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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,
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, 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 i ...
. 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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,
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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
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 ...
. In
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, the club qualified for the first time for the first round of the
German Cup The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English, 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 Bundes ...
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
Regionalliga A (, plural ) is a regional league in numerous Sports governing body, sports governing bodies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, usually located in the upper or middle tiers of the sports leagues. The term is often associated with the Germa ...
s in 1994 and 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 t ...
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
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 ...
.


References


External links

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at Weltfussball.de {{DEFAULTSORT:Grossaspach, SG Sonnenhof Association football clubs established in 1994 1994 establishments in Germany Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Baden-Württemberg Rems-Murr-Kreis 3. Liga clubs Sport in Stuttgart (region)