1. Göppinger SV is a German association football club from the city of Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg.
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History The team was established on 13 October 1905 as 1. Göppingener Fußballverein and lays claim to being the oldest football club in the city. On 24 April 1920, soon after World War I the club merged with Athletiksportverein 1895 Göppingen and took on its current identity. The origins of predecessor side ASV go back to 11 August 1895 formation of 1. Athletik Klub Göppingen. This club merged with Kraftsportverein Fortuna Göppingen in 1901 to become Athleten-Klub Foruna Göppingen. They adopted the name Athletiksportverein Göppingen early in 1907, and in 1911 merged with Sportclub Göppingen.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag
SV first came to notice in 1934 when they became part of the Gauliga Württemberg, one of 16 top-flight divisions created in the reorganization of German football under the Third Reich a year earlier. The club only spent the 1934–35 and 1936–37 seasons in first division play, being sent down on both occasions after 10th-place finishes. They returned to the Gauliga in 1943, captured the division title, and then went out in the opening round of the national playoffs to KSG Saarbrücken (3–5). The following season was that last before World War II interrupted play across the country.
After the war, Göppingen took up play in the Landesliga Württemberg (II), but was sent down in 1948 after just three seasons. It was not until 1968 that they returned to third-tier competition in the Amateurliga Nordwürttemberg. They finished second and the next year took the division title, which led to their participation in the national amateur championship playoffs. SV moved on to the semifinals where they were eliminated 1–0, 2–1 by SC Jülich 1910.
In league play, a successful promotion playoff advanced SV to the Regionalliga Süd (II) where they found themselves overmatched. They returned to the Amateurliga Nordwürttemberg (III) which later (1980) became the Amateuroberliga Baden-Württemberg (III). They enjoyed a string of strong finishes through the late 70s before slipping away to lower tier local play in the mid-80s. It was during this period that they made appearances in the opening rounds of the German Cup tournament (1975, 1980, 1984). SV played first in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (III) until 1985, then in the Verbandsliga Württemberg (IV) until 1991 and then descended through the Landesliga Württemberg (V) to the Bezirksliga (VI) in 1994. Since 2007, SV have played in the Landesliga Württemberg (VI), from where they earned promotion back to the Verbandsliga in 2009. In 2013–14 and 2014–15 the club finished runners-up in the league and thereby earned the right to compete in the promotion round to the Oberliga. In 2014 it missed out to FC Germania Friedrichstal and, in 2015, to 1. CfR Pforzheim, thereby remaining in the Verbandsliga. Finishing runners-up in the league for a third consecutive time in 2015–16 the club took part in the promotion round once more, this time defeating TSG Weinheim on aggregate and moving up to the Oberliga, ending a 31-year absence for the club.
Current squad
Honours Gauliga Württemberg (I) Champions: 1944 Amateurliga Nordwürttemberg (III) Champions: 1970 Verbandsliga Württemberg Runners-up: 2014, 2015, 2016
Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club: Season Division Tier Position 2003–04 Bezirksliga Neckar/FilsVII 11th 2004–05 Bezirksliga Neckar/Fils 6th 2005–06 Bezirksliga Neckar/Fils 3rd 2006–07 Bezirksliga Neckar/Fils 1st ↑ 2007–08 Landesliga Württemberg II VI 5th 2008–09 Landesliga Württemberg II VII 2nd ↑ 2009–10 Verbandsliga Württemberg VI 8th 2010–11 Verbandsliga Württemberg 4th 2011–12 Verbandsliga Württemberg 3rd 2012–13 Verbandsliga Württemberg 3rd 2013–14 Verbandsliga Württemberg 2nd 2014–15 Verbandsliga Württemberg 2nd 2015–16 Verbandsliga Württemberg 2nd ↑ 2016–17 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg V 7th 2017–18 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 8th 2018–19 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 5th 2019–20 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 2nd 2020–21 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 3rd 2021–22 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 6th 2022–23 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 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.
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
References
External links Official team site Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables