Türkgücü München

The club was formed in 1975 by a handful of Turkish migrant workers in Munich, then under the name of SV Türk Gücü München (English: Turkish Power Munich). Originally, the football team played in the lowest tiers of Munich amateur football, something that changed from 1983 onwards, when a number of wealthy Turkish businessmen took over the running of the club. The club found the Bezirksportanlage am Krehlebogen as a permanent home ground and was able to establish a youth department.[2]

Türk Gücü, as the club was commonly referred to, earned a number of promotions, culminating in a 3–1 promotion decider victory over VfR Neuburg, played in front of 3,000 spectators, which earned the club entry to the fourth division Landesliga Bayern-Süd.

Historical chart of the club's league performance

After its promotion to the Landesliga, Türk Gücü strengthened its team with non-Turkish players and, under coach Peter Grosser, the club won promotion to the Bayernliga in 1988, with future professionals like Gerry Hillringhaus and Thomas Kristl in the team. Türk Gücü was an instant success in Bavaria's highest football league, coming sixth in its first season,[3] where it attracted as many as 12,000 spectators in the games against TSV 1860 Munich. The club was able to draw on up to 1,000 fans to travel with the team to away games.[2] Hillringhaus, a goalie, scored Germany's goal of the month for September 1989 in a Bayernliga game against MTV Ingolstadt.[4]

The club under chairman Ergun Berksoy, rivaled in its success in the German Turkish community only by Türkiyemspor Berlin, begun to aim even for professional football, hoping to earn promotion to the 2. Bundesliga.[2] But the club was not able to live up to its ambitions. It finished seventh in the league in the following year, followed by a twelfth place in 1991 and relegation in 1992 after a bitter 4–3 defeat on penalties in the relegation decider against SC 08 Bamberg.[5]

Fundamental changes started to affect the club. Support for the team had steadily declined, one reason being the large number of non-Turkish players in the club which affected the identification of the local Turkish population with the club. The other was the rise of Satellite television. Being able to watch Turkish giants Beşiktaş, Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe live on TV greatly reduced the number of Turkish people interested in seeing a third- or fourth-division side on the field and, consequently, the club's financial means.[2] Nevertheless, the club's significance in Bavarian football was demonstrated in the fact that the Bavarian Football Associations fiftieth anniversary book had its own two-page article on Türk Gücü, something only awarded to Bavarian giants FC Bayern, TSV 1860, 1. FC Nürnberg and rising star SpVgg Unterhaching.[6]

After the 1995–96 season Türk Gücü came second-last and fell to the fifth tier of German football.[7] The club came close to promotion once more in 1998, when it finished second in its league but lost to 1. FC Nürnberg Amateure in the first round of the promotion matches.[8]

The glory days of Türk Gücü were definitely over now and, in 2001, having become insolvent, the club was dissolved.[9]

Players from Türk Gücü formed a new club called Türkischer SV 1975 München. The new team was not competitive in the Landesliga in 2001–02, finishing second to last, with only SV Lohhof behind it, another club who had only recently played at a much higher level.[10] The team spent three seasons in the sixth tier Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern before another relegation in 2005 took it down to the Bezirksliga level.[11]

The side played in the eastern division of this league, the Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Ost, but again as a lower table side with another relegation following in 2008, the season ATA Spor München entered the league and finished fifth.[12]

Türkischer SV spent its last season before the merger, 2008–09, in the tier-nine Kreisliga München 3, where it achieved its only single-digit league finish in its eighth season of existence.[13]

ATA Spor München was formed in 1981.[1]

Unlike Türk Gücü, ATA Spor had never climbed the heights of Bavarian amateur football and promotion from the tier-eight Kreisliga followed by two seasons in the Bezirksliga just before the merger were the club's most successful era.

On 19 May 2009, ATA Spor and Türkischer SV merged to form SV Türkgücü-Ataspor in an effort to combine the strength of the two clubs and form a strong side in the eastern suburbs of Munich. The new club had a membership of approximately 500 people.[1]

The new club took up ATA Spor's place in the Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord, where it came eighth in 2010 and tenth in 2011, a long way from the glory days of the old Türk Gücü club.[14]

In 2013, the club finished second and, via the promotion round, earned promotion to the Landesliga Bayern-Südost.

In 2019, the club finished first in the Bayernliga Süd and earned promotion to the fourth-tier Regionalliga Bayern.

After promotion, the club decided to shorten its name to Türkgücü München.[15] Türkgücu were promoted to 3. Liga in 2020 and played its home games at Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße. For the 2020–21 season, the team has played their home matches at the Olympiastadion München and at Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße, sharing the latter stadium with their fellow 3. Liga side 1860 Munich. Türkgücü Munich filed for insolvency on 31 January 2022. Consequently, their season's results were expunged and they were relegated back to the Regionalliga.[16]

As of 30 August 2023[17][18]

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 Johann Hipper 5 DF  GER Christoph Rech 6 MF  GER Sascha Hingerl 7 FW  TUR Kaan Aygün 8 MF  GER Kevin Hingerl 9 FW  CRO Mario Crnički 10 MR  GER Albano Gashi 11 FW  GER Moritz Müller 12 GK  CRO Stefan Musa 15 DF  GER Benedikt Auburger 17 DF  TUR Arif Ekin 19 FW  GER Stefan Maderer 20 MF  GER Halit Yılmaz 21 MF  TUR Mert Sahin 22 DF  CRO Semir Gračić 23 FW  GER Maximilian Berwein

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  GER Ali-Bey Yılmaz 26 MF  GER Leo Haas 27 FW  GER David Abrangao 28 GK  GER Maximilian Pérez Hintermeier 30 MF  GER Samed Bahar 31 GK  GER Sebastian Kolbe 36 MF  GER Ishak Karaogul 37 FW  GER Serhat Imsak 38 FW  TUR Emre Tunc 61 MF  TUR Ünal Tosun (captain) 77 FW  GER Benedict Laverty 98 FW  GER Umut Demir — DF  GER Azur Velagić — MF  MKD Anes Osmanoski — MF  GER Serdar Arslan

• Regionalliga Bayern (IV)
  • Promoted: 2019–20
• Bayernliga Süd (V)
  • Champions: 2018–19
• Landesliga Bayern-Südost (VI)
  • Champions: 2017–18
• Landesliga Bayern-Süd (V)
  • Champions: 1987–88, 1993–94
  • Runners-up: 1997–98

• Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord (VII)
  • Runners-up: 2012–13
• Kreisliga 3 Schmid (VIII)
  • Runners-up: 2006–07

• Bavarian Cup
  • Winners: 2021

• With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the Bayernliga was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onwards were elevated one tier.

• Die Bayernliga 1945–97 (in German) DSFS, published: 1998
• Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945–2005 (in German) History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006
• 50 Jahre Bayrischer Fussball-Verband (in German) 50-year-anniversary book of the Bavarian FA, publisher: Vindelica Verlag, published: 1996