TSG Balingen is a German football

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from the city of

Balingen Balingen (; Swabian: ''Balenga'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, capital of the district of Zollernalbkreis. It is located near the Swabian Jura, approx. 35 km to the south of Tübingen, 35 km northeast of Villingen-Schwenn ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

. With over 1,800 members, it is the largest sports club in the city and has departments for

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, handball,

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, and karate, as well as various personal health oriented programs. In 2002 the first handball team merged with TV Weilstetten to

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. The team now plays in

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History

The origins of the club go back to the 19th century founding of a gymnastics club. The footballers first came to notice in the mid-90s with their advance to the Verbandsliga Württemberg (V) in 1995. After twice finishing as vice-champions in the Verbandsliga and failing to win promotion to the

Oberliga Baden-Württemberg The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest association football league in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German foot ...

(IV) in subsequent playoffs, ''TSG'' finally claimed the league title in 2008 and advanced to what has become a fifth tier competition following the introduction of the

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for th ...

. They won the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 2018 to gain promotion to the

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ( en, Regional League Southwest) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together wit ...

Honours

** Champions: 2017–18 *

Verbandsliga Württemberg The Verbandsliga Württemberg is a German amateur football division administered by the Württemberg Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Württemberg state association, the Verbandsli ...

** Champions: 2007–08 ** Runners-up: 2004–05, 2005–06

Current squad

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club: * With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the

in 2008 as the new third tier, below the

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

, all leagues below dropped one tier.

Stadium

''TSG'' plays in the Bizerba Arena which has a capacity of 8,500, including 600 covered seats.Au-Stadion
weltfussball.de, accessed: 3 September 2011

References

External links

Official team siteTSG Balingen at Weltfussball.de
{{DEFAULTSORT:Balingen, TSG Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Baden-Württemberg 1848 establishments in Germany