SV Wilhelmshaven
Full name | Sport-Verein Wilhelmshaven e.V. | ||
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Founded | 1905 | ||
Ground | Jadestadion | ||
Capacity | 7500 | ||
Chairman | Dr. Hans Herrnberger | ||
Manager | Dario Fossi | ||
League | Bezirksliga (VII) | ||
2015–16 | Landesliga Weser-Ems (VI), 16th (relegated) | ||
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SV Wilhelmshaven is a German association football club from Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony. SV Wilhelmshaven play in the Regionalliga Nord. SV Wilhelmshaven was founded in 1905. Since 1999, Wilhelmshaven's stadium is the Jadestadion.
History
Predecessor side SpVgg Wilhelmshaven was formed as FC Comet in 1905 and was quickly renamed FC Deutschland Wilhelmshaven. In 1912 this club was joined by Heppenser BSV, and later, in 1924, merged with VfB Wilhelmshaven to become Wilhelmshavener SV 1906.
In 1939, SV 06 merged with VfL 1905 Rüstringen to create SpVgg Wilhelmshaven. This side immediately won promotion to the first division
In the aftermath of World War II, SpVgg was disbanded as were most other organizations in Germany, including sports and football associations. It was not until 1952 that the club was resurrected. In 1972, they were joined by TSV Germania to form an association under the current name SV Wilhelmshaven.
The combined club spent its first three seasons in the
In 1992, SVW merged with
SV Wilhelmshaven performed well in the
FIFA lawsuit
SV Wilhelmshaven filed a lawsuit against FIFA, the international governing body of football, regarding the signing in 2007 of free transfer Sergio Sagarzazu. Sagarzazu played 38 times for the club over a year and a half. However, Sagarzazu's former clubs River Plate and Excursionistas filed for compensation in the amount of 157,000 Euros, which is allowed under FIFA's regulations. SV Wilhelmshaven refused to pay, claiming that such fees violated German law.[1] FIFA demanded that the German FA deduct six points from Wilhelmshaven in the 2011–12 season. Despite this deduction, SV Wilhelmshaven managed to avoid relegation from the Regionalliga Nord.
FIFA imposed another six-point deduction in 2012–13 for lack of payment, but again, the club avoided relegation as two other teams went bankrupt. FIFA demanded that the German FA relegate SV Wilhelmshaven for lack of payment following the 2013–14 season. SV Wilhelmshaven filed suit against FIFA in German court to overturn the relegation order, stating that a German Court decision (from 2004) that the payment of training compensation was a restraint of trade under European law of free choice of employment meant that they did not have to pay such compensation.[2] The club were relegated at the end of 2013–14.[3] Months after, the Federal Court of Justice and Oberlandesgericht cleared SV Wilhelmshaven of any wrongdoing.[3][4]
Honours
The club's honours:
- Oberliga Nord
- Champions: 2006
- Verbandsliga Niedersachsen
- Champions: 1994
Notable players
- Renato Bernardi Bauer
- Cyrille Florent Bella – played one game for the Cameroon national football team
- Canadian national U-20 team at 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
- Canadian national U-20 team at 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship
- Christ Bongo – former member of the Congo national football team
- Football League Championship and Major League Soccer player & former member of the England national under-20 football team
- Heiko Bonan – former member of the East Germany national football team
- Dirk Schuster – former member of the East Germany and Germany national football team
- Mike Barten
- Fabian Lucassen – played five games for the Germany U-19 team
- George Alhassan – former member of the Ghana national under-20 football team
- Valdas Ivanauskas – former member of the Lithuania national football team
- Romanus Stonkus – former member of the Lithuania national football team who presented his country in twenty-one game and scores one goal
- Vidmantas Vysniauskas – former member of the who played two games for the Lithuania national football team
- FIFA World Cup 2002 with the Poland national football team
- Jozef Kotula
- Karol Praženica – played five games for the Slovakia national football team
- Richard Slezak
- Igor Bendovskyi– former Ukraine youth international
- Marcus Storey – played formerly in the US Major League Soccer
- Igor Krulj – former Swedish youth international and Allsvenskan
Former coaches
- Hans-Werner Moors (31.10.1999 – 30.06.2002)
- Wolfgang Steinbach (01.07.2002 – 04.04.2007)
- Kay Stisi (05.04.2007 – 07.09.2007)
- Ivica Josić (07.09.2007 – 14.09.2007)
- Predrag Uzelac (14.09.2007 – 22.09.2008)
- Boris Ekmeščić (23.09.2008 – 04.04.2009)
References
- ^ "Soccer Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".
- ^ "Fußball im Norden: News, Ergebnisse, Tabellen, Teams".
- ^ a b "Nach dem Urteil ist vor dem Urteil". Die Tageszeitung. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Bundesgerichtshof entscheidet über den vom Norddeutschen Fußballverband e.V. verhängten Zwangsabstieg des SV Wilhelmshaven e.V. aus der Regionalliga Nord". Federal Court of Justice. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2018.