TVB Stuttgart
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| Full name | TVB Stuttgart Handball GmbH & Co. KG | ||
| Founded | 1898 | ||
| Arena | Scharrena Stuttgart Porsche-Arena | ||
| Capacity | 2,050 6,211 | ||
| Head coach | Thomas König | ||
| League | Handball-Bundesliga | ||
| 2019–20 | 12th | ||
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| Website Official site | |||
Turnverein Bittenfeld 1898 e. V. or TV Bittenfeld is a handball club from Waiblingen, town of Bittenfeld, Germany. This club played in 2nd division of German Handball League, Handball-Bundesliga since season 2006/07 until 2014/15. After successful 3rd place in overall ranking of season 2014/15, the team rose to the 1st division of German League and changed name to TVB 1898 Stuttgart.[1] The team's home games take place in Scharrena Stuttgart. Due to restricted capacity of home arena, some of the games are held in Porsche-Arena in the nearby area.
History
The team has played five seasons in the 2nd South Ligue between 2006 and 2011. At the end of the season 2010/2011 TV Bittenfeld finished as fourth. This allowed the team to play in the newly founded 2nd Handball National League (German: Bundesliga). Coach of the team was Jürgen Schweikardt, who was supported by his assistant coach Heiko Burmeister. The biggest success so far the club got in the season 2014/15, when TV Bittenfeld took the 3rd ranking position in the final standings, which entitled the transfer to the first (or main) German League. To performe in season 2015/16 team TV Bittenfeld has modified the name to TVB 1898 Stuttgart.[2]
The second team of TV Bittenfeld played until the season 2010/2011 in so-called Land League. The team won the first place there and now plays in the Württemberg League. The team is trained by Michael Rill and Peter Seiz.
Team
Current squad
- Squad for the 2019–20 season
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Transfers
- Transfers for the 2020–21 season
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Staff
| Nat. | Name | Position | Date of birth |
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 Germany |
Jürgen Schweikardt | Head coach | 23 April 1980 |
| Germany |
Karsten Schäfer | Assistant coach | 23 October 1976 |
| Germany |
Günter Schweikardt | Staff | 30 October 1948 |
| Germany |
Klaus Schebek | Staff | 21 September 1954 |
| Germany |
Tobias Unfried | Physiotherapist | 28 August 1973 |
| Germany |
Frank Jakschitz | Physiotherapist | 9 November 1984 |
| Germany |
Dr. Andreas Schlüter | Team doctor | 9 March 1961 |
Statistics
Ranking since 2006
| Season | League | Place | Goals | Points | Note |
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| 2006/07 | 2nd Bundesliga (South) | 16. | 1019:1123 | 23:45 | |
| 2007/08 | 2nd Bundesliga (South) | 10. | 971:1015 | 32:36 | |
| 2008/09 | 2nd Bundesliga (South) | 8. | 989:985 | 36:32 | |
| 2009/10 | 2nd Bundesliga (South) | 3. | 1038:938 | 46:22 | |
| 2010/11 | 2nd Bundesliga (South) | 4. | 1044:985 | 46:22 | Qualification to the 2nd League |
| 2011/12 | 2nd Bundesliga | 14. | 1085:1112 | 34:42 | |
| 2012/13 | 2nd Bundesliga | 7. | 1018:1014 | 38:34 | |
| 2013/14 | 2nd Bundesliga | 4. | 1011:915 | 47:25 | |
| 2014/15 | 2nd Bundesliga | 3. | 1074:950 | 55:21 | Transfer to the 1st League |
| 2015/16 | Bundesliga | 15. | 783:926 | 14:50 | |
| 2016/17 | Bundesliga | 14. | 865:944 | 23:41 | |
| 2017/18 | Bundesliga | 14. | 852:959 | 20:48 | |
| 2018/19 | Bundesliga | 15. | 911:998 | 23:45 | |
| 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 12. | 709:759 | 21:28 |
Number of spectators since 2006
| Season | Count |
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| 2006/07 | 1 409 |
| 2007/08 | 1 851 |
| 2008/09 | 1 795 |
| 2009/10 | 2 229 |
| 2010/11 | 2 210 |
| 2011/12 | 1 866 |
| 2012/13 | 2 035 |
| 2013/14 | 1 990 |
| 2014/15 | 2 250 |
| 2015/16 | 3 792 |
| 2016/17 | 3 870 |
| 2017/18 | 3 716 |
| 2018/19 | 3 681 |
| 2019/20 | 4 150 |
