SV Meppen (women)

SV Meppen
Founded	1 July 2011; 13 years ago
Ground	Hänsch-Arena
Capacity	13,696
President	Heinz Speet
Head coach	Carin Bakhuis
League	2. Bundesliga
2023–24	3rd of 14

SV Meppen (women) is a women's association football club from Meppen, Germany. It is part of the SV Meppen club.

History

SV Victoria Gersten

Founded in 1947, SV Victoria Gersten's women's team earned promotion to the then second-tier Oberliga Nord in 1993. Despite finishing second in 2000, their attempts to secure promotion to the Bundesliga fell short during the promotion round. The club faced a similar outcome two years later, again missing out on promotion after finishing as runners-up. In 2004, SV Victoria Gersten became one of the inaugural members of the 2. Bundesliga.

SV Meppen

To meet the increasing demands of the 2. Bundesliga, SV Victoria Gersten's women's football department joined SV Meppen for the 2010–11 season.^[1] In the suspended 2019–20 season, disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, SV Meppen secured a fourth-place finish in the second division. Despite this, they were promoted to the Bundesliga because both VfL Wolfsburg II and 1899 Hoffenheim II were ineligible for promotion.^[2] However, their top-flight campaign in the 2020–21 season concluded with an 11th-place finish and relegation to the second division. Undeterred, they bounced back by clinching the 2021–22 2. Bundesliga title, earning a return to the Bundesliga. Unfortunately, their second Bundesliga stint ended with another relegation after an 11th-place finish.^[3]

Squad

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	GER	Laura Sieger
2	DF	NED	Jenske Steenwijk
3	DF	GER	Nina Rolfes
4	DF	GER	Toma Ihlenburg
5	MF	JPN	Chihiro Suzuki
6	FW	GER	Laura Bröring
7	MF	GER	Marie Bleil
9	MF	POL	Kornelia Grosicka
10	MF	GER	Nina Kossen
12	DF	GER	Nina Zimmer
13	MF	GER	Marleen Kropp
14	MF	JPN	Akane Miyoshi
15	FW	GER	Finja Sasse