SV Wehen Wiesbaden

Historical chart of Wehen Wiesbaden league performance after WWII

The club was founded under the name of SV Wehen 1926 – Taunusstein in 1926 and disbanded by the Nazi government in 1933, although the football department was maintained by playing occasional friendly matches until 1939. The club re-established itself in 1946, following World War II. They operated both first and reserve teams from the beginning, with their first team competing in local amateur division, the B-Klasse Wiesbaden. The club's first youth team was established in 1955 and they subsequently started to use their own talented young players to strengthen the first team. By the mid-1970s, the youth department was split in ten teams with more than 150 players and a women's team was first established in 1984. Wehen won the Hessenpokal in 1988, 1996 and 2000, which gave them berths in the German Cup in those years.[1]

Historical logo of SV Wehen Taunusstein

In 1994, the third tier of German football underwent a reform which resulted in the elevation of the Regionalliga. Wehen had finished seventh in the Oberliga Hessen in the previous year and thus became a founding member of the Regionalliga Süd. In spite of its relegation in 1995, the club managed to establish itself in the newly-founded league over the next ten years.

At the end of the 2006–07 season, Wehen finished first and earned promotion to the 2.Bundesliga. Its first second-tier season saw the club finish eighth and the inauguration of its current home, Brita-Arena. In spite of a berth in the DFB Pokal quarterfinals, Wehen was relegated to the 3. Liga in 2009, which would remain the club's division for the next ten seasons.[2]

Wehen achieved a third-place finish at the end of the 2018–19 season and thereby qualified for the promotion playoffs to the 2.Bundesliga against FC Ingolstadt. After a 1–2 defeat in their home game, the team managed to carry a 3–2 victory on Ingolstadt's turf. Advancing on away goals, Wehen was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga for only the second time in club history.[3] However, the club experienced a difficult 2019–20 season and finished in 17th place, fielding the league's worst defence with 65 goals conceded. Along with Dynamo Dresden, Wehen were relegated after just one season in the second tier.[4]

As of 8 January 2021[5]

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 Tim Boss 3 DF  GER Ahmet Gürleyen (on loan from Mainz 05) 4 DF  GER Sascha Mockenhaupt 5 DF  GER Benedikt Röcker 6 MF  GER Tobias Schwede 7 MF  GER Gianluca Korte 8 FW  GER Johannes Wurtz 9 FW  GER Phillip Tietz 10 MF  POL Sebastian Mrowca (captain) 11 FW  GER Maurice Malone (on loan from Augsburg) 13 DF  CRO Jakov Medić (on loan from Nürnberg) 14 MF  GER Lucas Brumme 15 MF  GER Paterson Chato 16 MF  GER Tim Walbrecht (on loan from Hannover 96)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  GER Florian Carstens (on loan from St. Pauli) 18 MF  GER Marc Lais 19 DF  GER Michel Niemeyer 20 DF  GER Moritz Kuhn 21 FW  GER Benedict Hollerbach 22 MF  GER Marvin Ajani 24 MF  AUT Dominik Prokop 25 DF  GER Dennis Kempe 26 GK  GER Matthias Hamrol 27 DF  GER Michael Guthörl 29 FW  SWE Gustaf Nilsson 31 GK  GER Arthur Lyska 32 FW  GER Stefan Aigner 37 MF  GER Ben Bischof