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| Full name | Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg | |||
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| Nickname | Die Zebras (The Zebras) | |||
| Founded | 1902; 123 years ago (1902) | |||
| Ground | MSV-Arena | |||
| Capacity | 31,514[citation needed] | |||
| Manager | Dietmar Hirsch | |||
| League | 3. Liga | |||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga West, 1st of 18 (promoted) | |||
| Website | www | |||
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Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simplyMSV Duisburg (German pronunciation:[ʔɛmʔɛsfaʊˈdyːsbʊɐ̯k]), is aGerman association football club based inDuisburg,North Rhine-Westphalia. NicknamedDie Zebras for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of theBundesliga when it was formed in 1963.
The club was founded in 1902 asMeidericher Spielverein, inMeiderich, which later became part of Duisburg. In 1905, they fused with the clubSportclub Viktoria Meiderich.[1]
In 1910, MSV played in the West German A-Klasse for the first time, and in 1914, won promotion to the 'Zehnerliga' (top level of the West German championship) for the first time, after winning every game in the 13/14 season, scoring 113 goals and conceding only 12.[1]
In 1929, they won the first Niederrhein championship and were runner up in the West German championship, qualifying for thenational championship for the first time. They won the Niederrhein championship again in 1931 and 1932, and appeared in the1931 German championship again after finishing third in the West German championship.[1][2][3] The club would not qualify for either the German championship or the West German championship again.[2]
Meiderich became city champions in 1946, and in 1949 were placed in the new West German second division. The club earned promotion to the top-flightOberliga West in 1951, and though they were relegated in 1955, they would return immediately and participate in the Oberliga West until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963.
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The club was surprisingly chosen to be a member of the new national league, the Bundesliga, for the inaugural1963–64 season. Despite not being a big name or coming from a big city, Meiderich were chosen as they were the strongest club from the populousLower Rhine region; this decision was controversial, andAlemannia Aachen challenged the decision in court.[4][5]
The club signed young coachRudi Gutendorf for the first Bundesliga season, replacing the highly regardedWilli Multhaup. He convinced the board to signWorld Cup-winnerHelmut Rahn, and developed a tactical system later compared to Dutchtotal football, whereby every player contributed in both attack and defence.[6] Gutendorf's team shocked the Bundesliga by finishing second, six points behind champions1. FC Köln, and conceding the fewest goals in the league.[7] This remains the club's highest ever league finish.[4][8]
In 1966, they finished with a club record 70 goals scored in the league, including the Bundesliga's biggest ever away win, 9–0 againstTasmania Berlin. They also reached theDFB-Pokal final, losing toBayern Munich.[1][9] This was the last season played under the old name of Meidericher SV, as the club renamed itself MSV Duisburg in 1967, having received financial support from the city of Duisburg.[10]
In 1976, MSV Duisburg reached theDFB-Pokal final for the second time, but lost toEintracht Frankfurt. They then made their first appearance in theUEFA Cup, losing in the second round toLevski-Spartak Sofia on away goals.[11][12] This season was also notable for the performances of defender and captainBernard Dietz, who played every minute of theleague season and was voted bySport Bild as one of the league's best players. Dietz would achieve this three more times, being named the Bundesliga's best outfield player in 1978, and captainingGermany to victory atUEFA Euro 1980 while still at Duisburg.[13]
Duisburg finished 9th in1976–77, their first top-half finish since1970–71, and then 6th in the1977–78 Bundesliga, qualifying for the1978–79 UEFA Cup.[1][3] The club eliminatedLech Poznań,Carl Zeiss Jena,RC Strasbourg andBudapest Honvéd to reach the semi-final, where they were beaten byBorussia Mönchengladbach.[14] Despite their success in Europe, Duisburg only narrowly avoided relegation, having been in the relegation zone during the winter break.[15] In the1981–82 season, the club was relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time, finishing last.[16]
Four years later, Duisburg were relegated again, finishing last in the2. Bundesliga with only 15 points from 38 games. For their final game, they managed a crowd of just 600 fans.[17][18] The club spent three years in the third-tierOberliga Nordrhein, before returning to the 2. Bundesliga in 1989. During their time in the regional leagues, Duisburg also won theGerman amateur championship by beatingBayern Munich II.[1]
In their second season back in the second-tier, Duisburg finished runner up toSchalke 04, returning to the Bundesliga for the first time in nearly a decade. However, they would immediately be relegated back and would develop a reputation for 'yo-yoing' between the top two leagues.[19] In 1993, with former playerEwald Lienen as coach, they again won promotion from the2. Bundesliga.[1] Lienen's Duisburg led the Bundesliga as late as February as a newly promoted team, becoming the first team to ever top the table with a negative goal difference; they eventually finished 9th, and were relegated again the following season.[9][20]
Friedhelm Funkel brought the club back into the Bundesliga in 1996 and achieved three successive top-half finishes, also reaching the1998 DFB-Pokal final. As in 1966, Duisburg lost to Bayern Munich.[21] Duisburg qualified for the1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, but were heavily beaten byK.R.C. Genk, in the club's final European appearance to date.[1] In March 2000, with his team bottom of the table, Friedhelm Funkel was sacked; the club was relegated at the end of the season.[22]
The new 31,500-capacityMSV-Arena, was completed during the2004–05 season, in which Duisburg once again won promotion after five years in the 2. Bundesliga.[1][23] In December 2005, promotion-winning coachNorbert Meier was infamously sacked after 'one of the most bizarre incidents in Bundesliga history,' where he headbutted1. FC Köln playerAlbert Streit during a game and pretended to have himself been attacked.[24][25]
Duisburg finished last in the2005–06 Bundesliga, won promotion back in2006–07, and then finished last again in2007–08.[1][3]
In 2011, MSV Duisburg surprisingly reached their fourthDFB-Pokal Final. Schalke won the match 5–0, the joint-biggest winning margin in a DFB-Pokal final.[19][26]
After five years in the 2. Bundesliga, Duisburg were demoted to the3. Liga in 2013 despite finishing 11th, after having their license application denied by the league for financial reasons. The possibility of the club becominginsolvent was raised by club officials.[27][28]
Duisburg earned promotion back to the 2. Bundesliga for the 2015–16 season, but lasted only one season, losing toWürzburger Kickers in the relegation playoff; there were again concerns over whether the club would be granted a license.[29] Duisburg won the 3. Liga for the first time in2016–17 and finished in the top half of the 2. Bundesliga in2017–18.[30][31] The following year they were relegated back to the 3. Liga.[3][32]
The club was reportedly under threat of insolvency again in 2022.[33]
For the first time in the club's history, MSV Duisburg played in the fourth tier of German professional football,Regionalliga West, during the 2024–25 season, winning the league and immediate promotion back to 3. Liga.[34][35]
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| Year | Division | Tier | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963–64[36] | 1. Bundesliga | I | 2nd |
| 1964–65 | 1. Bundesliga | 7th | |
| 1965–66 | 1. Bundesliga | 8th | |
| 1966–67 | 1. Bundesliga | 11th | |
| 1967–68 | 1. Bundesliga | 7th | |
| 1968–69 | 1. Bundesliga | 12th | |
| 1969–70 | 1. Bundesliga | 15th | |
| 1970–71 | 1. Bundesliga | 7th | |
| 1971–72 | 1. Bundesliga | 14th | |
| 1972–73 | 1. Bundesliga | 10th | |
| 1973–74 | 1. Bundesliga | 15th | |
| 1974–75 | 1. Bundesliga | 14th | |
| 1975–76 | 1. Bundesliga | 10th | |
| 1976–77 | 1. Bundesliga | 9th | |
| 1977–78 | 1. Bundesliga | 6th | |
| 1978–79 | 1. Bundesliga | 13th | |
| 1979–80 | 1. Bundesliga | 14th | |
| 1980–81 | 1. Bundesliga | 12th | |
| 1981–82 | 1. Bundesliga | 18th ↓ | |
| 1982–83 | 2. Bundesliga | II | 11th |
| 1983–84 | 2. Bundesliga | 3rd | |
| 1984–85 | 2. Bundesliga | 13th | |
| 1985–86 | 2. Bundesliga | 20th ↓ | |
| 1986–87 | Oberliga Nordrhein | III | 2nd |
| 1987–88 | Oberliga Nordrhein | 1st | |
| 1988–89 | Oberliga Nordrhein | 1st ↑ | |
| 1989–90 | 2. Bundesliga | II | 10th |
| 1990–91 | 2. Bundesliga | 2nd ↑ | |
| 1991–92 | 1. Bundesliga | I | 19th ↓ |
| 1992–93 | 2. Bundesliga | II | 2nd ↑ |
| 1993–94 | 1. Bundesliga | I | 9th |
| 1994–95 | 1. Bundesliga | 17th ↓ | |
| 1995–96 | 2. Bundesliga | II | 3rd ↑ |
| 1996–97 | 1. Bundesliga | I | 9th |
| 1997–98 | 1. Bundesliga | 8th | |
| 1998–99 | 1. Bundesliga | 8th | |
| 1999–2000 | Bundesliga | 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 | I | 18th ↓ |
| 2006–07 | 2. Bundesliga | II | 3rd ↑ |
| 2007–08 | Bundesliga | I | 18th ↓ |
| 2008–09 | 2. Bundesliga | II | 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 | III | 7th |
| 2014–15 | 3. Liga | 2nd ↑ | |
| 2015–16 | 2. Bundesliga | II | 16th ↓ |
| 2016–17 | 3. Liga | III | 1st ↑ |
| 2017–18 | 2. Bundesliga | II | 7th |
| 2018–19 | 2. Bundesliga | 18th ↓ | |
| 2019–20 | 3. Liga | III | 5th |
| 2020–21 | 3. Liga | 15th | |
| 2021–22 | 3. Liga | 15th | |
| 2022–23 | 3. Liga | 12th | |
| 2023–24 | 3. Liga | 18th ↓ | |
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga West | IV | 1st ↑ |
| 2025–26 | 3. Liga | III |
| ↑Promoted | ↓Relegated |
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Hermann Lindemann (1955–1957)Rudi Gutendorf (1963–1965) Wilhelm Schmidt (1965)Hermann Eppenhoff (1965–1967)
Gyula Lóránt (1967–1968)Robert Gebhardt (1968–1970)Rudolf Fassnacht (1970–1973)Willibert Kremer (1973–1976)Rolf Schafstall (1976)Otto Knefler (1976–1977)Carl-Heinz Rühl (1977–1978) Rolf Schafstall (1978–1979)Heinz Höher (1979–1980) Friedhelm Wenzlaff (1980–1981)Kuno Klötzer (1981–1982)Siegfried Melzig (1982–1983)
Luis Zacarías (1983–1985)Günter Preuß (1985) Helmut Witte (1985–1986) Friedhelm Vos (1986)Detlef Pirsig (1986–1989) Willibert Kremer (1989–1992)Uwe Reinders (1992–1993)Ewald Lienen (1993–1994)Hans Bongartz (1994–1996)Friedhelm Funkel (1996–2000)Josef Eichkorn (2000)Wolfgang Frank (2000) Josef Eichkorn (2000–2001)Pierre Littbarski (2001–2002)Bernard Dietz (2002–2003, caretaker)Norbert Meier (2003–2005)Heiko Scholz (2005, caretaker)Jürgen Kohler (2006) Heiko Scholz (2006, caretaker)Rudi Bommer (2006–2008) Heiko Scholz (2008, caretaker)Peter Neururer (2008–2009)Uwe Speidel (2009, caretaker)
Milan Šašić (2009–2011)Oliver Reck (2011–2012)
Ivica Grlić (2012, caretaker)Kosta Runjaić (2012–2013)Karsten Baumann (2013–2014)
Gino Lettieri (2014–2015)
Iliya Gruev (2015–2018)Torsten Lieberknecht (2018–2020)Gino Lettieri (2020–2021) Uwe Schubert (2021, caretaker)Pavel Dochev (2021) Uwe Schubert (2021, caretaker) Hagen Schmidt (2021–2022)Torsten Ziegner (2022–2023) Engin Vural (2023)Boris Schommers (2023–2024) Uwe Schubert (2024, caretaker)Dietmar Hirsch (2024–)The club mascot is a Zebra, coming from the club nickname 'die Zebras' – it is named 'Ennatz', after the nickname for club legendBernard Dietz.[38][39]
As of 2022,[update] the club has 8,638 members.[40]
Tatort, a popular crime series in Germany, features an episode entitledZweierlei Blut [de] (lit. 'Blood of Two Kinds') which deals with a murder in the MSV Duisburghooligan scene.[citation needed] In one scene, InspectorHorst Schimanski is beaten to a pulp and dragged naked into the centre circle of theWedaustadion.[citation needed]
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