SV Elversberg
| Full name | Sportvereinigung 07 Elversberg e.V. | |||
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| Founded | 1907 | |||
| Ground | UrsapharmArena | |||
| Capacity | 10,000 | |||
| Chairman | Dieter-Niklas Grünwald | |||
| Manager | Vincent Wagner | |||
| League | 2. Bundesliga | |||
| 2024–25 | 2. Bundesliga, 3rd of 18 | |||
| Website | sv07elversberg | |||
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SpVgg 07 Elversberg is a German association football club, located in Spiesen-Elversberg, Saarland. The club plays in the 2. Bundesliga from the 2023–24 season following promotion from the 3. Liga in 2022–23.
History
The club was founded in 1907 as FC Germania Elversberg. It was dissolved in 1914, but then re-constituted in 1918 as Sportvereinigung VfB Elversberg, spending a season in the tier-one Kreisliga Saar in 1921–22. After World War II a number of local associations came together to form Sportgemeinde Elversberg. The current club became independent of SG as SV Elversberg VfB 07 in 1952. From 1951 to 1960 SV played in the Amateurliga Saarland (III), but then disappeared into tier IV and V football until 1980 when they re-emerged in the Amateur Oberliga Südwest (III) for a span of seven seasons. After nearly another decade spent between the Verbandsliga Saarland (IV) and the Landesliga Saarland/Nordost (V) the club returned to tier III football in the Regionalliga West/Südwest.
Since 1998, SV Elversberg has played in the Regionalliga Süd (III) as a lower table side. For the 2008–09 season, the club belonged to the new Regionalliga West where it stayed until 2012 when it became part of the new Regionalliga Südwest. In 2012–13, the club finished runners-up in the new league and qualified for the promotion play-off to the 3. Liga where it overcame the reserve team of TSV 1860 München to earn promotion to this league.
SV Elversberg lasted for only one season in the 3. Liga, suffering relegation alongside fellow Saar side 1. FC Saarbrücken back to the Regionalliga. They finished runners-up in the Regionalliga Südwest in 2015–16 but lost to FSV Zwickau in the promotion play-off and had to remain in the league. The following season, they won the league but were denied promotion by SpVgg Unterhaching, who beat them 5–2 on aggregate in another promotion play-off.
In the 2021–22 season, SV Elversberg won the Regionalliga Südwest under coach Horst Steffen, earning promotion to the 3. Liga.[1] The club continued their rise by winning the 3. Liga in 2022–23, securing historic promotion to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time ever in history on 21 May 2023, before they managed to win the league on the final matchday following a 2–1 victory over Ingolstadt.[2] In their debut 2. Bundesliga season, they finished 11th, solidifying their status in the league.[3] In the 2024–25 season, SV Elversberg secured third place in the 2. Bundesliga, earning a spot in the promotion play-offs against 1. FC Heidenheim, who had finished 16th in the Bundesliga.[4] However, they were defeated 4–3 on aggregate, following a 2–1 home loss that was sealed in stoppage time.[5]
Honours
League
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Cup
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Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
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| Manager | Vincent Wagner |
| Assistant Manager | Rudi Thömmes |
| First-Team Coach | Raphael Duarte |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Sascha Purket |
| Athletic Coach | Tobias Tröß |
| Match Analyst | Franz Dietrich |
| Sporting Director | Nils-Ole Book |
| Head of First-Team Football | David Blacha |
| Scout | Volker Ruoff |
| Doctor | Dr. Frank Krämer |
| Lead Physiotherapist | Melanie Hubert |
| Physiotherapist | Asbjörn Wieneke |
| Kit Manager | Volker Lefebre |
| Academy Manager | Francesco Notarrigo Andreas Hölscher |
Recent managers
Recent managers of the club:[6]
| Manager | Start | Finish |
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| Brent Goulet | 13 April 2004 | 10 March 2008 |
| Đurađ Vasić | 11 March 2008 | 6 October 2009 |
| Günter Erhardt | 15 October 2009 | 26 September 2011 |
| Jens Kiefer | 27 September 2011 | 22 August 2013 |
| Dietmar Hirsch | 2 September 2013 | 14 April 2014 |
| Roland Seitz | 14 April 2014 | 31 May 2014 |
| Willi Kronhardt | 1 June 2014 | 7 May 2015 |
| Stefan Minkwitz | 7 May 2015 | 30 June 2015 |
| Michael Wiesinger | 1 July 2015 | 30 June 2017 |
| Karsten Neitzel | 1 July 2017 | 11 March 2018 |
| Roland Seitz | 11 March 2018 | 29 October 2018 |
| Horst Steffen | 1 November 2018 | 29 May 2025 |
| Vincent Wagner | 1 July 2025 | present |
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[7][8][9]
SV Elversberg
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SV Elversberg II
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- 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.
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Current squad
- As of 4 July 2025[10]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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See also
References
- ^ "SV Elversberg: Mit dem Aufstieg wächst die Arena". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). 15 May 2022. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Sieg gegen Ingolstadt – SV Elversberg wird Meister". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). 27 May 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Elversberg: Who are the surprise Bundesliga 2 promotion contenders?". Bundesliga. 12 May 2025.
- ^ "Heidenheim and Elversberg all set for relegation-promotion play-off". Bundesliga. 18 May 2025.
- ^ "1. FC Heidenheim gewinnt Bundesliga-Relegation bei der SV Elversberg" (in German). Sky Sport. 26 May 2025.
- ^ SV 07 Elversberg .:. Trainer von A-Z Archived 20 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in German) weltfussball.de. Retrieved 14 July 2012
- ^ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Archived 2 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
- ^ Fussball.de – Ergebnisse Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
- ^ SV Elversberg II Archived 23 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Fussball.de. Retrieved 4 November 2015
- ^ "Kader - First Team". sv07elversberg.de (in German). Sportvereinigung 07 Elversberg. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
External links
- Official website
- SV 07 Elversberg at Worldfootball.net
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv – historical German domestic league tables (in German)