MSV Duisburg



















































MSV Duisburg
Msv duisburg(new).svg
Full name Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg
Nickname(s)
Die Zebras (The Zebras)
Founded 1902; 116 years ago (1902)
Ground Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Capacity 31,514
Manager Torsten Lieberknecht
League 2. Bundesliga
2017–18 7th
Website Club website


















Home colours














Away colours














Third colours




Current season

Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (German pronunciation: [ʔɛm ʔɛs faʊ̯ ˈdyːsbʊʁk]), is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed Die Zebras for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of the Bundesliga when it was formed in 1963.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Early years


    • 1.2 Entry to the Bundesliga


    • 1.3 Current




  • 2 Recent seasons


  • 3 Honours


  • 4 Players


    • 4.1 Current squad


    • 4.2 Second team squad




  • 5 Manager history


  • 6 Women's section


  • 7 In popular culture


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





History




Historical chart of MSV Duisburg league performance after WWII



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 did not really recover until the 1950s, when they began once again to field competitive 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




Historical logos of MSV Duisburg.




Former logo of MSV Duisburg.


The club's play was good enough to earn a place as one of the original 16 teams in Germany's new professional league, the Bundesliga, in 1963. That first season was their most successful as they finished second, behind champions 1. FC Köln. The "Zebras" spent nearly 20 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 2007–08 season by way of a third-place finish in the 2. Bundesliga, behind Karlsruher SC and Hansa Rostock. Duisburg defeated Rot-Weiss Essen in a dramatic contest on the last day of the season 3–0, 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. In 2008–09, they focused on the re-promotion, but although they lost under their new coach Peter Neururer only two times and were unbeaten in 12 matches since his taking office, they missed the promotion. During the next season, they focused on the promotion again, but after a heavy 0–5 defeat in the DFB-Pokal against FC Augsburg, Neururer was sacked. On 2 November 2009, Milan Šašić was presented as new coach. The Croat became the third foreign coach in the club history. They finished the season like the previous one, sixth in the league table.


In 2010–11, MSV Duisburg surprisingly reached their fourth DFB-Pokal Final—after 1966, 1975 and 1998—where they played against Schalke 04. The game was lopsided, with MSV Duisburg conceding early on, and the game ultimately finishing 5–0 in favour of Schalke.


After being demoted to the 3. Liga in 2013, Duisburg was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga for the 2015–16 season. The team placed 16th and lost the playoffs, therefore the team was dropped back to the 3. Liga for the 2016–17 season. They won the 3. Liga and were again promoted to the 2. Bundesliga next season.



Recent seasons












































































































































































































Year

Division

Position
1963-64[1]

1. Bundesliga (I)
2nd
1964-65
1. Bundesliga (I)
7th
1965-66
1. Bundesliga (I)
8th
1966-67
1. Bundesliga (I)
11th
1967-68
1. Bundesliga (I)
7th
1968-69
1. Bundesliga (I)
12th
1969-70
1. Bundesliga (I)
15th
1970-71
1. Bundesliga (I)
7th
1971-72
1. Bundesliga (I)
14th
1972-73
1. Bundesliga (I)
10th
1973-74
1. Bundesliga (I)
15th
1974-75
1. Bundesliga (I)
14th
1975-76
1. Bundesliga (I)
10th
1976-77
1. Bundesliga (I)
9th
1977-78
1. Bundesliga (I)
6th
1978-79
1. Bundesliga (I)
13th
1979-80
1. Bundesliga (I)
14th
1980-81
1. Bundesliga (I)
12th
1981-82
1. Bundesliga (I)
18th ↓
1991-92
1. Bundesliga (I)
19th ↓

1999–2000

Bundesliga (I)
18th ↓

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 ↑

2005–06
Bundesliga
18th ↓

2006–07
2. Bundesliga
3rd ↑

2007–08
Bundesliga
18th ↓

2008–09
2. Bundesliga
6th

2009–10
2. Bundesliga
6th

2010–11
2. Bundesliga
8th

2011–12
2. Bundesliga
10th

2012–13
2. Bundesliga
11th ↓↓

2013–14

3. Liga
7th

2014–15
3. Liga
2nd ↑

2015–16
2. Bundesliga
16th ↓

2016–17
3. Liga
1st ↑

2017–18
2. Bundesliga
7th

Key




Promoted
Relegated


Honours


Championship



  • Bundesliga
    • Runners-up: 1964



  • 3. Liga
    • Champions: 2016–17



  • Bezirksliga Niederrhein (I)
    • Champions: 1929, 1931, 1932



  • 2. Oberliga West (II)
    • Champions: 1951



  • Oberliga Nordrhein (III)
    • Champions: 1988, 1989



Cup



  • German Cup
    • Finalists: 1966, 1975, 1998, 2011



  • Lower Rhine Cup
    • Winners: 2014, 2017



Tournaments


  • Intertoto Cup
    • Winners: 1974, 1977, 1978


Amateur Honours


  • German amateur championship
    • Winners: 1987


Youth teams honours


  • German Under 19 championship
    • Winners: 1972, 1977, 1978



Players



Current squad


As of 1 July 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.




























































































No.

Position
Player
1

Iran

GK

Daniel Davari
2

South Korea

DF

Seo Young-jae
3

Tunisia

DF

Enis Hajri
4

Germany

DF

Dustin Bomheuer
6

Germany

DF

Gerrit Nauber
7

Germany

DF

Andreas Wiegel
8

Germany

DF

Migel-Max Schmeling
9

Germany

MF

Ahmet Engin
10

Germany

MF

Fabian Schnellhardt (vice-captain)
11

Russia

FW

Stanislav Iljutcenko
13

Germany

MF

Lukas Daschner
14

Germany

MF

Tim Albutat
15

Netherlands

FW

John Verhoek
























































































No.

Position
Player
16

Germany

MF

Lukas Fröde
17

Germany

DF

Kevin Wolze (captain)
18

Germany

DF

Thomas Blomeyer
19

Germany

FW

Richard Sukuta-Pasu
20

Brazil

MF

Cauly Oliveira Souza
21

Austria

MF

Christian Gartner
22

Germany

GK

Jonas Brendieck
23

Germany

DF

Yanni Regäsel
24

Ukraine

FW

Borys Tashchy
27

Germany

GK

Daniel Mesenhöler
29

Germany

DF

Sebastian Neumann
33

Germany

MF

Moritz Stoppelkamp
36

United States

MF

Joe Gyau



Second team squad




Manager history












Women's section




In popular culture


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.



References





  1. ^ 30 Jahre Bundesliga, DFB special edition booklet




External links






  • Official website















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