Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers.
German association football club
Football club
Stuttgarter Kickers
Full name
Sportverein Stuttgarter Kickers e.V.
Nickname(s)
Die Kickers, Die Blauen (The Blues), Die Blauen-Götter (The Blue-Gods)
Founded
21 September 1899;123 years ago(21 September 1899)
In its early years the club had a decent local squad that played in the Südkreis-Liga, Kreisliga Württemberg and then in the Bezirksliga Württemberg. With the reorganization of German football during the Third Reich in 1933, the team– now known as SV Stuttgarter Kickers– found itself in the Gauliga Württemberg, one of sixteen top tier regional leagues established in the country during that time. It continued to have good results locally, but was unable to impress beyond its own area. In the final year of World War II the Kickers fielded a combined wartime squad with Sportfreunde Stuttgart.
Historical chart of Stuttgarter Kickers league performance
After the war the club resumed play in the Oberliga Süd and performed as a mid-table team early on. By 1950 it had slipped to the lower half of the table with a seemingly solid grip in 14th place, constantly struggling to avoid relegation throughout the decade. Kickers spent the early 60s in tier II football, but after the formation of the Bundesliga, Germany's new professional league, in 1963, the club was moved to the Regionalliga Süd. In 1974, that league went professional and became the 2. Bundesliga. Between 1963 and the late 1980s the team had varying results, but finally stabilized in the upper half of the standings toward the end of that period. It has one losing appearance to its credit in the DFB-Pokal in 1987 and in 1988–89 it made it to the Bundesliga for the first time. It ended a run of 28 years as a second division outfit. The team was immediately relegated after a 17th-place finish, but continued to deliver some of its best performances. Die Blauen advanced to the semi-finals of the 2000 DFB-Pokal and then had a second turn in the Bundesliga in 1991–92, but with the same result as its earlier time up. Over the next decade the club played largely in the second division, before slipping to the Regionalliga Süd (III) in 2001, where they remained until 2008, when a tenth-place finish narrowly qualified them for the new 3. Liga. They finished last (20th) in the 3. Liga in 2008–09 and were relegated to the Regionalliga Süd. After three seasons at Regionalliga level, the Kickers returned to the 3. Liga in 2012 where they played for four seasons until relegation at the end of 2015–16, now dropping down to the Regionalliga Südwest. In 2018 they were relegated once more to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg.
Other departments
The Stuttgarter Kickers also have handball, athletics, table tennis, cheerleading, and lacrosse departments. The association is also recognized for its training of football referees and other game officials. They had a field hockey department too, which in 1957 became independent under the name of HTC Stuttgarter Kickers.
The Stuttgarter Kickers II, historically also known as Stuttgarter Kickers Amateure, have been playing in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg since 2000. Previously, the team fluctuated between the Landesliga and Verbandsliga Württemberg.
The club's youth teams have enjoyed quite a bit of success on the national scene.
German Under 19 championship
Champions: 1979
German Junior Cup
Winners: 1990
‡ Reserve team.
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[3][4]
Stuttgarter Kickers
Season
Division
Tier
Position
1999–2000
2. Bundesliga
II
15th
2000–01
2. Bundesliga
17th ↓
2001–02
Regionalliga Süd
III
12th
2002–03
Regionalliga Süd
15th
2003–04
Regionalliga Süd
9th
2004–05
Regionalliga Süd
9th
2005–06
Regionalliga Süd
8th
2006–07
Regionalliga Süd
4th
2007–08
Regionalliga Süd
10th
2008–09
3. Liga
20th ↓
2009–10
Regionalliga Süd
IV
9th
2010–11
Regionalliga Süd
2nd
2011–12
Regionalliga Süd
1st ↑
2012–13
3. Liga
III
17th
2013–14
3. Liga
8th
2014–15
3. Liga
4th
2015–16
3. Liga
18th ↓
2016–17
Regionalliga Südwest
IV
13th
2017–18
Regionalliga Südwest
17th ↓
2018–19
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
V
2nd
2019–20
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
3rd
2020–21
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
2nd
2021–22
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
2nd
Stuttgarter Kickers II
Season
Division
Tier
Position
1999–2000
Verbandsliga Württemberg
V
2nd ↑
2000–01
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
IV
11th
2001–02
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
8th
2002–03
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
7th
2003–04
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
12th
2004–05
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
10th
2005–06
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
13th
2006–07
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
9th
2007–08
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
15th
2008–09
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
V
7th
2009–10
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
12th
2010–11
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
6th
2011–12
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
15th
2012–13
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
14th
2013–14
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
10th
2014–15
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
14th
2015–16
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
12th
2016–17
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
18th ↓
2017–18
Withdrawn
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.
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