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| Full name | Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V. | |||
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| Nickname | Die Störche (The Storks)[citation needed] | |||
| Founded | 7 October 1900; 125 years ago (1900-10-07) | |||
| Ground | Holstein-Stadion | |||
| Capacity | 15,034[1] | |||
| Executive director | Wolfgang Schwenke[2] | |||
| President | Steffen Schneekloth[3][4] | |||
| Head coach | Marcel Rapp | |||
| League | 2. Bundesliga | |||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga, 17th of 18 (relegated) | |||
| Website | holstein-kiel.de | |||
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Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., commonly known asHolstein Kiel (German pronunciation:[ˌhɔlʃtaɪnˈkiːl]ⓘ) orKSV Holstein, is aGerman association football and sports club based in the city ofKiel,Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s through the 1960s, the club was one of the most dominant sides in northern Germany. Some notable honors from that period include theGerman football championship in 1912, and being vice-champions 1910 and 1930. Holstein also won six regional titles and finished as runners-up another nine times. They remained a first-division side until the formation of theBundesliga in 1963. They made their debut in theBundesliga in the 2024–25 season after gaining promotion from the2. Bundesliga in 2024, but now play in theBundesliga 2 following relegation.[5]
Holstein Kiel is the product of the merger of predecessor sides Kieler Fußball-Verein von 1900 and Kieler Fußball-Club Holstein. The earliest of these two sides was Kieler Fußball-Verein (later 1. KFV) established on 7 October 1900 out of the membership of the gymnastics club Kieler Männerturnvereins von 1844. Later the club concentrated on track and field athletics.
Kieler Fußball-Club Holstein was formed on 4 May 1902 and was renamed Fußball-Verein Holstein von 1902 (FV Holstein Kiel) sometime in 1908.[6] The club quickly became competitive and, in 1910, they reached the German championship final, where they lost 0–1 inextra time toKarlsruher FV. In 1912, they won the German championship with a 2–1 overtime semi-final victory over defending championsViktoria 89 Berlin followed by a 1–0 win in the final over the previous year's champions,Karlsruher FV.[7] In 1914, the club renamed again after the new branches of hockey and athletics were added, becoming Sportverein Holstein von 1902.
On 7 June 1917, 1. Kieler Fussball Verein von 1900 and Sportverein Holstein von 1902, severely weakened by World War I, merged to form the current day club. The new association adopted the foundation date of the older club, while taking up the ground, kit, colours, logo and the name Holstein from SV Holstein Kiel.[citation needed] Through the 1920s, the team made regular appearances in the national playoffs and in 1926 reached the semi-finals where they were eliminated 1–3 bySpVgg Greuther Fürth.[citation needed] In 1930, they played their way to the final, losing 4–5 toHertha BSC.[8] The following year they reached the semi-finals where they were eliminated 0–2 byTSV 1860 Munich.
Under theThird Reich, German football was re-organized into sixteen top flight divisions. Kiel played in theGauliga Nordmark, but failed to attain a title. In 1942, the Gauliga Nordmark was broken up into theGauliga Hamburg andGauliga Schleswig-Holstein.[citation needed] No longer in the company ofHamburger SV and other strong teams from the city, Kiel immediately won the title of the new division and defended it over the next two seasons until the end of World War II brought play to a halt across the country.
Those titles earned Kiel entry into the national playoff rounds. They made their best run in 1943 when they advanced as far as the semi-finals before losing to eventual championsDresdner SC. The team secured third place by defeatingFirst Vienna FC. The next year, they were eliminated early on and no final was played in 1945.
Since the end of the war, Kiel has primarily been a tier II and III club. After the conflict, football in the western half of the country was re-organized into five regional top flight divisions. Holstein Kiel played from 1947 until 1963 in theOberliga Nord (I) and twice finished as runners-up (1953, 1957). In 1961 the reserve team won theGerman amateur championship. After the 1963 formation of a single national first division known as theBundesliga, the club became a second division side and played in theRegionalliga Nord (II). Kiel did not advance to the Bundesliga after its 1965 Regionalliga Nord championship. German football was restructured in 1974 with the formation of a new second division known as the2. Bundesliga and the team slipped to third division play in theAmateuroberliga Nord (III). Holstein Kiel won promotion to second-tier competition in 1978 as part of the2. Bundesliga Nord and was relegated in 1981.
With the reunification of Germany in 1990, teams from the formerEast Germany became part of a combined national competition. German football was re-organized again in 1994 and Holstein Kiel qualified for the new tier three divisionRegionalliga Nord (III). In 1996, the club was relegated for the first time to theOberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein (IV) and returned to Regionalliga Nord (III) in 1998.
The club were relegated again to the Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein (IV) in 2000–01, after failing to qualify for the restructured Regionalliga (III), which went from four divisions to two. They did advance the next year to Regionalliga North, then narrowly missed promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in the 2005–06 season. By 2007, they had slipped to theOberliga Nord (IV), but earned two consecutive promotions to reach the new3. Liga (III) in 2009. After one year in the third division, the club were relegated again in the Regionalliga Nord (IV). The team reached the quarter-finals of the2011–12 DFB-Pokal, after beatingFC Energie Cottbus,MSV Duisburg and1. FSV Mainz 05. In the quarter-final they lost toBorussia Dortmund 4–0. Since 2013, the club played again in the third division, and, in 2017, they were promoted after 36 years to the second division.
In the2017–18 2. Bundesliga, after Holstein Kiel finished in 3rd place as the highest-scoring team with 71 goals, they lost 4–1 on aggregate toWolfsburg in therelegation play-offs. In 2019, the club entered an official partnership with AmericanUSL League Two clubSan Francisco Glens SC. The team reached the semi-finals of the2020–21 DFB-Pokal after beatingBayern Munich in the second round.
In the2020–21 2. Bundesliga, Holstein Kiel missed direct promotion to the Bundesliga by losing the last two matches in the league by the same score 3–2 againstKarlsruher SC andSV Darmstadt 98, to finish in third place behindVfL Bochum andGreuther Fürth. In thepromotion play-offs, they won the first leg away 1–0 againstFC Köln, but lost the second leg at home 5–1 to miss another chance of promotion.[9]
On 11 May 2024, the club secured their inaugural promotion to theBundesliga, clinching a top-two finish in the2023–24 2. Bundesliga with a 1–1 draw against third-placedFortuna Düsseldorf.[10]
On 10 May 2025, Holstein Kiel suffered relegation on Matchday 33, with a 1-2 loss toSC Freiburg.[11]
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Adolf Werner (1902–1923)[37]Ernst Möller (1910–1916)[citation needed] (Scored the lone goal in 1912's championship match.[38])Werner Baßler (1942–1944)[citation needed]Ottmar Walter (1943)[39]Alfred Kelbassa (1943–1944)[citation needed]Henry Peper (1950–1962)[40] (Record goalkeeper after WW2 with 271 appearances[citation needed])Hans Peter Ehlers (1953–66)[41] (Record for the most matches after WW2 with 368 appearances[citation needed])Gerd Koll (1959–1968)[42] (Record goalscorer with 141 goals[43])Gerd Saborowski (1963–1966, 1971-1973)[44]Franz-Josef Hönig (1964–1967)[45]Andreas Köpke (1967–1983)[46]Francisco Copado (1989–1991)[47]Oliver Held (1993–1995)[48]Torben Hoffmann (1993–1995)[49]Daniel Jurgeleit (1999–2003)[50]Dirk Bremser (1999–2000)[51]Niels Hansen (2000–2005)[52]Marcus Marin (2001–2002)[53]Jens Dowe (2002–2004)[54]André Trulsen (2002–2004)[55]Sidney Sam (2002–2004)[56]André Breitenreiter (2003–2007)[57]Timo Schultz (2002–2005)[58]Simon Henzler (2004–2011)[59]Björn Lindemann (2004–2006)[60]Mike Rietpietsch (2006)[61]Christian Jürgensen (2006–2013)[62]Stefan Schnoor (2006–2007)[63]Christian Mikolajczak (2006–2007)[64]Tim Siedschlag (2007–2010, 2011–2018)[65]Alexander Nouri (2008–2010)[66]Marc Heider (2009–2016)[67]Fiete Sykora (2009–2015)[68]Patrick Herrmann (2011–2019)[69]Marcel Schied (2012–2014)[70]Patrick Kohlmann (2014–2017)[71]Manuel Schäffler (2014–2016)[72]Rafael Czichos (2015–2018)[73]Dominik Schmidt (2015–2020)[74]Dominick Drexler (2016–2018)[75]Dominic Peitz (2016–2019)[76]Marvin Ducksch (2017–2018)[77]Christopher Lenz (2017–2018)[78]Johannes van den Bergh (2017–2022)[79]
Atakan Karazor (2017–2019)[80]David Kinsombi (2017–2019)[81]Jannik Dehm (2018–2021)[82]Jonas Meffert (2018–2021)[83]Phil Neumann (2019–2022)[84]
Sophus Nielsen (1910–1911)[citation needed]
Gábor Obitz (1925–1926)[85]
Dimitrios Daras (1980–1981)[86]
Émerson Luiz Firmino (1993–1994)[87]
Pavel Dochev (1994–1995)[88]
Dmitrijus Guščinas (1999–2003, 2007–2010)[89]
Marek Trejgis (2001–2004)[90]Daniel Teixeira (2003–2004)[91]
Pavel Dobrý (2004–2007)[92]
Ryan Coiner (2005–2006)[citation needed]
Michél Mazingu-Dinzey (2007–2008)[93]Kenneth Kronholm (2014–2019)[94]
Kingsley Schindler (2016–2019)[95]
Lee Jae-sung (2018–2021)[96]
Masaya Okugawa (2018–2019)[97]
László Bénes (2019)[98]Salih Özcan (2019–2020)[99]
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| Position | Name |
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| Head Coach | Marcel Rapp |
| Assistant Head Coach | Dirk Bremser |
| Assistant Coach | Alexander Hahn |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Patrik Borger Niklas Jakusch |
| Fitness Coach | Timm Sörensen |
| Athletic Coach | Lasse Bork |
| Match Analyst | Alexander Rudies |
| Team Doctor | Andre Hönig Dr. Marco Diekmann |
| Head of Physiotherapy | Tim Höper |
| Physiotherapist | Timm Pflügler Tim Rosenthal Sebastian Süß Timo Syroka Lennart Schlegel |
| Organizational Leader | Jan Uphues |
| Team Manager | Sebastian Ermuth-von Petersdorff |
| Bus Driver | Tim Petersen Tim Brockmüller |
Since July 2004, the club has a women's football section as Wittenseer SV-TUS Felde dissolved their club to join Holstein Kiel.[100] The team played from 2005–06 to 2010–11 in the2. Bundesliga, then experienced promotions and relegations between the latter andRegionalliga Nord.[citation needed]
Other departments areteam handball (men and women), tennis, andcheerleading.[citation needed] The women's handball team won the 1971 German handball championship.
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