has recovered to some degree and has played in the Regionalliga Süd (III) since the turn of the millennium with a single season in the

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in 2003–04. However, the club faced financial difficulties and narrowly avoided bankruptcy in 2005. After sinking to the fourth division

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in 2005–06, Jahn achieved first place in the following season and were promoted again to the Regionalliga Süd. Due to a reorganisation of the leagues, Jahn had to finish in tenth place or higher in order to stay in the third division, which is now the new

. Jahn struggled to do so but finished ninth in the end and gained entry to the new league. The club played its first two seasons in the 3. Liga close to the relegation zone but then improved to the point that it came third in 2011–12 and qualified to play against the

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in the promotion round to the 2. Bundesliga. Draws in 1–1 at Regensburg and in 2–2 at Karlsruhe meant Jahn's return to second level after eight years according to

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. The ''Jahn'' finished last in the 2. Bundesliga in 2012–13 and was relegated back to the 3. Liga, finishing eleventh in 2013–14. In 2014–15 they also finished last in the 3. Liga and were relegated back to the Regionalliga. In the following season, they made the first place in the

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and faced the

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champions

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in the play-offs. The club defeated Wolfsburg II 2–1 on aggregate and immediately returned to third level for the 2015–16 season. Another great season followed in the 3. Liga, with Regensburg finishing third. Like in 2012, they were promoted via the play-off, defeating

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3–1 on aggregate.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Reserve team

SSV Jahn Regensburg II (or ''SSV Jahn Regensburg Amateure'') made a single season appearance in the southern division of the

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in 1962–63, the last year of the league being divided into two regional divisions. An eleventh place in the league that season was not enough to qualify for the new single-division league and the team also did not become part of the new

. A lengthy period in the lower amateur divisions followed until 2002, when the merger of the first team with SG Post/Süd Regensburg allowed the reserve side to take ''Post's'' place in the Bayernliga, where the team played from 2002 to 2006. In 2006, the first team's relegation meant, they had to move down one level even so they finished eleventh this season. After three average seasons, the side became a promotion contender again, finishing second in 2010–11 but losing to SpVgg Bayern Hof in the promotion round. At the end of the 2011–12 season, the club qualified directly for the newly expanded Bayernliga after finishing third in the Landesliga.

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:

SSV Jahn Regensburg

SSV Jahn Regensburg 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

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s in 1994 and the

in 2008 as the new third tier, below the

, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the

as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the

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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 onwards were elevated one tier. ;Key

Honours

League

* 2. Oberliga Süd (II) ** Champions: 1953 *

(II-III-IV) ** Champions: 1949, 1967, 1975, 2000, 2007 ** Runners-up: 1946, 1964 * Bayernliga South (II) ** Runners-up: 1947, 1948 *

(IV) ** Champions: 1966, 1983, 1990 ** Runners-up: 1997, 2011^‡ * 2. Amateurliga Niederbayern (IV) ** Champions: 1962^‡

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 ...

** Winners: 1947, 1948,

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

^‡,

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, 2010, 2011 ** Runners-up:

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* Oberpfalz Cup ** Winners: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004^‡, 2006

Youth

Under 19 Bayernliga 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 ...

** Winners: 2005, 2007 ** Runners-up: 2013 * Under 17 Bayernliga ** Winners: 2007 ** Runners-up: 2003 * Under 15 Bayernliga ** Winners: 2015 ** Runners-up: 2005, 2012 * ^‡ Reserve team

References

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External links

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SSV Jahn Regensburg profile
on Weltfussball.de {{DEFAULTSORT:Regensburg, Ssv Jahn Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Bavaria Association football clubs established in 1907 Sport in Regensburg Football in Upper Palatinate 1907 establishments in Germany 2. Bundesliga clubs 3. Liga clubs