TSG Sprockhovel
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Wikipedia - TSG Sprockhövel
TSG 1881 Sprockhövel is a German association football club based in Sprockhövel, North Rhine-Westphalia. With over 2,500 members, TSG is the largest sport club in the town and includes departments for athletics, badminton, basketball, budō, dance, gymnastics, handball, swimming, table tennis, tennis, triathlon, volleyball, and various fitness activities.
History
The roots of the club go back to the establishment in 1881 of Turngemeinde Sprockhövel which later became Turnverein Sprockhövel. In 1938, TV merged with Sportverein Sprockhövel, which was formed in 1907 and renamed Athene Sprockhövel in 1909, to create the current day club. Between 1922 and 1927 the team played in the highest level regional league where it faced sides such Schalke 04, MSV Duisburg, and Borussia Dortmund.
TSG spent several decades in lower tier local play until a series of promotions; first to the Landesliga (VI) in 1996, the Verbandsliga Westfalen Südwest (V) in 1997, and to the Oberliga Westfalen (IV) for the first time in 2000. Since then the club has played as an elevator side, moving up and down frequently between fourth- and fifth-tier play, and last won promotion to the Oberliga Westfalen (V) again in 2012. A third-place finish in the Oberliga in 2015–16 earned the club direct promotion to the Regionalliga West after runners-up SpVgg Erkenschwick declined, but they were relegated back to the Oberliga after just one season.
Farbami klubu sú modrá a biela a ich tradičným dresom je modré tričko, biele šortky a modré ponožky. Klub je známy svojou silnou mládežníckou akadémiou, z ktorej vzišlo niekoľko profesionálnych futbalistov.
TSG Sprockhovel má dlhú a bohatú históriu a na svojom konte má niekoľko pozoruhodných úspechov. Klub dvakrát vyhral Vestfálsky pohár (v rokoch 1974 a 1981) a tiež dosiahol finále Nemeckého amatérskeho pohára v roku 1975.
V posledných rokoch bol TSG Sprockhovel stálym členom Regionalligy West a v sezóne 2012/13 obsadil v tabuľke 5. miesto. Klub je známy svojou silnou obranou a rýchlymi protiútokmi.
Medzi najznámejších hráčov, ktorí hrali za TSG Sprockhovel, patria:
* **Lukas Podolski:** Bývalý nemecký reprezentant, ktorý v klube pôsobil v rokoch 1995-1997.
* **Marc-André ter Stegen:** Gólman FC Barcelona, ktorý v klube pôsobil v rokoch 2009-2011.
* **Julian Draxler:** Záložník PSG, ktorý v klube pôsobil v rokoch 2010-2011.