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TSG 1899 Hoffenheim is a Germany association football List of football clubs in Germany based in Hoffenheim, a suburb of Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg. In 2007 TSG Hoffenheim decided to adopt the use of the short form name
1899 Hoffenheim in place of the traditional
TSG Hoffenheim. A fifth division side in 2000, TSG Hoffenheim made a remarkable advance to the Fußball-Bundesliga in 2008 with the financial backing of alumnus and software mogul Dietmar Hopp.
History
The modern-day club was formed in 1999, when gymnastics club Turnverein Hoffenheim (founded 1 July 1899) and football club Fußballverein Hoffenheim (founded 1921) merged. At the beginning of the 1990s, TSG Hoffenheim was an obscure local amateur side playing in the eighth division Baden-Württemberg A-Liga. They steadily improved and by 1996 were competing in the Verbandsliga Nordbaden (V).
Around 1990, alumnus Dietmar Hopp returned to TSG Hoffenheim of his youth as a financial backer. Hopp was the co-founder of software firm SAP AG and he put some of his money into the club. His contributions generated almost immediate results: in 2000 Hoffenheim finished first in the Verbandsliga and was promoted to the fourth-division Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. Another first place finish moved TSG Hoffenheim up to the Regionalliga Süd (III) for the 2001–02 season. They finished 13th in their first season in the Regionalliga, but improved significantly the next year, earning a fifth place result.
Hoffenheim earned fifth and seventh place finishes in the next two seasons, before improving to fourth in 2005–06 to earn their best result to date. TSG Hoffenheim made its first German Cup appearance in the 2003–04 competition and performed well, advancing to the quarterfinals by eliminating 2. Fußball-Bundesliga sides Eintracht Trier and Karlsruher SC and Fußball-Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen before being put out themselves by another 2. Bundesliga side, VfB Lübeck.
Negotiations to merge TSG Hoffenheim, FC Astoria Walldorf, and SV Sandhausen to create
FC Heidelberg 06 in 2005 were abandoned due to the resistance of the latter two clubs, and the failure to agree on whether the new side's stadium should be located in Heidelberg or Eppelheim. Team owner Hopp clearly preferred Heidelberg, but could not overcome the resistance of local firm Wild (company), which had already reserved the site of the planned stadium for its new production facilities.
In 2006, TSG Hoffenheim sought to improve its squad and technical staff by bringing in players with several years of Bundesliga experience, most notably Jochen Seitz and Tomislav Marić, and by signing Ralf Rangnick, former manager of Bundesliga teams SSV Ulm 1846, VfB Stuttgart, Hannover 96, and FC Schalke 04, to a five-year contract. The investment paid off in the 2006–07 season with TSG Hoffenheim's promotion to the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga after finishing 2nd in Regionalliga Süd.
Remarkably, TSG Hoffenheim spent only a single season in the 2. Bundesliga, where they finished in 2nd place and received automatic promotion. The Fußball-Bundesliga 2008-09 season is Hoffenheim's first in the German top division, where they were at the top of the table during the winter break with 35 points, thereby winning the unofficial "Herbstmeister" (Autumn-Champion) title. However, they suffered a devastating blow during the winter break when Vedad Ibišević, who was the Bundesliga's leading goal scorer in the first half of the season, tore an anterior cruciate ligament during a training match against Hamburger SV. Deprived of their biggest offensive threat, Hoffenheim faded to seventh—still a respectable position for a newly promoted side.
Players
For recent transfers, see List of German football transfers summer 2009.
Staff
Sport:
- Ralf Rangnick (Head Coach)
- Peter Zeidler (Assistant Coach)
- Tomislav Marić (Team Chef)
- Achim Sarstedt (Team Manager)
- Zsolt Petry (Goalkeeper Coach)
- Rainer Schrey (Fitness Coach)
- Hans-Dieter Herrmann (Mental Coach)
Management:
- Jan Schindelmeiser (Manager)
- Jochen A. Rotthaus (Geschäftsführer)
- Bernhard Peters (Youth Coordinator)
Scouting
- Christian Möckel (Head Scout)
Medical
- Dr Pieter Beks (Team Doctor)
- Peter Geigle
- Michael Grau-Stenzel (Physiotherapist)
- Simon Stadler (Physiotherapist)
- Heinz Seyfert (Kit Manager)
Hoffenheim II
Staff:
- Rainer Scharinger (Head Coach)
- Nesho Duric (Assistant Coach)
- Ralf Friedberger (Fitness Coach)
- Oliver Tuzyna (Goalkeeper Coach)
- Yannick Obenauer (Athletic Coach)
- Willi Heinlein (Advisor)
- Timo Maag (Kit Manager)
- Dr Pieter Beks (Team Doctor)
- Thomas Schuster (Physiotherapist)
- Kevin Tierhold (Physiotherapist)
Stadium
Before being promoted to the 1. Bundesliga in 2008, TSG Hoffenheim played in Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion which was built in 1999 with a capacity of 5,000 (1,620 seats).
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim made their loftier ambitions clear in 2006 when TSG Hoffenheim's management decided to build the new 30,000 seat Rhein-Neckar-Arena suitable for hosting Bundesliga matches. The stadium was originally to be built in Heidelberg before the selection of a site in Sinsheim.
They opened their first season in the 1. Bundesliga at the 26,022 capacity Carl-Benz-Stadion in Mannheim and played their first match in their new stadium on 31 January 2009.
Honors
- League
- - 2. Fußball-Bundesliga: Runner-up 2008
- - Fußball-Regionalliga: Runner-up 2007
- - Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (IV) champions: 2001
- - Verbandsliga Nordbaden (V) champions: 2000
- Cup
- - North Baden Cup winners: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Youth
- - German Under 17 championship (football) champions: 2008
- - Under 17 Bundesliga (football) champions: 2008
Notable Players
- Sinan Andić
- Alen Arnautović
- Ioannis Babas
- Alper Balaban
- Oguzhan Biyik
- Roland Bonimeier
- Adam Bouzid
- Bartosz Broniszewski
- Patrick Caltagirone
- Sandro Cescutti
- Francisco Copado
- Francesco di Frisco
- Riccardo di Piazza
- Nesho Durić
- Adil El Barhami
- Jochen Endreß
- Aurelien Eyoum
- Mario Göttlicher
- Mario Greco
- Serhat Gülbas
- Sebastian Hoeneß
- Norbert Hofmann
- Timo Hildebrand
- Alexander Huber (football)
- Imad Kassem-Sad
- Souleymane Koné
- Abedin Krasniqi
- Artur Krettek
- Dennis Laili
- Denis Lapaczinski
- Felix Luz
- Tomislav Marić
- Marcel Mebtouche
- Dalio Memić
- Marco Misuraca
- Christian Möckel
- Matteo Monetta
- Tabe Nyenty
- Thomas Ollhoff
- Matthias Örum
- Dragan Paljić
- Marjan Petković
- Sascha Ropić
- Robert Rudnik
- Adem Sari
- Sahr Senesie
- Fabio Schmidt
- Radek Špiláček
- Alexander Stolz
- Ali Talib
- Christoph Teinert
- Suat Türker
- Oliver Tuzyna
- Michael Zepek
- Sascha Zrnić
- Nevzet Zukić
Former Coaches
- Alfred Schön (24.05.2006 - 30.06.2006)
- Lorenz-Günther Köstner (10.01.2006 - 24.05.2006)
- Roland Dickgießer (19.11.2005 - 23.12.2005)
- Hans-Dieter Flick (01.07.2000 - 19.11.2005)
Former Personnel
- Roland Dickgießer
- Philipp Laux
- Uwe Nägele
- Alfred Schön
- Alexander Strehmel
Recent seasons
TSG Hoffenheim
TSG Hoffenheim II
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