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| Full name | Verein für Rasenspiele e. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions V. Mannheim |
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| Nickname(s) | Blau-Weiss-Rot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1896 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Rhein-Neckar-Stadion (Capacity 12,000) |
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| League | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (V) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | 17th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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VfR Mannheim is a German football club based in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg formed in 1911 out of the fusion of Mannheimer FG 1896, Mannheimer FG 1897 Union, and FC Viktoria 1897 Mannheim. This is a of lists of the use of Nicknames in football (soccer. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the Overview The league was formed in 1978 as the highest level of play in the state Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Below is a list of football clubs in Germany. It contains all clubs that have played in the Bundesliga, 2 Mannheim is a City in Germany. With 327318 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg after the capital Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The team has played out most of its history as an unheralded local amateur side with the exception of a brief flash of glory.
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History
These various Mannheim teams were members of the VSFV (Verband Süddeutscher Fussball Vereine or Federation of South German Football Clubs) and after their merger in 1911 played as VfR through the 10s and 20s. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The club emerged as the league champions in 1925 but went out in the preliminary round of national championship play. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Success through the 30s and 40s
After the 1933 re-organiztion of German football under the Third Reich into sixteen top flight divisions Mannheim began play in the Gauliga Baden. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers For the main article see Gauliga Overview The league was introduced in 1933 after the Nazi take over of power in Germany The club performed well in the years leading up to World War II and the throughout the conflict taking division titles in 1935, 1938, 1939, 1943 and 1944. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. However they could not translate this success in league play into success in the national playoffs with their best result being an advance to the 1943 quarterfinals where they were put out 2:3 by eventual vice-champions FV Saarbrücken.
Mannheim repeated as division champions in 1944. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wartime conditions made playing football increasingly difficult in the country, so much so that the national playoffs were initially abandoned and VfR declared champions by the sport's governing authority. However, this decision was revoked after protests from other clubs and the playoff competition reinstated. Mannheim advanced only as far as the eighth-final before being eliminated by 1. FC Nürnberg.
Postwar national championship
After the war VfR Mannheim played in the first division Oberliga Süd where they earned unremarkable results until a surprising breakthrough in 1949 that saw the team transform a distant second place finish in their division into a national championship. Overview The league was introduced as the highest level of football in the US occupation zone in 1945 to replace the disbanded Gauligas. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. After thrashing Hamburger SV 5:0 in the opening round, they upset Kickers Offenbach, who had finished eleven points ahead of them in their Oberliga division that season, by a score of 2:1. Hamburger SV is a German multi Sport club ("Traditionsverein" based in Hamburg, its largest branch is the football department. Kickers Offenbach is a German football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. VfR then earned a come from behind 3:2 overtime victory over Borussia Dortmund in front of 90,000 fans in the final. BV Borussia Dortmund is a German football club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia and one of the most successful clubs The next year they again met Dortmund in the playoffs, this time in the opening round, and once again eliminated them. However, they would themselves be put out in the next round by Preußen Dellbrück and begin a slide into anonymity.
Descent from the top flight
Mannheim played in the second tier Regionalliga Süd formed in 1963 at the same time as Germany's new professional league, the Bundesliga. Overview The league started out in 1963 with 20 clubs which were reduced for the next season to 19 and form 1965 to 1974 there was always 18 teams in the league except in 1972 Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Bundesliga is the highest level of Germany 's football league system. After ten years near or at the bottom of the league table they fell to tier III football, the Amateurliga Nordbaden. Overview The Amateurliga Nordbaden was formed in 1945 in the northern half of the then state of Baden, which is now the western half of the German state Despite ongoing financial problems they rebuffed offers of a merger from SV Waldhof Mannheim in 1998 and again in 2003. SV Waldhof Mannheim is a German football club, located in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. They were denied a license that year and driven to the Verbandsliga Nordbaden (V). Overview The league was formed as Amateurliga Nordbaden in 1945 in the northern half of the then state of Baden, which is now the western half of However, the side performed well enough to win their division the next season and promotion to Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (IV), where the play today. Overview The league was formed in 1978 as the highest level of play in the state With a sixtenth place in 2007-08, they narrowly avoided relegation, being on equal points with the sevententh team.
Honours
- German champions: 1949
- Gauliga Baden champions: 1935, 1938, 1939, 1943, 1944
- South German champions: 1925
- South German Cup winners: 1959
- German amateur vice-champions: 1996
- BFV Cup winner: 1972, 1997, 2001
- Amateurliga Nordbaden (III) champions: 1973, 1976
- Verbandsliga Nordbaden (V) champions: 2004
Trivia
- Predecessor sides FG Mannheim, FG Union Mannheim and FC Viktoria Mannheim were founding members of the DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) at Leipzig in 1900. For the main article see Gauliga Overview The league was introduced in 1933 after the Nazi take over of power in Germany Overview The Amateurliga Nordbaden was formed in 1945 in the northern half of the then state of Baden, which is now the western half of the German state Overview The league was formed as Amateurliga Nordbaden in 1945 in the northern half of the then state of Baden, which is now the western half of The DFB ( Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association was formed January 28, 1900 in Leipzig. This sort of fix restores section edit linkpoints to where they belong Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar
- Between 1903 and 1944 German national champions were awarded the Viktoria trophy. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting The 1944 final between Dresdner SC and Luftwaffen-SV Hamburg was the last Viktoria match ever played as the trophy disappeared at war's end. Dresdner SC is a German multisport club playing in Dresden, Saxony. Luftwaffen-SV Hamburg was a short-lived German military football club active during World War II and is notable as the most successful of The missing prize was replaced by the Meisterschale in 1949 and was first awarded to Mannheim despite 1. FC Nürnburg being Germany's first postwar champions in 1948. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Today the Meisterschale recognizes the country's Bundesliga champions and is inscribed with the names of each national championship team since 1903. The Viktoria has since been recovered and is held by the DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association).
Notable players
- Josef "Sepp" Herberger, capped twice for Germany and the manager of the World Cup winning 1954 Germany team. Josef " Sepp " Herberger ( March 28, 1897 in Mannheim, Germany &mdash April 20, 1977 in Weinheim The 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the World Cup was held in Switzerland from June 16 to July 4.
- Ernst Löttke, scored twice in the 1949 championship final. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- Dietmar Danner
- Ümit Davala
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