SV Sandhausen - last updated on 4 June 2008
(Courtesy of Johnny Beaufays)
Club name: Sportverein 1916 Sandhausen e.V.
Foundation: August 1st 1916
City: Sandhausen
Colours: White and black
Website: www.svsandhausen.de
Honours:
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg - 5 (1981, 1985, 1987, 1995, 2000)
Amateurliga Nordbaden - 1 (1961)
Nordbaden Cup - 1 (1977)
A bit of history:
SV Sandhausen is a German football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg.
After a shaky start financially the club advanced steadily through the lower leagues until it earned promotion to the Gauliga Baden in 1930, but only played for a single season at that level before descending again. In 1943 it was merged with TSV Walldorf and VfB Wiesloch to form the wartime squad KSG Walldorf-Wiesloch. At war's end the combined squad was dissolved and SG Sandhausen was reestablished as an independent club late in 1945. A half dozen years later it re-claimed its original name. Sandhausen played football in the Landesliga or 2.Amateurliga until 1956 when it advanced to the 1.Amateurliga Nordbaden. In 1977, the team became German amateur vice-champion and advanced to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 1978 where it consistently earned finishes in the upper half of the standings. Sandhausen claimed three Oberliga titles through the 1980s and the German Amateur Championship in 1993. It repeated as Oberliga champions in 1995 and 2000 and, with its latest title, advanced to the Regionalliga Süd (III).
Negotiations held in late 2005 and on into early 2006 to merge Sandhausen with 1899 Hoffenheim, and FC Astoria Walldorf to create FC Heidelberg 06 were abandoned due to resistance to the idea on the part of Sandhausen and Walldorf, and the failure to agree on whether the new side's stadium should be located in Heidelberg.
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