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| Full name | Türkgücü München e.V. | |||
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| Founded | November 1975 | |||
| Ground | Grünwalder Stadion, Sportpark Heimstetten | |||
| Capacity | 15,000, 2,500 | |||
| Chairman | Taşkın Akkay | |||
| Manager | Ünal Tosun | |||
| League | Bayernliga Süd (V) | |||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga Bayern, 18th of 18 (relegated) | |||
| Website | turkgucu | |||
Türkgücü München (lit. 'Turkish Power Munich') is a Germanassociation football club fromMunich,Bavaria, founded in 2009 through the merger of Türkischer SV 1975 and ATA Spor München.[1] Drawing on roots that reach back to the migrant side SV Türk Gücü München of the 1970s, the reorganised club competes in theBayernliga, one of the fifth tiers of theGerman league system.
The modern entity was created to give Munich's sizeableTurkish community a stable, upward-looking club after SV Türk Gücü had folded in 2001 following financial collapse. Starting in theLandesliga, Türkgücü climbed three divisions in a decade, securing back-to-back promotions in 2018 and 2020. The latter elevation—granted when the club topped the pandemic-curtailed2019–20 Regionalliga Bayern—made Türkgücü the first club rooted in Germany's migrant diaspora to reach the nationwide professional3. Liga. A 15th-place finish in2020–21 proved sustainable on the pitch, yet mounting debts forced the club into insolvency proceedings in January 2022; Türkgücü withdrew from the 3. Liga two months later and all results were annulled. Re-licensed for the2023–24 campaign, the senior team resumed play in the Regionalliga Bayern and has since stabilised under a semi-professional model.
Türkgücü stages its home matches primarily at the 15,000-capacityGrünwalder Stadion, sharing the historic ground with1860 Munich andBayern Munich II. Occasional fixtures are moved to the adjacentOlympiastadion when higher attendances are expected. The team's colours are red and white, mirroring theTurkish national flag, and supporters refer to the side simply asTürkgücü ("Turkish Power"). Although attendances are modest by Munich standards, the club commands a dedicated following among the city's Turkish-German population and promotes intercultural initiatives through its academy and community programmes.
The club was formed in 1975 by a handful of Turkish migrant workers in Munich, then under the name of SV Türk Gücü München (English:Turkish Power Munich). Originally, the football team played in the lowest tiers of Munich amateur football, something that changed from 1983 onwards, when a number of wealthy Turkish businessmen took over the running of the club. The club found the Bezirksportanlage am Krehlebogen as a permanent home ground and was able to establish a youth department.[2]
Türk Gücü, as the club was commonly referred to, earned a number of promotions, culminating in a 3–1 promotion decider victory overVfR Neuburg, played in front of 3,000 spectators, which earned the club entry to the fourth divisionLandesliga Bayern-Süd.
After its promotion to the Landesliga,Türk Gücü strengthened its team with non-Turkish players and, under coachPeter Grosser, the club won promotion to theBayernliga in 1988, with future professionals likeGerry Hillringhaus andThomas Kristl in the team. Türk Gücü was an instant success in Bavaria's highest football league, coming sixth in its first season,[3] where it attracted as many as 12,000 spectators in the games againstTSV 1860 Munich. The club was able to draw on up to 1,000 fans to travel with the team to away games.[2] Hillringhaus, a goalie, scored Germany'sgoal of the month for September 1989 in a Bayernliga game againstMTV Ingolstadt.[4]
The club under chairman Ergun Berksoy, rivaled in its success in the German Turkish community only byTürkiyemspor Berlin, begun to aim even for professional football, hoping to earn promotion to the2. Bundesliga.[2] But the club was not able to live up to its ambitions. It finished seventh in the league in the following year, followed by a twelfth place in 1991 and relegation in 1992 after a bitter 4–3 defeat on penalties in the relegation decider againstSC 08 Bamberg.[5]
Fundamental changes started to affect the club. Support for the team had steadily declined, one reason being the large number of non-Turkish players in the club which affected the identification of the local Turkish population with the club. The other was the rise of Satellite television. Being able to watch Turkish giantsBeşiktaş,Galatasaray andFenerbahçe live on TV greatly reduced the number of Turkish people interested in seeing a third- or fourth-division side on the field and, consequently, the club's financial means.[2] Nevertheless, the club's significance in Bavarian football was demonstrated in the fact that the Bavarian Football Associations fiftieth anniversary book had its own two-page article on Türk Gücü, something only awarded to Bavarian giants FC Bayern, TSV 1860,1. FC Nürnberg and rising starSpVgg Unterhaching.[6]
After the 1995–96 season Türk Gücü came second-last and fell to the fifth tier of German football.[7] The club came close to promotion once more in 1998, when it finished second in its league but lost to1. FC Nürnberg Amateure in the first round of the promotion matches.[8]
The glory days of Türk Gücü were definitely over now and, in 2001, having become insolvent, the club was dissolved.[9]
Players from Türk Gücü formed a new club called Türkischer SV 1975 München. The new team was not competitive in the Landesliga in 2001–02, finishing second to last, with onlySV Lohhof behind it, another club who had only recently played at a much higher level.[10] The team spent three seasons in the sixth tierBezirksoberliga Oberbayern before another relegation in 2005 took it down to the Bezirksliga level.[11]
The side played in the eastern division of this league, theBezirksliga Oberbayern-Ost, but again as a lower table side with another relegation following in 2008, the season ATA Spor München entered the league and finished fifth.[12]
Türkischer SV spent its last season before the merger, 2008–09, in the tier-nine Kreisliga München 3, where it achieved its only single-digit league finish in its eighth season of existence.[13]
ATA Spor München was formed in 1981.[1]
Unlike Türk Gücü, ATA Spor had never climbed the heights of Bavarian amateur football and promotion from the tier-eight Kreisliga followed by two seasons in the Bezirksliga just before the merger were the club's most successful era.
On 19 May 2009, ATA Spor and Türkischer SV merged to form SV Türkgücü-Ataspor in an effort to combine the strength of the two clubs and form a strong side in the eastern suburbs of Munich. The new club had a membership of approximately 500 people.[1]
The new club took up ATA Spor's place in theBezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord, where it came eighth in 2010 and tenth in 2011, a long way from the glory days of the old Türk Gücü club.[14]
In 2013, the club finished second and, via the promotion round, earned promotion to theLandesliga Bayern-Südost.
In 2019, the club finished first in theBayernliga Süd and earned promotion to the fourth-tierRegionalliga Bayern.
After promotion, the club decided to shorten its name to Türkgücü München.[15] Türkgücu were promoted to3. Liga in2020 and played its home games atGrünwalder Stadion. For the2020–21 season, the team has played their home matches at theOlympiastadion and at Grünwalder Stadion, sharing the latter stadium with their fellow 3. Liga side1860 Munich. Türkgücü Munich filed for insolvency on 31 January 2022. Consequently, their season's results were expunged and they were relegated back to the Regionalliga.[16]
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The club's honours:
The recent season-by-season performance of the club and its predecessors:[19][20]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | Landesliga Bayern-Süd | V | 11th |
| 2000–01 | Landesliga Bayern-Süd | 13th |
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001–02 | Landesliga Bayern-Süd | V | 19th ↓ |
| 2002–03 | Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern | VI | 13th |
| 2003–04 | Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern | 9th | |
| 2004–05 | Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern | 15th ↓ | |
| 2005–06 | Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Ost | VII | 11th |
| 2006–07 | Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Ost | 10th | |
| 2007–08 | Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Ost | 15th ↓ | |
| 2008–09 | Kreisliga 3 Schmid | IX | 5th |
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–05 | Kreisliga 2 Moossmann | VIII | 4th |
| 2005–06 | Kreisliga 2 Moossmann | 8th | |
| 2006–07 | Kreisliga 3 Schmid | 2nd ↑ | |
| 2007–08 | Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Ost | VII | 5th |
| 2008–09 | Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord | VIII | 6th |
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord | VIII | 8th |
| 2010–11 | Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord | 10th | |
| 2011–12 | Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord | 5th | |
| 2012–13 | Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord | VII | 2nd ↑ |
| 2013–14 | Landesliga Bayern-Südost | VI | 12th |
| 2014–15 | Landesliga Bayern-Südost | 10th | |
| 2015–16 | Landesliga Bayern-Südost | 12th | |
| 2016–17 | Landesliga Bayern-Südost | 6th | |
| 2017–18 | Landesliga Bayern-Südost | 1st ↑ | |
| 2018–19 | Bayernliga Süd | V | 1st ↑ |
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | Regionalliga Bayern | IV | 1st ↑ |
| 2020–21 | 3. Liga | III | 13th |
| 2021–22 | 3. Liga | 20th ↓ | |
| 2022–23 | Regionalliga Bayern | IV | 14th |
| 2023–24 | Regionalliga Bayern | 11th | |
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga Bayern | 18th ↓ | |
| 2025–26 | Bayernliga Süd | V |
| ↑Promoted | ↓Relegated |
