# TSG Balingen

TSG Balingen is a German football club from the city of Balingen, Baden-Württemberg. With over 1,800 members, it is the largest sports club in the city and has departments for athletics, basketball, fencing, fistball, gymnastics, handball, judo, and karate, as well as various personal health oriented programs.
In 2002 the first handball team merged with TV Weilstetten to HBW Balingen-Weilstetten. The team now plays in Handball-Bundesliga.

## History

The origins of the club go back to the 19th century founding of a gymnastics club. The footballers first came to notice in the mid-90s with their advance to the Verbandsliga Württemberg (V) in 1995.
After twice finishing as vice-champions in the Verbandsliga and failing to win promotion to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (IV) in subsequent playoffs, TSG finally claimed the league title in 2008 and advanced to what has become a fifth tier competition following the introduction of the 3. Liga. They won the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 2018 to gain promotion to the Regionalliga Südwest.

## Honours

* Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
** Champions: 2017–18
* Verbandsliga Württemberg
** Champions: 2007–08
** Runners-up: 2004–05, 2005–06
* Württemberg Cup
** Winners: 2023

## Current squad

    As of 2 February 2024
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 | GER | Marcel Binanzer |
| 2 | DF | GER | Sascha Eisele |
| 3 | DF | GER | Lukas Griebsch (on loan from VfB Stuttgart II) |
| 4 | DF | GER | Yannick Brugger |
| 5 | MF | GER | Luca Kölsch |
| 6 | MF | GER | Levis Schaber |
| 7 | FW | GER | Jonas Meiser |
| 8 | MF | GER | Tim Wöhrle |
| 9 | MF | GER | Leander Vochatzer |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Kaan Akkaya |
| 11 | FW | GER | Pedro Morais |
| 12 | DF | GER | Constantin Zeyer |
| 13 | FW | GER | Walter Vegelin |
| 14 | MF | GER | Henry Seeger |
| 15 | DF | GER | Adrian Müller |
| 16 | MF | GER | Samuel Schneider |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | GER | Leon Mathauer |
| 18 | DF | GER | Fabian Fecker |
| 20 | MF | GER | Enrique Katsianas Sanchez |
| 21 | FW | GER | Aron Viventi |
| 22 | DF | GER | Nyamekye Awortwie-Grant |
| 23 | FW | GER | Silas Bader |
| 24 | MF | GER | Lukas Ramser |
| 25 | DF | GER | Matthias Schmitz (captain) |
| 26 | DF | GER | Elias Wolf |
| 27 | FW | GER | Jan Ferdinand |
| 28 | DF | GER | Jonas Vogler |
| 29 | DF | GER | Luca Campanile |
| 32 | GK | GER | Thilo Marksteiner |
| 33 | DF | GER | Moritz Kuhn |
| 34 | FW | GER | Halim Eroğlu |
| 37 | MF | GER | Marko Pilic |

## Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:
| Manager | Start | Finish |
| Ralf Volkwein | 26 October 2015 | 21 October 2019 |
| Bernd Bauer | 21 October 2019 | 9 January 2020 |
| Martin Braun | 10 January 2020 | Present |

## Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
| 1999–2000 | Verbandsliga Württemberg | V | 7th |
| 2000–01 | Verbandsliga Württemberg | V | 3rd |
| 2001–02 | Verbandsliga Württemberg | V | 7th |
| 2002–03 | Verbandsliga Württemberg | V | 12th |
| 2003–04 | Verbandsliga Württemberg | V | 7th |
| 2004–05 | Verbandsliga Württemberg | V | 2nd |
| 2005–06 | Verbandsliga Württemberg | V | 2nd |
| 2006–07 | Verbandsliga Württemberg | V | 5th |
| 2007–08 | Verbandsliga Württemberg | V | 1st ↑ |
| 2008–09 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | V | 3rd |
| 2009–10 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | V | 10th |
| 2010–11 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | V | 10th |
| 2011–12 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | V | 5th |
| 2012–13 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | V | 10th |
| 2013–14 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | V | 13th |
| 2014–15 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | V | 3rd |
| 2015–16 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | V | 8th |
| 2016–17 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | V | 4th |
| 2017–18 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | V | 1st ↑ |
| 2018–19 | Regionalliga Südwest | IV | 11th |
| 2019–20 | Regionalliga Südwest | IV | 17th |
| 2020–21 | Regionalliga Südwest | IV | 15th |
| 2021–22 | Regionalliga Südwest | IV | 8th |
| 2022–23 | Regionalliga Südwest | IV | 6th |
| 2023–24 | Regionalliga Südwest | IV | 17th ↓ |
* 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.
| ↑ Promoted | ↓ Relegated |

## Stadium

TSG plays in the Bizerba Arena which has a capacity of 8,500, including 600 covered seats.