SSV Markranstädt

SSV Markranstädt is a German association football club from the city of Markranstädt, Saxony near Leipzig. It is part of a larger sports club that also has departments for badminton, cycle ball, gymnastics, table tennis, and volleyball.

SSV Markranstädt
Full nameSpiel- und Sportverein Markranstädt
Founded1990
GroundStadion am Bad
Capacity5,500
ChairmanMichael Urlaub
ManagerHolger Krauß
LeagueNOFV-Oberliga Süd (V)
2015–167th

History
Historical chart of SSV Markranstädt league performance

Established following World War II as Sportgemeinde Markranstädt, the club took up play in the top-flight regional Landesliga Sachsen/Leipzig in the Soviet occupied eastern part of the country and earned a first-place finish in the 1947–48 season. Renamed SG Glück-Auf Markranstädt, the team slipped to consecutive seventh-place finishes in its next two campaigns.[1] The club then disappeared into lower-tier play in East Germany and, like most other clubs there, underwent a succession of name changes over the years: BSG Stahl Markranstädt (1951–1952); BSG Motor Markranstädt (1952–1958); BSG Turbine Markranstädt (1959–1984); BSG Motor Markranstädt (1984–1988); and BSG Turbine Markranstädt (1988–1990).[2]

Following German reunification in 1990 Turbine adopted its current identity as Spiel- und Sportverein Markranstädt. The merger of the football competitions of the two Germanys saw SSV placed in the Landesliga Sachsen (V) where they would stay until relegated in 1993. The team re-bounded to return to fifth-tier play in 1995, but was again immediately sent down and did not return to the Landesliga until 1999. Following their 2007 divisional championship, Markranstädt was promoted to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd (IV), where they earned mid-table results in the next two seasons.

RB Leipzig
See also: RB Leipzig § Founding
RB Leipzig transition
Season 2008–09Season 2009–10Season 2010–11
SSV MarkranstädtRB LeipzigRB Leipzig
ESV DelitzschRB Leipzig II
SSV Markranstädt IIRB Leipzig IISSV Markranstädt
ESV Delitzsch IIESV Delitzsch
SSV Markranstädt IIIRB Leipzig IIISSV Markranstädt II
RB Leipzig IVSSV Markranstädt III

The club's licence was purchased by energy drink maker Red Bull in 2009 and the team resumed play in the now fifth tier Oberliga in 2009–2010 as RB Leipzig, the fourth football team in the company's sports advertising portfolio. The ownership's goal was to advance to the country's first division Bundesliga within a decade.

SSV Markranstädt continued to operate as an affiliated club, and won the Landesliga Sachsen in 2012. The club has been playing in the Oberliga as a top of the table side since, finishing third in 2015 and qualifying for the promotion play-offs to the expanded Regionalliga Nordost against FSV Luckenwalde where the club lost the return leg 4–1 and missed out on promotion.[3][4]

Honours

The club's honours:

Current squad
As of 6 November 2013

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 Tom Neukam
2 DF  GER Sven Werner
3 DF  GER Felix Habeland
4 DF  GER Matthias Buszkowiak
7 FW  GER Michael Preuß
8 MF  GER Michael Lerchl
9 FW  GER Kevin Zimmermann
10 FW  GER Pavel Pfeifer
11 FW  GER Robert Klauß
12 MF  GER Daniel Bernhardt
14 MF  CZE Ondrej Brusch
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF  GER Stefan Ronneburg
16 FW  GER Jens Frenzel
17 FW  GER Tommy Kind
18 DF  IRQ David Haider
19 FW  POL Dawid Krieger
21 DF  GER Vincent Müller
23 DF  GER Robert Zickert
24 MF  GER Pascal Ibold
26 FW  GER Marcel Nüchtern
27 MF  GER Reik Machel
33 GK  GER Tom Berger

Stadium

SSV Markranstädt plays its home fixtures in the Stadion am Bad, which has a capacity of 5,500 including 500 seats added in 2001. The stadium hosted several matches of the 2003 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.

Notable club members

References
  1. Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9
  2. East Germany – Name Changes
  3. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
  4. SSV Markranstädt at Fussball.de (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
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