SG Dynamo Schwerin, also known as Dynamo Schwerin, is a

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from

Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgisch dialect, Mecklenburgian Low German: ''Swerin''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Germany, second-largest city of the northeastern States of Germany, German ...

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. It was founded in

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and plays in the Oberliga Nordost. The home ground of Dynamo Schwerin is Sportpark Lankow.

History

1953-2003: Background

Historically, SG Dynamo Schwerin refers to a sports community of the SV Dynamo sports association founded in 1953. SV Dynamo was the sport association related to the Volkspolizei and the

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. In

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SG Dynamo Schwerin (during the

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renamed to PSV Schwerin) reached the FDGB Cup final, losing 2-1 against Dynamo Dresden. The next season PSV Schwerin played against

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in the

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, losing 0-2 on aggregate. After the

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PSV Schwerin (after 1991 renamed to 1. FSV Schwerin) went through a number of mergers and finally in 2013 merged with

FC Mecklenburg Schwerin FC Mecklenburg Schwerin is a German football club based in Schwerin in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club was formed from a merger in 2013 and competes in the fifth tier NOFV-Oberliga Nord. The club plays its home matches at the Sportpark Lankow. ...

. Therefore there is no formal historical link between the historical club and the new Dynamo founded in 2003, although the new SG Dynamo does place itself in the old Dynamo tradition.

2003-present

At first Dynamo competed in the Kreisliga. After three consecutive promotions, the club played for fourteen years in the Landesliga West in

(7th level). Dynamo was promoted to the Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on a

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basis after the 2020/2021 season was cut short due to the

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. The next season the club achieved another promotion to the Oberliga Nordost (5th level). Dynamo Dresden legend, and former

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Torsten Gütschow Torsten Gütschow (born 28 July 1962) is a German football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is most associated with Dynamo Dresden, with whom he had two successful spells, playing top level football in East Germany and after ...

became the new coach of Dynamo for the 2023-24 season. However, due to lack of sucess in the 2023-24 NOFV-Oberliga Nord, Gütschow was dismissed after just two and a half months in office.

Stadium

The home ground of Dynamo is Sportpark Lankow, which it shares with

. Dynamo was based at the Paulshöhe sports centre until June 2022. The club and supporters unsuccessfully campaigned for the preservation of the Paulshöhe sports field as the oldest sports field in the city of

. In 2010, however, the city council decided to redevelop the sports area into a residential area.

Extreme right affiliations

Part of the supporters are considered right-wing extremists and belong to the hooligan scene. In 2017 it was discovered that a NPD linked company was a sponsor of Dynamo, after which the club ended cooperation with the company. Jens-Holger Schneider, former chairman of SG Dynamo, is considered to have been part of the right-wing extremist scene in

for many years and has been a member of the

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for the AfD since 2017.

Honours

* Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (VI) ** Champions: 2021-2022

References

{{NOFV-Oberliga Nord Football in Germany Football clubs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Association football clubs established in 2003 Sport in Schwerin