TV Bittenfeld

Turnverein Bittenfeld 1898 e. V. or TV Bittenfeld is a handball club from Waiblingen, town of Bittenfeld, Germany. This club played in 2nd division of German Handball League, Handball-Bundesliga since season 2006/07 until 2014/15. After successful 3rd place in overall ranking of season 2014/15, the team rose to the 1st division of German League and changed name to TVB 1898 Stuttgart.[1] The team's home games take place in Scharrena Stuttgart. Due to restricted capacity of home arena, some of the games are held in Porsche-Arena in the nearby area.

TVB 1898 Stuttgart
Full nameTVB Stuttgart Handball GmbH & Co. KG
Founded1898 (1898)
ArenaScharrena Stuttgart
Porsche-Arena
Capacity2,050
6,211
Head coachThomas König
LeagueHandball-Bundesliga
2019–2012th
Club colours         
Home
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Website
Official site

History

The team has played five seasons in the 2nd South Ligue between 2006 and 2011. At the end of the season 2010/2011 TV Bittenfeld finished as fourth. This allowed the team to play in the newly founded 2nd Handball National League (German: Bundesliga). Coach of the team was Jürgen Schweikardt, who was supported by his assistant coach Heiko Burmeister. The biggest success so far the club got in the season 2014/15, when TV Bittenfeld took the 3rd ranking position in the final standings, which entitled the transfer to the first (or main) German League. To performe in season 2015/16 team TV Bittenfeld has modified the name to TVB 1898 Stuttgart.[2]

The second team of TV Bittenfeld played until the season 2010/2011 in so-called Land League. The team won the first place there and now plays in the Württemberg League. The team is trained by Michael Rill and Peter Seiz.

Team

Current squad
Squad for the 2019–20 season

Transfers
Transfers for the 2020–21 season

Staff
Nat.NamePositionDate of birth
 GermanyJürgen SchweikardtHead coach23 April 1980
 GermanyKarsten SchäferAssistant coach23 October 1976
 GermanyGünter SchweikardtStaff30 October 1948
 GermanyKlaus SchebekStaff21 September 1954
 GermanyTobias UnfriedPhysiotherapist28 August 1973
 GermanyFrank JakschitzPhysiotherapist9 November 1984
 GermanyDr. Andreas SchlüterTeam doctor9 March 1961

Statistics

Ranking since 2006
SeasonLeaguePlaceGoalsPointsNote
2006/072nd Bundesliga (South)16.1019:112323:45
2007/082nd Bundesliga (South)10.0971:101532:36
2008/092nd Bundesliga (South)8.0989:098536:32
2009/102nd Bundesliga (South)3.1038:093846:22
2010/112nd Bundesliga (South)4.1044:098546:22Qualification to the 2nd League
2011/122nd Bundesliga14.1085:111234:42
2012/132nd Bundesliga7.1018:101438:34
2013/142nd Bundesliga4.1011:91547:25
2014/152nd Bundesliga3.1074:95055:21Transfer to the 1st League
2015/16Bundesliga15.783:92614:50
2016/17Bundesliga14.865:94423:41
2017/18Bundesliga14.852:95920:48
2018/19Bundesliga15.911:99823:45
2019–20Bundesliga12.709:75921:28

Number of spectators since 2006
Season Count
2006/07 1 409
2007/08 1 851
2008/09 1 795
2009/10 2 229
2010/11 2 210
2011/12 1 866
2012/13 2 035
2013/14 1 990
2014/15 2 250
2015/16 3 792
2016/17 3 870
2017/18 3 716
2018/19 3 681
2019/20 4 150

References
  1. http://wg.tvb1898.de/index.php?id=162&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2750&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=163&cHash=b8eca2742f
  2. http://wg.tvb1898.de/index.php?id=162&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2750&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=163&cHash=b8eca2742f
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