MSV Duisburg

Early years

The club was founded in 1902 as Meidericher Spielverein, in Meiderich, which later became part of Duisburg. In 1905, they fused with the club Sportclub Viktoria Meiderich. In 1910, MSV played in the West German A-Klasse for the first time, and in 1914, won promotion to the 'Zehnerliga' (top level of the West German championship) for the first time, after winning every game in the 13/14 season, scoring 113 goals and conceding only 12. In 1929, they won the first Niederrhein championship and were runner up in the West German championship, qualifying for the national championship for the first time. They won the Niederrhein championship again in 1931 and 1932, and appeared in the 1931 German championship again after finishing third in the West German championship. The club would not qualify for either the German championship or the West German championship again. Meiderich became city champions in 1946, and in 1949 were placed in the new West German second division. The club earned promotion to the top-flight Oberliga West in 1951, and though they were relegated in 1955, they would return immediately and participate in the Oberliga West until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963.

Early years of the Bundesliga (1960s)

The club was surprisingly chosen to be a member of the new national league, the Bundesliga, for the inaugural 1963–64 season. Despite not being a big name or coming from a big city, Meiderich were chosen as they were the strongest…

League Bundesliga Runners-up: 1963–64 2. Oberliga West (II): 1950–51 3. Liga (III): 2016–17 Oberliga Nordrhein (III): 1987–88, 1988–89 Regionalliga West (IV): 2024–25 Cup DFB-Pokal Finalists: 1965–66, 1974–75, 1997–98, 2010–11 International Intertoto Cup: 1974, 1977, 1978 Regional Bezirksliga Niederrhein (I): 1928–29, 1930–31, 1931–32 Lower Rhine Cup (Tiers III–below): 1988–89, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2025–26 Amateur/Youth teams German amateur championship (III): 1986–87 German Under 19 championship: 1971–72, 1976–77, 1977–78