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Sandhausen

Full name	SV 1916 Sandhausen e.V.
Founded	1916
Ground	Hardtwaldstadion (Capacity: 11,544)
Manager	Gerd Dais
League	3rd Liga
2008-09	3rd Liga, 8th
Home colours Away colours

SV Sandhausen is a German football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg.

History

After a shaky start financially the club advanced steadily through the lower leagues until it earned promotion to the Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar in 1931, but only played for a single season at that level before descending again. In 1943 it was merged with TSV Walldorf and VfB Wiesloch to form the wartime squad KSG Walldorf-Wiesloch. At war's end the combined squad was dissolved and SG Sandhausen was reestablished as an independent club late in 1945. A half dozen years later it re-claimed its original name. Sandhausen played football in the Landesliga or 2.Amateurliga until 1956 when it advanced to the 1.Amateurliga Nordbaden. In 1977, the team became German amateur vice-champion and advanced to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 1978 where it consistently earned finishes in the upper half of the standings. Sandhausen claimed three Oberliga titles through the 1980s and the German Amateur Championship in 1993. It repeated as Oberliga champions in 1995 and 2000 and, with its latest title in 2007, advanced to the Regionalliga Süd (III). The 2007-08 season was a success for the club, being in contention for 2nd Bundesliga promotion almost until the end of season and comfortably qualifying for the new 3rd Liga.

Negotiations held in late 2005 and on into early 2006 to merge Sandhausen with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, and FC Astoria Walldorf to create FC Heidelberg 06 were abandoned due to resistance to the idea on the part of Sandhausen and Walldorf, and the failure to agree on whether the new side's stadium should be located in Heidelberg.

Current squad

As of 22 July 2009 (2009 -07-22)

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Michael Gurski 2 DF Florian Tausendpfund 3 DF Marcel Throm 4 DF Kristjan Glibo 7 MF Benjamin Waldecker 8 MF Roberto Pinto 9 FW Philip Hosiner 10 MF Daniel Jungwirth 11 MF Julian Schauerte 13 GK Sven Hoffmeister 14 MF Jan Fießer 16 GK Julian Böttger

No. Position Player 17 DF Sebastian Fischer 18 FW Regis Dorn 19 MF Mario Pokar 20 FW Emre Öztürk 21 FW Sreto Ristić 22 DF Christian Kuhn 23 MF Alf Mintzel 24 DF Denis Bindnagel 25 MF Nico Hillenbrand 27 DF Sascha Just 28 DF Alexander Eberlein 33 DF Necat Aygün

Honours

• German amateur champions : 1978, 1993
• German Amateur vice-champions: 1977
• Oberliga Baden-Württemberg champions: 1981, 1985, 1987, 1995, 2000
• Amateurliga Nordbaden (III) champions: 1961
• North Baden Cup winners: 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1995, 2006, 2007

Recent seasons

Former players

• Max Englert
• Alberto Mendez
• Jesus Espinoza

External links

• Official team site