TSV Havelse

TSV Havelse is a German association football club based in Garbsen, Lower Saxony, near Hanover.

TSV Havelse

Full name	Turn- und Sportverein Havelse 1912 e.V.
Nickname(s)	Pelikans
Founded	1912
Ground	Eilenriedestadion
Capacity	5,001
President	Manfred Hörnschemeyer
Manager	Samir Ferchichi
League	3. Liga
2024–25	Regionalliga Nord, 1st of 18 (promoted)
Website	www.tsv-havelse.de
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

The club was founded in 1912 as FC Pelikan-Havelse by a group of thirteen young men from the small village of Havelse. They took their name from the maker's brand of the first football purchased by the club for the grand sum of 7,50 Reichsmarks. World War I took a heavy toll on the club, which was inactive for a time. In 1929, a local gymnastics club, Turnverein Havelse was formed and four years later the "Pelikans" took to the field again as the club's football side. Some time during the 1930s – club records are not clear – the club took on its current name.

For most of its existence this has been un-storied local side: the highlight for the team was a single season spent in the 2. Bundesliga in 1990–91. From 1986 to 1990 the club was led by Volker Finke, who played with the team from 1969 to 1974, and then went on to become the longtime coach of SC Freiburg. Their biggest achievements in the DFB-Pokal came against the same team. In 1991 and 2012, the club eliminated 1. FC Nürnberg to advance to the third and second round respectively of the competition proper.

From 2010 the club played in the tier four Regionalliga Nord and finished in second place in 2013. They finished third in the shortened 2020–21 Regionalliga Nord to qualify for the promotion play-offs, as the top two teams, Weiche Flensburg and Werder Bremen II did not apply for 3. Liga licences.^[1] They achieved promotion to the 3. Liga after winning 2–0 on aggregate against 1. FC Schweinfurt.^[2] However, they were relegated after just one season, with their relegation being confirmed on 16 April 2022 after a 1–1 draw against Hallescher FC.^[3][4] The club returned to the 3. Liga for the 2025–26 season after finishing in first place in the 2024–25 Regionalliga Nord and winning the promotion play-offs against Lokomotive Leipzig.^[5]

Stadium

TSV Havelse plays in the Wilhelm-Langrehr-Stadion, originally built as the "TSV-Kampfbahn an der Hannoverschen Straße" in 1933. However, since the stadium does not meet the requirements for the 3. Liga, the club played at the Heinz von Heiden Arena (then known as the HDI-Arena) in nearby Hanover for the duration of the 2021–22 season.^[6] They will mainly play at the Eilenriedestadion in Hanover during the 2025–26 season for the same reason, moving to the Heinz von Heiden Arena for high-risk matches.^[7]

Honours

The club's honours:

• Oberliga Nord (III)
  • Champions: 1989
  • Runners-up: 1990
• Oberliga Niedersachsen-West
  • Champions: 2010
• Lower Saxony Cup
  • Winners: 2012, 2020

Players

Current squad

As of 14 August 2025^[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Tom Opitz 3 DF  GER Marco Schleef 4 DF  KOS Besfort Kolgeci 5 DF  GER Dominic Minz 6 MF  GER Vladislav Cherny 7 DF  TUR Emre Aytun 8 MF  GER Johann Berger 9 FW  GER Lorenzo Paldino 10 FW  GER Julius Düker (captain) 11 FW  GER Yannik Jaeschke 13 MF  HUN Olivér Schindler 14 FW  GER Marko Ilic 16 FW  GER Torben Engelking 17 FW  GER John Posselt (on loan from SC Paderborn) 19 MF  MAR Nassim Boujellab 21 DF  GER Irichad Behrens

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  GER Leon Sommer 23 FW  GER Robin Müller 24 MF  GER Noah Plume 25 GK  GER Fynn Wolter 28 MF  GER Julian Rufidis 29 DF  GER Yassin Jemai 30 DF  AUT Timo Friedrich 31 MF  GER Jannik Oltrogge 33 MF  ALB Arlind Rexhepi (on loan from Waldhof Mannheim) 34 MF  GER Tim Dierßen 35 GK  GER Alexander Dlugaiczyk 37 FW  GER Hasan Özdemir 38 FW  GER Leon Svitek 39 DF  GER Florian Riedel 40 GK  GER Jonah Busse — MF  GER Maxim Safronow

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  GER Yassin Jemai (to Lupo Martini Wolfsburg until 30 June 2026)

Managerial history

• Hans Siemensmeyer (1 July 1975 – 30 June 1984)
• Günter Blume (1 July 1984 – 26 August 1985)
• Gerd Behrens (26 August 1985 – 12 February 1986)
• Volker Finke (13 February 1986 – 9 October 1990)
• Karl-Heinz Mrosko (13 October 1990 – 30 June 1991)
• Jürgen Stoffregen (1 July 1991 – 31 January 1993)
• Uwe Kliemann (24 January 1993 – 30 June 1993)
• Roman Wójcicki (1 July 1993 – 30 June 1995)
• unknown (1 July 1995 – 30 June 1997)
• Karl Eggestein (1 July 1997 – 30 June 1998)
• Frank Hartmann (1 July 1998 – 30 June 2000)
• Ronald Worm (1 July 2000 – 30 June 2001)
• Bernd Krajewski (1 July 2001 – 30 June 2004)
• Jürgen Stoffregen (1 July 2004 – 31 December 2010)
• André Breitenreiter (2 January 2011 – 30 June 2013)
• Christian Benbennek (1 July 2013 – 30 June 2015)
• Stefan Gehrke (1 July 2015 – 23 September 2015)
• Sören Halfar (int.) (24 September 2015 – 11 October 2015)
• Alexander Kiene (12 October 2015 – 30 June 2017)
• Christian Benbennek (1 July 2017 – 26 November 2018)
• Sahin Kilic (int.) (27 November 2018 – 9 December 2018)
• Jan Zimmermann (10 December 2018 – 30 June 2021)
• Rüdiger Ziehl (1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022)
• Philipp Gasde (1 July 2022 – 20 September 2022)
• Samir Ferchichi (21 September 2022 – present)

Sources:^[9][10]