SSV Reutlingen 05


SSV Reutlingen 05 is a German association football club from Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg.

History

The club was founded as FC Arminia Reutlingen and was renamed SV Reutlingen 1905 in 1910. The club fused with 1. Schwimmverein 1911 to form the current side in 1938.
Reutlingen became a decent regional side in the years after World War II, two second-place finishes in the Oberliga in 1950 and 1955 being the highlight, and earned a place in the second tier Regionalliga Süd in 1963 when Germany's new top flight professional league, the Bundesliga, was formed. After a second-place finish in their division in 1965, SSV took part in the Bundesliga promotion rounds, where they faced Bayern Munich and Borussia Mönchengladbach for the right to make their Bundesliga début. Reutlingen were held to a 1–1 draw against Mönchengladbach on their home ground, but were crushed 7–0 away, and finished a point behind them in their group.
Reutlingen continued to play second division football until the early 1970s when they dropped into the Amateur Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, briefly even falling to fourth-tier Verbandsliga Württemberg. They spent most of the next two-and-a-half decades at the third level before playing their way back to the second tier on the strength of a first-place finish in their division that began with a sixteen-game winning streak to open the season. Their three-year adventure in the 2. Bundesliga ended in 2003 after the team was penalised six points for financial irregularities the previous year. They were then denied a licence to play in the third division Regionalliga Süd and were forced down to Oberliga Baden-Württemberg.
The team finished in first place in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 2005–06 and returned to the Regionalliga Süd for the 2006–07 season. SSV remained in the third division for two years, narrowly missing promotion into the newly formed 3. Liga at the end of the 2007–08 campaign. Without a place in this new national league, the Nullfünfer remained in the Regionalliga Süd, now as a fourth-tier side.
The 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons saw SSV finish in the middle of the Regionalliga Süd table with early exits from the WFV-Pokal in both campaigns. After finishing in 14th position in the Regionalliga Süd in the 2009–10 season, the team was denied a licence to continue playing in the fourth division due to financial insolvency. SSV have competed in the fifth-tier Oberliga Baden-Württemberg since the 2010–11 season.
The club won the 2014–15 edition of the Württemberg Cup, defeating FV Ravensburg in the final, and thereby qualified for the first round of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal. Here they beat their local rivals Karlsruher SC 3–1 at the Kreuzeiche with three penalties from their captain, Giuseppe Ricciardi. In the second round, SSV lost 4–0 against another team from the 2. Bundesliga, Eintracht Braunschweig.

Current squad

Honours

The club's honours:

League

Recent managers of the club:
ManagerStartFinish
Frank Wormuth1 July 20024 May 2003
Uwe Erkenbrecher5 May 200330 June 2004
Peter Starzmann1 July 200430 June 2008
Roland Seitz1 July 200815 April 2010
Stefan Minkwitz16 April 201030 April 2010
Lothar Mattner1 July 201024 November 2011
Denis Lapaczinski28 November 201131 December 2011
Murat Isik1 December 201213 October 2014
Robert Hofacker14 October 20146 May 2015
Andreas Rill7 May 201530 June 2015
Georgi Donkov1 July 20154 April 2016
Jochen Class8 April 2016present

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
SeasonDivisionTierPosition
1999–2000Regionalliga SüdIII1st ↑
2000–012. BundesligaII7th
2001–022. BundesligaII10th
2002–032. BundesligaII16th ↓
2003–04Oberliga Baden-WürttembergIV9th
2004–05Oberliga Baden-WürttembergIV3rd
2005–06Oberliga Baden-WürttembergIV1st ↑
2006–07Regionalliga SüdIII11th
2007–08Regionalliga SüdIII12th
2008–09Regionalliga SüdIV12th
2009–10Regionalliga SüdIV18th ↓
2010–11Oberliga Baden-WürttembergV14th
2011–12Oberliga Baden-WürttembergV8th
2012–13Oberliga Baden-WürttembergV7th
2013–14Oberliga Baden-WürttembergV7th
2014–15Oberliga Baden-WürttembergV9th
2015–16Oberliga Baden-WürttembergV11th
2016–17Oberliga Baden-WürttembergV9th
2017–18Oberliga Baden-WürttembergV7th
2018–19Oberliga Baden-WürttembergV9th

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