# TuS Koblenz

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German football club

Football club

TuS Koblenz Full name Turn- und Spielvereinigung Koblenz 1911 e.V. Founded 1 August 1911 Ground Stadion Oberwerth Capacity 9,500 (2,000 seated) Chairman Christian Krey Manager Michael Stahl League Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 2024–25 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, 4th of 18 Home colours Away colours

**TuS Koblenz** is a [German association football club](/source/Football_in_Germany), located in [Koblenz](/source/Koblenz), [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate). Fussball Club Deutschland Neuendorf, which was formed in 1911, is viewed as the foundation of the modern club.

## History

### Nazi era (1933–1945)

Logo of predecessor side FV Neuendorf ca. 1931.

The original club was lost in 1917, but in 1919 the successor side Fussball Verein 1911 Neuendorf was assembled out of the former memberships of FCD, Fussball Club Concordia 1910 Neuendorf, and Fussball Club Alemania 1912 Neuendorf, both of which had folded in 1914.

In 1933, FV joined the [Gauliga Mittelrhein](/source/Gauliga_Mittelrhein), one of sixteen top flight divisions established with the re-organization of German football in [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany) that year. The club was immediately relegated, and in 1934 was joined by Turnverein 1864 Neuendorf, Arbeitersportverein Neuendorf and DJK Neuendorf, to create Turn- und Spielvereinigung Neuendorf. Both ASV and DJK were forced into the merger through the policies of the [Nazi](/source/Nazi) regime which regarded worker's and church-sponsored clubs as politically undesirable. TuS Neuendorf returned to first division play in 1935 and was in and out of the Gauliga over the next several seasons.

In 1941, the [Gauliga Mittelrhein](/source/Gauliga_Mittelrhein) was divided into two new divisions: the [Gauliga Köln-Aachen](/source/Gauliga_K%C3%B6ln-Aachen) and the [Gauliga Moselland](/source/Gauliga_Moselland). TuS again returned to first division football in the Gauliga Moselland (Gruppe Ost) and this time earned much better results, finishing second in 1942 and then winning their group in 1943 and 1944 before decisively taking the division in single game playoffs in each of these seasons. That put the club into the national playoffs, where they were eliminated in the early going in both appearances. As World War II progressed and Allied armies advanced into Germany, the Gauliga Moselland played progressively shorter schedules until the league finally collapsed and did not play the 1944–45 season.

### Postwar

Historical chart of Koblenz league performance

In the immediate post-war period, the club returned to tier I football in the [Oberliga Südwest](/source/Oberliga_S%C3%BCdwest_(1945%E2%80%9363)) (Gruppe Nord) in 1946 as SpVgg Neuendorf. Resuming their old identity as TuS, they re-appeared in the national playoffs in 1948 even though they had managed only a third-place finish in their division. [1. FC Saarbrücken](/source/1._FC_Saarbr%C3%BCcken) had taken second place by finishing three points ahead of TuS and so were entitled to a playoff spot. However, Saarbrücken was one of several teams in the French-occupied [Saarland](/source/Saarland) which the French were actively working to establish as an independent state or make part of France. This led to Saarland-based German teams being refused permission to play the German national playoffs, and even the participation of a [Saarland national side](/source/Saarland_national_football_team) in the [1954 World Cup](/source/1954_FIFA_World_Cup) preliminaries. TuS earned its place that season through politics and advanced as far as the semi-finals before being put out 1–5 by [1. FC Kaiserslautern](/source/1._FC_Kaiserslautern).

The club continued to play well through the early and mid-50s, earning additional turns in the national playoffs in 1950 and 1956, but was once again eliminated in both appearances in the early going. By the end of the decade their performance began to slip and in 1959 they were relegated. They returned to the Oberliga Südwest (I) in 1961 but could not now escape the lower half of the table.

### Formation of the Bundesliga

With the formation of the [Bundesliga](/source/Bundesliga) in 1963, TuS found itself placed in the second division [Regionalliga Südwest](/source/Regionalliga_S%C3%BCdwest_(1963%E2%80%9374)). In both 1968 and 1969, the club played well enough to participate in the playoff for a Bundesliga spot, but was unsuccessful on both occasions. By the 1970s, they were a third division side, playing in the [Amateurliga Rheinland](/source/Amateurliga_Rheinland), missing opportunities for promotion to the [2. Bundesliga](/source/2._Bundesliga) in playoff rounds in both 1977 and 1978. By 1981, the club had crashed below the third division where they were mired for nearly a decade-and-a-half.

### TuS Koblenz

In 1982, the club adopted the name TuS Koblenz, but the change did little to help their performance, as they lingered in the [Verbandsliga Rheinland](/source/Verbandsliga_Rheinland) (V). The fortunes of the club improved with their ascent to the fourth division [Oberliga Südwest](/source/Oberliga_Rheinland-Pfalz%2FSaar) (IV) in 1994 where they remained for a decade. An Oberliga Südwest championship in 2004 was followed by a quick ascent through the [Regionalliga Süd](/source/Regionalliga_S%C3%BCd_(1994%E2%80%932012)) (III) where a second-place finish in 2005–06 earned the club a spot in the [2. Bundesliga](/source/2._Bundesliga). Their 2006–07 campaign ended with TuS finishing ahead of expectations in 12th place, meriting an unexpected stay on the second level.

Any hopes of further improvement ended in the late stages of the 2007–08 season when TuS was penalized by the deduction of eight points for not providing contracts for [Marko Lomić](/source/Marko_Lomi%C4%87) and [Branimir Bajić](/source/Branimir_Baji%C4%87),[1] turning a potential upper table finish into a lesser result. This was later reduced to six points for the actual season and three points for the following season 2008–09.

The club suffered relegation from the 2. Bundesliga in 2009–10 and played for a season in the 3. Liga before withdrawing to the level below for financial reasons. In 2010 the player [Michael Stahl](/source/Michael_Stahl) scored a goal from 61.5 metres in the [DFB-Pokal](/source/DFB-Pokal) against [Hertha BSC](/source/Hertha_BSC). His goal was elected to ARD Goal Of The Year 2010. After the 2011–12 season in the [Regionalliga West](/source/Regionalliga_West) *TuS* became part of the new [Regionalliga Südwest](/source/Regionalliga_S%C3%BCdwest) for the following year but was relegated from the league in 2015, dropping to the tier five [Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar](/source/Oberliga_Rheinland-Pfalz%2FSaar). Koblenz won the Oberliga in 2015–16 and made an immediate return to the Regionalliga, but were relegated again at the end of the 2017–18 season.

## Honours

The club's honours:

League Oberliga Südwest (I) Runners-up: 1952, 1953, 1956 2. Oberliga Südwest (II) Runners-up: 1960 Regionalliga Südwest (II) Runners-up: 1968, 1969 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar (IV) Champions: 2004, 2016 Verbandsliga Rheinland (IV) Champions: 1994 Amateurliga Rheinland (III) Champions: 1977, 1978 Bezirksklasse Rheingau VIII (at this time First League) 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932 Cup Rhineland Cup Winners: 1978, 1979, 2005, 2006, 2017, 2024 DFB-Pokal semifinal 1953/54 south-west German Cup winners 1954 Mittelrheinpokal winners 1946 German Championship semifinal

## Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:[2]

Manager Start Finish Colin Bell 1 July 1989 10 December 1996 Rainer Kannegieser 11 December 1996 31 August 1998 Thomas Neis 1 September 1998 7 October 1998 Jürgen Roth-Lebenstedt 8 October 1998 30 June 2002 Milan Šašić 1 July 2002 23 April 2007 Uwe Rapolder 25 April 2007 13 December 2009 Uwe Koschinat 14 December 2009 28 December 2009 Petrik Sander 29 December 2009 30 June 2011 Michael Dämgen 1 July 2011 16 September 2012 Peter Neustädter 17 September 2012 20 August 2013 Evangelos Nessos 21 August 2013 8 December 2014 Petrik Sander 1 January 2015 11 February 2018 Anel Džaka 11 February 2018 19 November 2021 Michael Stahl 19 November 2021 Present

## Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[3][4]

Season Division Tier Position 1999–2000 Oberliga Südwest IV 9th 2000–01 Oberliga Südwest 9th 2001–02 Oberliga Südwest 11th 2002–03 Oberliga Südwest 11th 2003–04 Oberliga Südwest 1st ↑ 2004–05 Regionalliga Süd III 11th 2005–06 Regionalliga Süd 2nd ↑ 2006–07 2. Bundesliga II 12th 2007–08 2. Bundesliga 10th 2008–09 2. Bundesliga 14th 2009–10 2. Bundesliga 17th ↓ 2010–11 3. Liga III 11th (withdrawn)1 2011–12 Regionalliga West IV 17th 2012–13 Regionalliga Südwest 8th 2013–14 Regionalliga Südwest 14th 2014–15 Regionalliga Südwest 16th ↓ 2015–16 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar V 1st ↑ 2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest IV 8th 2017–18 Regionalliga Südwest 15th ↓ 2018–19 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar V 4th 2019–20 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 4th 2020–21 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 5th 2021–22 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 6th 2022–23 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 2nd ↑

- With the introduction of the [Regionalligas](/source/Regionalliga) in 1994 and the [3. Liga](/source/3._Liga) in 2008 as the new third tier, below the [2. Bundesliga](/source/2._Bundesliga), all leagues below dropped one tier. In 2012 the Oberliga Südwest was renamed [Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar](/source/Oberliga_Rheinland-Pfalz%2FSaar). In 2012, the number of Regionalligas was increased from three to five with all Regionalliga West clubs from the Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate entering the new [Regionalliga Südwest](/source/Regionalliga_S%C3%BCdwest).

- 1 TuS Koblenz did not request a license for the 3. Liga and was granted instead a license for the [Regionalliga West](/source/Regionalliga_West).

↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated

## Current squad

- *As of 2 February 2024*[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under [FIFA eligibility rules](/source/FIFA_eligibility_rules); some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK GER Jonas Bast 4 DF GER Daniel von der Bracke 5 DF GER Almir Ahmetaj 6 MF GER Marcel Wingender 7 DF GER Armend Qenaj 8 DF GER Michael Stahl 9 FW AUT Erijon Shaqiri 10 MF KOS Behadil Sabani 11 FW GER Sandro Porta 12 DF GER Felix Könighaus 13 MF PLE Tariq-Emad Suleiman 14 MF GER Damir Grgic No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK GER Michael Zadach 17 FW GER Nicolas Jörg (on loan from 08 Homburg) 18 FW GER Yusupha Sawaneh 19 FW GER Dylan Esmel 22 DF GER Dominic Volkmer 23 MF GER Leon Waldminghaus 24 DF GER Lukas Szymczak 25 MF GER Jan Mahrla 28 MF GER André Mandt 29 MF GER Sollano Rodrigues 33 GK GER Franjo Serdarusic

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-eight_points_1-0)** Wilde18, ["8 point deducted from TuS Koblenz"](http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga2/news/2007/index.php?f=92762.php), *Official Page of Bundesliga*, 24 April 2008

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [TuS Koblenz .:. Trainer von A-Z](http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/tus-koblenz/9/) (in German) weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 July 2012

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv](http://www.f-archiv.de/) (in German) Historical German domestic league tables

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Fussball.de – Ergebnisse](http://www.fussball.de/fussball-ergebnisse-die-top-ligen-bei-fussball-de/id_45692854/index) (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Erste Mannschaft"](https://www.tuskoblenz.de/erste-mannschaft/). *TuS Koblenz*. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.tuskoblenz.de/) (in German)

- [The Abseits Guide to German Soccer](https://web.archive.org/web/20030606190911/http://abseits-soccer.com/clubs/koblenz.html)

- [TuS Koblenz](http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/tus-koblenz/) at Weltfussball.de

- [Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv](http://www.f-archiv.de/) historical German domestic league tables (in German)

v t e TuS Koblenz Information Club Players Managers Stadium Seasons 2008–09

v t e Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar (V) 2023–24 clubs SV Auersmacher VfR Baumholder FC Bitburg FV Diefflen FV Dudenhofen FV Engers SV Gonsenheim 1. FC Kaiserslautern II FC Karbach FC Cosmos Koblenz FC Rot-Weiß Koblenz Arminia Ludwigshafen TuS Mechtersheim SV Morlautern SpVgg Quierschied TSG Pfeddersheim FK Pirmasens Eintracht Trier SV Alemannia Waldalgesheim Wormatia Worms List of clubs in the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar

v t e Rheinlandliga (VI) 2022–23 clubs SG Altenkirchen/Neitersen SG Andernach FC Bitburg FSG Ehrang TSV Emmelshausen SG HWW Emmerichenhain SG Hochwald/Zerf FC Cosmos Koblenz SG Malberg/Rosenheim TuS Mayen SG Eintracht Mendig/Bell Germania Metternich SV Morbach FSV Salmrohr SG Schneifel/Auw FSV Trier-Tarforst SV Windhagen VfB Wissen

v t e 2. Bundesliga Seasons 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26 2026–27 2026–27 clubs Hertha BSC Arminia Bielefeld VfL Bochum Eintracht Braunschweig Energie Cottbus Darmstadt 98 Dynamo Dresden Greuther Fürth Hannover 96 1. FC Heidenheim 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC Holstein Kiel 1. FC Magdeburg 1. FC Nürnberg VfL Osnabrück FC St. Pauli VfL Wolfsburg Former clubs 2. Bundesliga (1981–present) Alemannia Aachen VfR Aalen Rot Weiss Ahlen Viktoria Aschaffenburg Erzgebirge Aue FC Augsburg SV Babelsberg 03 SpVgg Bayreuth Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin Union Berlin Stahl Brandenburg Werder Bremen Wacker Burghausen VfR Bürstadt SC Charlottenburg Chemnitzer FC MSV Duisburg Fortuna Düsseldorf SV Elversberg Rot-Weiß Erfurt Rot-Weiss Essen Eintracht Frankfurt FSV Frankfurt Freiburger FC SC Freiburg FC Gütersloh Hallescher FC Hamburger SV TSV Havelse 1899 Hoffenheim FC Homburg FC Ingolstadt Carl Zeiss Jena Hessen Kassel TuS Koblenz 1. FC Köln Fortuna Köln RB Leipzig VfB Leipzig VfB Lübeck 1. FSV Mainz 05 Waldhof Mannheim SV Meppen Borussia Mönchengladbach TSV 1860 Munich Preußen Münster Kickers Offenbach Rot-Weiß Oberhausen VfB Oldenburg SC Paderborn Jahn Regensburg FC Remscheid SSV Reutlingen Hansa Rostock 1. FC Saarbrücken FSV Salmrohr SV Sandhausen TuS Schloß Neuhaus Schalke 04 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 Sportfreunde Siegen Union Solingen VfB Stuttgart Stuttgarter Kickers Eintracht Trier KFC Uerdingen 05 SSV Ulm SpVgg Unterhaching Wattenscheid 09 Wehen Wiesbaden Wormatia Worms Wuppertaler SV Würzburger Kickers FSV Zwickau 2. Bundesliga Nord (1974–1981) HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst Wacker 04 Berlin 1. FC Bocholt Bonner SC OSC Bremerhaven Borussia Dortmund SpVgg Erkenschwick Schwarz-Weiß Essen 1. SC Göttingen 05 DJK Gütersloh Arminia Hannover OSV Hannover SC Herford Westfalia Herne Viktoria Köln Bayer Leverkusen Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid 1. FC Mülheim Spandauer SV DSC Wanne-Eickel Olympia Wilhelmshaven 2. Bundesliga Süd (1974–1981) Eintracht Bad Kreuznach KSV Baunatal VfB Eppingen FC Hanau 93 VfR Heilbronn Bayern Hof ESV Ingolstadt MTV Ingolstadt VfR Mannheim Borussia Neunkirchen FK Pirmasens BSV 07 Schwenningen Röchling Völklingen Würzburger FV Clubs Introduction Promotion to 2. Bundesliga Promotion to Bundesliga Top scorers

v t e 3. Liga Seasons 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26 2026–27 2026–27 clubs Alemannia Aachen MSV Duisburg Fortuna Düsseldorf Rot-Weiss Essen TSV Havelse Sonnenhof Großaspach TSG Hoffenheim II FC Ingolstadt Fortuna Köln Viktoria Köln Waldhof Mannheim SV Meppen Preußen Münster Jahn Regensburg Hansa Rostock 1. FC Saarbrücken VfB Stuttgart II SC Verl Wehen Wiesbaden Würzburger Kickers Former clubs VfR Aalen Rot Weiss Ahlen Erzgebirge Aue SV Babelsberg SpVgg Bayreuth Union Berlin Viktoria Berlin Arminia Bielefeld Eintracht Braunschweig Werder Bremen II Wacker Burghausen Chemnitzer FC Energie Cottbus Darmstadt 98 Borussia Dortmund II Dynamo Dresden SV Elversberg Kickers Emden Rot-Weiß Erfurt FSV Frankfurt SC Freiburg II Hallescher FC Hannover 96 II 1. FC Heidenheim Carl Zeiss Jena 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC Holstein Kiel TuS Koblenz RB Leipzig Sportfreunde Lotte VfB Lübeck 1. FC Magdeburg Mainz 05 II 1860 Munich Bayern Munich II Türkgücü München Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Kickers Offenbach VfB Oldenburg VfL Osnabrück SC Paderborn SV Sandhausen 1. FC Schweinfurt Stuttgarter Kickers KFC Uerdingen SSV Ulm SpVgg Unterhaching Wuppertaler SV FSV Zwickau Promotion to 3. Liga Promotion to 2. Bundesliga

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