SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. The club was previously known as SV Wehen but added Wiesbaden to its name during the summer of 2007. They left their previous ground, the Taunusstein, that same summer and have played at the BRITA-Arena ever since.

Amateur Football (1926–1994)

The club was founded under the name of SV Wehen 1926 – Taunusstein in 1926 and disbanded by the Nazi government in 1933, although the football department was maintained by playing occasional friendly matches until 1939. The club re-established itself in 1946, following World War II. They operated both first and reserve teams from the beginning, with their first team competing in local amateur division, the B-Klasse Wiesbaden. The club's first youth team was established in 1955 and they subsequently started to use their own talented young players to strengthen the first team. By the mid-1970s, the youth department was split in ten teams with more than 150 players and a women's team was first established in 1984. Wehen won the Hessenpokal in 1988, 1996 and 2000, which gave them berths in the German Cup in those years.

Third Tier and upwards (1994–)

In 1994, the third tier of German football underwent a reform which resulted in the elevation of the Regionalliga. Wehen had finished seventh in the Oberliga Hessen in the previous year and thus became a founding member of the Regionalliga Süd. In spite of its relegation in 1995, the club managed to establish itself in the newly founded league over the next ten years.

At the end of the 2006–07 season, Wehen finished first and earned promotion to the 2.Bundesliga. Its first second-tier season saw the club finish eighth and the inauguration of its current home, Brita-Arena. In spite of a berth in the DFB Pokal quarterfinals, Wehen was relegated to the 3. Liga in 2009, which would remain the club's division for the next ten seasons.

Wehen achieved a third-place finish at the end of the 2018–19 season and thereby qualified for the promotion playoffs to the 2.Bundesliga against FC Ingolstadt. After a 1–2 defeat in their home game, the team managed to carry a 3–2 victory on Ingolstadt's turf. Advancing on away goals, Wehen was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga for only the second time in club history. However, the club experienced a difficult 2019–20 season and finished in 17th place, fielding the league's worst defence with 65 goals conceded. Along with Dynamo Dresden, Wehen were relegated after just one season in the second tier.

On 6 June 2023, Wehen Wiesbaden secured promotion to 2. Bundesliga from 2023 to 2024 after defeating Arminia Bielefeld on aggregate 6–1 in the promotion/relegation play-off matches and returned to the second tier after three years absence.

Honours

League Regionalliga Süd (III) Champions: 2007 Oberliga Hessen (IV) Champions: 1997 Landesliga Hessen-Mitte (IV) Champions: 1989

Cup Hesse Cup (Tiers III–VII) Winners: 1988, 1996, 2000, 2011, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2025, 2026 Runners-up: 1992, 2001, 2003, 2013, 2016

Fans At the beginning of the 2007/08 season, SV Wehen Wiesbaden's first year of professional football, the club only had two official fan clubs: the Halbergtramps and the Psychopathen Wehen 1999. SV Wehen Wiesbaden currently has 15 official fan clubs.

The active fan scene maintains a fan friendship with fans of FC Ingolstadt 04.

Players Current squad

Out on loan

Recent managers Recent managers of the club:SV Wehen Wiesbaden .:. Trainer von A-Z weltfussball.de. Retrieved 10 December 2011 Manager Start Finish Manfred Petz 1 July 1997 12 May 1998 Bruno Hübner 12 May 1998 30 June 1998 Martin Hohmann 1 July 1998 30 October 1998 Werner Orf 1 November 1999 6 May 2000 Gerd Schwickert 7 May 2000 3 November 2002 Djuradj Vasic 4 November 2002 16 October 2006 Christian Hock 17 October 2006 30 June 2007 Djuradj Vasic 2 July 2007 20 August 2007 Christian Hock 21 August 2007 17 December 2008 Wolfgang Frank 19 December 2008 23 March 2009 Hans Werner Moser 24 March 2009 9 February 2010 Gino Lettieri 10 February 2010 15 February 2012 Peter Vollmann February 2012 21 October 2013 Marc Kienle 28 October 2013 12 April 2015 Christian Hock 12 April 2015 30 June 2015 Sven Demandt 1 July 2015 7 March 2016 Torsten Fröhling 14 March 2016 6 February 2017 Rüdiger Rehm 13 February 2017 25 October 2021 Mike Krannich/Nils Döring 25 October 2021 8 November 2021 Markus Kauczinski 8 November 2021 28 April 2024 Nils Döring 28 April 2024 25 October 2025 Frank Steinmetz 25 October 2025 10 November 2025 Daniel Scherning 10 November 2025 14 September 2026 Frank Steinmetz / Giuliano Modica 14 September 2026 23 September 2026 Jochen Seitz 23 September 2026 Present

Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Historical German domestic league tables. Retrieved 20 September 2014Fussball.de – Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues. Retrieved 20 September 2014 Season Division Tier Position 1999–2000 Regionalliga Süd III 13th 2000–01 Regionalliga Süd 11th 2001–02 Regionalliga Süd 6th 2002–03 Regionalliga Süd 7th 2003–04 Regionalliga Süd 7th 2004–05 Regionalliga Süd 3rd 2005–06 Regionalliga Süd 3rd 2006–07 Regionalliga Süd 1st ↑ 2007–08 2. Bundesliga II 8th 2008–09 2. Bundesliga 18th ↓ 2009–10 3. Liga III 15th 2010–11 3. Liga 4th 2011–12 3. Liga 16th 2012–13 3. Liga 7th 2013–14 3. Liga 4th 2014–15 3. Liga 9th 2015–16 3. Liga 16th 2016–17 3. Liga 7th 2017–18 3. Liga 4th 2018–19 3. Liga 3rd ↑ 2019–20 2. Bundesliga II 17th ↓ 2020–21 3. Liga III 6th 2021–22 3. Liga 8th 2022–23 3. Liga 4th ↑ 2023–24 2. Bundesliga II 16th ↓ 2024–25 3. LigaIII 9th 2025–26 9th 2026–27 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

References

External links

SV Wehen Wiesbaden at Weltfussball.de Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables