Fortuna Sachsenross Hannover
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| Full name | TSV Fortuna/Sachsenross von 1891 e.V. | ||
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| Founded | 1971 | ||
| Chairman | Stephen Smith | ||
| Coach | Sven Teichmann | ||
| League | Bezirksliga Hannover 2 (VII) | ||
| 2015–16 | 13th | ||
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Fortuna Sachsenross Hannover is a German sports club for football and pétanque based in Hanover. The club's roots are convoluted and can be traced to several local clubs, the oldest of those going back to 1891.
History
The Turnerbund Sachsenroß von 1891 was founded in a suburb of Hanover in 1891. The Arbeitersportverein List von 1893 followed two years later. Another ancestor of the club, Freie Turnerschaft Hannover, Abtlg. Buchholz was the first to offer football, but the football department left the club in 1923 to form an independent football club, since known as OSV Hannover. In 1924 the footballer's of List, now renamed to Freie Turnerschaft Hannover, Abtlg. List, also formed an independent club named Freie Sportvereinigung Wacker. Many members of Wacker joined the sports club of the local waterworks and in 1933 that club was renamed to Fortuna von 1933.[1]
After the war 74 former members of Wacker, Fortuna, and Buchholz founded the TSV Fortuna von 1946. When the local authorities moved Turnerbund Sachsenroß from their former residence at Clausewitzstraße to Wietzegraben Fortuna and Sachsenroß became neighbours. The city also wanted to support the local sports and thus planned to build larger sports facilities. A prerequisite was that Sachsenross and Fortuna would merge to form a joint club. TSV Fortuna/Sachsenroß von 1891 e.V. was thus founded in 1971.[1]
Football
Fortuna Sachsenross offers men's and women's football. They have four senior men's sides and twelve junior sides as well as a women's team. The first men's team is playing in the seventh tier Bezirksliga Hannover 2 after relegation from the Landesliga Hannover in 2014. The most well known former player of Fortuna Sachsenross is Mirko Slomka.
Women's football
The club is most famous for its original women's football team, that was a member of the Bundesliga from 1990 to 1997. When in 1997 the two division of the Bundesliga were united to form a uniform Bundesliga Fortuna Sachsenross qualified, but decided to refrain from participating for financial reasons. The women's team was disbanded a few years later. A new women's section was established late in 2009. The 2009–10 season will be their first.
Statistics
| Season | League | Pos | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | DFB-Pokal |
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| 1990–91 | Bundesliga Nord (I) | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 38 | 15 | nq |
| 1991–92 | Bundesliga Nord | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 39 | 16 | 2nd round |
| 1992–93 | Bundesliga Nord | 4 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 22 | 3rd round |
| 1993–94 | Bundesliga Nord | 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 37 | 19 | 1st round |
| 1994–95 | Bundesliga Nord | 5 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 41 | 41 | 19 | Quarter-final |
| 1995–96 | Bundesliga Nord | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 31 | 50 | 23 | Quarter-final |
| 1996–97 | Bundesliga Nord | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 45 | 16 | 3rd round |
| Red marks a season followed by relegation. | |||||||||
References
- 1 2 "Die Vereinschronik" (in German). TSV Fortuna Sachsenross e.V. 8 June 2007. Retrieved 2009-07-24.