MSV Neuruppin

Football club infobox
clubname = MSV Neuruppin


fullname = Märkischer Sportverein 1919 Neuruppin e.V.
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founded = 1919
ground = Volksparkstadion
capacity = 5,300
chairman = Dr. Hansjochen Scheffter
manager = Frank Lieberam
league = Landesliga Brandenburg-Nord (VII)
season = 2007-08
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MSV Neuruppin is a German football club from Neuruppin, Brandenburg. The football team and its youth side is part of a larger sports association of approximately 1,000 members that has departments for athletics, billards, boxing, chess, disabled sports, gymnastics, hiking, swimming, table tennis, volleyball, and general recreation.

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History

The club was originally formed as "Neuruppiner Turnerbund" in the fall of 1919. It evolved into the military sports club "Militärsportverein Neuruppin" before becoming "Märkischer Sportverein Neuruppin". After World War II the club was re-established as "SG Neuruppin" in the fall of 1945 and then went through a quick succession of name changes playing variously as "ZSG Neuruppin" (1948), "Nordwest Neuruppin" (1949), "BSG Konsum Neuruppin" (1950), "BSG Empor Mitte Neurppin" (1951), and finally, "BSG Empor Neuruppin" (1952). The club played as "Elektronik Neuruppin" from 1983 to 1989 and after German re-unification was known briefly as "TuS Neuruppin" before re-claiming its current name in 1990.

The club played as an anonymous side the East German fourth division Berzirksliga Potsdam through most of the 50s and 60s. In the mid-70s "Neuruppin" began a climb that took them to a first place finish in Group 1 of the division in 1980, but despite being unable to advance from there, they continued to finish strongly until the mid-80s. They did not enjoy any other meaningful on-field success until the turn of the millennium.

After the merger of the football leagues of the two Germany's in the early 90s "Neuruppin" would initially compete in what was then the Landesliga Brandenburg (V). League re-structuring in 1994 made the division a sixth tier circuit where the club delivered uneven results until capturing the division championship in 2000 and advancing to the Verbandsliga Brandenburg (V). "Neuruppin" immediately took a second title and was promoted to the Oberliga Nordost-Nord (IV). The team has performed well at this level, consistently earning upper table results including second place finishes in each of the last two seasons.

In 2004-05 "MSV" finished behind the second team squad of "Hansa Rostock" which declined promotion. This led to "Neuruppin"'s participation in promotion playoffs for the third tier Regionalliga where they were defeated by "FC Carl Zeiss Jena" by scores of 0:2 and 1:2. However, the club was able to come away that season as Brandenburgpokal (Brandenburg Cup) winners by beating "SV Babelsberg 03" 2:1. That earned the team a place in the 2005-06 German Cup competition and on August 25, 2005 "Neuruppin" was beaten 0:4 in their first round match versus "FC Bayern Munich" in front of 33,000 spectators, the largest number to ever watch an "MSV" match.

In the 2005-06 regular season the club delivered another strong performance, finishing a solid second to "1. FC Union Berlin". Unfortunately, an announcement by management of the association's poor financial state, which would prevent any application for a Regionalliga place, put a damper on the campaign and has contributed to the collapse of the team competitively in the current season following significant personnel changes. After being relegated from the Oberliga in 2006-07, the club appears to have sat out the following Verbandsliga season, competing in the Landesliga Brandenburg-Nord (VII) in 2008-09.

Honours

* Landesliga Brandenburg-Nord (VI) champions: 2000
* Verbandsliga Brandenburg (V) champions: 2001
* Brandenburgpokal (Brandenburg Cup) winners: 2005

tadium

The club plays in the Volksparkstadion which has a capacity of 5,300 and was built in the 60s as the Stadion der Freundschaft. The facility originally accommodated close to 10,000 spectators and was refurbished between 1998 and 2001. "MSV"'s former home was the Sportplatz der Friedrich-Franz-Kaserne.

Club noteables

* Christian Schreier, coach (April 2006) and one-time Bundesliga player (331 matches).

Team trivia

The term "Märkischer" in the club name refers to Mark as a region of Brandenburg.

External links

* [http://www.msv.neuruppin.de Official team site]
* [http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/neuruppin.html Abseits Guide to German Soccer]
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German football league tables (in German)
* [http://www.eufo.de/ eufo] European football club profiles