SG Wattenscheid 09

SG Wattenscheid 09 is a German association football club located in Wattenscheid, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club claimed an official founding date of 18 September 1909 as Ballspiel-Verein Wattenscheid out of the merger of two earlier sides known as BV Sodalität der Wattenscheid and BV Teutonia Wattenscheid.

SG Wattenscheid 09

Full name	Sportgemeinschaft 09 Wattenscheid e. V.
Nickname(s)	"09"
Founded	1909
Ground	Lohrheide-Stadion
Capacity	16,233
Manager	Christopher Pache
League	Oberliga Westfalen (V)
2023–24	Oberliga Westfalen, 13th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

On 23 October 2019, the club filed for bankruptcy and retired from the 2019–20 Regionalliga West season, so it was relegated to the Oberliga Westfalen.

History

The club played quietly as a local side until briefly coming to notice in the war-ravaged Gauliga Westfalen, then a division of top flight German football, in the abbreviated 1944–45 season.

Historical chart of Wattenscheid league performance

In 1958, Wattenscheid joined the Verbandsliga Westfalen (III) and a title there in 1969 saw the club promoted to the Regionalliga West (II). Despite a Regionalliga title in 1974 they did not move up due to the restructuring of the German competition, but instead continued to play second-division football in the newly formed 2. Bundesliga Nord. Through a period from the late 70s on to the late 80s the team struggled somewhat, earning uneven results and having several close brushes with relegation. They played well enough to earn a 10th-place finish in 1981 and stay up when the 2. Bundesliga Nord and 2. Bundesliga Süd were combined into a single division, but the next year they escaped being sent down in the bottom four only because TSV 1860 Munich was denied a license and was instead forced down to tier III play.

From that point the club slowly turned itself around and in 1990 earned promotion to the top-flight by way of a second-place result in their division. However, their Bundesliga stay was a brief four years with their best result being an 11th-place finish in their debut season. The most memorable matches in this period are the victory in the derby against VfL Bochum in 1992 (2–0) and the two victories against German record champion Bayern Munich in 1991 (3–2) and 1993 (2–0). After relegation in 1994, Wattenscheid spent two campaigns in the 2. Bundesliga, before slipping to Regionalliga in 1996 for one season and returned for two campaigns back in the 2. Bundesliga. In 1999, Wattenscheid was slipping to Regionalliga and Oberliga in 2004. The next season, in 2005, they could advance to the Regionalliga again. Two consecutive relegations brought them to the Verbandsliga Westfalen in 2007, where they played for one season before qualifying for the new Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen. Wattenscheid played Oberliga for 2 seasons and relegated again to Verbandsliga after finishing 18th in 2009–10 season.

After winning the regional Westfalenpokal in 1996, Wattenscheid qualified for the first round of DFB-Pokal in 1996–97 where they faced Borussia Dortmund, at that time the reigning German champions. They won the match 4–3 (after extra time) but were eliminated by Karlsruher SC II in the following round, losing 4–2 in a penalty shootout.

After being relegated from the NRW-Liga in 2009–10, they dropped to the six-tier Verbandsliga Westfalen II, but climbed to the fourth-tier Regionalliga West three years later, in 2013. The club filed for bankruptcy during the 2019/20 season resulting in relegation to the Oberliga Westfalen for the 2020/21 season where they currently play.

Older logo

Squad

As of 22 September 2024

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Phil Lenuweit
2	DF	GER	Tarik Ould Seltana
3	DF	KOR	Eun-seok Ko
4	DF	GER	Serhat Kaçmaz
5	DF	GER	Joey Gabriel
6	DF	GER	Tom Sindermann
7	MF	MAR	Jamal El Mansoury
8	FW	ENG	Robert Nnaji
9	FW	GER	Fynn Broos
10	MF	GER	Berkan Fırat
11	MF	USA	Hivan Kouonang
12	DF	GER	Quentin Weiß
13	DF	GER	Luca Heiner Pasche
14	MF	GER	Mike Lewicki

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	GER	Eduard Renke
18	MF	GER	Nico Buckmaier
20	MF	GER	Kerem-Murat Cigerli
22	MF	GER	Tim Kaminski
23	MF	GER	Henry Kree
25	MF	GER	Maik Habitz
27	DF	GER	Semih Şarlı
28	MF	GER	Alexandros Dimopoulos
31	FW	GER	David Loheider
33	GK	GER	Gian-Luca Rexhäuser
45	GK	GER	Leonard Jegus
47	FW	GER	Deniz Duran
77	FW	GER	Emre Yeşilova

Notable managers

• Hubert Schieth (1969–1971)
• Helmut Witte (1975–1976)
• Erhard Ahmann † (1976–1977)
• Hubert Schieth (1977–1981)
• Fahrudin Jusufi (1982–1985)
• Hans-Werner Moors (1985–1987)
• Gerd Roggensack (1987–1989)
• Hans Bongartz (1990–1994)
• Frank Hartmann (1994)
• Heinz-Josef Koitka (1994)
• Franz-Josef Kneuper (1994)
• Hans-Peter Briegel (1994–1995)
• Frank Wagener (1995–1996)
• Peter Vollmann (1996)
• Franz-Josef Tenhagen (1996–1998)
• Hans Bongartz (1998–2004)
• Marcel Witeczek (2004)
• Georg Kreß (2004–2006)
• Dirk Helmig (2006–2009)
• Thomas Obliers (2009)

Honours

• 2. Bundesliga (II)
  • Runners-up: 1989–90 (promoted to Bundesliga)
• Regionalliga West (II)
  • Champions: 1973–74
• Regionalliga West/Südwest (III)
  • Champions: 1996–97
• Amateurliga Westfalen (III)
  • Champions: 1968–69
• Oberliga Westfalen (IV)
  • Champions: 2004–05
• Verbandsliga Westfalen (V)
  • Champions: 2007–08
• Westphalia Cup
  • Winners: 1995–96, 2015–16
• German Under 17 championship
  • Champions: 1981–82

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Abseits Guide to German Soccer