SV Drochtersen/Assel is a German association football club from the municipality of Drochtersen, Lower Saxony. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier four Regionalliga Nord in 2015 after winning the Niedersachsenliga.
History The club was formed in 1977 in a merger of the football departments of two local clubs, VTV Assel and TVG Drochtersen. First, unsuccessful attempts to combine the two had already been made three years earlier but were voted down by the members of VTV. It took until 1985 to see the new club having some success when it won promotion to the Bezirksliga. From there the club rose to the Bezirksoberliga Lüneburg, now the Landesliga, in 1987. After an era of success the club declined again in the late 1990s, suffering relegation down to the Bezirksliga in 1997. In 2001 the club returned to what was now the Landesliga Lüneburg.Geschichte SV Drochtersen/Assel website — Club history, accessed: 21 May 2015
A runners-up finish in the Landesliga in 2004–05 took SV Drochtersen/Assel up to the tier five Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-Ost where it played as a lower table side for the next three seasons. In 2008, with the disbanding of the Oberliga Nord, the league was renamed to Oberliga Niedersachsen-Ost. Drochtersen/Assel achieved two upper table finishes in the league in the next two seasons. A seventh place in 2009–10 qualified the club for the now single division Oberliga but a 17th place in 2010–11 meant it had to drop down to the Landesliga again.
Winning a championship in the Landesliga Lüneburg in 2011–12 took the club back up to the Niedersachsenliga. After three seasons at this level the club won the league in 2014–15 and earned promotion to the Regionalliga Nord.
After winning the Lower Saxony Cup in 2018, SV Drochtersen/Assel qualified for the DFB-Pokal. In the first round, they were drawn at home against Bayern Munich – winner of the previous six Bundesliga titles – and lost by a sole goal from Robert Lewandowski in the last ten minutes.
In 2019, they won the Lower Saxony Cup again, qualifying for their third participation in the DFB-Pokal in four years. They were beaten 5–0 by Schalke in the first round.
Current squad
Honours The club's honours: Niedersachsenliga (V) Champions: 2015 Landesliga Lüneburg (VI) Champions: 2012 Runners-up: 2005 Lower Saxony Cup Winners: 2016, 2018, 2019
Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Historic German football league tables Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 21 May 2015SV Drochtersen/Assel at Fussball.de accessed: 4 August 2019
Season Division Tier Position 2001–02 Landesliga Lüneburg VI 8th 2002–03 Landesliga Lüneburg 10th 2003–04 Landesliga Lüneburg 11th 2004–05 Landesliga Lüneburg 2nd ↑ 2005–06 Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-Ost V 12th 2006–07 Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-Ost 9th 2007–08 Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-Ost 11th 2008–09 Oberliga Niedersachsen-Ost 4th 2009–10 Oberliga Niedersachsen-Ost 7th 2010–11 Niedersachsenliga 17th ↓ 2011–12 Landesliga Lüneburg VI 1st ↑ 2012–13 Niedersachsenliga V 5th 2013–14 Niedersachsenliga 6th 2014–15 Niedersachsenliga 1st ↑ 2015–16 Regionalliga NordIV 4th 2016–17 Regionalliga Nord 9th 2017–18 Regionalliga Nord 12th 2018–19 Regionalliga Nord 5th 2019–20 Regionalliga Nord 4th 2020–21 Regionalliga Nord 3rd (North region) 2021–22 Regionalliga Nord 14th 2022–23 Regionalliga Nord 8th 2023–24 Regionalliga Nord 4th 2024–25 Regionalliga Nord 3rd 2025–26 Regionalliga Nord 2nd 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 disbanding of the Oberliga Nord in 2008 the two Verbandsligas Ost and West in Niedersachsen were elevated to Oberliga status. From 2010 onwards the Oberliga Niedersachsen, commonly referred to as Niedersachsenliga, has been played in single division format.
Key ↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
References
External links Official team site SV Drochtersen/Assel at Weltfussball.de