SV Wacker Burghausen

sports club in Burghausen, Germany

The SV Wacker Burghausen is a professional football club from Burghausen, Bavaria. Burghausen plays in the 3rd German league. The club is part of the SV Wacker Burghausen, a sports club with 24 different sports.

SV Wacker Burghausen
Full nameSportverein Wacker Burghausen
Founded1930
GroundWacker Arena
Capacity10,000
ChairmanDr. Willi Kleine
ManagerGermany Rudi Bommer
League3rd Liga
2009–1017th

History change

The club was founded in 1930 for the workers in the Wacker Chemie, a chemical factory which was founded in 1914. The firm is still main sponsor of the club.

During its history the club promoted up to the Second Bundesliga, where thy played from 2002/03 till 2006/07. 2007/08 they were 7th in the Regionalliga and qualified for the new 3.Liga. It finished the 2008–09 season in 18th place, on a relegation rank but was saved from having to step down to the Regionalliga by the withdrawal from the league of Kickers Emden for financial reasons.The next season the club finished in 18th place,on a relegation rank but was again saved from having step down to the Regionalliga by the financial problems of Rot Weiss Ahlen.

Current squad change

As of 20 May 2011

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   Germany Renè Vollath
2 DF   Germany Mounir Chaftar
3 MF   Germany Ronald Schmidt
5 DF   Germany Josef Cinar
6 DF   Germany Alexander Eberlein
8 FW   Germany Sebastian Glasner
9 FW   Germany Nicky Adler
10 MF   Morocco Youssef Mokhtari
13 FW   Nigeria Joseph Olumide
14 MF   Germany Christoph Burkhard
15 MF   Germany Markus Grübl
16 DF   Nigeria Darlington Omodiagbe
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   Germany Heiko Schwarz
20 MF   Germany Christian Brucia
21 DF   Germany Maxi Thiel
22 DF   Germany Marco Holz
23 DF   Germany Thomas Leberfinger
24 MF   Germany Matthias Heidrich
25 MF   Germany Tobias Huber
26 FW   Germany Christoph Behr
27 DF   Germany Harald Bonimeier
28 GK   Germany Manuel Schönhuber
29 MF   Germany Patryk Mrowca

Managers change

Recent managers of the club:[1]

Manager Start Finish
Rainer Hörgl 1 July 2000 25 October 2000
Rudi Bommer 26 October 2000 30 June 2004
Markus Schupp 1 July 2004 14 December 2006
  Gino Lettieri 2 January 2007 30 June 2007
Ingo Anderbrügge 1 July 2007 31 March 2008
Peter Assion 1 April 2008 30 June 2008
Günter Güttler 1 July 2008 14 April 2009
  Ralf Santelli 15 April 2009 30 June 2009
Jürgen Press 1 July 2009 9 August 2010
Mario Basler 11 August 2010 14 May 2011
Rudi Bommer 1 July 2011 present

References change

  1. Wacker Burghausen .:. Trainer von A-Z (in German) weltfussball.de

Other websites change