The Karlsruher SV Rugby is a German rugby union club from Karlsruhe, currently playing in the 2. Rugby-Bundesliga. It is part of a larger club, the Karlsruher SV, which also offers other sports like tennis and association football.
History The KSV was formed in 1991 through a merger of to local clubs, the FC Nordstern Rintheim, formed 1909, and the FC Waldstadt, formed in 1962.Der Karlsruher Sportverein - Historisches KSV website - History, accessed: 8 April 2010
The clubs rugby department achieved promotion to the 2. Rugby-Bundesliga from the Rugby-Regionalliga in 2003, finishing fifth in the new league in its first season there.
The second season ended with relegation back to the Regionalliga and it took the club until 2009, to return to the second division. Hopelessly outclassed at this level, the club withdrew its team from the competition at the winter break, KSV therefore being automatically relegated from the league.TotalRugby Review 2. Bundesliga: 12. Spieltag totalrugby.de, published: 28 March 2010, accessed: 30 March 2010 In 2010-11 KSV made a new start playing in the lowest league, the Rugby-Verbandsliga Baden-Württemberg, the fifth division, to rebuild and restructure the squad and management of the rugby department. In 2011-12 the team played in the Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg and finished in 2nd place. Since the 2012-13 season KSV plays in the 3rd Liga South/West. They finished the 2015-2016 Season in 2nd place and got repromoted to the 2. Rugby-Bundesliga, after winning the Playoff-Games against RC Unterföhring.
Women's team
The Women's team is currently competing in the german-Rugby sevens-championship for women.
Club honours Rugby-Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg Champions: 2009
Recent seasons Recent seasons of the club:RugbyWeb Ergebnisarchiv rugbyweb.de - Results archive, accessed: 24 July 2012 Year Division Position 2001-02 Rugby-Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg (III) 6th 2002-03 Rugby-Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg 4th—Promoted 2003-04 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West (II) 5th 2004-05 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West 9th—Relegated 2005-08 did not compete 1 2008–09 Rugby-Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg (III) 1st—Promoted 2009–10 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West (II) 10th—Relegated 2010–11 Verbandsliga Baden-Württemberg (V) ? 2011–12 Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg (IV) 2nd—Promoted 2012–13 3rd Liga South/West—South (III) 2nd—Semi finals 2013–14 3rd Liga South/West—South 3rd — Quarter finals 2014–15 3rd Liga South/West—South 4th 2015–16 3rd Liga South/West—South 2nd—Promoted 2016–17 2. Rugby-Bundesliga - 1 From 2005 to 2008, the club did not field an independent team but rather played in a partnership with clubs from Heidelberg and Pforzheim
References
External links Official website Karlsruher SV club info at totalrugby.de