MSV Duisburg

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The club was founded in 1902 as Meidericher Spielverein, in Meiderich, which later became part of Duisburg. In 1905, they fused with the club Sportclub Viktoria Meiderich.{{Cite web |last=Presseabteilung |first=MSV Duisburg- |date=27 April 2024 |title=Historie |url=https://www.msv-duisburg.de/der-msv/verein/historie/ |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=MSV Duisburg |language=de}}

In 1910, MSV played in the West German A-Klasse for the first time, and in 1914, won promotion to the 'Zehnerliga' (top level of the West German championship) for the first time, after winning every game in the 13/14 season, scoring 113 goals and conceding only 12.

In 1929, they won the first Niederrhein championship and were runner up in the West German championship, qualifying for the national championship for the first time. They won the Niederrhein championship again in 1931 and 1932, and appeared in the 1931 German championship again after finishing third in the West German championship.{{Cite web |title=Germany - Championships 1902-1945 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duithistpre45.html |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=www.rsssf.org}}{{Cite web |last=Dings |first=Wolfgang Berndsen und Klaus |title=Die Spielklassenzugehörigkeit des |url=https://msv-archiv.de/statistik/sportlicheentwicklung/index.html |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=msv-archiv.de}} The club would not qualify for either the German championship or the West German championship again.

Meiderich became city champions in 1946, and in 1949 were placed in the new West German second division. The club earned promotion to the top-flight Oberliga West in 1951, and though they were relegated in 1955, they would return immediately and participate in the Oberliga West until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963.

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The club was surprisingly chosen to be a member of the new national league, the Bundesliga, for the inaugural 1963–64 season. Despite not being a big name or coming from a big city, Meiderich were chosen as they were the strongest club from the populous Lower Rhine region; this decision was controversial, and Alemannia Aachen challenged the decision in court.{{Cite book |last=Reng |first=Ronald |title=Matchdays: The Hidden Story of The Bundesliga |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-4711-3647-4 |pages=23–29 |language=EN}}{{Cite book |last=Wangerin |first=Dave |title=The Fussball Book |publisher=Dave Wangerin |year=1993 |isbn=0-9522452-0-5 |pages=7 |language=EN}}

The club signed young coach Rudi Gutendorf for the first Bundesliga season, replacing the highly regarded Willi Multhaup. He convinced the board to sign World Cup-winner Helmut Rahn, and developed a tactical system later compared to Dutch total football, whereby every player contributed in both attack and defence.{{Cite book |last1=Simpson |first1=Paul |title=Who Invented the Stepover? And other crucial football conundrums |last2=Hesse |first2=Uli |publisher=Profile Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-1781250068 |pages=42–43 |language=EN}} Gutendorf's team shocked the Bundesliga by finishing second, six points behind champions 1. FC Köln, and conceding the fewest goals in the league.{{Cite web |title=Bundesliga 1963/64 - Tabelle {{!}} 30. Spieltag |url=https://www.kicker.de/bundesliga/tabelle/1963-64 |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=kicker |language=de-DE}} This remains the club's highest ever league finish.{{Cite web |title=Meidericher SV {{!}} Vereinshistorie |url=https://www.kicker.de/msv-duisburg/team-historie/bundesliga/1963-64 |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=kicker |language=de-DE}}

In 1966, they finished with a club record 70 goals scored in the league, including the Bundesliga's biggest ever away win, 9–0 against Tasmania Berlin. They also reached the DFB-Pokal final, losing to Bayern Munich.{{Cite web |title=Bundesliga club-by-club historical guide: MSV Duisburg |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/msv-duisburg-club-by-club-historical-guide-meiderich-helmut-rahn-24166 |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website |language=en}} This was the last season played under the old name of Meidericher SV, as the club renamed itself MSV Duisburg in 1967, having received financial support from the city of Duisburg.{{Cite news |date=2 June 1974 |title="Aber wir haben den Krieg gewonnen" |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/aber-wir-haben-den-krieg-gewonnen-a-46d059b6-0002-0001-0000-000041722208 |access-date=1 May 2024 |work=Der Spiegel |language=de |issn=2195-1349}}

In 1976, MSV Duisburg reached the DFB-Pokal final for the second time, but lost to Eintracht Frankfurt. They then made their first appearance in the UEFA Cup, losing in the second round to Levski-Spartak Sofia on away goals.{{Cite web |title=Spielschema {{!}} Eintracht Frankfurt - MSV Duisburg 1:0 {{!}} Finale {{!}} DFB-Pokal 1974/75 |url=https://www.kicker.de/frankfurt-gegen-duisburg-1975-dfb-pokal-756119/schema |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=kicker |language=de-DE}}{{Cite web |title=The UEFA Cup 1975/76 - MSV Duisburg (FRG) |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duitec-msv76.html |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=www.rsssf.org}} This season was also notable for the performances of defender and captain Bernard Dietz, who played every minute of the league season and was voted by Sport Bild as one of the league's best players. Dietz would achieve this three more times, being named the Bundesliga's best outfield player in 1978, and captaining Germany to victory at UEFA Euro 1980 while still at Duisburg.{{Cite book |last=Brügelmann |first=Matthias |title=55 Jahre Bundesliga (1963-2018) |publisher=Axel Springer Sport Verlag |year=2018 |isbn=978-3-667-11326-9 |pages=77–93 |language=DE}}

Duisburg finished 9th in 1976–77, their first top-half finish since 1970–71, and then 6th in the 1977–78 Bundesliga, qualifying for the 1978–79 UEFA Cup. The club eliminated Lech Poznań, Carl Zeiss Jena, RC Strasbourg and Budapest Honvéd to reach the semi-final, where they were beaten by Borussia Mönchengladbach.{{Cite web |title=The UEFA Cup 1978/79 - MSV Duisburg (FRG) |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duitec-msv79.html |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=www.rsssf.org}} Despite their success in Europe, Duisburg only narrowly avoided relegation, having been in the relegation zone during the winter break.{{Cite web |title=Hin- und Rückrundentabelle {{!}} 34. Spieltag {{!}} Bundesliga 1978/79 |url=https://www.kicker.de/bundesliga/tabelle-hinrunde-rueckrunde/1978-79/34 |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=kicker |language=de-DE}} In the 1981–82 season, the club was relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time, finishing last.{{Cite web |title=Bundesliga 1981/82 - Tabelle {{!}} 34. Spieltag |url=https://www.kicker.de/bundesliga/tabelle/1981-82/34 |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=kicker |language=de-DE}}

Four years later, Duisburg were relegated again, finishing last in the 2. Bundesliga with only 15 points from 38 games. For their final game, they managed a crowd of just 600 fans.{{Cite web |title=2. Bundesliga 1985/86 - Tabelle {{!}} 38. Spieltag |url=https://www.kicker.de/2-bundesliga/tabelle/1985-86 |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=kicker |language=de-DE}}{{Cite book |last=Wangerin |first=Dave |title=The Fussball Book |publisher=David Wangerin |year=1993 |isbn=0-9522452-0-5 |pages=175}} The club spent three years in the third-tier Oberliga Nordrhein, before returning to the 2. Bundesliga in 1989. During their time in the regional leagues, Duisburg also won the German amateur championship by beating Bayern Munich II.

In their second season back in the second-tier, Duisburg finished runner up to Schalke 04, returning to the Bundesliga for the first time in nearly a decade. However, they would immediately be relegated back and would develop a reputation for 'yo-yoing' between the top two leagues.{{Cite web |title=Duisburg's dream – DW – 05/21/2011 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/second-division-german-cup-finalists-duisburg-all-dreaming-together/a-15091913 |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=dw.com |language=en}} In 1993, with former player Ewald Lienen as coach, they again won promotion from the 2. Bundesliga. Lienen's Duisburg led the Bundesliga as late as February as a newly promoted team, becoming the first team to ever top the table with a negative goal difference; they eventually finished 9th, and were relegated again the following season.{{Cite web |title=Bundesliga 1993/94 - Tabelle {{!}} 22. Spieltag |url=https://www.kicker.de/bundesliga/tabelle/1993-94/22 |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=kicker |language=de-DE}}

Friedhelm Funkel brought the club back into the Bundesliga in 1996 and achieved three successive top-half finishes, also reaching the 1998 DFB-Pokal final. As in 1966, Duisburg lost to Bayern Munich.{{Cite web |title=Salous Aus war das Ende |url=https://www.kicker.de/bayern-gegen-duisburg-1998-dfb-pokal-501220/analyse |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=kicker |language=de-DE}} Duisburg qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, but were heavily beaten by K.R.C. Genk, in the club's final European appearance to date. In March 2000, with his team bottom of the table, Friedhelm Funkel was sacked; the club was relegated at the end of the season.{{Cite news |date=24 March 2000 |title=Bundesliga: Duisburg beurlaubt Trainer Funkel |url=https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga-duisburg-beurlaubt-trainer-funkel-a-70418.html |access-date=1 May 2024 |work=Der Spiegel |language=de |issn=2195-1349}}

The new 31,500-capacity MSV-Arena, was completed during the 2004–05 season, in which Duisburg once again won promotion after five years in the 2. Bundesliga.{{Cite web |title=MSV Duisburg {{!}} Stadion {{!}} 3. Liga 2023/24 |url=https://www.kicker.de/msv-duisburg/team-stadion/3-liga/2023-24 |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=kicker |language=de-DE}} In December 2005, promotion-winning coach Norbert Meier was infamously sacked after 'one of the most bizarre incidents in Bundesliga history,' where he headbutted 1. FC Köln player Albert Streit during a game and pretended to have himself been attacked.{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |date=8 December 2005 |title=Duisburg fire troubled Meier |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01b0-0f847d1bb015-edc9246d69f1-1000--duisburg-fire-troubled-meier/ |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=UEFA |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=30 May 2014 |title=Meier headbutt puts Pardew into perspective |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/37355282/meier-headbutt-puts-pardew-perspective |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}

Duisburg finished last in the 2005–06 Bundesliga, won promotion back in 2006–07, and then finished last again in 2007–08.

File:MSV Duisburg Anniversary 22-23 Logo.svgIn 2011, MSV Duisburg surprisingly reached their fourth DFB-Pokal Final. Schalke won the match 5–0, the joint-biggest winning margin in a DFB-Pokal final.{{Cite web |date=27 November 2013 |title=Bisherige Sieger |url=https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal/statistik/bisherige-sieger/ |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. |language=de}}

After five years in the 2. Bundesliga, Duisburg were demoted to the 3. Liga in 2013 despite finishing 11th, after having their license application denied by the league for financial reasons. The possibility of the club becoming insolvent was raised by club officials.{{Cite web |title=Duisburg face mandatory drop – DW – 05/29/2013 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/second-tier-duisburg-face-relegation-after-league-license-denied/a-16848711 |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=dw.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Duisburg denied league license – DW – 06/19/2013 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/msv-duisburg-denied-league-license/a-16895204 |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=dw.com |language=en}}

Duisburg earned promotion back to the 2. Bundesliga for the 2015–16 season, but lasted only one season, losing to Würzburger Kickers in the relegation playoff; there were again concerns over whether the club would be granted a license.{{Cite web |title=MSV Duisburg bangt um Lizenz - Ilia Gruev spricht von Wiederaufstieg |url=https://www.sport1.de/news/fussball/3-liga/2016/05/ilia-gruev-strebt-mit-msv-duisburg-rueckkehr-in-2-bundesliga-an |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=SPORT1 |language=de}} Duisburg won the 3. Liga for the first time in 2016–17 and finished in the top half of the 2. Bundesliga in 2017–18.{{Cite web |title=3. Liga 2016/17 - Tabelle {{!}} 38. Spieltag |url=https://www.kicker.de/3-liga/tabelle/2016-17 |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=kicker |language=de-DE}}{{Cite web |title=2. Bundesliga 2017/18 - Tabelle {{!}} 34. Spieltag |url=https://www.kicker.de/2-bundesliga/tabelle/2017-18 |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=kicker |language=de-DE}} The following year they were relegated back to the 3. Liga.{{Cite web |title=MSV Duisburg {{!}} Vereinshistorie |url=https://www.kicker.de/msv-duisburg/team-historie/3-liga/2023-24 |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=kicker |language=de-DE}}

The club was reportedly under threat of insolvency again in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Germany |first=RevierSport, Essen |title=MSV Duisburg: Drohende Insolvenz? Was der SLR-Ausstieg bedeuten würde |url=https://www.reviersport.de/fussball/3liga/a576830---msv-duisburg-drohende-insolvenz-was-slr-ausstieg-bedeuten-wuerde.html |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=RevierSport online |language=de}}

For the first time in the club's history, MSV Duisburg will play in the fourth tier of German professional football, Regionalliga West, starting with the 2024–25 season.{{Cite web|title=Waldhof Mannheim punktet und besiegelt den Abstieg des MSV Duisburg|url=https://www.reviersport.de/fussball/3liga/a604703---3-liga-waldhof-mannheim-punktet-besiegelt-abstieg-msv-duisburg.html|access-date=5 May 2024 |website=RevierSport online |language=de}}

{{List missing criteria|reason=how recent is 'recent'? who decides this? is 1963 recent?|date=January 2024}}

;Key

;League

• Bundesliga
• Runners-up: 1963–64
• 2. Oberliga West (II): 1950–51{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
• 3. Liga (III): 2016–17
• Oberliga Nordrhein (III): 1987–88, 1988–89 {{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

;Cup

• DFB-Pokal
• Finalists: 1965–66, 1974–75, 1997–98, 2010–11

;International

• Intertoto Cup: 1974, 1977, 1978{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

;Regional

• Bezirksliga Niederrhein (I): 1928–29, 1930–31, 1931–32{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
• Lower Rhine Cup (Tiers III–below): 1988–89, 2013–14, 2016–17{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

;Amateur/Youth teams

• German amateur championship (III): 1986–87{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
• German Under 19 championship: 1971–72, 1976–77, 1977–78{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

{{updated|14 February 2024|[https://www.msv-duisburg.de/mannschaften/profis-herren/ Team]}}

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• {{flagicon|Germany}} Hermann Lindemann (1955–1957)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Rudi Gutendorf (1963–1965)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Wilhelm Schmidt (1965)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Hermann Eppenhoff (1965–1967)
• {{flagicon|Hungary}} Gyula Lóránt (1967–1968)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Robert Gebhardt (1968–1970)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Rudolf Fassnacht (1970–1973)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Willibert Kremer (1973–1976)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Rolf Schafstall (1976)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Otto Knefler (1976–1977)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Carl-Heinz Rühl (1977–1978)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Rolf Schafstall (1978–1979)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Heinz Höher (1979–1980)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Friedhelm Wenzlaff (1980–1981)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Kuno Klötzer (1981–1982)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Siegfried Melzig (1982–1983)
• {{flagicon|Peru}} Luis Zacarías (1983–1985)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Günter Preuß (1985)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Helmut Witte (1985–1986)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Friedhelm Vos (1986)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Detlef Pirsig (1986–1989)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Willibert Kremer (1989–1992)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Uwe Reinders (1992–1993)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Ewald Lienen (1993–1994)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Hans Bongartz (1994–1996)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Friedhelm Funkel (1996–2000)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Josef Eichkorn (2000)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Wolfgang Frank (2000)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Josef Eichkorn (2000–2001)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Pierre Littbarski (2001–2002)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Bernard Dietz (2002–2003, caretaker)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Norbert Meier (2003–2005)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Heiko Scholz (2005, caretaker)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Jürgen Kohler (2006)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Heiko Scholz (2006, caretaker)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Rudi Bommer (2006–2008)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Heiko Scholz (2008, caretaker)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Peter Neururer (2008–2009)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Uwe Speidel (2009, caretaker)
• {{flagicon|Croatia}} Milan Šašić (2009–2011)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Oliver Reck (2011–2012)
• {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Ivica Grlić (2012, caretaker)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Kosta Runjaić (2012–2013)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Karsten Baumann (2013–2014)
• {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Gino Lettieri (2014–2015)
• {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Iliya Gruev (2015–2018)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Torsten Lieberknecht (2018–2020)
• {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Gino Lettieri (2020–2021)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Uwe Schubert (2021, caretaker)
• {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Pavel Dochev (2021)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Uwe Schubert (2021, caretaker)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Hagen Schmidt (2021–2022)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Torsten Ziegner (2022–2023)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Engin Vural (2023)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Boris Schommers (2023–2024)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Uwe Schubert (2024, caretaker)
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Dietmar Hirsch (2024–)

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The club mascot is a Zebra, coming from the club nickname 'die Zebras' – it is named 'Ennatz', after the nickname for club legend Bernard Dietz.{{Cite web |last=Presseabteilung |first=MSV Duisburg- |date=27 April 2024 |title=Legenden |url=https://www.msv-duisburg.de/der-msv/legenden/ |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=MSV Duisburg |language=de}}{{Cite web |last=Mediengruppe |first=FUNKE |title=Deutschlands größte Regionalzeitung waz.de |url=https://www.waz.de/themen/msv-duisburg/ |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=waz.de |language=de}}

{{asof|2022|post=,}} the club has 8,638 members.{{Cite web |last=Presseabteilung |first=MSV Duisburg- |date=27 April 2024 |title=MSV-BILANZ {{!}} Die Zahlen zum Geschäftsjahr 2021/22 |url=https://www.msv-duisburg.de/aktuelles/artikel/msv-bilanz-die-zahlen-zum-geschaeftsjahr-2021-22/ |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=MSV Duisburg |language=de}}

Tatort, a popular crime series in Germany, features an episode entitled {{Interlanguage link|Zweierlei Blut (Tatort)|de|3=Tatort: Zweierlei Blut|lt=Zweierlei Blut}} ({{lit|Blood of Two Kinds}}) which deals with a murder in the MSV Duisburg hooligan scene.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} In one scene, Inspector Horst Schimanski is beaten to a pulp and dragged naked into the centre circle of the Wedaustadion.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

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