Kickers Emden
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| Full name | Barenburger Sportverein Kickers Emden e.V. | ||
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| Founded | 24 March 1946 | ||
| Ground | Ostfriesland-Stadion | ||
| Capacity | 7,200 | ||
| Chairman | Dr. Jörg Winter | ||
| Manager | Stefan Emmerling | ||
| League | Regionalliga Nord (IV) | ||
| 2021–22 | Oberliga Niedersachsen, 2nd (promoted) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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BSV Kickers Emden is a German association football club, located in Emden, Lower Saxony.
History
The club first began playing in 1928 as a section of the gymnastics club Emder Turnverein, which was founded in 1861. An independent football club was formed on 24 March 1946 out of the membership of this predecessor side and several other local associations which had been dissolved after World War II.
In 1949, the club was promoted to the Amateuroberliga Niedersachsen-West, a second-division league at the time. They went on to finish first in the league at the end of the 1950–51 season and advanced therewith to the promotion play-offs for at the time first-division Oberliga Nord, but did not manage to get promoted. They were only a mediocre team in the Amateuroberliga Niedersachsen-West in the remainder of the decade and eventually slipped down to the fourth-division Verbandsliga Niedersachen-Nord in 1964. They returned to the third-division Amateurliga Niedersachsen in 1970, but were relegated back to the fourth division after three seasons.
Between 1975 and 1983, the club competed below fourth division. They managed to return to the fourth division for the 1983–84 season, but were relegated back to the fifth division after three seasons. Another return to the fourth division followed in 1988 and the club was eventually promoted to the third-division Amateuroberliga Nord after finishing first in the 1990–91 season of the fourth-division Verbandsliga Niedersachsen.
They participated in the DFB-Pokal for the first time in the 1992–93 season, but were eliminated in the first round by then Bundesliga side 1. FC Saarbrücken, who easily beat them 5–1. The club also won berths in the German Cup after winning the Cup of Lower Saxony in 1996 and 2000. However, both of these two appearances in the German Cup ended in the first round as well. In the 1996–97 season, they lost 3–1 to then Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf and in the 2000–01 season they suffered a minimal 1–0 defeat to 1. FSV Mainz 05, a 2. Bundesliga side at the time.
A first-place finish in the third-division Amateuroberliga Nord in the 1993–94 season, after which the club failed to ascend to the 2. Bundesliga in a post-season tournament, would have to be considered the recent high point. The club continued to compete in then newly founded third-division
Other departments
Kickers Emden has other departments for table tennis and gorodki.
Notable coaches
- BFC Dynamo. One of the most successful trainer in DDR with a total of 10 major titles in a row (1979–1988).
- Stefan Emmerling, former player in the Bundesliga
- Marc Fascher, led Kickers Emden into the third division (Regionalliga)
- Michael Krüger
- Thomas Richter
- Gerd Roggensack
Recent seasons
Recent seasons of the club:
| Year | Division | Position |
| 1999–2000 | Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen (IV) | 1st (no promotion due to league system changes) |
| 2000–01 | Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen | 2nd |
| 2001–02 | Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen | 8th |
| 2002–03 | Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen | 6th |
| 2003–04 | Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen | 1st (lost promotion playoff) |
| 2004–05 | Oberliga Nord (IV) | 1st (promoted) |
| 2005–06 | Regionalliga Nord (III) | 9th |
| 2006–07 | Regionalliga Nord | 4th |
| 2007–08 | Regionalliga Nord | 9th |
| 2008–09 | 3. Liga (III) | 6th (withdrew) |
| 2009–10 | Oberliga Niedersachsen-West (V)
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5th |
| 2010–11 | Oberliga Niedersachsen (V) | 4th |
| 2011–12 | Oberliga Niedersachsen | 18th (demoted after insolvency) |
| 2012–13 | Landesliga Weser-Ems (VI) | 8th |
| 2013–14 | Landesliga Weser-Ems | 10th |
| 2014–15 | Landesliga Weser-Ems | 3rd |
| 2015–16 | Landesliga Weser-Ems | 4th |
| 2016–17 | Landesliga Weser-Ems | 5th |
| 2017–18 | Landesliga Weser-Ems | 2nd |
| 2018–19 | Landesliga Weser-Ems | 2nd (promoted) |
| 2019–20 | Oberliga Niedersachsen | 11th |
Honours
The club's honours:
- Oberliga Nord
- Champions: 1994, 2005
- Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen
- Champions: 2000, 2003
- Verbandsliga Niedersachsen
- Champions: 1989, 1991
Staff
- Head Coach
- Stefan Emmerling
- Assistant Coaches
- Sascha Richarz (Assistant coach)
- Yasin Turan (Assistant coach)
- Gerwin Schmidt (Goalkeeper coach)
- Management
- Carsten Herzog (Sporting management)
- Arno Janssen (Team manager)
- Physiotherapist
- Hendrik Peters
References
- ^ Kickers Emden verzichtet auf die 3. Liga Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German), Northern German football association website, published: 10 June 2009, accessed: 10 June 2009
- ^ Emden macht in der Oberliga weiter (in German) Eurosport, published: 10 June 2009, accessed: 10 June 2009