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| Full name | Sportverein Meppen 1912 e.V. | ||
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| Nickname | SVM | ||
| Founded | 29 November 1912; 112 years ago (1912-11-29) | ||
| Ground | Hänsch-Arena | ||
| Capacity | 13,241[1] | ||
| Chairman | Andreas Kremer | ||
| Manager | Lucas Beniermann | ||
| League | Regionalliga Nord (IV) | ||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga Nord, 6th of 18 | ||
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SV Meppen is aGerman association football club playing inMeppen,Lower Saxony. The club was founded on 29 November 1912 asAmisia Meppen and joinedMänner-Turnverein Meppen on 8 February 1920 to formTuS Meppen 1912. The football branch leftTuS Meppen in 1921 to create a separate club calledSport Verein Meppen 1912 e.V.. SV Meppen spent a total of 11 years in the2. Bundesliga.
Meppen have had a relatively quiet history playing in III and IV level circles, winning their first title of any sort when they claimed the Amateurliga Lower Saxony (IV) championship in 1961. They claimed a second title there in 1968 and then qualified for the Regionalliga Nord (II) in 1972. After league re-structuring in 1974 the team played in theOberliga Nord (III) where they won the championship in 1987 and then emerged out the promotion playoffs to join the2. Bundesliga.
Generally, the side ended up in mid-table with their best finishes being 7th in 1994 and 6th in 1995. Meppen played their way into the final eight of the 1997DFB-Pokal competition on the strength of a memorable 6–1 victory overEintracht Frankfurt. The club's eleven-year run on the professional circuit ended in 1998 and they began a slide that landed them in the Oberliga Nord (V), where played half a dozen seasons burdened by ongoing financial problems. During the new century Meppen dropped to theNiedersachsenliga (5th division). They won the championship in 2011 and advanced to theRegionalliga Nord, which they won in 2017 to return to the3. Liga.
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TheHänsch-Arena is located in northernMeppen on Lathener Straße. Construction on the site was finished in 1924 and the stadium was named afterPaul von Hindenburg two years later. In 1992 the stadium was renamed "Emslandstadion". A sponsorship deal in 2014 currently has the stadium branded as "Hänsch-Arena". The stadium's largest ever crowd of 18,000 spectators watched SV Meppen play a 1982 friendly against aBarcelona team that includedDiego Maradona. Today the stadium has a capacity of 13,241.
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