SV Elversberg

SV Elversberg

Full name	Sportvereinigung 07 Elversberg e.V.
Nicknames	Schwarz und Weiß (The Black and White)
Founded	1907; 119 years ago (1907) (as FC Germania Elversberg)
Ground	Ursapharm-Arena
Capacity	10,000
President	Dominik Holzer
Head coach	Vincent Wagner
League	Bundesliga
2025–26	2. Bundesliga, 2nd of 18 (promoted)
Website	sv07elversberg.de
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Sportvereinigung 07 Elversberg e. V., is a German association football club, located in Spiesen-Elversberg, Saarland. The club will play in the Bundesliga from the 2026–27 season following promotion from the 2. Bundesliga in 2025–26.

History

The club was founded in 1907 as FC Germania Elversberg. It was dissolved in 1914, but then re-constituted in 1918 as Sportvereinigung VfB Elversberg, spending a season in the tier-one Kreisliga Saar in 1921–22. After World War II a number of local associations came together to form Sportgemeinde Elversberg. The current club became independent of SG as SV Elversberg VfB 07 in 1952. From 1951 to 1960 SV played in the Amateurliga Saarland (III), but then disappeared into tier IV and V football until 1980 when they re-emerged in the Amateur Oberliga Südwest (III) for a span of seven seasons. After nearly another decade spent between the Verbandsliga Saarland (IV) and the Landesliga Saarland/Nordost (V) the club returned to tier III football in the Regionalliga West/Südwest.

Since 1998, SV Elversberg has played in the Regionalliga Süd (III) as a lower table side. For the 2008–09 season, the club belonged to the new Regionalliga West where it stayed until 2012 when it became part of the new Regionalliga Südwest. In 2012–13, the club finished runners-up in the new league and qualified for the promotion play-off to the 3. Liga where it overcame the reserve team of TSV 1860 München to earn promotion to this league.

SV Elversberg lasted for only one season in the 3. Liga, suffering relegation alongside fellow Saar side 1. FC Saarbrücken back to the Regionalliga. They finished runners-up in the Regionalliga Südwest in 2015–16 but lost to FSV Zwickau in the promotion play-off and had to remain in the league. The following season, they won the league but were denied promotion by SpVgg Unterhaching, who beat them 5–2 on aggregate in another promotion play-off.

In the 2021–22 season, SV Elversberg won the Regionalliga Südwest under coach Horst Steffen, earning promotion to the 3. Liga.^[1] The club continued their rise by winning the 3. Liga in 2022–23, securing historic promotion to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time ever in history on 21 May 2023, before they managed to win the league on the final matchday following a 2–1 victory over Ingolstadt.^[2] In their debut 2. Bundesliga season, they finished 11th, solidifying their status in the league.^[3] In the 2024–25 season, SV Elversberg secured third place in the 2. Bundesliga, earning a spot in the promotion play-offs against 1. FC Heidenheim, who had finished 16th in the Bundesliga.^[4] However, they were defeated 4–3 on aggregate, following a 2–1 home loss that was sealed in stoppage time.^[5] In the 2025–26 season, the club earned promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time in their history from next season after finishing as runners-up, following a 3–0 victory over Preußen Münster on the final matchday.^[6]

Current squad

As of 11 June 2026^[7]

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 Frank Lehmann 2 DF  THA Nicholas Mickelson 3 DF  FRA Florian Le Joncour 4 DF  GER Luis Seifert 6 MF  GUI Amara Condé 7 MF  GER Manuel Feil 8 MF  POL Łukasz Poręba (on loan from Hamburger SV) 10 MF  GER Bambasé Conté (on loan from TSG Hoffenheim) 14 MF  GER Jarzinho Malanga (on loan from VfB Stuttgart) 15 MF  GER Raif Adam 16 FW  GER Luca Pfeiffer 17 MF  GER Frederik Schmahl 18 FW  GER Mohammad Mahmoud 19 DF  GER Lukas Pinckert (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 GK  AUT Nicolas Kristof 21 DF  GER Lasse Günther 22 MF  SUR Immanuël Pherai (on loan from Hamburger SV) 23 MF  GER Carlo Sickinger 24 FW  GER Luca Schnellbacher 25 MF  BUL Lukas Petkov 28 GK  GER Tim Boss 29 MF  GER Tom Zimmerschied 30 DF  GHA Jan Gyamerah 31 DF  GER Maximilian Rohr 32 MF  GER Daniel Pantschenko 42 FW  FRA David Mokwa 43 DF  GER Felix Keidel — MF  GER Maurice Krattenmacher

Other players under contract

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 — MF  GER Patryk Dragon

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 — MF  GER Jason Çeka (at Dynamo Dresden until 30 June 2026) — FW  ERI Filimon Gerezgiher (at Emmen until 30 June 2026)

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Vincent Wagner
Assistant coach	Mike Frantz Patrick Henle Pascal Bieler
Goalkeeper coach	Sascha Purket
Athletic coach	Tobias Tröß
Rehabilitation trainer	Michael Schwerhoff
Video analyst	Franz Dietrich Marko Rieke
Equipment manager	Volker Lefebre
Team manager	Daniel Ocvirk
Head physiotherapist	Melanie Hubert
Physiotherapist	Ricardo Bernardy Julian Brans
Team doctor	Dr. Frank Krämer

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:^[8]

Manager	Start	Finish
Brent Goulet	13 April 2004	10 March 2008
Đurađ Vasić	11 March 2008	6 October 2009
Günter Erhardt	15 October 2009	26 September 2011
Jens Kiefer	27 September 2011	22 August 2013
Dietmar Hirsch	2 September 2013	14 April 2014
Roland Seitz	14 April 2014	31 May 2014
Willi Kronhardt	1 June 2014	7 May 2015
Stefan Minkwitz	7 May 2015	30 June 2015
Michael Wiesinger	1 July 2015	30 June 2017
Karsten Neitzel	1 July 2017	11 March 2018
Roland Seitz	11 March 2018	29 October 2018
Horst Steffen	1 November 2018	29 May 2025
Vincent Wagner	1 July 2025	present

Honours

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:^[9][10][11]

• 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

See also

• SV Elversberg (women)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to SV Elversberg.

• Official website
• SV 07 Elversberg at Worldfootball.net
• Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv – historical German domestic league tables (in German)