SSV Markranstädt

Football club infobox
clubname = SSV Markranstädt


fullname = Spiel- und Sportverein Markranstädt
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founded = 1990
ground = Stadion am Bad
capacity = 5,500
chairman = Michael Urlaub
manager = Matthias Wentzel
league = NOFV-Oberliga Süd (V)
season = 2007-08
position = 10th
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SSV Markranstädt is a German football club from the city of Markranstädt, Saxony. It is part of a larger sports club that also has departments for badminton, cycle ball, gymnastics, table tennis, and volleyball.

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History

Established following World War II as "Sportgemeinde Markranstädt", the club took up play in the top flight regional Landesliga Sachsen/Leipzig in the Soviet occupied eastern part of the country and earned a first place finish in the 1947-48 season. Renamed "SG Glück-Auf Markranstädt", the team slipped to consecutive seventh place finishes in its next two campaigns. [Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9] The club then disappeared into lower tier play in East Germany and, like most other clubs there, underwent a succession of name changes over the years: "BSG Stahl Markranstädt" (1951-1952); "BSG Motor Markranstädt" (1952-1958); "BSG Turbine Markranstädt" (1959-1984); "BSG Motor Markranstädt" (1984-1988); and "BSG Turbine Markranstädt" (1988-1990). [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesd/ddr-names.html East Germany - Name Changes ] ]

Following German reunification in 1990 "Turbine" adopted its current identity as "Spiel- und Sportverein Markranstädt". The merger of the football competitions of the two Germanys saw "SSV" placed in the Landesliga Sachsen (V) where they would stay until relegated in 1993. The team re-bounded to return to fifth tier play in 1995, but was again immediately sent down and did not return to the Landesliga until 1999. Following their 2006 divisional championship "Markranstädt" was promoted to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd (IV).

Honours

*Landesliga Sachsen (V) champions: 2007
*Bezirksliga Leipzig (VI) champions: 1995, 1999
*Landesliga Sachsen/Leipzig champions: 1948

tadium

"SSV Markranstädt" plays its home fixtures in the Stadion am Bad which has a capacity of 5,500, which includes 500 seats added in 2001. The stadium was the site of several matches of the 2003 Women's Under-19 European Championship.

Notable club members

*Rudi Glöckner worked as a referee in East Germany's top flight DDR-Oberliga from 1959-1977 and officiated in the final of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.

External links

* [http://www.ssv-markranstaedt.de/ Official team site]
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German domestic league tables (in German)
* [http://eufo.de/football/ger/ssv_t_dt.htm eufo.de] European football club profiles and current team rosters

References