SV Meppen

SV Meppen is a German association football club playing in Meppen, Lower Saxony. The club was founded on 29 November 1912 as Amisia Meppen and joined Männer-Turnverein Meppen on 8 February 1920 to form TuS Meppen 1912. The football branch left TuS Meppen in 1921 to create a separate club called Sport Verein Meppen 1912 e.V.. SV Meppen spent a total of 11 years in the 2. Bundesliga.

SV Meppen
Full nameSportverein Meppen 1912 e.V.
Nickname(s)SVM
Founded29 November 1912 (1912-11-29)
GroundHänsch-Arena
Capacity13,696
ChairmanAndreas Kremer
ManagerTorsten Frings
League3. Liga
2019–203. Liga, 7th of 20

History
Historical chart of SV Meppen league performance after WWII

Meppen have had a relatively quiet history playing in III and IV level circles, winning their first title of any sort when they claimed the Amateurliga Lower Saxony (IV) championship in 1961. They claimed a second title there in 1968 and then qualified for the Regionalliga Nord (II) in 1972. After league re-structuring in 1974 the team played in the Oberliga Nord (III) where they won the championship in 1987 and then emerged out the promotion playoffs to join the 2. Bundesliga.

Generally, the side ended up in mid-table with their best finishes being 7th in 1994 and 6th in 1995. Meppen played their way into the final eight of the 1997 DFB-Pokal competition on the strength of a memorable 6–1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt. The club's eleven-year run on the professional circuit ended in 1998 and they began a slide that landed them in the Oberliga Nord (V), where played half a dozen seasons burdened by ongoing financial problems. During the new century Meppen dropped to the Niedersachsenliga (5th division). They won the championship in 2011 and advanced to the Regionalliga Nord, which they won in 2017 to return to the 3. Liga.

Honours

Players

Current squad
As of 4 February, 2021[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  GER Janik Jesgarzewski
4 DF  GER Yannick Osée
6 MF   SUI Nicolas Andermatt
7 DF  AFG Hassan Amin
8 MF  GER Thilo Leugers (captain)
9 FW  NED Tom Boere
10 FW  GER Luka Tankulić
11 MF  POL Marcus Piossek
12 GK  GER Matthis Harsman
14 MF  GER Willi Evseev
15 DF  GER Markus Ballmert
16 MF  GER Florian Egerer
17 MF  GER Christoph Hemlein
18 FW  GER René Guder
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  GER Lars Bünning
20 MF  GER Mike-Steven Bähre
21 MF  GER Leonard Bredol
22 DF  GER Steffen Puttkammer
23 MF  GER Lukas Krüger
25 DF  GER Jeron Al-Hazaimeh
26 FW  GER Julius Düker
27 MF  ALB Valdet Rama
29 MF  LBN Hilal El-Helwe
30 FW  GER Ted Tattermusch
32 GK  GER Erik Domaschke
33 FW  GER Dejan Božić
37 GK  GER Constantin Frommann

Stadium

The "MEP-Arena" is located in northern Meppen on Lathener Strasse. Construction on the site was finished in 1924 and the stadium was named "Hindenburg Stadion" two years later. In 1992 the stadium was renamed "Emsland-Stadion". A sponsorship deal in 2011 currently has the stadium branded as "MEP-Arena". The stadium's largest ever crowd of 18,000 spectators watched SV Meppen play a 1982 friendly against a Barcelona team that included Diego Maradona. Today the stadium has a capacity of 13,696.

Literature
  • Hans Vinke: Die Meppen-Story, Geschichte eines Fußball-Phänomens, 1997, ISBN 3-927099-56-2

References
  1. "Herren". SV Meppen. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
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