SV Meppen
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SV Meppen is a German football club playing in Meppen, Lower Saxony. The club was founded on November 29th, 1912 as Amisia Meppen and joined Männer-Turnverein Meppen on February 8th, 1920 to form TuS Meppen 1912. The football branch left 'TuS Meppen' in 1921 to create their own club, Sport Verein Meppen 1912 e.V.
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History
For the most part the footballers have had a relatively a quiet history playing in III and IV level circles. They won their first title of any sort when they claimed the championship of Lower Saxony in 1961. A solid third division side through the 60's and 70's, Meppen made the climb into 2.Bundesliga in the late 80's and became one of the league's original "Kult" clubs. Generally, the side ended up mid-table with their best finishes being seventh in 1994 and sixth in 1995. Meppen played their way into the final eight of the 1997 German Cup competition on the strength of a memorable 6:1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt. Unfortunately, their eleven year run in the professional league ended in 1998 and the club began a slide that landed them in Oberliga Nord (IV) where they have played the last half dozen seasons burdened by some on-going financial problems.Stadium
The "Vivaris Arena Emsland" is located in northern Meppen on Lathener Strasse. Construction on the site was finished in 1924 and the stadium was named "Hindenburg Stadion" two years later. In 1992 the stadium was re-named "Emsland-Stadion". A sponsorship deal in 2005 currently has the stadium branded as "Vivaris Arena Emsland". The stadium's largest ever crowd of 18,000 spectators watched SV Meppen play a 1982 friendly against FC Barcelona and their famous Argentinian striker Diego Maradona. Today the stadium has a capacity of 16,500.Records
- Niedersachsen champions: 1961
- Promotion to the Regionalliga: 1970
- Oberliga Nord champion: 1987
- Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga: 1987
Past players and coaches
- Stefan Brasas (GK, 1994-1997)
- Thomas Bröker (FW, 1998-2004)
- Paul Caligiuri (DF, 1987-1989), 110 i.m. (USA)
- Bernd Deters (DF, 1987-1998)
- Horst Ehrmantraut (Headcoach, 1991-1996)
- Frank Faltin (DF, 1987-1995)
- Andreas Helmer (MF, 1990-1998 and 2001-2004)
- Manfred Kubik (GK, 1990-1994)
- Paul Linz (Headcoach, 1996-1997)
- Carsten Marell (MF,1991-1997)
- Josef Menke (MF, 1987-1997)
- Marko-Olavi Myyry (MF, 1987-1989 and 1994-1997), 59 i.m. (Finland)
- Rainer Persike (Headcoach, 1987-1991)
- Michael Prus (DF, 1996-1997)
- Martin van der Pütten (DF, 1987-1995)
- Rainer Rauffmann (DF, 1992-1995), 5 i.m. (Cyprus)
- Wolfgang Rolff (Headcoach, 1998)
- Hermann Ruländer (GK, 1987-1992)
- Werner Rusche (MF, 1987-1992)
- Daniel Stendel (DF, 1997-1998)
- Reinhold Tattermusch (MF, 1987-1989)
- Holger Wehlage (MF, 1996-1998)
- Ferydoon Zandi (MF, 1995-1998)
2005/2006 Playing Squad
- Mahmut Aktas
- Marcus Antczak
- Marc-Oliver Barton
- Elmar Bruns
- Amel Hekalo
- Stefan Lammers
- Waldemar Bressel,
- Jacob Krause-Heiber
- Endre Varga
- Patrick Frantzen
- Chris Dinganga
- Alvaro Zalla
- Michael Holt
- Christian Willen
- Christian Claaßen
- Tim Steidten
- Roman Staska
- Philipp Opitz
- Fabrizio Muzzicato
- Benedetto Muzzicato
- Lars Schiersand
- Josef Schröer
- Yaw Donkor
Literature
- Hans Vinke: Die Meppen-Story, Geschichte eines Fußball-Phänomens, 1997, ISBN 3-927099-56-2
External links
Fan sites
- () [DIE 13] Fan site
- () [Supporter Club Denmark]
- () [SVM-World] Fan site
- () [Planet SVM] Fan site
- () [Emspiraten] Fan site
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