SpVgg Bayreuth

SpVgg Bayreuth

Full name	Spielvereinigung Oberfranken Bayreuth 1921 e.V.
Nickname(s)	Die Altstädter (the Oldtowners)
Founded	1921
Ground	Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion
Capacity	21,500
Manager	Timo Rost
League	Regionalliga Bayern (IV)
2019–21	3rd
Home colours Away colours

SpVgg Bayreuth is a German football club based in Bayreuth, Bavaria. Apart from coming within two games of earning promotion to the Bundesliga in 1979, the club also reached the quarter finals of the DFB-Pokal twice, in 1977 and 1980.

History[]

1921 to 1945[]

Founded in 1921 when the side left gymnastics oriented sport club TuSpo Bayreuth, SpVgg Bayreuth was one of many clubs banned and replaced with a state-sanctioned organization in 1933 during the Nazi campaign against existing sports and other social organizations. A handful of club members reformed a rump side called FSV Bayreuth to carry on the activities of the original association. This team was made up largely of soldiers stationed locally, which resulted in a constantly changing lineup as they were transferred in and out of the area. The old club was quickly resurrected after World War II.

1945 to 1963[]

The club initially stood in the shadow of two local rivals, FC Bayreuth and VfB Bayreuth, with the later taking out the Amateurliga Nordbayern (III) title in 1956. SpVgg had earned promotion to this league in 1954, having won the 2. Amateurliga Oberfranken-West title that year and then dominated its promotion round.^[1]

The club achieved good results in the Bayernliga and managed to win its division in 1959. The team then went on to beat southern champions Schwaben Augsburg in the finals for the Bavarian title.^[2] As the Bavarian champions, the club was entitled to enter the promotion round to the 2. Oberliga Süd, where it had to overcome VfR Pforzheim 2–1 after extra time in a narrow decider for promotion to the second division.^[3]

The club spent three seasons in the second tier of Southern German football, achieving a remarkable fifth place in its first year. The second season was a struggle against relegation and, in the third and last one, it was sent down back to the Bayernliga again.^[4]

A fourth place in the last season before the league reform in 1963 saw the club qualify for the new single-division Amateurliga Bayern from 1963.

1963 to present[]

After the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963, Bayreuth played as a third division team until 1969. Another Amateurliga championship meant promotion to the second tier once more, now the Regionalliga Süd. It proved a short stay and SpVgg was narrowly relegated, losing a decider to ESV Ingolstadt 5–2 after finishing on equal points.^[5]

Back in the Bayernliga, the club won an undisputed championship, losing only two out of their 34 games, 15 points clear of the second-placed Wacker München.^[6] After another difficult first year in the second division, the club established itself in the league, coming fourth in 1973 and fifth in 1974, results that proved enough to qualify for the new 2. Bundesliga Süd.

The club did quite well in the new league and they came close to moving up to the Bundesliga in 1979 after a second-place finish in 2. Bundesliga Süd (the southern division of 2. Bundesliga), but lost in the promotion round 1–1 and 1–2 to Bayer Uerdingen. It managed to qualify for the new single-division 2. Bundesliga in 1981, too, but the first season in this league was very disappointing and the team was relegated to the Oberliga in 1982, having come last.

The team became a top-side in the Oberliga but took until 1985 to take out the league title again and returned to the second division.

Although relegated to Amateur Oberliga Bayern (III) in 1988 and 1989, the team was spared further demotion when clubs that had finished ahead of them were denied licences due to their financial problems. Bayreuth could not evade relegation after a third consecutive poor finish in 1990, and in 1994 slipped further still to the Bayernliga (IV). A strong campaign returned the side to the Regionalliga Süd (III) for 2005–06. The club was denied a license for the Regionalliga in the 2006/07 season and forcibly relegated to the 4th division Bayernliga. The club won the Bayernliga title for a seventh time, building up a convincing margin to the second placed team, and fulfilling the on-the-field qualification to the Regionalliga. On 11 June 2008, the club was refused a licence for this league and has to remain in the Bayernliga.^[7][8] The club's financial trouble however continued, having to declare insolvency on 22 October 2008, despite sitting second in the league.^[9]

In the 2010–11 Bayernliga season, the club unsuccessfully struggled against relegation, dropping down to the Landesliga after a 1–2 extra-time loss to Bayern Hof in a relegation decider.

At the end of the 2011–12 season the club qualified directly for the newly expanded Bayernliga after finishing fourth in the Landesliga.^[10] Two seasons later the club won the league and earned promotion to the Regionalliga Bayern. The club, by then had added the title Oberfranken (Upper Franconia) to its name, relocated some of its home games to nearby Weismain and split from the main club with the help of two regional investors.^[11]

Stadium[]

The club's stadium was originally built in 1967. In 2002 it was renamed the Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion. Hans Walter Wild is the former mayor of Bayreuth. It is due for renovation in the Fall of 2016.^[12]

Current squad[]

As of 28 February 2018^[13]

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 Jonas Hempfling 2 DF  GER Laurin Michaelis 3 DF  GER Richard Schneider 4 DF  GER Thore Dengler 5 MF  CZE Martin Kováč 6 DF  GER Julian Kolbeck 7 FW  GER Patrick Hobsch 9 MF  GER Dominik Schmitt 10 FW  GER Patrick Weimar 11 FW  GER Daniele Bruno 13 FW  GER Tobias Ulbricht 14 MF  GER Chris Wolf

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  UKR Anton Makarenko 17 DF  GER Darius Held 18 MF  GER David Langlois 19 DF  GER Bas Peeters 20 DF  GER Johannes Golla 21 DF  GER Tobias Weber 23 MF  GER Robin Renger 27 FW  CRO Ivan Knezevic 30 GK  GER Florian Veigl 33 FW  GER Hannes Küfner 35 GK  GER Alexander Skowronek 36 MF  GER Kristian Böhnlein

Honours[]

Recent managers[]

Recent managers of the club:^[14]

Manager	Start	Finish
Marco Schmidt	1 July 2000	30 June 2003
Gino Lettieri	11 September 2003	30 June 2006
Norbert Schlegel	1 July 2006	30 June 2007
Klaus Scheer	1 July 2007	30 June 2010
Ingo Walther	1 July 2010	30 June 2011
Wolfgang Mahr	1 July 2011	12 November 2011
Klaus Rodler	12 November 2012	31 December 2011
Klaus Scheer	1 January 2012	16 April 2012
Jürgen Dörfler	16 April 2012	30 June 2012
Heiko Gröger	1 July 2012	30 June 2014
Dieter Kurth	30 June 2014	28 September 2014
Christoph Starke	29 September 2014	20 August 2016
Marc Reinhardt	21 August 2016	29 October 2017
Christian Stadler	30 October 2017	13 May 2018
Josef Albersinger	14 May 2018	3 September 2018
Timo Rost	3 September 2018	Present

Recent seasons[]

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:^[15][16]

• With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the Bayernliga was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onwards were elevated one tier.
• The 2020–21 Regionalliga Bayern season has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, and the original 2019–20 season was extended until spring 2021. In July 2020, the current league leader Türkgücü München was promoted to the 3. Liga and thus suspended from 2019–21 Regionalliga Bayern, and the club's league results have all been annulled. The 2019–21 Regionalliga Bayern champion and participant in the promotion play-offs against the champions of the 2020–21 Regionalliga Nord was determined end of the discontinued season in a double round-robin play-off series with the top three eligible teams Viktoria Aschaffenburg, SpVgg Bayreuth, and 1. FC Schweinfurt 05.

Key[]

↑ Promoted

↓ Relegated

DFB-Pokal appearances[]

The club has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal one quite a number of occasions, reaching the quarter finals in 1979–80 as its best result:

Season	Round	Date	Home	Away	Result	Attendance
1972–73 DFB-Pokal	First round – first leg	10 December 1972	SpVgg Bayreuth	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–2
	First round – second leg	20 December 1972	1. FC Kaiserslautern	SpVgg Bayreuth	4–0
1974–75 DFB-Pokal	First round	7 September 1974	SpVgg Bayreuth	FC Schalke 04	1–2
1975–76 DFB-Pokal	First round	1 August 1975	Karlsruher SC	SpVgg Bayreuth	4–2
1976–77 DFB-Pokal	First round	6 August 1976	Kickers Offenbach	SpVgg Bayreuth	4–4 aet
	First round – replay	1 September 1976	SpVgg Bayreuth	Kickers Offenbach	4–1
	Second round	16 October 1976	SpVgg Bayreuth	SSV Reutlingen	2–1
	Third round	18 December 1976	SpVgg Bayreuth	FV Hassia Bingen	2–1
	Fourth round	8 January 1977	SpVgg Bayreuth	FC Augsburg	2–0
	Quarterfinals	9 February 1977	SpVgg Bayreuth	Rot-Weiß Essen	1–2
1977–78 DFB-Pokal	First round	29 July 1977	FC 08 Villingen	SpVgg Bayreuth	0–1
	Second round	20 August 1977	Itzehoer SV	SpVgg Bayreuth	1–6
	Third round	14 October 1977	Karlsruher SC	SpVgg Bayreuth	2–0
1978–79 DFB-Pokal	First round	4 August 1978		SpVgg Bayreuth	0–5
	Second round	24 September 1978	SpVgg Bayreuth		6–0
	Third round	2 December 1978	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	SpVgg Bayreuth	1–0
1979–80 DFB-Pokal	First round	25 August 1979	SpVgg Bayreuth		5–0
	Second round	29 September 1979	SpVgg Bayreuth	SpVgg Au/Iller	6–0
	Third round	12 January 1980	SpVgg Bayreuth	FC Bayern Munich	1–0	18,000
	Fourth round	16 February 1980	SpVgg Bayreuth	TuS Langerwehe	5–2 aet
	Quarterfinals	6 April 1980	FC Schalke 04	SpVgg Bayreuth	3–1
1980–81 DFB-Pokal	First round	29 August 1980	Borussia Neunkirchen	SpVgg Bayreuth	1–1 aet
	First round – replay	17 September 1980	SpVgg Bayreuth	Borussia Neunkirchen	2–1
	Second round	29 August 1980	SpVgg Bayreuth	VfB Stuttgart	1–3
1981–82 DFB-Pokal	First round	28 August 1981	SpVgg Bayreuth	Bayer Uerdingen	3–1
	Second round	11 October 1981	VfB Stuttgart II	SpVgg Bayreuth	1–2
	Third round	30 December 1981	SpVgg Bayreuth	VfB Oldenburg	2–0
	Fourth round	9 January 1982	SV Werder Bremen	SpVgg Bayreuth	2–0
1982–83 DFB-Pokal	First round	27 August 1982	SpVgg Bayreuth	SpVgg Fürth	3–1
	Second round	15 October 1982	SpVgg Bayreuth	Hertha BSC	0–1
1983–84 DFB-Pokal	First round	28 August 1983	FC Augsburg	SpVgg Bayreuth	2–1 aet
1984–85 DFB-Pokal	First round	1 September 1984	SpVgg Bayreuth	SV Mettlach	7–0
	Second round	13 October 1984	SpVgg Bayreuth	SG Union Solingen	1–2
1986–87 DFB-Pokal	First round	27 August 1986	SpVgg Bayreuth	SG Wattenscheid 09	0–3
1988–89 DFB-Pokal	First round	6 August 1988		SpVgg Bayreuth	0–5
	Second round	24 September 1988	SV Werder Bremen	SpVgg Bayreuth	6–1
1989–90 DFB-Pokal	First round	20 August 1989	1. FC Pforzheim	SpVgg Bayreuth	4–1
1990–91 DFB-Pokal	First round	4 August 1990	SpVgg Bayreuth	Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin	0–3
2006–07 DFB-Pokal	First round	8 September 2006	SpVgg Bayreuth	Kickers Offenbach	0–2
2021–22 DFB-Pokal	First round	7 August 2021	SpVgg Bayreuth	Arminia Bielefeld	3–6	5,000

Source:"DFB-Pokal". Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 29 May 2009.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• The Abseits Guide to German Soccer
• SpVgg Bayreuth at Weltfussball.de