TV Bittenfeld
| TVB 1898 Stuttgart (previously TV Bittenfeld) | |||
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| Full name | TVB Stuttgart Handball GmbH & Co. KG | ||
| Founded | 1898 | ||
| Arena | Scharrena Stuttgart, Porsche-Arena | ||
| Capacity | 2 050 seats (SCHARRena), 6 211 seats (Porsche Arena) | ||
| Head coach | Thomas König | ||
| League | Handball-Bundesliga | ||
| 2015–16 | 15th | ||
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Website Official site | |||
Turnverein Bittenfeld 1898 e. V. or TV Bittenfeld is a handball club from Waiblingen, town of Bittenfeld, Germany. This club has been 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.
History
The team has played five seasons in the 2nd South Ligue between 2006-2011. 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
Season 2015/2016
| Nr. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth | in team since |
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| 1 | Dragan Jerković |  Croatia | GK | 08.12.1975 | 2014 |
| 12 | Yunus Özmusul |  Turkey | GK | 01.07.1987 | 2015 |
| 16 | Sebastian Arnold |  Germany | GK | 06.01.1996 | 2015 |
| 2 | Tobias Schimmelbauer | Germany | LW | 01.07.1987 | 2010 |
| 3 | Florian Schöbinger | Germany | CP/LP | 05.03.1986 | 2000 |
| 4 | Martin Kienzle | Germany | LW/CP | 10.01.1992 | 2009 |
| 6 | Dominik Weiß | Germany | LB | 25.01.1989 | 2009 |
| 8 | Michael Schweikardt | Germany | CP | 07.03.1983 | 2012 |
| 9 | Lars Friedrich | Germany | RB | 23.04.1985 | 2012 |
| 10 | Kasper Kisum |  Denmark | LB | 20.08.1992 | 2015 |
| 11 | Djibril M’Bengue | Germany | RB | 13.05.1992 | 2012 |
| 13 | Teo Čorić | Croatia | CP | 25.03.1992 | 2015 |
| 14 | Simon Baumgarten | Germany | CP | 06.09.1985 | 2004 |
| 21 | Michael Seiz | Germany | RW | 23.03.1993 | 1998 |
| 23 | Alexander Heib | Germany | CP | 12.06.1987 | 2013 |
| 24 | Finn Kretschmer | Germany | RW | 02.06.1994 | 2014 |
| 25 | Sajjad Esteki |  Iran | LB | 23.04.1990 | 2015 |
| 26 | Michael Spatz | Germany | RW | 25.11.1982 | 2015 |
Trainer's team
| Nat. | Name | Position | Geburtsdatum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | Thomas König | Head Coach | 16.06.1963 |
| Germany | Karsten Schäfer | Assistant Coach | 23.10.1976 |
| Germany | Herbert Stadler | Staff | 12.04.1955 |
| Germany | Klaus Schebek | Staff | 21.09.1954 |
| Germany | Tobias Unfried | Physiotherapist | 28.08.1973 |
| Germany | Frank Jakschitz | Physiotherapist | 09.11.1984 |
| Germany | Dr. Andreas Schlüter | Team Doctor | 09.03.1961 |
Transfers in season 2015/16
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Statistics
Ranking since 2006
| Season | League | Place | Goals | Points | Note |
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| 2006/07 | 2nd Bundesliga (South) | 16. | 1019:1123 | 23:45 | |
| 2007/08 | 2nd Bundesliga (South) | 10. | 971:1015 | 32:36 | |
| 2008/09 | 2nd Bundesliga (South) | 8. | 989:985 | 36:32 | |
| 2009/10 | 2nd Bundesliga (South) | 3. | 1038:938 | 46:22 | |
| 2010/11 | 2nd Bundesliga (South) | 4. | 1044:985 | 46:22 | Qualification to the 2nd League |
| 2011/12 | 2nd Bundesliga | 14. | 1085:1112 | 34:42 | |
| 2012/13 | 2nd Bundesliga | 7. | 1018:1014 | 38:34 | |
| 2013/14 | 2nd Bundesliga | 4. | 1011:915 | 47:25 | |
| 2014/15 | 2nd Bundesliga | 3. | 1074:950 | 55:21 | Transfer to the 1st League |
| 2015/16 | Bundesliga | 15. | 783:926 | 14:50 |
Number of spectators since 2006
| Season | Count |
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| 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 |