# SV Sandhausen

Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. It is Germany's smallest professional football club.
The club's greatest success came in 2011–12 when it won the 3. Liga and earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time.

## History

After an initial period of financial instability, the club advanced steadily through the lower leagues until it earned promotion to the Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar in 1931, but only played for a single season at that level before descending again. In 1943, it was merged with TSV Walldorf and VfB Wiesloch to form the wartime squad KSG Walldorf-Wiesloch. The combined squad was dissolved at the end of the conflict and SG Sandhausen was reestablished as an independent club late in 1945. A half dozen years later it re-claimed its original name. Sandhausen played football in the Landesliga or 2. Amateurliga until 1956, when it advanced to the 1.Amateurliga Nordbaden. In 1977, the team finished as runner-up in the German amateur championship and progressed to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 1978, where it consistently earned finishes in the upper half of the table. Sandhausen won three Oberliga titles through the 1980s and the German Amateur Championship in 1993. It won back-to-back Oberliga titles in 1995 and 2000 and, with its latest title in 2007, gained promotion to the Regionalliga Süd (III).
Negotiations held in late 2005 and early 2006 to merge Sandhausen with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and FC Astoria Walldorf to create FC Heidelberg 06 were abandoned due to resistance to the idea on the part of both Sandhausen and Walldorf, and the failure to agree on whether the new side's stadium should be located in Heidelberg.
The 2007–08 season was a success for the club, being in contention for 2. Bundesliga promotion almost until the end of season and qualifying for the new 3. Liga by finishing 5th in the Regionalliga South. In 2012, the club won the 3. Liga and thus promotion to the 2. Bundesliga. The club finished its inaugural 2. Bundesliga season in a relegation position but was saved when MSV Duisburg was refused a licence and played a much stronger 2013–14 campaign, finishing 12th.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 3 February 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Nikolai Rehnen |
| 2 | DF | LTU | Edvinas Girdvainis |
| 3 | DF | GER | Christoph Ehlich |
| 5 | MF | GER | Taylan Duman |
| 6 | MF | GER | Jeremias Lorch |
| 7 | FW | GER | Stanislav Fehler |
| 8 | MF | GER | Alexander Fuchs |
| 9 | FW | GER | Richard Meier |
| 10 | FW | GER | Justin Butler |
| 11 | MF | KOS | Besar Halimi |
| 12 | FW | SWE | Viktor Granath |
| 13 | MF | NGA | Emmanuel Iwe |
| 14 | DF | GER | Jakob Lewald (captain) |
| 15 | MF | GER | Alexander Mühling |
| 16 | DF | GER | Niklas Kreuzer |
| 17 | FW | GER | David Otto |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | GK | GER | David Richter |
| 19 | DF | GER | Luca Zander |
| 20 | MF | KOS | Luan Simnica |
| 21 | DF | GER | Marco Schikora |
| 22 | GK | GER | Timo Königsmann |
| 23 | DF | GER | Niklas Lang |
| 24 | MF | AUT | Patrick Greil |
| 25 | FW | GER | Lucas Ehrlich (on loan from Augsburg II) |
| 26 | DF | GER | Jonas Carls |
| 27 | MF | GER | Lucas Wolf |
| 28 | FW | GER | Dominic Baumann |
| 30 | GK | GER | Luis Idjakovic |
| 31 | DF | GER | Jonas Weik |
| 34 | DF | GRE | Aziz Alagi |
| 35 | GK | GER | Dennis Gorka |
| 36 | FW | GER | Sebastian Stolze |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GER | Tim Knipping (at Unterhaching until 30 June 2025) |
| — | DF | GER | Dennis Egel (at Astoria Walldorf until 30 June 2025) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Philipp Lambert (at Eintracht Hohkeppel until 30 June 2025) |
| — | MF | USA | Joe-Joe Richardson (at Hallescher FC until 30 June 2025) |

## Honours

The club's honours:
* $^‡$ Won by reserve team.

## Club management
### Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Kenan Koçak |
| Assistant coach | Dennis Diekmeier |
| Head goalkeeping coach | Daniel Ischdonat |
| Head athletic coach | Rafael Lopez |
| Sporting director | Matthias Imhof |
| Doctor | PD Dr. med. Nikolaus Streich Dr. Falko Frese |
| Physiotherapist | Niklas Schmitt |
| Medical director physiotherapy | Christian Bieser |
| Team official | Andreas Zesewitz |
| Kit manager | Muhterem Kocaman |
| Academy staff | Rolf Fetzer |
| Team manager | Philipp Klingmann |

## Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:
| Manager | Start | Finish |
| Hans-Jürgen Boysen | 1 April 2001 | 30 June 2002 |
| Willi Entenmann | 1 July 2002 | 16 October 2002 |
| Günter Sebert | 1 June 2004 | 30 August 2005 |
| Gerd Dais | 1 September 2005 | 23 February 2010 |
| Frank Leicht | 25 February 2010 | 13 September 2010 |
| Pavel Dotchev | 13 September 2010 | 14 February 2011 |
| Gerd Dais | 17 February 2011 | 19 November 2012 |
| Hans-Jürgen Boysen | 20 November 2012 | 30 June 2013 |
| Alois Schwartz | 1 June 2013 | 29 June 2016 |
| Kenan Koçak | 5 July 2016 | 8 October 2018 |
| Uwe Koschinat | 15 October 2018 | 24 November 2020 |
| Michael Schiele | 26 November 2020 | 16 February 2021 |
| Stefan Kulovits/Gerhard Kleppinger | 16 February 2021 | 21 September 2021 |
| Alois Schwartz | 22 September 2021 | 19 February 2023 |
| Tomas Oral | 20 February 2023 | 10 April 2023 |
| Gerhard Kleppinger | 10 April 2023 | 30 June 2023 |
| Danny Galm | 1 July 2023 | 22 October 2023 |
| Jens Keller | 23 October 2023 | 12 May 2024 |
| Gerhard Kleppinger | 13 May 2024 | 30 June 2024 |
| Sreto Ristić | 1 July 2024 | 22 December 2024 |
| Kenan Koçak | 28 December 2024 | |

## Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
* 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.

### Key

| ↑ Promoted | ↓ Relegated |