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| Full name | Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V. | |||
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| Nicknames | Die Jahnelf (the Jahn Eleven)[1][2] Die Rothosen (the Red Shorts)[3][4] | |||
| Founded | 4 October 1907; 118 years ago (1907-10-04) | |||
| Ground | Jahnstadion Regensburg | |||
| Capacity | 15,210[5] | |||
| Chairman | Hans Rothammer[6] | |||
| Coach | Michael Wimmer | |||
| League | 3. Liga | |||
| 2024–25 | 2. Bundesliga, 18th of 18 (relegated) | |||
| Website | ssv-jahn.de | |||
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Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known asSSV Jahn Regensburg,Jahn Regensburg,SSV Jahn or simplyJahn, is aGerman football club based inRegensburg,Bavaria.
The club plays their home games atJahnstadion Regensburg since 2015. The club colours are white and red, the team's most common nicknames 'Rothosen' (Red Shorts) and 'Jahnelf' (Jahn Eleven).Jahn currently plays in the2. Bundesliga the German second division, having been promoted from the3. Liga inthe 2023–24 season.
The club is based on a gymnastics club founded in 1886 asTurnerbund Jahn Regensburg which took its name fromFriedrich Ludwig Jahn, whose ideas of gymnastics greatly influenced German sport in the 19th century. The football department was created in 1907.
The footballers left their parent club in 1924 to formSportbund Jahn Regensburg. In 1934, they joinedSportverein 1889 Regensburg andSchwimmverein 1920 Regensburg to formSSV which has departments forathletics,boxing,futsal,gymnastics,handball,kendo andnine-pin bowling. The football department separated in 2000 asSSV Jahn Regensburg.
Despite the 1934 merger of the football section into the wider sports club, the footballing side's best finish in theBezirksliga Bayern was a second-place finish in 1930. In theGauliga Bayern, one of sixteen top flight divisions formed in the re-organization of German football under theThird Reich in 1933,Jahn lasted for only two seasons before being relegated in 1935. It returned in 1937 and their best performances were consecutive third-place finishes in 1938 and 1939 after which they became a less competitive mid-to-lower table side.
The club spent most of the period between the end of World War II and the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963 as a "yo-yo team" oscillating between theOberliga Süd and thesecond division. Regensburg played the early 1960s in the third division before making their way back to theRegionalliga Süd (II).[7] By the mid-1970s, the team's results worsened and by the end of the decade had become a team mostly playing in the third and fourth divisions, as well as playing three years in theLandesliga Bayern-Mitte, the fifth tier, in the late 1990s.
In 2000 the football team left to become an independent club and were joined by players fromSG Post/Süd Regensburg in 2002.[8] Regensburg played in theRegionalliga Süd, the third tier since with a single season in the2. Bundesliga in 2003–04. However, the club faced financial difficulties and narrowly avoided bankruptcy in 2005.[9][10] After being relegated to the fourth division, theOberliga Bayern in 2005–06, Jahn achieved first place in the following season and were promoted back to the Regionalliga Süd. Due to a reorganisation of the leagues, Jahn had to finish in tenth place or higher in order to stay in the third division, which is now the new3. Liga. Jahn struggled to do so but finished ninth in the end and gained entry to the new league.
The club played its first two seasons in the 3. Liga close to the relegation zone but then improved and came third in 2011–12, qualifying to play against theKarlsruher SC in the promotion round to the 2. Bundesliga. They drew 1–1 at Regensburg and 2–2 at Karlsruhe, which meant Jahn returned to second level after eight years thanks to theaway goal rule.
TheJahn finished last in the 2. Bundesliga in 2012–13 and were relegated back to the 3. Liga, finishing eleventh in 2013–14. In 2014–15 they also finished last in the 3. Liga and were relegated back to the Regionalliga. In the following season, they won theRegionalliga Bayern and faced theRegionalliga Nord championsVfL Wolfsburg II in the play-offs. The club defeated Wolfsburg II 2–1 on aggregate and immediately returned to third level for the 2015–16 season.[11] The following season Jahn finished third in the 3. Liga. As in 2012, they were subsequently promoted to the second tier via the play-off, defeating1860 Munich 3–1 on aggregate.
In 2012, head coachMarkus Weinzierl left Jahn after securing promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, ending a decade-long stint with the club.[12] His successor,Oscar Corrochano, was sacked within months due to poor results, and subsequent coaches failed to prevent relegation in 2013.[13][14][15][16] After a short stint in the fourth-tier Regionalliga,[17][18] Regensburg returned to the3. Liga in 2016 underHeiko Herrlich,[19][20] achieving back-to-back promotions to the 2. Bundesliga in 2017.[21][22]
UnderAchim Beierlorzer and laterMersad Selimbegović, Jahn established itself in the 2. Bundesliga, achieving notable results despite financial limitations.[23][24] The team became known for comebacks, earning the nicknameMentalitätsmonster ("Mentality Monster").[25][26][27] A strongDFB-Pokal run in2020–21, reaching their first ever quarter-finals in the tournament,[28] highlighted their resilience, but performance declined in later seasons.[29]
Relegated again in2023 after six years in the 2. Bundesliga, the club rebuilt its squad.[30][31] Despite early dominance in the 3. Liga and a record 10-game win streak,[32] their form dipped dramatically.[33][34] They narrowly avoided further setbacks, securing promotion through relegation playoffs in2024.[35] The team dedicated their promotion to their late teammate,Agyemang Diawusie, who had died earlier in the season.[36] ManagerJoe Enochs, who led the return to the 2. Bundesliga, was dismissed in October 2024 following poor results, including a heavy 8–3 defeat to1. FC Nürnberg.[37]
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SSV Jahn Regensburg II (orSSV Jahn Regensburg Amateure) made a single season appearance in the southern division of theAmateurliga Bayern in 1962–63, the last year of the league being divided into two regional divisions. An eleventh place in the league that season was not enough to qualify for the new single-division league and the team also did not become part of the newLandesliga Bayern-Mitte.[38]
A lengthy period[quantify] in the lower amateur divisions followed until 2002, when the merger of the first team with SG Post/Süd Regensburg allowed the reserve side to takePost's place in the Bayernliga, where the team played from 2002 to 2006. In 2006, the first team's relegation meant, they had to move down one level even so they finished eleventh this season. After three average seasons,[according to whom?] the side became a promotion contender again, finishing second in 2010–11, but losing toSpVgg Bayern Hof in the promotion round.
At the end of the 2011–12 season, the club qualified directly for the newly expanded Bayernliga after finishing third in the Landesliga.[39]
| Position | Name |
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| Head Coach |  Munier Raychouni (interim) |
| Assistant Coach | Christoph Rezler |
| First-Team Coach & Opponent Analyst | Oliver Seitz |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Philipp Tschauner |
| Athletic Coach | Christoph Rezler |
| Chief Scout |  Ilija Džepina |
| Scout | Andreas Wagner Karl Müller |
| Doctor | Dr. Andreas Harlass-Neuking |
| Physiotherapist | Wolfgang Brummer Matthias Günther |
| Lead Academy Physiotherapist | Tobias Rutzinger |
| Head of Media and Communications | Johannes Liedl |
| Team official | Klaus-Dieter Schneider |
| Kit Manager | Reinhold Reisinger |
| Head of Finance and Human Resources | Simon Leser |
| Head of Private Customer Marketing | Cornelius Knappe |
| Head of Operations and Infrastructure | Andreas Hahn |
| Team Manager | Katja Schöppl |
| Academy Manager | Christian Martin |
Recent managers of the club:[40]
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| Manager | Start | Finish |
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| Günter Sebert | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2003 |
| Ingo Peter | 1 July 2003 | 17 November 2003 |
| Günter Brandl | 18 November 2003 | 30 June 2004 |
| Mario Basler | 1 July 2004 | 20 September 2005 |
| Dariusz Pasieka | 21 September 2005 | 6 April 2006 |
| Günter Güttler | 7 April 2006 | 30 June 2008 |
| Thomas Kristl | 1 July 2008 | 24 November 2008 |
| Markus Weinzierl | 25 November 2008 | 30 June 2012 |
| Oscar Corrochano | 1 July 2012 | 4 November 2012 |
| Franz Gerber | 4 November 2012 | 2 January 2013 |
| Franciszek Smuda | 2 January 2013 | 10 June 2013 |
| Thomas Stratos | 11 June 2013 | 30 June 2014 |
| Alexander Schmidt | 1 July 2014 | 10 November 2014 |
| Christian Brand | 18 November 2014 | 6 December 2015 |
| Heiko Herrlich | 11 January 2016[41] | 30 June 2017 |
| Achim Beierlorzer | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2019 |
| Mersad Selimbegović | 1 July 2019 | 9 May 2023 |
| Joe Enochs | 10 May 2023 | 27 October 2024[42] |
| Andreas Patz[42] | 27 October 2024 | 8 May 2025 |
| Munier Raychoun | 8 May 2025 | 30 June 2025 |
| Michael Wimmer | 1 July 2025 |
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[43][44]
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