SpVgg SV Weiden, formerly just SpVgg Weiden, is a German football club from the city of Weiden, Bavaria.

Playing in the tier-four Regionalliga Süd in 2010–11, the club had to declare insolvency after being more than Euro 1 million in debt. Unable to raise enough funds to continue competing in the league, Weiden declared on 30 November 2010 that it would withdraw its Regionalliga team and thereby automatically be relegated. All games for the club in the 2010–11 season were declared void.Insolvenz: SpVgg Weiden gibt auf www.sport1.de, published: 30 November 2010, accessed: 12 December 2010

History

The side originated with the 1912 establishment of a football department in the gymnastics club Turnerbund Weiden. The footballers became independent on 19 January 1924 and enjoyed some early success in capturing local titles in 1924 and 1931, gaining promotion to the Bezirksliga Bayern for one season. Between 1929 and 1934 they were united with Fußball Club Windischeschenbach to play as SpVgg Weiden-Windischeschenbach. In 1934, the team qualified to play in the Gauliga Bayern, one of sixteen top flight divisions formed in the 1933 re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. They were relegated to lower level play after just one season, but returned to the Gauliga in 1941 in a union with Reichsbahn SV Weiden as part of the combined wartime side Reichsbahn Sport- und Spielvereinigung Weiden. This club remained in the top flight until the end of World War II.

Following the war the side resumed play as SpVgg Weiden and slipped to lower-tier football before making a comeback in the Landesliga Bayern (II) in 1947, making a fleeting single season appearance in second division play in 1954–55. In between, the club played in the Amateurliga Bayern (III), generally as a top side with good results.Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 publisher: DSFS, published: 1997, page: 93, accessed: 14 June 2009

The club failed to qualify for the new single-division Amateurliga Bayern and had to enter the new tier-four Landesliga Bayern-Mitte instead. It took out the league title there and advanced to the tier-two Regionalliga Süd in its first season back in the Amateurliga. Weiden only managed one season in the Regionalliga and was back in the Amateurliga in 1966. It remained a strong side there, taking out second places in 1971 and 1972 but, in 1975, it found itself relegated.Die Bayernliga 1945–1997 publisher: DSFS, published: 1997, page: 168, accessed: 14 June 2009

From 1977 to 1981, the club fell as far as the tier-five Bezirksliga but then returned to the Landesliga and, from there, back to what was now the Amateur Oberliga Bayern in 1985.

From the mid-80s on into the mid-90s the club played as a third division side and, following league re-structuring, carried on in what became the fourth tier Oberliga Bayern. Early in the 90s the team made first round appearances in German Cup play (1991 and 1992). After faltering briefly Weiden returned to Oberliga play on the strength of a Landesliga Bayern-Mitte (V) title in 2006. In the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons, the club finished eight in this league in both years. The 2008–09 season proved a very successful one for the club, winning the league and earning promotion to the Regionalliga Süd, a league it hasn't played in since 1966. It only lasted for two seasons at this level, declaring insolvency and thereby being automatically relegated and its record expunged.Regionalliga Süd table Weltfussball.de, accessed: 30 April 2011 The club reformed as SpVgg Weiden 2010 and continued to field a team in the Landesliga in 2010–11, with the reserve team being elevated to first team status but suffering relegation. The club however fulfilled the qualifying norms of the Bavarian Football Association to continue on in the tier below, the Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz rather than to reform in the lowest division.SpVgg Weiden steuert ruhigeren Zeiten entgegen fupa.net, accessed: 4 June 2011

At the end of the 2011–12 season the club qualified directly for the newly expanded Landesliga after finishing third in the Bezirksoberliga.Das war die Relegation 2012 auf Verbandsebene fupa.net, published: 7 June 2012, accessed 8 June 2012 The following season the club took out the championship in the Landesliga in convincing fashion with a 30-point gap to the second placed team and 33 wins in 38 games, thereby earning promotion back to the Bayernliga. Back in the Bayernliga the club finished fifth in 2013–14.

SpVgg Weiden has historically fielded a strong youth program. In 2010, its C-Junior (Under 15) team featured in the Las Vegas Mayor's Cup International Soccer Tournament, one of the top youth football tournaments in the United States.

Stadium SpVgg Weiden plays in the Stadion am Wasserwerk, opened in 1928 and renovated in 2009 (capacity 7,600, with 1,000 covered seats). A record 15,000 fans took in a 1967 match against SSV Jahn Regensburg (0–3).

Honours The club's honours:

League Upper Palatinate/Lower Bavaria championship Champions: (3) 1934, 1940, 1941 Bayernliga (V) Champions: (3) 1954 (south), 1965, 2009 Runners-up: (2) 1971, 1972 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte (V) Champions: (5) 1954, 1964, 1985, 1988, 2006 Runners-up: 1995 Landesliga Bayern-Nordost Champions: 2013

Cup Bavarian Cup Winner: 2009 Runners-up: 2015 Oberpfalz Cup Winner: (3) 1996, 1997, 2009

Youth Bavarian Under 19 championship Runners-up: 1962

Recent managers Recent managers of the club:SpVgg Weiden .:. Trainer von A-Z weltfussball.de, accessed: 30 April 2011 Manager Start Finish Horst Will 1 July 2006 30 June 2007 Norbert Schlegel 1 July 2007 29 November 2007 Gino Lettieri 11 December 2007 9 February 2010 Miloslav Janovsky 10 February 2010 30 June 2010 Günter Güttler 1 July 2010 31 December 2010Andreas Schumacher ? 11 December 2011 Christian Stadler 14 December 2011 30 June 2015 Tomáš Galásek 1 July 2015 17 October 2016 Franz Koller 2 November 2016 30 June 2017 Stefan Fink 1 July 2017 30 March 2018 Florian Schrepel 1 April 2018 30 June 2018 Andreas Scheler 1 July 2018 29 June 2022 Rüdiger Fuhrmann 1 July 2022 Present

Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Historical German domestic league tablesFussball.de – Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues

SpVgg Weiden Season Division Tier Position 1999–2000 Bayernliga IV 6th 2000–01 Bayernliga 3rd 2001–02 Bayernliga 12th 2002–03 Bayernliga 10th 2003–04 Bayernliga 13th 2004–05 Bayernliga 17th ↓ 2005–06 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte V 1st ↑ 2006–07 Bayernliga IV 8th 2007–08 Bayernliga 8th 2008–09 Bayernliga V 1st ↑ 2009–10 Regionalliga Süd IV 10th 2010–11 Regionalliga Süd 18th ↓ 2011–12 Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz VII 3rd ↑ 2012–13 Landesliga Bayern-Nordost VI 1st ↑ 2013–14 Bayernliga Nord V 5th 2014–15 Bayernliga Nord 4th 2015–16 Bayernliga Nord 5th 2016–17 Bayernliga Nord 14th 2017–18 Bayernliga Nord 14th ↓ 2018–19 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte VI 3rd 2019–21 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 2nd 2021–22 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 1st ↑ 2022–23 Bayernliga Nord V

SpVgg Weiden II Season Division Tier Position 1999–2000 Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Nord VI 3rd 2000–01 Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Nord 7th 2001–02 Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Nord 6th 2002–03 Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Nord 10th 2003–04 Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Nord 13th ↓ 2004–05 Kreisliga Amberg-Weiden VII 4th 2005–06 Kreisliga Amberg-Weiden 8th 2006–07 Kreisliga Amberg-Weiden Nord 1st ↑ 2007–08 Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Nord VII 1st ↑ 2008–09 Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz 2nd ↑ 2009–10 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte VI 12th 2010–11 Landesliga Bayern-Mitte 18th ↓ 2011–12 did not compete 2012–13 Kreisklasse Amberg-Weiden West IX 1st ↑ 2013–14 Kreisliga Amberg-Weiden Nord VIII 1st ↑ 2014–15 Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Nord VII 14th ↓ 2015–16 Kreisliga Amberg-Weiden NordVIII 5th 2016–17 Kreisliga Amberg-Weiden Nord 2nd 2017–18 Kreisliga Amberg-Weiden Nord 2nd 2018–19 Kreisliga Amberg-Weiden Nord 1st ↑ 2019–21 Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-NordVII 8th 2021–22 Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Nord 7th 2022–23 Bezirksliga Oberpfalz-Nord

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 onward were elevated one tier.

↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated

DFB Cup appearances The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup three times, the most recent in 2009: Season Round Date Home Away Result Attendance DFB-Pokal 1990–91 First round 4 August 1990 SpVgg Weiden SV Werder Bremen 1–2 DFB-Pokal 1991–92 First round 1 August 1991 SpVgg Weiden SV Darmstadt 98 1–2 aet DFB-Pokal 2009–10 First roundDFB-Pokal 2009/2010 .:. 1. Runde: SpVgg Weiden vs Borussia Dortmund Weltfussball.de, accessed: 16 July 2011 1 August 2009 SpVgg Weiden Borussia Dortmund 1–3 9,765

References

Sources Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag

External links

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv – historical German domestic league tables SpVgg Weiden profile at Weltfussball.de