SG Sonnenhof Großaspach (), commonly known as Sonnenhof Großaspach, is a German professional

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

based in Aspach,

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. The club is currently playing in the

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ('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 with t ...

, which is the fourth tier of football in the country.

History

The club was formed in 1994 through the union of ''Spvgg Großaspach'' and ''FC Sonnenhof Kleinaspach''. The sports club has 1,300 members and, in addition to its football side, has departments for

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, and

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. The term ''Sonnenhof'' in the club name comes from the local hotel Sonnenhof in which the meeting was held that resulted in the FC Sonnenhof Kleinaspach was formed. The footballers have been twice promoted in recent years and reached the

Oberliga Baden-Württemberg The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest association football league in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberliga (football), Oberligas in German footb ...

(IV) in 2005, playing there as a lower table side. In 2008–09, the club achieved its greatest success yet, winning the league and earning the right for promotion to the Regionalliga Süd, where they played until 2012, when the club entered the new

. In

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, the club qualified for the first time for the first round of the

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but was knocked out by

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after a 1–4 loss, leading 1–0 until the 55th minute. In

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, the club qualified again for the first round of the German Cup but was knocked out by

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after a 1–2 loss. The club celebrated its greatest success in 2014 when it won the Regionalliga Südwest and qualified for the promotion round to the 3. Liga, where it overcame VfL Wolfsburg II and earned promotion to the league.

Honours

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Personnel

Current technical staff

List of managers

This is the list of coaches of SG Sonnenhof Großaspach since 2006:

Statistics

Recent seasons

This is the list of recent season-by-season performance of the club since 2001–02 season: *With the introduction of the

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s in 1994 and the

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in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. In 2012, the number of Regionalligas was increased from three to five with all Regionalliga Süd clubs except the Bavarian ones entering the new

References

External links

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