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Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn, is a German football club based in
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. The club plays their home games at Jahnstadion Regensburg since 2015. The club colours are white and red, the team's most common nicknames 'Rothosen' (Red Shorts) and 'Jahnelf' (Jahn Eleven). ''Jahn'' currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga the German second division, having been promoted from the
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in the 2023–24 season.


History

The club is based on a gymnastics club founded in 1886 as ''Turnerbund Jahn Regensburg'' which took its name from
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (11August 177815October 1852) was a German gymnastics educator and nationalist whose writing is credited with the founding of the German gymnastics (Turner) movement, first realized at Volkspark Hasenheide in Berlin, the origin of modern sports ...
, whose ideas of gymnastics greatly influenced German sport in the 19th century. The football department was created in 1907. The footballers left their parent club in 1924 to form ''Sportbund Jahn Regensburg''. In 1934, they joined ''Sportverein 1889 Regensburg'' and ''Schwimmverein 1920 Regensburg'' to form ''SSV'' which has departments for athletics,
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and nine-pin bowling. The football department separated in 2000 as ''SSV Jahn Regensburg''. Despite the 1934 merger of the football section into the wider sports club, the footballing side's best finish in the Bezirksliga Bayern was a second-place finish in 1930. In the Gauliga Bayern, one of sixteen top flight divisions formed in the re-organization of German football under the
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in 1933, ''Jahn'' lasted for only two seasons before being relegated in 1935. It returned in 1937 and their best performances were consecutive third-place finishes in 1938 and 1939 after which they became a less competitive mid-to-lower table side. The club spent most of the period between the end of World War II and the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963 as a " yo-yo team" oscillating between the Oberliga Süd and the second division. Regensburg played the early 1960s in the third division before making their way back to the Regionalliga Süd (II). By the mid-1970s, the team's results worsened and by the end of the decade had become a team mostly playing in the third and fourth divisions, as well as playing three years in the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte, the fifth tier, in the late 1990s. In 2000 the football team left to become an independent club and were joined by players from SG Post/Süd Regensburg in 2002. Regensburg played in the Regionalliga Süd, the third tier since with a single season in the 2. Bundesliga in 2003–04. However, the club faced financial difficulties and narrowly avoided bankruptcy in 2005. After being relegated to the fourth division, the Oberliga Bayern in 2005–06, Jahn achieved first place in the following season and were promoted back to the Regionalliga Süd. Due to a reorganisation of the leagues, Jahn had to finish in tenth place or higher in order to stay in the third division, which is now the new
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. Jahn struggled to do so but finished ninth in the end and gained entry to the new league. The club played its first two seasons in the 3. Liga close to the relegation zone but then improved and came third in 2011–12, qualifying to play against the
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in the promotion round to the 2. Bundesliga. They drew 1–1 at Regensburg and 2–2 at Karlsruhe, which meant Jahn returned to second level after eight years thanks to the
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. The ''Jahn'' finished last in the 2. Bundesliga in 2012–13 and were relegated back to the 3. Liga, finishing eleventh in 2013–14. In 2014–15 they also finished last in the 3. Liga and were relegated back to the Regionalliga. In the following season, they won the
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and faced the
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champions VfL Wolfsburg II in the play-offs. The club defeated Wolfsburg II 2–1 on aggregate and immediately returned to third level for the 2015–16 season. The following season Jahn finished third in the 3. Liga. As in 2012, they were subsequently promoted to the second tier via the play-off, defeating 1860 Munich 3–1 on aggregate. In 2012, head coach Markus Weinzierl left Jahn after securing promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, ending a decade-long stint with the club. His successor, Oscar Corrochano, was sacked within months due to poor results, and subsequent coaches failed to prevent relegation in 2013. After a short stint in the fourth-tier Regionalliga, Regensburg returned to the
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in 2016 under Heiko Herrlich, achieving back-to-back promotions to the 2. Bundesliga in 2017. Under Achim Beierlorzer and later Mersad Selimbegović, Jahn established itself in the 2. Bundesliga, achieving notable results despite financial limitations. The team became known for comebacks, earning the nickname ''Mentalitätsmonster'' ("Mentality Monster"). A strong
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run in 2020–21, reaching their first ever quarter-finals in the tournament, highlighted their resilience, but performance declined in later seasons. Relegated again in
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after six years in the 2. Bundesliga, the club rebuilt its squad. Despite early dominance in the 3. Liga and a record 10-game win streak, their form dipped dramatically. They narrowly avoided further setbacks, securing promotion through relegation playoffs in
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. The team dedicated their promotion to their late teammate, Agyemang Diawusie, who had died earlier in the season. Manager
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, who led the return to the 2. Bundesliga, was dismissed in October 2024 following poor results, including a heavy 8–3 defeat to 1. FC Nürnberg.


Players


Current squad


Out on loan


Reserve team

SSV Jahn Regensburg II (or ''SSV Jahn Regensburg Amateure'') made a single season appearance in the southern division of the Amateurliga Bayern in 1962–63, the last year of the league being divided into two regional divisions. An eleventh place in the league that season was not enough to qualify for the new single-division league and the team also did not become part of the new Landesliga Bayern-Mitte. A lengthy period in the lower amateur divisions followed until 2002, when the merger of the first team with SG Post/Süd Regensburg allowed the reserve side to take ''Post's'' place in the Bayernliga, where the team played from 2002 to 2006. In 2006, the first team's relegation meant, they had to move down one level even so they finished eleventh this season. After three average seasons, the side became a promotion contender again, finishing second in 2010–11, but losing to SpVgg Bayern Hof in the promotion round. At the end of the 2011–12 season, the club qualified directly for the newly expanded Bayernliga after finishing third in the Landesliga.


Coaching staff


Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:


Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:


SSV Jahn Regensburg


SSV Jahn Regensburg II

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s in 1994 and the
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in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the
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as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the Bayernliga was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onwards were elevated one tier. ;Key


Honours


League

* 2. Oberliga Süd (II) ** Champions: 1953 * Bayernliga (II–III–IV) ** Champions: 1949, 1967, 1975, 2000, 2007 ** Runners-up: 1946, 1964 * Bayernliga South (II) ** Runners-up: 1947, 1948 * Landesliga Bayern-Mitte (IV) ** Champions: 1966, 1983, 1990 ** Runners-up: 1997, 2011 * 2. Amateurliga Niederbayern (IV) ** Champions: 1962


Cup

* Bavarian Cup ** Winners: 1947, 1948,
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* Oberpfalz Cup ** Winners: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006


Youth

* Under 19 Bayernliga ** Winners: 2005, 2007 ** Runners-up: 2013 * Under 17 Bayernliga ** Winners: 2007 ** Runners-up: 2003 * Under 15 Bayernliga ** Winners: 2015 ** Runners-up: 2005, 2012 * Reserve team


References

Cited sources Further reading * *


External links

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SSV Jahn Regensburg profile
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