SV München Laim (Germany)

SV München Laim is a football club from the Laim district of Munich which was created through a merger of ESV 1910 München-Laim e.V. and SV 1963 Laim e.V. in 2009.

Both clubs had been sharing the sports facilities at Riegerhofstraße for some time before the amalgamation.

The club played in local amateur football since their formation, mainly in Kreisliga 2, the eighth level of German football.

Laim finished the 2006-07 Bezirksliga Süd Oberbayern seventh tier campaign in twelfth position before dropping down to Kreisliga 2 at the completion of the following season where the team consolidated their status.

The 2011-12 campaign saw a much improved fifth place before the team found themselves in the relegation play-offs in 2013-14 where FC Kosova München and then FC Croatia München were both defeated to secure safety with the Kosova home leg attracting a gate of 350.

The warning was heeded as Laim ended the 2014-15 campaign in fourth place before once again having to win a play-off tie to stay up. FC Teutonia München were beaten 8-1 on aggregate prior to a mid table season was put together to settle any outstanding nerves.

Laim were crowned as Kreisliga 2 champions in 2017-18 to win promotion to the Bezirksliga Süd but the jump proved to be too steep as the team was relegated in bottom place after just one season. A safe finishing position followed in the truncated 2019-20 season.

SV München Laim will play in Kreisliga 2 Süd Oberbayern in the 2017-18 season.

My visit

Thursday 15th December 2016

My day had been spent on a tour of the Dacau Concentration Camp. I was really glad that I’d been round, but I really needed a bit of light relief. I was certainly grateful that I was able to move around freely.

The S2 train was going past Laim on the way back, so I had a word with my excellent guide and jumped out rather than heading all the way back into the city. I needed some more reading glasses and a Woolworths store on Fürstenrieder Straße did the job.

It was a gloomy day, so I was trying to get a bit of a move on as I wanted to fit in at least one more venue after München Laim. I turned left down Gotthardstraße and then a further right on Riegerhofstraße to find the venue.

I was wary of my presence as the facility also contained a nursery school. I managed to get a look without causing any issues.

To be honest, the ground was very basic, with a second pitch alongside. It was neatly fenced off, but apart from the subs benches on one side of the artificial pitch, there wasn’t too much else to report. I was a bit disappointed, but that’s the gamble with such a hobby.

Not to be deterred I headed back along Gotthardstraße to Laimer Platz, where I took the short ride to Westendstraße and a visit to nearby SV München 1880.