SSV Jahn Regensburg
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| Full name | Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | "Die Jahnelf" (the Jahn Eleven) "Die Rothosen" (the Red Shorts) | |||
| Founded | 4 October 1907 | |||
| Ground | Jahnstadion Regensburg | |||
| Capacity | 15,210[1] | |||
| Chairman | Hans Rothammer | |||
| Coach | Joe Enochs | |||
| League | 2. Bundesliga | |||
| 2023–24 | 3. Liga, 3rd of 20 (promoted) | |||
| Website | https://www.ssv-jahn.de/ | |||
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Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club is based on a gymnastics club founded in 1886 as Turnerbund Jahn Regensburg which took its name from Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, whose ideas of gymnastics greatly influenced German sport in the 19th century. The football department was created in 1907.
The footballers left their parent club in 1924 to form Sportbund Jahn Regensburg. In 1934 they joined, Sportverein 1889 Regensburg and Schwimmverein 1920 Regensburg to form SSV which has departments for athletics, boxing, futsal, gymnastics, handball, kendo and nine-pin bowling. The football department separated in 2000 as SSV Jahn Regensburg. .b The club plays their home games at Jahnstadion Regensburg since 2015. The club colours are white and red, the team's most common nicknames 'Rothosen' (Red Shorts) and 'Jahnelf' (Jahn Eleven). Jahn currently plays in the 3. Liga, the German third division, having been relegated from the 2. Bundesliga in the 2022–23 season.
History
The 1934 merger strengthened the football side somewhat, but mostly produced only indifferent results in the Bezirksliga Bayern with a second place finish in 1930 being its best result. In the Gauliga Bayern, one of sixteen top flight divisions formed in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich in 1933, Jahn lasted for only two seasons before being relegated in 1935. It returned in 1937 and their best performances were consecutive third-place finishes in 1938 and 1939 after which they languished as an uncompetitive mid-to-lower table side.
The club spent most of the period between the end of World War II and the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963 as a "yo-yo team" bouncing up and down between the Oberliga Süd and the second division. Regensburg played the early 1960s in the third division before making their way back to the Regionalliga Süd (II). By the mid 1970s the team began to falter and by the end of the decade had become a third and fourth division side, even playing three years in the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte (V) in the late 1990s.
In 2000 the football team left to become an independent club and were joined by players from SG Post/Süd Regensburg in 2002. Regensburg has recovered to some degree and has played in the Regionalliga Süd (III) since the turn of the millennium with a single season in the 2. Bundesliga in 2003–04. However, the club faced financial difficulties and narrowly avoided bankruptcy in 2005. After sinking to the fourth division Oberliga Bayern in 2005–06, Jahn achieved first place in the following season and were promoted again to the Regionalliga Süd. Due to a reorganisation of the leagues, Jahn had to finish in tenth place or higher in order to stay in the third division, which is now the new 3. Liga. Jahn struggled to do so but finished ninth in the end and gained entry to the new league.
The club played its first two seasons in the 3. Liga close to the relegation zone but then improved to the point that it came third in 2011–12 and qualified to play against the Karlsruher SC in the promotion round to the 2. Bundesliga. Draws in 1–1 at Regensburg and in 2–2 at Karlsruhe meant Jahn's return to second level after eight years according to away goal rule.
The Jahn finished last in the 2. Bundesliga in 2012–13 and was relegated back to the 3. Liga, finishing eleventh in 2013–14. In 2014–15 they also finished last in the 3. Liga and were relegated back to the Regionalliga. In the following season, they made the first place in the Regionalliga Bayern and faced the Regionalliga Nord champions VfL Wolfsburg II in the play-offs. The club defeated Wolfsburg II 2–1 on aggregate and immediately returned to third level for the 2015–16 season.[2] Another great season followed in the 3. Liga, with Regensburg finishing third. Like in 2012, they were promoted via the play-off, defeating 1860 Munich 3–1 on aggregate.
Players
Current squad
- As of 9 August 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve team
SSV Jahn Regensburg II (or SSV Jahn Regensburg Amateure) made a single season appearance in the southern division of the Amateurliga Bayern in 1962–63, the last year of the league being divided into two regional divisions. An eleventh place in the league that season was not enough to qualify for the new single-division league and the team also did not become part of the new Landesliga Bayern-Mitte.[3]
A lengthy period in the lower amateur divisions followed until 2002, when the merger of the first team with SG Post/Süd Regensburg allowed the reserve side to take Post's place in the Bayernliga, where the team played from 2002 to 2006. In 2006, the first team's relegation meant, they had to move down one level even so they finished eleventh this season. After three average seasons, the side became a promotion contender again, finishing second in 2010–11 but losing to SpVgg Bayern Hof in the promotion round.
At the end of the 2011–12 season, the club qualified directly for the newly expanded Bayernliga after finishing third in the Landesliga.[4]
Recent managers
Recent managers of the club:[5]
| Manager | Start | Finish |
| Günter Sebert | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2003 |
| Ingo Peter | 1 July 2003 | 17 November 2003 |
| Günter Brandl | 18 November 2003 | 30 June 2004 |
| Mario Basler | 1 July 2004 | 20 September 2005 |
| Dariusz Pasieka | 21 September 2005 | 6 April 2006 |
| Günter Güttler | 7 April 2006 | 30 June 2008 |
| Thomas Kristl | 1 July 2008 | 24 November 2008 |
| Markus Weinzierl | 25 November 2008 | 30 June 2012 |
| Oscar Corrochano | 1 July 2012 | 4 November 2012 |
| Franz Gerber | 4 November 2012 | 2 January 2013 |
| Franciszek Smuda | 2 January 2013 | 10 June 2013 |
| Thomas Stratos | 11 June 2013 | 30 June 2014 |
| Alexander Schmidt | 1 July 2014 | 10 November 2014 |
| Christian Brand | 18 November 2014 | 6 December 2015 |
| Heiko Herrlich | 11 January 2016[6] | 30 June 2017 |
| Achim Beierlorzer | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2019 |
| Mersad Selimbegović | 1 July 2019 | 9 May 2023 |
| Joe Enochs | 10 May 2023 |
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[7][8]
SSV Jahn Regensburg
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SSV Jahn Regensburg II
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- With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the Bayernliga was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onwards were elevated one tier.
- Key
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Honours
League
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Cup
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Youth
- Under 19 Bayernliga
- Winners: 2005, 2007
- Runners-up: 2013
- Under 17 Bayernliga
- Winners: 2007
- Runners-up: 2003
- Under 15 Bayernliga
- Winners: 2015
- Runners-up: 2005, 2012
- ‡ Reserve team
References
- ^ "Daten und Fakten". Jahn Regensburg (in German). Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Regensburg, Lotte und Zwickau steigen in die 3. Liga auf" (in German). Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ Die Bayernliga 1945–97. p. 55.
- ^ "Das war die Relegation 2012 auf Verbandsebene" (in German). fupa.net. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Jahn Regensburg: Trainer von A-Z". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ^ "Herrlich übernimmt den Jahn". kicker.de (in German). 20 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ "Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv" (in German). f-archiv.de. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Ergebnisse" (in German). Fussball.de. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.
- Die Bayernliga 1945–97 (in German). DSFS. 1998.
External links
- Official website
(in German) - SSV Jahn Regensburg profile on Weltfussball.de
