2017–18 SV Meppen season

SV Meppen
2017–18 season
Chairman	Andreas Kremer
Manager	Christian Neidhart
Stadium	Hänsch-Arena
3. Liga	8th
Lower Saxony Cup	Qualification round
Top goalscorer	Benjamin Girth; (12 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	2018–19 →
	All statistics correct as of 10 February 2018.

The 2017–18 SV Meppen season is the 106th season in the football club's history and 1st season in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football, having been promoted from the Regionalliga Nord in 2017. In addition to the domestic league, SV Meppen also participated in this season's edition of the Lower Saxony Cup, the regional cup for teams in Lower Saxony. Meppen play their matches at the Hänsch-Arena, located in Meppen, Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 23 January 2018^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NED	Jeroen Gies
3	DF	GER	Janik Jesgarzewski
4	MF	NED	Menno Heerkes
5	DF	SVN	Jovan Vidović
6	DF	GER	Dennis Geiger
7	MF	USA	Devann Yao
8	MF	GER	Thilo Leugers
9	FW	GER	Nico Granatowski
10	MF	GER	Martin Wagner
11	MF	GER	Thorben Deters
14	FW	GER	Leon Demaj
15	MF	GER	Markus Ballmert


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	GER	Max Kremer
18	FW	KOS	Haris Hyseni
20	MF	GER	Marius Kleinsorge
21	MF	GER	Jens Robben
22	MF	GER	Steffen Puttkammer
23	FW	GER	Luka Tankulić
25	MF	GER	Patrick Posipal
27	DF	GER	David Vržogić
30	FW	GER	Benjamin Girth
31	DF	GER	Marcel Gebers
32	GK	GER	Erik Domaschke
37	DF	GER	Fabian Senninger
—	MF	GER	Mike-Steven Bähre (on loan from Hannover 96)

The club played eleven consecutive seasons in the 2. Bundesliga from 1988 to 1998. In 404 games there, the team scored 495 goals, with a record of 124 wins, 139 draws, and 141 losses.

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
3. Liga	22 July 2017	12 May 2018	Matchday 1		24	9	8	7	28	29	−1	037.50
Lower Saxony Cup	19 July 2017	19 July 2017	Qualification round	Qualification round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					25	9	8	8	28	31	−3	036.00

Last updated: 10 February 2018
Source: Competitions

3. Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Würzburger Kickers	38	17	10	11	53	46	+7	61
6	Hansa Rostock	38	16	12	10	48	34	+14	60
7	SV Meppen	38	15	13	10	50	47	+3	58
8	Fortuna Köln	38	15	9	14	53	48	+5	54
9	SpVgg Unterhaching	38	16	6	16	54	55	−1	54

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
24	9	8	7	28	29	−1	35	6	4	2	20	12	+8	3	4	5	8	17	−9

Last updated: 10 February 2018.
Source: kicker

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	W
Position	9	17	18	13	10	11	11	10	9	10	7	6	6	7	7	9	9	9	9	11	9	8	10

Updated to match(es) played on 10 February 2018. Source: kicker
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) 1	SV Meppen	2–2	Würzburger Kickers	Meppen
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wagner 26' Girth 82'	Report	Göbel 57' Jopek 60'	Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 5,088 Referee: Tobias Stieler

29 July 2017 (2017-07-29) 2	Preußen Münster	3–0	SV Meppen	Münster
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Grimaldi 51' Kobylański 66' Al-Hazaimeh 86'	Report		Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 9,130 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes

2 August 2017 (2017-08-02) 3	SV Meppen	1–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Meppen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Girth 18'	Report	Ludwig 5' (pen.) Niemeyer 65'	Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 8,389 Referee: Sören Storks

5 August 2017 (2017-08-05) 4	Hansa Rostock	1–2	SV Meppen	Rostock
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ziemer 68'	Report	Girth 51' Granatowski 88'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 12,300 Referee: Thorben Siewer

18 August 2017 (2017-08-18) 5	SV Meppen	4–0	FSV Zwickau	Meppen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Leugers 2' (pen.) Girth 44', 76' Kremer 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 6,243 Referee: Michael Bacher

25 August 2017 (2017-08-25) 6	SC Paderborn	1–0	SV Meppen	Paderborn
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wassey 16' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Benteler-Arena Attendance: 9,421 Referee: Martin Thomsen

10 September 2017 (2017-09-10) 7	SV Meppen	1–1	VfR Aalen	Meppen
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kleinsorge 64'	Report	Vasiliadis 30'	Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 6,220 Referee: Felix-Benjamin Schwermer

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 8	Carl Zeiss Jena	2–2	SV Meppen	Jena
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eismann 58', 81'	Report	Kleinsorge 18' Vidović 45+1'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 4,229 Referee: Benjamin Bläser

20 September 2017 (2017-09-20) 9	SV Meppen	1–0	VfL Osnabrück	Meppen
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Granatowski 39'	Report		Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 13,286 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) 10	SpVgg Unterhaching	4–0	SV Meppen	Unterhaching
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bigalke 16' Dombrowka 25' Hain 49' Lux 84'	Report		Stadium: Alpenbauer Sportpark Attendance: 3,250 Referee: Oliver Lossius

1 October 2017 (2017-10-01) 11	SV Meppen	2–0	Karlsruher SC	Meppen
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Girth 51' Kleinsorge 61'	Report		Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 7,183 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes

14 October 2017 (2017-10-14) 12	Wehen Wiesbaden	0–1	SV Meppen	Wiesbaden
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Girth 42'	Stadium: Brita-Arena Attendance: 2,380 Referee: Bastian Börner

21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) 13	SV Meppen	1–0	Fortuna Köln	Meppen
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Leugers 48' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 6,351 Referee: Justus Zorn

28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) 14	Hallescher FC	2–0	SV Meppen	Halle
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Röser 6' Gjasula 49'	Report		Stadium: Erdgas Sportpark Attendance: 5,533 Referee: Henry Müller

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) 15	SV Meppen	3–2	Chemnitzer FC	Meppen
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Girth 56', 62', 88'	Report	Kluft 1' Slavov 65'	Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 6,235 Referee: Florian Kornblum

18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) 16	Sportfreunde Lotte	2–2	SV Meppen	Lotte
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Straith 52' Posipal 89' (o.g.)	Report	Kleinsorge 45', 80'	Stadium: Frimo Stadion Attendance: 6,331 Referee: Oliver Lossius

24 November 2017 (2017-11-24) 17	SV Meppen	1–1	Sonnenhof Großaspach	Meppen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Girth 15'	Report	Vitzthum 75'	Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 6,138 Referee: Tobias Fritsch

2 December 2017 (2017-12-02) 18	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	0–0	SV Meppen	Erfurt
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion Attendance: 3,933 Referee: Jonas Weickenmeier

9 December 2017 (2017-12-09) 19	SV Meppen	2–2	Werder Bremen II	Meppen
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kleinsorge 13' Wagner 59'	Report	Verlaat 8' Manneh 75'	Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 5,808 Referee: Asmir Osmanagić

16 December 2017 (2017-12-16) 20	Würzburger Kickers	2–0	SV Meppen	Würzburg
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Taffertshofer 41' Schuppan 58'	Report		Stadium: Flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 4,852 Referee: Justus Zorn

21 January 2018 (2018-01-21) 21	SV Meppen	2–0	Preußen Münster	Meppen
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wagner 20' Leugers 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 9,107 Referee: Alexander Sather

27 January 2018 (2018-01-27) 22	1. FC Magdeburg	0–0	SV Meppen	Magdeburg
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 16,606 Referee: Patrick Alt

3 February 2018 (2018-02-03) 23	SV Meppen	0–2	Hansa Rostock	Meppen
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Väyrynen 10' Scherff 85'	Report		Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 8,296 Referee: Patrick Schult

10 February 2018 (2018-02-10) 24	FSV Zwickau	0–1	SV Meppen	Zwickau
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Girth 22'	Stadium: Stadion Zwickau Attendance: 3,850 Referee: Markus Wollenweber

25	SV Meppen	v	SC Paderborn	Meppen
		Report		Stadium: Hänsch-Arena

26	VfR Aalen	v	SV Meppen	Aalen
		Report		Stadium: Ostalb Arena

27	SV Meppen	v	Carl Zeiss Jena	Meppen
		Report		Stadium: Hänsch-Arena

28	VfL Osnabrück	v	SV Meppen	Osnabrück
		Report		Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

29	SV Meppen	v	SpVgg Unterhaching	Meppen
		Report		Stadium: Hänsch-Arena

30	Karlsruher SC	v	SV Meppen	Karlsruhe
		Report		Stadium: Wildparkstadion

31	SV Meppen	v	Wehen Wiesbaden	Meppen
		Report		Stadium: Hänsch-Arena

32	Fortuna Köln	v	SV Meppen	Cologne
		Report		Stadium: Südstadion

33	SV Meppen	v	Hallescher FC	Meppen
		Report		Stadium: Hänsch-Arena

34	Chemnitzer FC	v	SV Meppen	Chemnitz
		Report		Stadium: Community4you Arena

35	SV Meppen	v	Sportfreunde Lotte	Meppen
		Report		Stadium: Hänsch-Arena

36	Sonnenhof Großaspach	v	SV Meppen	Aspach
		Report		Stadium: Mechatronik Arena

5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 37	SV Meppen	v	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Meppen
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Hänsch-Arena

12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) 38	Werder Bremen II	v	SV Meppen	Bremen
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Weserstadion Platz 11

Lower Saxony Cup

19 July 2017 (2017-07-19) Qualification round	VfB Oldenburg	2–0	SV Meppen	Oldenburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Richter 31' Franziskus 59'	Report		Stadium: Marschweg-Stadion Attendance: 3,509 Referee: Henrik Bramlage