TSG Neustrelitz

Football club infobox
clubname = TSG Neustrelitz


fullname = Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft Neustrelitz e.V.
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founded = 1949
ground = Parkstadion
capacity = 6,000
chairman = Hauke Runge
manager = Lothar Hamann
league = Oberliga Nordost-Nord (V)
season = 2007-08
position = 10th
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TSG Neustrelitz is a German football club from Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The football side is part of a sports club that also has departments for gymnastics and chess.

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History

The earliest roots of the association go back to the founding of the football club "Neustrelitzer Fußball Club" which soon grew into a more general sports club known as "Neustrelitzer Sportverein". The sports club failed after 1919, but the football department immediately re-established themselves as "Ballspielverein Neustrelitz". A second local football club known as "SV Viktoria Neustrelitz" was formed in 1925 and was joined by "BV" the following year. "Viktoria" in turn merged with "SG Corso Neustrelitz" in 1931 to form "SG Corso Viktoria Neustrelitz" which played through to the end of World War II when occupying Allied authorities ordered all organizations in the country, including sports and football associations, disbanded.

A successor was created in 1946 as "SG Neustrelitz", and as was common in East Germany at the time, would undergo several name changes playing variously as "BSG Konsum Neustrelitz" (1949), "BSG Empor Süd Neustrelitz" (1951), "BSG Motor Neustrelitz" (1952), and "BSG Maschinelles Rechnen Neustrelitz" (1971). The club took on its current name in 1975 after being disassociated from its industrial sponsor.

The club made several ascents to the second division DDR-Liga, but was never able to firmly establish itself at that level of play. In 1963 it appeared that "BSG" had won its way through a playoff round to the DDR-Liga, but found itself disqualified over the use of an ineligible player. After being promoted in 1964 "Neutrelitz" would play its way to the 1/8 final of the East German Cup despite a last place finish in regular league competition. The team lost a close contest there by a score of 1:2 to "FC Carl Zeiss Jena.

After German re-unification in 1990 "TSG" played in the Landesliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (VI) winning promotion to the Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Ost in 1996. They immediately claimed the title there, again winning promotion, this time to the Oberliga Nordost-Nord (IV). They struggled through three seasons at that level and after a 16th place finish were demoted to the Verbandliga where they spent two years. "Neutrelitz" re-claimed a place in the Oberliga in 2002 where they continue to compete today as a lower table side.

Honours

*Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern champions (V): 1997, 2001
*Landesliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (VI) champions: 1996
*Bezirksliga Neubrandenburg (VII) champions: 1991

tadium

"TSG Neustrelitz" plays its home matches in the Parkstadion (capacity 6,000). Its second team squad uses the adjacent Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion.

Current squad

External links

* [http://www.tsg-neustrelitz.de Official team site]
* [http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/neustrelitz.html Abseits Guide to German Soccer]
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German football league tables (in German)
* [http://www.eufo.de/ eufo.de] European football club profiles