SG 07 Untertürkheim (Germany)

SG 07 Untertürkheim is an amateur football club from the district of the same name in the southern German city of Stuttgart.

The club was formed in 1907 as Viktoria 07 Untertürkheim by Otto Felber, Karl Merz and Hermann Huttenlocher along with twelve other pioneers. Two years later Viktoria was dissolved with the football section operating under Turnerbund Untertürkheim.

In 1924 the first team won the district title and were promoted to the Kreisliga The Victoria name had returned but in 1933 the club became Sportvereinigung 07 Untertürkheim.

Following the end of World War II SG 07 were placed in the Württemberg Oberliga. Many sporting sections flourished at the club. In 1957 the club became Sportgemeinschaft 07 Untertürkheim.

2007 saw the club celebrate their centenary as well as their fiftieth anniversary at their Bruckwiesenweg home. By 2015 the club had dropped to one of the many Step 9 leagues in German football.

The 2006-07 season saw the club celebrate their centenary as well as their fiftieth anniversary at their Bruckwiesenweg home with the team finishing ninth in Bezirksliga Stuttgart, one of numerous eighth level divisions in the national system.

Untertürkheim finished as league runners-up in 2008-09 prior to a season of struggle and then relegation in 2010-11 to Kreisliga A3 where fourth place was achieved in 2011-12 which was improved on by one place twelve months later.

The 2013-14 campaign saw Untertürkheim crowned as A3 champions. However, the jump back to the Bezirksliga proved too steep as the team was relegated after one season. A runners-up spot in Kreisliga A1 followed in 2015-16.

The teams reward was a play-off against TSV Bernhausen which was lost 5-3 at Bruckwiesenweg. A third place in 2016-17 was replicated the following season before a mid table finish was accrued in 2018-19.

That campaign was led by head coach Theo Fringelis who was in charge in 2019-20 when the Coronavirus ended the season with Untertürkheim top of the league through the goals of Sideris Papadopoulos and Stefan Schlick, awaiting to see if they would be promoted. 

SG 07 Untertürkheim will play in the Stuttgart Kreisliga in the 2015-16 season.

My visit

Sunday 16^th August 2015

It was an awful Sunday morning in Stuttgart, but the weather wasn’t going to stop me visiting some local football clubs rather than lounging around. Admittedly I was getting some rather strange looks in my old 1980’s England shirt and no jacket, but I was past caring.

I had intended to see the grounds I was visiting on the previous Friday, but plans ran array. I meant to make up for lost time. Unfortunately, although I knew SG 09 were located within a few minutes’ walk I was struggling to suss out the streets. The map app on my IPhone was slowly reacting and the rain was drenching the screen. At last I got my bearings.

I arrived at the Bruckwiesenweg ground to find it locked; but fortunately there were plenty of views inside of the 3G pitch surrounded by a rail and hard standing. On the road side a two storey clubhouse had a smart covered balcony with accompanying flower pots for patrons.

A car park stood between the road and the ground. While a very basic venue, it offered all the club required as well as a pitch to bring in money throughout the week.

I headed back towards the S Bahn, only to wait for quite a while without sign of a train. Instead I went downstairs and caught a tram on the U Bahn 13 service, which took me most of the way to my next venue; Stuttgart-Munster.