MSV Duisburg
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| Full name | Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Zebras | ||
| Founded | 1902 | ||
| Ground | MSV-Arena Duisburg, Germany | ||
| Capacity | 31,502 | ||
| Chairman |  Walter Hellmich | ||
| Manager |  Milan Šašić | ||
| League | 2. Bundesliga | ||
| 2008-09 | 2. Bundesliga, 6th | ||
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MSV Duisburg is a German football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed "the Zebras" for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of the Bundesliga when it was formed in 1963.
History
Early years
The club was founded in 1902 as Meidericher Spielverein representing the city of Meiderich, which became a district of Duisburg in 1905. In 1905 they absorbed the club Sport Club Viktoria Meiderich. In 1967, they took on their current name, acknowledging their role as the city's most popular and successful side.
While Duisburg has always been a competitive side, real success has so far eluded them. Early in their history they captured a number of local championships, and even enjoyed a pair of undefeated seasons (1913–14) when they scored 113 goals while only giving up 12. In 1929 they won the first Niederrhein championship and qualified for the first time for the national championship rounds, repeating the feat in 1931.
However, the club then went into a tailspin from which they didn't really recover until the 1950s when they began once again to field decent sides. During World War II the club came close to folding, but returned to play after the war emerging as city champions in 1946. In 1951, Duisburg earned promotion to the top-flight Oberliga West with their first place finish in the 2. Oberliga West. The Oberliga West was the most competitive division of German football at the time, and except for the 1954–55 season, Duisburg would play first division football there right up to the time of the formation of the Bundesliga.
Entry to the Bundesliga
The club's play was good enough to earn a place as one of the original sixteen teams in Germany's new professional league, the Bundesliga, in 1963. That first season was their most successful as they went on to a second place finish to champions FC Köln. The "Zebras" spent nearly twenty years in the upper league before slipping to the 2. Bundesliga in 1982–83 and then becoming one of German football's "elevator teams", named for their frequent up and down moves between divisions. Even so, they managed another eight seasons in the Bundesliga over two-and-half decades.
Current
MSV Duisburg won promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2007–2008 season by way of a third place finish in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, behind Karlsruher SC and Hansa Rostock. MSV defeated Rot-Weiss Essen in a dramatic contest on the last day of the season by three goals to none, which secured their promotion for the fifth time in the last two decades while relegating Essen. However, the club fared poorly in top flight play and was again relegated after an 18th place result. They remain a second division side after finishing in 6th place in 2008–09.
Recent seasons
| Year | Division | Position |
| 1999–2000 | 1. Bundesliga (I) | 18th (relegated) |
| 2000–01 | 2. Bundesliga (II) | 11th |
| 2001–02 | 2. Bundesliga | 11th |
| 2002–03 | 2. Bundesliga | 8th |
| 2003–04 | 2. Bundesliga | 7th |
| 2004–05 | 2. Bundesliga | 2nd (promoted) |
| 2005–06 | 1. Bundesliga (I) | 18th (relegated) |
| 2006–07 | 2. Bundesliga (II) | 3rd (promoted) |
| 2007–08 | 1. Bundesliga (I) | 18th (relegated) |
| 2008–09 | 2. Bundesliga (II) | 6th |
| 2009–10 | 2. Bundesliga |
Honours
Duisburg's honours are limited to their second-place finish in 1963, a UEFA Cup semi-final appearance in 1978–79, three losing appearances in the German Cup final (1966, 1975 and 1998), and a title as German amateur champions in 1986–87 when they played in the tier III Amateur Oberliga Nordrhein. They are however, the answer to a Bundesliga trivia question: they were the victors in the most lopsided Bundesliga away win ever played when they beat sad-sacks Tasmania 1900 Berlin 0:9 in Berlin in 1966.
The club's youth side has won several national championships.
Titles
- German amateur football championship: 1987
- German Under 19 champions: 1972, 1977, 1978
Current squad
As of January 2010 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
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MSV Duisburg II squad
As of 1 September 2009[update]
Manager: Markus Reiter
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Famous players
Manager History
Rudi Gutendorf (1963-1965)- Wilhelm „Ömmes“ Schmidt (1965)
- Hermann Eppenhoff (1965-1967)
Gyula Lóránt (1967-1968)- Robert Gebhardt (1968-1970)
- Rudolf Fassnacht (1970-1973)
- Willibert Kremer (1973-1976)
- Rolf Schafstall (1976)
- Otto Knefler (1976-1977)
- Carl-Heinz Rühl (1977-1978)
- Rolf Schafstall (1978-1979)
- Heinz Höher (1979-1980)
- Friedhelm Wenzlaff (1980-1981)
- Kuno Klötzer (1981-1982)
- Siegfried Melzig (1982-1983)
Luis Zacharias (1983-1985)- Günter Preuß (1985)
- Helmut Witte (1985-1986)
- Friedhelm Vos (1986)
- Detlef Pirsig (1986-1989)
- Willibert Kremer (1989-1992)
- Uwe Reinders (1992-1993)
- Ewald Lienen (1993-1994)
- Hans Bongartz (1994-1996)
- Friedhelm Funkel (1996-2000)
- Josef Eichkorn (2000)
- Wolfgang Frank (2000)
- Josef Eichkorn (2000-2001)
- Pierre Littbarski (2001-2002)
- Bernard Dietz (2002-2003, caretaker)
- Norbert Meier (2003-2005)
- Heiko Scholz (2005, caretaker)
- Jürgen Kohler (2005-2006)
- Rudolf Bommer (2006-2008)
- Heiko Scholz (2008, caretaker)
- Peter Neururer (2008-2009)
- Uwe Speidel (2009, caretaker)
Milan Šašić (2009-present)
Team trivia
- Tatort, a popular crime series in Germany, features an episode entitled Zweierlei Blut (Blood of Two Kinds) which deals with a murder in the MSV Duisburg hooligan scene. In one scene, Inspector Horst Schimanski is beaten to a pulp, and dragged naked into the centre circle of the Wedaustadion.
External links
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