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 was 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 its fiftieth anniversary at their Bruckwiesenweg home. 

By 2015, the club had dropped to one of the many Step 9 leagues in German football. The team finished ninth in Bezirksliga Stuttgart, one of the numerous eighth-level divisions in the national system, before finishing as league runners-up in 2008-09.

Untertürkheim then endured 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 team's 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.

The reward was promotion to the eighth-tier Bezirksliga, where Kevin Schmeig made his mark in front of goal. Alexander Erne was given the trainer's job in 2023-24, which ended in relegation to Kreisliga A1 Stuttgart/Böblingen. 

The following campaign was just as bad as the side slid down to the tenth-tier Kreisliga B2, where Daniel Christ was put in charge of the team.

SG 07 Untertürkheim will play in the Stuttgart Kreisliga in the 2025-26 season.

My visit

Sunday 16th August 2015

It was an awful Sunday morning in Stuttgart, but the weather wasn’t going to stop me from visiting some local football clubs rather than lounging around. Admittedly, I was getting some rather strange looks in my old 1980s 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 showing the 3G pitch surrounded by a rail and hard standing. On the nearest 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 a 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.