SSV Reutlingen is a German football club playing in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg.

History

Reutlingen became a decent regional side in the years after World War II, two second place finishes in the Oberliga (I) in 1950 and 1955 being the highlight, and earned a place in the second tier Regionalliga Süd in 1963 when Germany's new top flight professional league, the Bundesliga, was formed. After a second place finish in their division in 1965, SSV took part in the Bundesliga promotion rounds, but the fates pitted them against two teams that would go on to become the league's most storied sides: Bayern Munich and Borussia Mönchengladbach were playing for the right to make their Bundesliga debuts that year. Reutlingen was held to a 1:1 draw against M'gladbach on their home ground, but were then crushed 0:7 away, and finished a point behind them in their group.

Reutlingen continued to play second division football until the early 70's when they dropped into the Amateur Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (III), briefly even falling to fourth -tier Verbandsliga Württemberg. They would spend most of the next two-and-a-half decades at the third level before playing their way back to the second tier on the strength of a first place finish in their division that began with a sixteen game winning streak to open the season. Their three-year-long adventure in the 2.Bundesliga ended in 2003 after the team was penalized 6 points for financial irregularities the previous year and simply could not make up that big a difference. They were then denied a license to play in the third division Regionalliga Süd and were forced down to Oberliga Baden-Wurttemberg (IV).

The team finished in first place in the Oberliga Baden-Wurttemberg in 2005-06 and have returned to the Regionalliga Süd (III).

Honours

• Oberliga Südwest (I) runners-up: 1950
• Oberliga Süd (I) runners-up: 1955
• German amateur champions: 1974, 1997
• Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (III-IV) champions: 1989, 1992, 2006
• Verbandsliga Württemberg (IV) champions: 1985
• Amateurliga Schwarzwald-Bodensee (III) champions: 1975, 1977, 1978

Recent seasons

Current Squad

 


Name
Jersey Number
Nationality 

 Goaltender

 Kevin Kraus
 12


 Markus Krauss
 23


 Defender

 Volker Grimminger
 2


 Patrick Kirsch
 4


 Ilker Aybar
 7


 Fabian Fecker
 11


 Steffen Kocholl
 16


 Thomas Scheuring
 19


 Christian Sauter
 28



 Midfield

 Oliver Otto
 6


 Jochen Weigl
 8


 Robert Vujević
 10


 Andreas Rill
 13


 Manuel Waidmann
 15


 Alban Meha
 17


 Dominic Maroh
 18


 Saša Janić
 22


 Marc Golinski
 26


 Fabio Raach
 27


 Forwards


 Samer Khalil
 5


 Christian Haas
 9


 Patrick Mayer
 20


 Bastian Bischoff
 21


 Feriz Meha
 24



External links
 Official team site
 The Abseits Guide to German Soccer