Stuttgarter Kickers

Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers. The club currently plays in the Regionalliga Südwest, the fourth tier of German football.

History
In its early years the club had a decent local squad that played in the Südkreis-Liga, Kreisliga Württemberg and then in the Bezirksliga Württemberg. With the reorganization of German football during the Third Reich in 1933, the team – now known as SV Stuttgarter Kickers – found itself in the Gauliga Württemberg, one of sixteen top tier regional leagues established in the country during that time. It continued to have good results locally, but was unable to impress beyond its own area. In the final year of World War II the Kickers fielded a combined wartime squad with Sportfreunde Stuttgart.

After the war the club resumed play in the Oberliga Süd and performed as a mid-table team early on. By 1950 it had slipped to the lower half of the table with a seemingly solid grip in 14th place, constantly struggling to avoid relegation throughout the decade. Kickers spent the early 60s in tier II football, but after the formation of the Bundesliga, Germany's new professional league, in 1963, the club was moved to the Regionalliga Süd. In 1974, that league went professional and became the 2. Bundesliga. Between 1963 and the late 1980s the team had varying results, but finally stabilized in the upper half of the standings toward the end of that period. It has one losing appearance to its credit in the DFB-Pokal in 1987 and in 1988–89 it made it to the Bundesliga for the first time. It ended a run of 28 years as a second division outfit. The team was immediately relegated after a 17th-place finish, but continued to deliver some of its best performances. Die Blauen advanced to the semi-finals of the 2000 DFB-Pokal and then had a second turn in the Bundesliga in 1991–92, but with the same result as its earlier time up. Over the next decade the club played largely in the second division, before slipping to the Regionalliga Süd (III) in 2001, where they remained until 2008, when a tenth-place finish narrowly qualified them for the new 3. Liga. They finished last (20th) in the 3. Liga in 2008–09 and were relegated to the Regionalliga Süd. After three seasons at Regionalliga level, the Kickers returned to the 3. Liga in 2012 where they played for four seasons until relegation at the end of 2015–16, now dropping down to the Regionalliga Südwest. In 2018 they were relegated once more to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg.

Other departments
The Stuttgarter Kickers also have handball, athletics, table tennis, cheerleading, and lacrosse departments. The association is also recognized for its training of football referees and other game officials. They had a field hockey department too, which in 1957 became independent under the name of HTC Stuttgarter Kickers.

Reserve team
The Stuttgarter Kickers II, historically also known as Stuttgarter Kickers Amateure, have been playing in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg since 2000. Previously, the team fluctuated between the Landesliga and Verbandsliga Württemberg.

Honours
The club's honours:

League

 * German football championship
 * Runners-up: 1908
 * Southern German championship
 * Champions: 1908, 1913, 1917
 * Südkreis-Liga (I)
 * Champions: 1913, 1914, 1917
 * Kreisliga Württemberg (I)
 * Champions: 1921, 1923
 * Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden (I)
 * Champions: 1924, 1925
 * Bezirksliga Württemberg (I)
 * Champions: 1928, 1933
 * Runners-up: 1929
 * Gauliga Württemberg (I)
 * Champions: 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942
 * 2nd Oberliga Süd (II)
 * Champions: 1951, 1959
 * 2nd Bundesliga (II)
 * Champions: 1988
 * Regionalliga Süd (III/IV)
 * Champions: 1996, 2012
 * Runners-up: 1995, 2011

Cup

 * DFB-Pokal
 * Runners-up: 1987
 * Württemberg Cup (Tiers III–VII)
 * Winners: 2005, 2006, 2022
 * Runners-up: 2003, 2014, 2017, 2023

Youth
The club's youth teams have enjoyed quite a bit of success on the national scene.
 * German Under 19 championship
 * Champions: 1979
 * German Junior Cup
 * Winners: 1990
 * ‡ Reserve team.

Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:

Stuttgarter Kickers II

 * With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.

Presidential history
The club's presidents:


 * 1900–1900 Hans Schröder
 * 1900–1900 Hans Spandau
 * 1900–1901 Gustav Dreher
 * 1901–1902 Richard Dürr
 * 1902–1904 Viktor Mäulen
 * 1904–1905 Gustav Dreher
 * 1905–1908 Alfred Hezel
 * 1908–1911 Hans Trapp
 * 1911–1912 Anton Salg
 * 1912–1919 Hans Trapp
 * 1919–1921 Albert Mann
 * 1921–1926 Friedrich Häussermann
 * 1927–1929 Max Maurer
 * 1929–1934 Gotthilf Waizenegger
 * 1934–1937 Karl Umgelter
 * 1937–1945 Hermann Kurz
 * 1945–1948 Eugen Grau
 * 1948–1950 Richard "Molly" Schauffele
 * 1950–1951 Max Maurer
 * 1951–1952 Wilhelm Reuter
 * 1952–1955 Dr. Erich Häussermann
 * 1955–1957 Erich Scriba
 * 1957–1957 Philipp Metzler
 * 1957–1958 Hermann Ulrich
 * 1958–1960 Albrecht Brunst
 * 1960–1960 Willi Knörzer
 * 1960–1962 Albrecht Brunst
 * 1962–1963 Gottfried Sälzer
 * 1963–1967 Helmuth Bauer
 * 1967–1979 Walter Queissner
 * 1979–2003 Axel Dünnwald-Metzler
 * 07/2003 – 03/2007 Hans Kullen
 * 03/2007 – 07/2009 Dirk Eichelbaum
 * 07/2009 – 11/2010 Edgar Kurz
 * since 12 January 2010 Prof. Dr. Rainer Lorz

Coaching history
The club's coaches:


 * 7 January 1945 – 30 June 1946 Ossi Müller
 * 7 January 1946 – 30 June 1947 Albert Cozza
 * 7 January 1947 – 30 June 1948 Albert Cozza, Josef "Seppl" Müller and Lory Polster
 * 7 January 1948 – 30 June 1950 Emil Melcher
 * 7 January 1950 – 30 June 1951 Kuno Krügel
 * 7 January 1951 – 30 June 1952 Fritz Kerr
 * 7 January 1952 – 30 June 1953 Kuno Krügel
 * 7 January 1953 – 30 June 1954 Eduard Havlicek
 * 7 January 1954 – 30 June 1956 Georg Bayerer
 * 7 January 1956 – 30 June 1958 Oswald Pfau
 * 7 January 1958 – 30 June 1960 Benda Hügel
 * 7 January 1960 – 30 June 1962 Karl-Heinz Grindler
 * 7 January 1961 – 30 April 1962 Jenö Csaknady
 * 5 January 1962 – 30 June 1962 Albert Sing
 * 7 January 1962 – 30 June 1966 Hans Eberle
 * 7 January 1966 – 30 June 1969 Georg Wurzer
 * 7 January 1969 – 30 November 1969 Gerd Menne
 * 12 January 1969 – 30 June 1971 Georg Wurzer
 * 7 January 1971 – 30 June 1972 Barthel Thomas
 * 7 January 1972 – 30 June 1973 Willibald Hahn
 * 7 January 1973 – 15 September 1974 Fritz Millinger
 * 16 Sep 1974 – 30 June 1975 Georg Wurzer and Rudolf Kröner
 * 7 January 1975 – 30 June 1977 Rudolf Kröner
 * 7 January 1977 – 30 June 1978 Hans Cieslarczyk
 * 7 January 1978 – 26 October 1980 Hans-Dieter Roos
 * 27 Oct 1981 – 30 June 1982 Slobodan Cendic
 * 7 January 1982 – 23 January 1983 Jürgen Sundermann
 * 24 Jan 1983 – 21 October 1984 Horst Buhtz
 * 22 Oct 1984 – 30 June 1987 Dieter Renner
 * 7 January 1987 – 5 February 1990 Manfred Krafft
 * 5 February 1990 – 30 June 1992 Rainer Zobel
 * 7 January 1992 – 23 August 1992 Frieder Schömezler
 * 25 Aug 1992 – 30 June 1993 Rolf Schafstall
 * 7 January 1993 – 28 February 1994 Lorenz-Günther Köstner
 * 3 January 1994 – 30 June 1994 Günter Sebert
 * 7 January 1994 – 26 October 1994 Paul Sauter
 * 26 Oct 1994 – 18 February 1998 Wolfgang Wolf
 * 18 Feb 1998 – 24 February 1998 Frieder Schömezler
 * 25 Feb 1998 – 17 May 1999 Paul Linz
 * 18 May 1999 – 30 June 1999 Ralf Vollmer
 * 7 January 1999 – 28 March 2000 Michael Feichtenbeiner
 * 30 Mar 2000 – 30 June 2000 Dragoslav Stepanović
 * 7 January 2000 – 25 September 2000 Hans-Jürgen Boysen
 * 27 Sep 2000 – 26 August 2001 Rainer Zobel
 * 27 Aug 2001 – 3 September 2003 Marcus Sorg
 * 3 October 2001 – 27 October 2003 Rainer Adrion
 * 27 Oct 2003 – 30 June 2007 Robin Dutt
 * 7 January 2007 – 11 April 2007 Peter Zeidler
 * 11 May 2007 – 21 September 2008 Stefan Minkwitz
 * 21 Sep 2008 – 14 April 2009 Edgar Schmitt
 * 14 Apr 2009 – 30 June 2009 Rainer Kraft
 * 7 January 2009 – 19 November 2012 Dirk Schuster
 * 19 Nov 2012 – 19 December 2012 Guido Buchwald (interim)
 * 19 Dec 2012 – 4 July 2013 Gerd Dais
 * 4 July 2013 – 9 September 2013 Massimo Morales
 * 9 September 2013 – 30 September 2013 Jürgen Hartmann (interim)
 * 30 Sep 2013 – 11 April 2015 Horst Steffen
 * 11 April 2015 – 11 August 2015 Alfred Kaminski (interim)
 * 11 September 2015 – 30 June 2016 Tomislav Stipić
 * 7 January 2016 – 24 October 2016 Alfred Kaminski
 * 11 April 2015 – 31 December 2016 Dieter Märkle (interim)
 * 1 January 2017 – 16 October 2017 Tomasz Kaczmarek
 * 17 October 2017 – 5 April 2018 Paco Vaz
 * 9 April 2018 – 30 June 2018 Jürgen Seeberger
 * 1 July 2018 – 30 June 2019 Tobias Flitsch
 * 1 July 2019 – 27 September 2021 Ramon Gehrmann
 * 27 September 2021 – 30 June 2024 Mustafa Ünal
 * 1 July 2024 – Marco Wildersinn