SV Meppen

Football club infobox
clubname = SV Meppen


fullname = Sport-Verein Meppen 1912 e.V.
nickname = SVM
founded = November 29, 1912
ground = Vivaris Arena Emsland
capacity = 16,500
chairman = flagicon|Germany Reinhard Meiners
manager = flagicon|Germany Alfons Weusthof
league = Oberliga Niedersachsen-West (V)
season = 2007-08
position = Oberliga Nord (IV), 8th
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SV Meppen is a German football club playing in Meppen, Lower Saxony. The club was founded on November 29, 1912 as "Amisia Meppen" and joined "Männer-Turnverein Meppen" on February 8, 1920 to form "TuS Meppen 1912". The football branch left "TuS Meppen" in 1921 to create a separate club called "Sport Verein Meppen 1912 e.V."

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History

The footballers have had a relatively a quiet history playing in III and IV level circles, winning their first title of any sort when they claimed the Amateurliga Lower Saxony (IV) championship in 1961. They claimed a second title there in 1968 and then qualified for the Regionalliga Nord (III) in 1972. After league re-structuring in 1974 the team played in the Oberliga Nord (III) where they won the championship in 1987 and then emerged out the promotion playoffs to join the 2.Bundesliga to became one of the league's original "Kult" clubs.

Generally, the side ended up mid-table there with their best finishes being 7th in 1994 and 6th 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". The club's eleven year run on the professional circuit ended in 1998 and they began a slide that landed them in the Oberliga Nord (IV) where they have played the last half dozen seasons burdened by on-going financial problems.

tadium

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

* Amateurliga Niedersachsen (IV) champions: 1961, 1968
* Oberliga Nord (III) champions: 1987

The club played eleven consecutive seasons in the 2. Bundesliga from 1988 to 1998. In 404 games there, the team scored 495 goals, with a record of 124 wins, 139 draws, and 141 losses placing them 27th in the all-time 2. Bundesliga table.

Past players and coaches

* Stefan Brasas (GK, 1994-1997)
* Niels-Christian Rohde (GK, 1985-1988)
* 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)
* Marco Schmidt (DF, 1985-1987)
* 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)
* Frank Voslöcker (MF, 1985-1987)
* Daniel Stendel (DF, 1997-1998)
* Reinhold Tattermusch (MF, 1987-1989)
* Holger Wehlage (MF, 1996-1998)
* Ferydoon Zandi (MF, 1995-1998)
* Max Cream (MF/FW, 2007)

2007/2008 Playing Squad

* Florian Hildebrand
* Marcus Antczak
* Dominik Nowak
* Patrick Schnettberg
* Thorsten Thale
* Stefan Lammers
* Dame Diouf
* Isaac Junior N´Gole
* Endre Varga
* Kristian Westerfeld
* Carsten Henning
* Sebastian Schepers
* Jurek Rohrberg
* Elmar Bruns
* Kevin Thiel
* Daniel Wasson
* Eray Bayraktar
* Frederik Famiyeh
* Johann Wigger
* Danny Cornelius
* Paul Weermann
* Rene Wessels
* Andreas Gerdes

Literature

* Hans Vinke: "Die Meppen-Story, Geschichte eines Fußball-Phänomens", 1997, ISBN 3-927099-56-2

External links

*de icon [http://www.svmeppen.de/index.php?id=9431 Official team site]
* [http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/meppen.html The Abseits Guide to German Soccer]
* [http://www.stadionfuehrer.de/deutschland_stadion_svmeppen.shtml Vivaris Arena Emsland]

Fan sites

*de icon [http://die13svmeppen.de DIE 13] Fan site
*en icon [http://home4.inet.tele.dk/svm/ Supporter Club Denmark]
*de icon [http://www.svm-world.de SVM-World] Fan site
*de icon [http://www.planet-svm.de/ Planet SVM] Fan site
*de icon [http://www.emspiraten.de.vu/ Emspiraten] Fan site