TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

The modern-day club was formed in 1945, when gymnastics club Turnverein Hoffenheim (founded 1 July 1899) and football club Fußballverein Hoffenheim (founded 1921) merged. At the beginning of the 1990s, the club was a local amateur side playing in the eighth division Baden-Württemberg A-Liga. They steadily improved and by 1996 were competing in the Verbandsliga Nordbaden (V). Around 2000, alumnus Dietmar Hopp returned to the club of his youth as a financial backer. Hopp was the co-founder of software firm SAP and he put some of his money into the club. His contributions generated almost immediate results: in 2000 Hoffenheim finished first in the Verbandsliga and was promoted to the fourth-tier Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. Another first-place finish moved the club up to the Regionalliga Süd (III) for the 2001–02 season. They finished 13th in their first season in the Regionalliga, but improved significantly the next year, earning a fifth-place result. Hoffenheim earned fifth and seventh-place finishes in the next two seasons, before improving to fourth in 2005–06 to earn their best result to date. The club made its first DFB-Pokal appearance in the 2003–04 competition and performed well, advancing to the quarter-finals by eliminating 2. Bundesliga sides Eintracht Trier and Karlsruher SC and Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen before being put out themselves by another 2. Bundesliga side, VfB Lübeck. Negotiations to merge TSG Hoffenheim, Astoria Walldorf, and SV Sandhausen to…

Recent coaches of the club:

*As caretaker coach.

The club's honours:

Youth

German Under 19 championship Champions: 2013–14 Runners-up: 2014–15, 2015–16 German Under 17 championship Champions: 2007–08 Under 19 Bundesliga South/Southwest Champions: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 Under 17 Bundesliga South/Southwest Champions: 2007–08 Runners-up: 2010–11 Under 15 Regionalliga Süd Champions: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16 ‡ Won by reserve team.