The 2017–18 SSV Jahn Regensburg season is the 111th season in the club's football history. In 2017–18, the club plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the club's first season back in this league, having won promotion from the 3. Liga in 2016–17 after a play-off victory over TSV 1860 Munich.
The club also took part in the 2017–18 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, but was eliminated in the second round.
Events SSV Jahn Regensburg won promotion after beating TSV 1860 Munich in the 2016–17 2. Bundesliga relegation play-offs. The contract of the manager Heiko Herrlich was only valid for the 3. Liga and despite a verbal agreement to continue as manager, Herrlich decided to join Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen instead. On 26 June 2017, Achim Beierlorzer took over as new manager.
In June 2017, the Global Sports Invest AG with CEO Philipp Schober bought 90% of the shares of the SSV Jahn Regensburg GmbH & Co KGaA (the owner of the professional football team) from Bauteam Tretzel, a construction company which is involved in the corruption affair in Regensburg. The management of the club claimed not to be involved in the corruption affair concerning campaign donations for mayor Joachim Wolbergs.
Regensburg did not start well in the season. They lost the first league match to a player's blunder in injury time and also lost the second match. In the first round of the DFB-Pokal, they reached the next round with a victory over fellow league side SV Darmstadt 98. The week after, Regensburg won the first three points in the league in an away match against FC Ingolstadt 04. With only six points from the next eight league matches, Regensburg dropped to the 15th place, the lowest place in the table without relegation. They ware also eliminated in the second round of the DFB-Pokal by fellow league side 1. FC Heidenheim. But the next league matches against the lower placed teams 1. FC Kaiserslautern and SpVgg Greuther Fürth could be won and the Jahn collected ten points until the winter break which earned them a secured spot in the middle of the table.
In September 2017, Bauteam Tretzel withdrew from their contract with the Global Sports Invest and transferred 62% of the shares of the SSV Jahn Regensburg GmbH & Co KGaA to SSV Jahn Regensburg (the club). Finally, the club could acquire all the shares in October 2017.
After the winter break, Regensburg was in a good form and could eventually climb to the fourth place in the table, only two points behind the third place which would qualify them to the promotion play-offs. Nevertheless, they were only nine points ahead of the 16th place which would send them to the relegation play-offs, so they could still not be sure that they avoided relegation. With the 3–1 victory over FC St. Pauli on the 31st matchday, they finally managed to avoid relegation and still had a chance at the promotion play-offs. But they only won one point from the last three matches and finished the league in fifth place. This was the first time that Jahn Regensburg could avoid relegation from the 2. Bundesliga and a great success for the team.
Transfers
In No.Pos.NameAgeEUMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer fee 23 FW Sargis Adamyan No TSV Steinbach Summer 30 June 2019 22 FW Sebastian Stolze Yes VfL Wolfsburg Loan Summer 30 June 2018 N/A 21 FW Jonas Nietfeld Yes FSV Zwickau Summer 30 June 2019 20 FW Albion Vrenezi No FC Augsburg II Summer 30 June 2019 5 DF Benedikt Gimber Yes TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Loan Summer 30 June 2018 N/A 4 DF Asger Sørensen Yes FC Red Bull Salzburg Loan Summer 30 June 2018 N/A 29 FW Joshua Mees Yes TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Loan Summer 30 June 2018 N/A 33 GK André Weis Yes 1. FC Kaiserslautern Loan Summer 30 June 2018 N/A 11 FW Sebastian Freis Yes Free agent Summer 30 June 2019 N/A 25 FW Hamadi Al Ghaddioui Yes Sportfreunde Lotte Winter 30 June 2020
Out No.Pos.NameAgeEUMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer fee 25 MF Erik Thommy Yes FC Augsburg Loan ended Summer N/A 4 DF Thomas Paulus Yes Retirement Summer N/A 32 MF Michael Faber Yes DJK Vilzing Free transfer Summer None 20 MF Kolja Pusch Yes 1. FC Heidenheim Free transfer Summer None 33 DF Robin Urban Yes Rot-Weiss Essen Free transfer Summer None 21 MF Daniel Schöpf Yes Free transfer Summer None 24 MF André Luge Yes FC Augsburg Free transfer Summer None 5 DF Ali Odabas No FSV Zwickau Loan Summer N/A 34 FW Haris Hyseni Yes SV Meppen Loan Summer N/A 11 FW Markus Ziereis Yes TSV 1860 Munich Summer N/A 19 FW Patrik Džalto Yes TuS Koblenz Winter N/A
Preseason and friendlies
Date Kickoff Venue City Opponent Goalscorers SSV Jahn Regensburg Opponent 30 June 2017 18:00 Sportplatz SV Töging Töging FC Augsburg II 2–0 1,000 Adamyan Grüttner 2 July 2017 17:00 Gülchsheim 1. FC Schweinfurt 1–4 Nietfeld Jabiri Krautschneider Kracun 7 July 2017 17:00 Kaulbachweg Regensburg SV Ried 1–4 512 Hoffmann Mayer 9 July 2017 11:30 Bad Gögging SpVgg Niederaichbach 21–1 700 Adamyan Grüttner Nietfeld Stolze Vrenezi Ziereis Džalto Nachreiner Geipl Wischinski 15 July 2017 14:00 Stadion an der Further Straße Cham VfR Aalen 2–3 Grüttner Hoffmann Bär Schorr Morys 21 July 2017 17:00 Ergolding Arsenal F.C. Reserves 5–0 Ziereis Vrenezi Mees Hoffmann Hesse 22 July 2017 15:00 Donaustadion Ulm FC Augsburg 2–1 Adamyan Grüttner Ji 29 August 2017 18:00 Kornburg TSV Kornburg 7–1 Vrenezi Nietfeld Freis George Saller Pasko 30 August 2017 19:00 Stadion am Roten Steg Bad Kötzting 1. FC Bad Kötzting 6–0 800 Grüttner Vrenezi Mees Nietfeld Freis Geipl 4 October 2017 16:30 Sportgelände Tirschenreuth FSV Zwickau 2–1 250 Freis Öztürk 9 November 2017 14:30 Kaulbachweg Regensburg SpVgg Unterhaching 2–0 250 Stolze Hoffmann 6 January 2018 14:00 Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Platz 8 Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena 3–2 about 300 Pannewitz Hoffmann Adamyan Thiele Starke 9 January 2018 14:00 Kaulbachweg Regensburg LASK Linz 3–3 about 250 Al Ghaddioui Stolze Raguž Gartler 13 January 2018 14:00 Mechatronik Arena Großaspach SG Sonnenhof Großaspach 2–0 Mees Grüttner 19 January 2018 14:00 Rechte Saalachzeile 58 Salzburg FC Liefering 5–1 Vrenezi Nietfeld Al Ghaddioui Freis Stolze Niangbo
2. Bundesliga
2. Bundesliga fixtures & results
DateKickoff Opponent Goalscorers Table SSV Jahn Regensburg Opponent 1 29 July 2017 15:30 A Arminia Bielefeld 1–2 17,333 George Staude Šporar 12 0 2 6 August 2017 13:30 H 1. FC Nürnberg 0–1 15,224 (sell-out) Möhwald 15 0 3 20 August 2017 13:30 A FC Ingolstadt 4–2 13,000 Mees George Nietfeld Kittel M. Matip 12 3 4 26 August 2017 13:00 H Holstein Kiel 1–2 8,600 Knoll Schindler Ducksch 14 3 5 8 September 2017 18:30 A 1. FC Heidenheim 3–1 10,500 Knoll Mees Grüttner Widemann 13 6 6 17 September 2017 13:30 H Dynamo Dresden 0–2 14,831 Horvath Aosman 15 6 7 20 September 2017 18:30 A Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–1 19,380 Kujović 16 6 8 23 September 2017 13:00 H Eintracht Braunschweig 2–1 8,432 Grüttner Nietfeld Baffo 12 9 9 1 October 2017 13:30 A SV Sandhausen 0–2 5,502 Höler 14 9 10 15 October 2017 13:30 H Union Berlin 0–2 9,791 Polter Gogia 14 9 11 22 October 2017 13:30 A Erzgebirge Aue 0–1 7,550 Kvesić 15 9 12 28 October 2017 13:00 H 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–1 10,081 Stolze Knoll Moritz 15 12 13 4 November 2017 13:00 H SpVgg Greuther Fürth 3–2 11,100 Adamyan Magyar Magyar Caligiuri 13 15 14 19 November 2017 13:30 A FC St. Pauli 2–2 29,546 Grüttner Adamyan Sobiech Allagui 13 16 15 25 November 2017 13:00 H MSV Duisburg 4–0 9,889 Grüttner Nietfeld Lais Mees 9 19 16 3 December 2017 13:30 A SV Darmstadt 98 1–0 14,650 Grüttner 7 22 17 9 December 2017 13:00 H VfL Bochum 0–1 7,285 Kruse 12 22 18 16 December 2017 13:00 H Arminia Bielefeld 3–2 7,137 Gimber Grüttner Hartherz Voglsammer Kerschbaumer 8 25 19 23 January 2018 20:30 A 1. FC Nürnberg 2–2 26,231 Lais Grüttner Behrens Salli 9 26 20 26 January 2018 18:30 H FC Ingolstadt 3–2 13,010 Wahl Stolze Nietfeld Morales Lezcano 7 29 21 3 February 2018 13:00 A Holstein Kiel 1–1 10,000 Grüttner Ducksch 7 30 22 10 February 2018 13:00 H 1. FC Heidenheim 2–0 8,006 George Grüttner 6 33 23 18 February 2018 13:30 A Dynamo Dresden 0–1 25,003 Berko 8 33 24 23 February 2018 18:30 H Fortuna Düsseldorf 4–3 10,963 Grüttner Nietfeld Knoll Adamyan Hennings Raman Usami 5 36 25 4 March 2018 13:30 A Eintracht Braunschweig 1–2 18,560 Knoll Nyman Hochscheidt 6 36 26 11 March 2018 13:30 H SV Sandhausen 2–1 11,885 Mees Aygüneş 4 39 27 17 March 2018 13:00 A Union Berlin 2–2 21,248 Grüttner Knoll F. Kroos Hosiner 4 40 28 1 April 2018 13:30 H Erzgebirge Aue 1–3 11,707 Knoll Köpke Munsy 5 40 29 8 April 2018 13:00 A 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–1 27,780 Saller Andersson 5 41 30 13 April 2018 18:30 A SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2–1 11,105 George Nandzik 4 44 31 21 April 2018 13:00 H FC St. Pauli 3–1 15,224 (sell-out) Grüttner Adamyan Mees Flum 4 47 32 29 April 2018 13:30 A MSV Duisburg 1–4 15,149 George Nauber Iljutcenko Stoppelkamp Engin 5 47 33 6 May 2018 15:30 H SV Darmstadt 98 0–3 15,210 (sell-out) Jones Ji Kempe 5 47 34 13 May 15:30 A VfL Bochum 1–1 20,811 Grüttner Wurtz 5 48
League table
DFB-Pokal
Date Kickoff Venue City Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers SSV Jahn Regensburg Opponent First round 12 August 2017 18:30 Continental Arena Regensburg SV Darmstadt 98 3–1 8,919 Lais Nietfeld Grüttner Sobiech Second round 25 October 2017 20:45 Continental Arena Regensburg 1. FC Heidenheim 2–5 6,678 Nietfeld Grüttner Thiel Glatzel Pusch
Player information .
Notes A. Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time. B. SSV Jahn Regensburg goals first.
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