SG Wattenscheid 09

SG Wattenscheid 09 is a German association football club located in Wattenscheid, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club claimed an official founding date of 18 September 1909 as Ballspiel-Verein Wattenscheid out of the merger of two earlier sides known as BV Sodalität der Wattenscheid and BV Teutonia Wattenscheid.

SG Wattenscheid 09
Full nameSportgemeinschaft 09 Wattenscheid e. V.
Nickname(s)"09"
Founded1909
GroundLohrheide-Stadion
Capacity16,233
LeagueOberliga Westfalen
2020–21Preseason

On 23 October 2019, the club filed for bankruptcy and retired from the 2019–20 Regionalliga West season, so it was relegated to the Oberliga Westfalen.[1]

History

The club played quietly as a local side until briefly coming to notice in the war-ravaged Gauliga Westfalen, then a division of top flight German football, in the abbreviated 1944–45 season.

Historical chart of Wattenscheid league performance after WWII

In 1958, Wattenscheid joined the Verbandsliga Westfalen (III) and a title there in 1969 saw the club promoted to the Regionalliga West (II). Despite a Regionalliga title in 1974 they did not move up due to the restructuring of the German competition, but instead continued to play second-division football in the newly formed 2. Bundesliga Nord. Through a period from the late 70s on to the late 80s the team struggled somewhat, earning uneven results and having several close brushes with relegation. They played well enough to earn a 10th-place finish in 1981 and stay up when the 2. Bundesliga Nord and 2. Bundesliga Süd were combined into a single division, but the next year they escaped being sent down in the bottom four only because TSV 1860 Munich was denied a license and was instead forced down to tier III play.

From that point the club slowly turned itself around and in 1990 earned promotion to the top-flight by way of a second-place result in their division. However, their Bundesliga stay was a brief four years with their best result being an 11th-place finish in their debut season. The most memorable matches in this period are the victory in the derby against VfL Bochum in 1992 (2–0) and the two victories against German record champion Bayern Munich in 1991 (3–2) and 1993 (2–0). After relegation in 1994, Wattenscheid spent two campaigns in the 2. Bundesliga, before slipping to Regionalliga in 1996 for one season and returned for two campaigns back in the 2. Bundesliga. In 1999, Wattenscheid was slipping to Regionalliga and Oberliga in 2004. The next season, in 2005, they could advance to the Regionalliga again. Two consecutive relegations brought them to the Verbandsliga Westfalen in 2007, where they played for one season before qualifying for the new Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen. Wattenscheid played Oberliga for 2 seasons and relegated again to Verbandsliga after finishing 18th in 2009–10 season.

After winning the regional Westfalenpokal in 1996, Wattenscheid qualified for the first round of DFB-Pokal in 1996–97 where they faced Borussia Dortmund, at that time the reigning German champions. They won the match 4–3 (after extra time) but were eliminated by Karlsruher SC II in the following round, losing 4–2 in a penalty shootout.

After being relegated from the NRW-Liga in 2009–10, they dropped to the six-tier Verbandsliga Westfalen II, but climbed to the fourth-tier Regionalliga West three years later, in 2013. The club filed for bankruptcy during the 2019/20 season resulting in relegation to he Oberliga Westfalen for the 2020/21 season where they currently play.

Older logo.

Squad
As of 30 January 2021[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Bruno Staudt
2 FW  GER Sebastian Kleine
3 DF  GER Casey Backhaus
4 DF  GER Norman Jakubowski
6 DF  GER Tom Sindermann
7 FW  GER Leon Gensicke
8 MF  GER Luca Hauswerth
9 FW  GER Felix Casalino
10 MF  GER Fabian Kerellaj
11 FW  GER Roussel Ngankam
12 MF  GER Tim Krafft
14 MF  GER Mike Lewicki
15 DF  TUR Burak Yerli
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  GER Arthur Nakalyuzhnyy
19 FW  GER Roman Zengin
20 FW  MKD Ali Ibraim
21 DF  KVX Agon Arifi
22 MF  GER Tim Kaminski
23 MF  GER Nils Hönicke
24 MF  GER Frederik Wiebel
27 DF  GER Phil Britscho
29 MF  GER Gianluca Cirillo
32 DF  GER Marvin Schurig
37 GK  TUR Tolunay Işik
44 GK  GER Maurice Horn

Notable managers

Honours

References
  1. "Endlich Klarheit: Neuanfang in Oberliga Westfalen" (in German). SG Wattenscheid. 20 June 2020.
  2. "Unsere Erste 2017/18" (in German). SG Wattenscheid. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
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