SV Elversberg

Sportvereinigung 07 Elversberg e. V., is a professional German association football club, located in Spiesen-Elversberg, Saarland. The club competes in the Bundesliga, the highest tier of the German football league system, after promotion at the end of the 2025–26 season.

History

The club was founded in 1907 as FC Germania Elversberg. It was dissolved in 1914, but then re-constituted in 1918 as Sportvereinigung VfB Elversberg, spending a season in the tier-one Kreisliga Saar in 1921–22. After World War II a number of local associations came together to form Sportgemeinde Elversberg. The current club became independent of SG as SV Elversberg VfB 07 in 1952. From 1951 to 1960 SV played in the Amateurliga Saarland (III), but then dropped into tier IV and V football until 1980 when they re-emerged in the Amateur Oberliga Südwest (III) for a span of seven seasons. After nearly another decade spent between the Verbandsliga Saarland (IV) and the Landesliga Saarland/Nordost (V) the club returned to tier III football in the Regionalliga West/Südwest.

Since 1998, SV Elversberg has played in the Regionalliga Süd (III) as a lower table side. For the 2008–09 season, the club belonged to the new Regionalliga West where it stayed until 2012 when it became part of the new Regionalliga Südwest. In 2012–13, the club finished runners-up in the new league and qualified for the promotion play-off to the 3. Liga where it overcame the reserve team of TSV 1860 München to earn promotion to this league.

SV Elversberg lasted for only one season in the 3. Liga, suffering relegation alongside fellow Saar side 1. FC Saarbrücken back to the Regionalliga. They finished runners-up in the Regionalliga Südwest in 2015–16 but lost to FSV Zwickau in the promotion play-off and had to remain in the league. The following season, they won the league but were denied promotion by SpVgg Unterhaching, who beat them 5–2 on aggregate in another promotion play-off.

In the 2021–22 season, SV Elversberg won the Regionalliga Südwest under coach Horst Steffen, earning promotion to the 3. Liga. The club continued their rise by winning the 3. Liga in 2022–23, securing historic promotion to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time ever in history on 21 May 2023, before they managed to win the league on the final matchday following a 2–1 victory over Ingolstadt. In their debut 2. Bundesliga season, they finished 11th, solidifying their status in the league. In the 2024–25 season, SV Elversberg secured third place in the 2. Bundesliga, earning a spot in the promotion play-offs against 1. FC Heidenheim, who had finished 16th in the Bundesliga. However, they were defeated 4–3 on aggregate, following a 2–1 home loss that was sealed in stoppage time. In the 2025–26 season, the club earned promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time in their history from next season after finishing as runners-up, following a 3–0 victory over Preußen Münster on the final matchday.

Players Current squad

Coaching staff Position Name Head coach Vincent Wagner Assistant coach Mike Frantz Patrick Henle Pascal Bieler Goalkeeper coach Sascha Purket Athletic coach Tobias Tröß Rehabilitation trainer Michael Schwerhoff Video analyst Franz Dietrich Marko Rieke Equipment manager Volker Lefebre Team manager Daniel Ocvirk Head physiotherapist Melanie Hubert Physiotherapist Ricardo Bernardy Julian Brans Robin Maier Team doctor Dr. Frank Krämer

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:SV 07 Elversberg .:. Trainer von A-Z weltfussball.de. Retrieved 14 July 2012

Manager Start Finish Brent Goulet 13 April 2004 10 March 2008 Đurađ Vasić 11 March 2008 6 October 2009 Günter Erhardt 15 October 2009 26 September 2011 Jens Kiefer 27 September 2011 22 August 2013 Dietmar Hirsch 2 September 2013 14 April 2014 Roland Seitz 14 April 2014 31 May 2014 Willi Kronhardt 1 June 2014 7 May 2015 Stefan Minkwitz 7 May 2015 30 June 2015 Michael Wiesinger 1 July 2015 30 June 2017 Karsten Neitzel 1 July 2017 11 March 2018 Roland Seitz 11 March 2018 29 October 2018 Horst Steffen 1 November 2018 29 May 2025 Vincent Wagner 1 July 2025 present

Honours

League 2. Bundesliga Runner-up: 2026 3. Liga Champions: 2023 Regionalliga Südwest (IV) Champions: 2017, 2022 Runners-up: 2013, 2016 Oberliga Südwest (IV) Champions: 1996, 1998 Verbandsliga Saarland (IV) Champions: 1980, 1994, 2008 (reserve team)

Cup Saarland Cup Winners: 2009, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Runners-up: 1979, 1982, 2004, 2014, 2016, 2019

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 leaguesSV Elversberg II Fussball.de. Retrieved 4 November 2015

SV Elversberg Season Division Tier Position 1999–2000 Regionalliga West/Südwest III 12th 2000–01 Regionalliga Süd 14th 2001–02 Regionalliga Süd 11th 2002–03 Regionalliga Süd 14th 2003–04 Regionalliga Süd 12th 2004–05 Regionalliga Süd 10th 2005–06 Regionalliga Süd 9th 2006–07 Regionalliga Süd 9th 2007–08 Regionalliga Süd 15th 2008–09 Regionalliga West IV 11th 2009–10 Regionalliga West 7th 2010–11 Regionalliga West 12th 2011–12 Regionalliga West 13th 2012–13 Regionalliga Südwest 2nd ↑ 2013–14 3. Liga III 18th ↓ 2014–15 Regionalliga Südwest IV 3rd 2015–16 Regionalliga Südwest 2nd 2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest 1st 2017–18 Regionalliga Südwest 5th 2018–19 Regionalliga Südwest 4th 2019–20 Regionalliga Südwest 3rd 2020–21 Regionalliga Südwest 2nd 2021–22 Regionalliga Südwest1st ↑ 2022–23 3. Liga III1st ↑ 2023–24 2. Bundesliga II 11th 2024–25 2. Bundesliga 3rd 2025–26 2. Bundesliga2nd ↑ 2026–27 Bundesliga I

SV Elversberg II Season Division Tier Position Kreisliga A Höcherberg VIII 1st ↑ 2004–05 Bezirksliga Ost VII 2nd 2005–06 Bezirksliga Ost 1st ↑ 2006–07 Landesliga Nordost VI 1st ↑ 2007–08 Verbandsliga Saarland V 1st ↑ 2008–09 Oberliga Südwest 16th 2009–10 Oberliga Südwest 10th 2010–11 Oberliga Südwest 9th 2011–12 Oberliga Südwest 12th 2012–13 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 15th 2013–14 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 5th 2014–15 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 9th 2015–16 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 16th ↓ 2016–17 SaarlandligaVI 10th 2017–18 Saarlandliga 11th 2018–19 Saarlandliga 1st ↑ 2019–20 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar V 3rd 2020–21 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar (South) V 6th 2021–22 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar (South Relegation Group) V 4th 2022–23 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar (South Relegation Group) V 12th ↓ 2023–24 Saarlandliga VI 15th 2024–25 Saarlandliga VI 14th 2025–26 Saarlandliga VI 1st ↑ 2026–27 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar V

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.

Key ↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated

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