TSG Thannhausen

Football club infobox
clubname = TSG Thannhausen


fullname = Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft von 1890 Thannhausen e. V.
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founded = January 1, 1890
ground = Mindelstadion
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chairman = Gerd Olbrich
manager = Oliver Schmid
league = Oberliga Bayern (V)
season = 2007-08
position = 7th
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TSG Thannhausen is a German football club located in Thannhausen, Bavaria.

Overview

"TSG Thannhausen" traces its earliest origins as an organization to 1862, first as a gymnastics club and then later as a gymnastics club and fire brigade as required by local bylaw. The club's recognized founding date is 1890, with the football section established in 1920. The association collapsed in 1943 due to the pressures brought on by World War II, but was re-established after the conflict on July 14, 1947.

"Thannhausen" was one of the few teams below the third division to qualify for the 2006-07 German Cup. The club played host to Bundesliga giants "Borussia Dortmund" in a first round cup match, loosing 3:0. Their only previous appearance in the German Cup was a 6:0 defeat to "Bayer Leverkusen" in the first round in 1975.

For most of its history, the club existed in the lower levels of the Schwaben league system, its only bright moments being back-to-back Schwaben Cup wins in 1974 and 1975. In 1965 and 1971, the club archived promotion from the A-Klasse to the Bezirksliga, from 1971 onwards the club always stayed in the Bezirksliga or higher. In 1984 and 1985, the club came close to promotion to the Landesliga, both years losing the promotion deciders.

The club made a single season appearance in the Landesliga Bayern-Süd (V) in 1990-91 before returning to fifth tier play in 2001, being relegated to the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben. The next decade saw the club moving between Bezirksoberliga and Bezirksliga, before regaining its Landesliga status in 2001, for two more seasons, before being relegated again. The club bounced right back however, winning its third promotion to the Landesliga in 2004. After a second place Landesliga result in 2007 "Thannhausen" advanced to the Oberliga Bayern (IV) for the first time, becoming the 99th team to play in this league since 1963. A series of good results in spring 2008 put "TSG" in contention for promotion to the Regionalliga Süd, the excellent seventh place finish at the end of season was however not quite good enough to archive this.

In addition to its football side, the current day sports club boasts over 1,100 members with departments for athletics, gymnastics, table tennis, volleyball, and winter sports.

Honours

*Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (V) champions: 1990
*Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord champions: 1989, 1998
*Schwaben Cup winners: 1974, 1975, 2006
*Bavarian Cup winner: 2006

Overall tables

In the overall tables of the Bayernliga (1963-2007), Landesliga Süd (1963-2007) and Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (1988-2007) the TSG Thannhausen ranks as follows:

Source:Cite web
url = http://www.fcgundelfingen.de/Fussball/Historie/tabellen.htm
title = Overall tables of Bayernliga, Landesliga Süd and Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
accessdate = 2007-12-16
publisher = FC Gundelfingen website

TSG Thannhausen seasons (from 1988)

:Source: "Das Fussball-Jahresjournal", an annual publication on football in Schwaben, author: [http://www.bfv-schwaben.de/ Schwäbischer Fussball Verband (Schwaben FA)]

External links

* [http://www.tsg-thannhausen.de/ Offical team site]
* [http://www.eufo.de/football/ger/tsg_usen.htm eufo.de] European football club profiles and current team rosters