MSV Duisburg

MSV Duisburg
Full name	Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg
Nickname(s)	Die Zebras (The Zebras)
Founded	1902; 119 years ago
Ground	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Capacity	31,514
Manager	Pavel Dochev
League	3. Liga
2020–21	3. Liga, 15th of 20
Website	Club website
	Current season

Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (German pronunciation: [ʔɛm ʔɛs faʊ ˈdyːsbʊɐ̯k]), is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed Die Zebras for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of the Bundesliga when it was formed in 1963, although they are now playing in the third tier of German football.

History[]

Historical chart of MSV Duisburg league performance after WWII

Early years[]

The club was founded in 1902 as Meidericher Spielverein, representing the city of Meiderich, which became a district of Duisburg in 1905. In 1905, they absorbed the club Sport Club Viktoria Meiderich. In 1967, they took on their current name, acknowledging their role as the city's most popular and successful side.

While Duisburg has always been a competitive side, real success has so far eluded them. Early in their history, they captured a number of local championships, and even enjoyed a pair of undefeated seasons (1913–14) when they scored 113 goals while only giving up 12. In 1929, they won the first Niederrhein championship and qualified for the first time for the national championship rounds, repeating the feat in 1931.

However, the club then went into a tailspin from which they did not really recover until the 1950s, when they began once again to field competitive sides. During World War II, the club came close to folding, but returned to play after the war emerging as city champions in 1946. In 1951, Duisburg earned promotion to the top-flight Oberliga West with their first-place finish in the 2. Oberliga West. The Oberliga West was the most competitive division of German football at the time, and except for the 1954–55 season, Duisburg would play first division football there right up to the time of the formation of the Bundesliga.

Entry to the Bundesliga[]

Historical logos of MSV Duisburg.

Former logo of MSV Duisburg.

The club's play was good enough to earn a place as one of the original 16 teams in Germany's new professional league, the Bundesliga, in 1963. That first season was their most successful as they finished second, behind champions 1. FC Köln. The "Zebras" spent nearly 20 years in the upper league before slipping to the 2. Bundesliga in 1982–83 and then becoming one of German football's "elevator teams", named for their frequent up and down moves between divisions. Even so, they managed another eight seasons in the Bundesliga over two-and-half decades.

Current[]

MSV Duisburg won promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2007–08 season by way of a third-place finish in the 2. Bundesliga, behind Karlsruher SC and Hansa Rostock. Duisburg defeated Rot-Weiss Essen in a dramatic contest on the last day of the season 3–0, which secured their promotion for the fifth time in the last two decades while relegating Essen. However, the club fared poorly in top flight play and was again relegated after an 18th-place result. In 2008–09, they focused on the re-promotion, but although they lost under their new coach Peter Neururer only two times and were unbeaten in 12 matches since his taking office, they missed the promotion. During the next season, they focused on the promotion again, but after a heavy 0–5 defeat in the DFB-Pokal against FC Augsburg, Neururer was sacked. On 2 November 2009, Milan Šašić was presented as new coach. The Croat became the third foreign coach in the club history. They finished the season like the previous one, sixth in the league table.

In 2010–11, MSV Duisburg surprisingly reached their fourth DFB-Pokal Final—after 1966, 1975 and 1998—where they played against Schalke 04. The game was lopsided, with MSV Duisburg conceding early on, and the game ultimately finishing 5–0 in favour of Schalke.

After being demoted to the 3. Liga in 2013, Duisburg was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga for the 2015–16 season. The team placed 16th and lost the playoffs, therefore the team was dropped back to the 3. Liga for the 2016–17 season. They won the 3. Liga and were again promoted to the 2. Bundesliga next season.

Recent seasons[]

Year	Division	Tier	Position
1963–64^[1]	1. Bundesliga	I	2nd
1964–65	1. Bundesliga		7th
1965–66	1. Bundesliga		8th
1966–67	1. Bundesliga		11th
1967–68	1. Bundesliga		7th
1968–69	1. Bundesliga		12th
1969–70	1. Bundesliga		15th
1970–71	1. Bundesliga		7th
1971–72	1. Bundesliga		14th
1972–73	1. Bundesliga		10th
1973–74	1. Bundesliga		15th
1974–75	1. Bundesliga		14th
1975–76	1. Bundesliga		10th
1976–77	1. Bundesliga		9th
1977–78	1. Bundesliga		6th
1978–79	1. Bundesliga		13th
1979–80	1. Bundesliga		14th
1980–81	1. Bundesliga		12th
1981–82	1. Bundesliga		18th ↓
1982–83	2. Bundesliga	II	11th
1983–84	2. Bundesliga		3rd
1984–85	2. Bundesliga		13th
1985–86	2. Bundesliga		20th ↓
1986–87	Oberliga Nordrhein	III	2nd
1987–88	Oberliga Nordrhein		1st
1988–89	Oberliga Nordrhein		1st ↑
1989–90	2. Bundesliga	II	10th
1990–91	2. Bundesliga	II	2nd ↑
1991–92	1. Bundesliga	I	19th ↓
1992–93	2. Bundesliga	II	2nd ↑
1993–94	1. Bundesliga	I	9th
1994–95	1. Bundesliga	I	17th ↓
1995–96	2. Bundesliga	II	3rd ↑
1996–97	1. Bundesliga	I	9th
1997–98	1. Bundesliga		8th
1998–99	1. Bundesliga		8th
1999–2000	Bundesliga		18th ↓
2000–01	2. Bundesliga	II	11th
2001–02	2. Bundesliga		11th
2002–03	2. Bundesliga		8th
2003–04	2. Bundesliga		7th
2004–05	2. Bundesliga		2nd ↑
2005–06	Bundesliga	I	18th ↓
2006–07	2. Bundesliga	II	3rd ↑
2007–08	Bundesliga	I	18th ↓
2008–09	2. Bundesliga	II	6th
2009–10	2. Bundesliga		6th
2010–11	2. Bundesliga		8th
2011–12	2. Bundesliga		10th
2012–13	2. Bundesliga		11th ↓↓
2013–14	3. Liga	III	7th
2014–15	3. Liga	III	2nd ↑
2015–16	2. Bundesliga	II	16th ↓
2016–17	3. Liga	III	1st ↑
2017–18	2. Bundesliga	II	7th
2018–19	2. Bundesliga	II	18th ↓
2019–20	3. Liga	III	5th
2020–21	3. Liga		15th
2021–22	3. Liga

Key

↑ Promoted	↓ Relegated

Honours[]

League

Bundesliga
- Runners-up: 1963–64
3. Liga (III)
- Champions: 2016–17
2. Oberliga West (II)
- Champions: 1951
Oberliga Nordrhein (III)
- Champions: 1987–88, 1988–89

Cup

DFB-Pokal
- Finalists: 1965–66, 1974–75, 1997–98, 2010–11
Lower Rhine Cup (Tiers III–below)
- Winners: 2013–14, 2016–17

Amateur/Youth teams

German amateur championship
- Winners: 1986–87
German Under 19 championship
- Winners: 1971–72, 1976–77, 1977–78

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 28 August 2021^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Leo Weinkauf (on loan from Hannover 96)
3	DF	GER	Dominik Schmidt
4	DF	GER	Dominic Volkmer
5	DF	GER	Leroy Kwadwo
6	MF	GER	Marvin Bakalorz
7	MF	GER	Kolja Pusch
8	MF	ROU	Darius Ghindovean
9	MF	GER	Alaa Bakir
10	MF	GER	Moritz Stoppelkamp (Captain)
11	FW	MAR	Aziz Bouhaddouz
13	FW	GER	Julian Hettwer
14	DF	BUL	Stefan Velkov
15	DF	GER	Tobias Fleckstein


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	GER	Chinedu Ekene
20	MF	GER	Marvin Ajani
21	DF	VEN	Rolf Feltscher
22	MF	GER	Rudolf Ndualu
23	MF	GER	Niclas Stierlin
24	GK	GER	Roman Schabbing
26	DF	GER	Vincent Gembalies
27	DF	GER	Niko Bretschneider
28	DF	GER	Oliver Steurer
29	FW	SUI	Orhan Ademi
30	GK	BEL	Jo Coppens
37	MF	GER	Marlon Frey

Second team squad[]

Manager history[]

Hermann Lindemann (1955–1957)
Rudi Gutendorf (1963–1965)
(1965)
Hermann Eppenhoff (1965–1967)
Gyula Lóránt (1967–1968)
Robert Gebhardt (1968–1970)
Rudolf Fassnacht (1970–1973)
Willibert Kremer (1973–1976)
Rolf Schafstall (1976)
Otto Knefler (1976–1977)
Carl-Heinz Rühl (1977–1978)
Rolf Schafstall (1978–1979)
Heinz Höher (1979–1980)
(1980–1981)
Kuno Klötzer (1981–1982)
Siegfried Melzig (1982–1983)
(1983–1985)

Günter Preuß (1985)
(1985–1986)
(1986)
Detlef Pirsig (1986–1989)
Willibert Kremer (1989–1992)
Uwe Reinders (1992–1993)
Ewald Lienen (1993–1994)
Hans Bongartz (1994–1996)
Friedhelm Funkel (1996–2000)
Josef Eichkorn (2000)
Wolfgang Frank (2000)
Josef Eichkorn (2000–2001)
Pierre Littbarski (2001–2002)
Bernard Dietz (2002–2003, caretaker)
Norbert Meier (2003–2005)
Heiko Scholz (2005, caretaker)
Jürgen Kohler (2006)

Heiko Scholz (2006, caretaker)
Rudi Bommer (2006–2008)
Heiko Scholz (2008, caretaker)
Peter Neururer (2008–2009)
(2009, caretaker)
Milan Šašić (2009–2011)
Oliver Reck (2011–2012)
Ivica Grlić (2012, caretaker)
Kosta Runjaić (2012–2013)
Karsten Baumann (2013–2014)
Gino Lettieri (2014–2015)
Iliya Gruev (2015–2018)
Torsten Lieberknecht (2018–2020)
Gino Lettieri (2020–2021)
(2021, caretaker)
Pavel Dochev (2021)

Women's section[]

In popular culture[]

Tatort, a popular crime series in Germany, features an episode entitled [de] (Blood of Two Kinds) which deals with a murder in the MSV Duisburg hooligan scene. In one scene, Inspector Horst Schimanski is beaten to a pulp and dragged naked into the centre circle of the Wedaustadion.

References[]

^ 30 Jahre Bundesliga, DFB special edition booklet
^ Team

External links[]

Official website

[1] 30 Jahre Bundesliga, DFB special edition booklet

[2] Team

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