Tyskland - Bundesliga II 03/16 12:00 26 [10] Elversberg v Holstein Kiel [2] W 0-2
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 03/09 12:00 25 [2] Holstein Kiel v Karlsruher SC [8] W 1-0
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 03/01 17:30 24 [8] Hertha Berlin v Holstein Kiel [2] D 2-2
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 02/23 17:30 23 [2] Holstein Kiel v St Pauli [1] L 3-4
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 02/17 12:00 22 [6] Paderborn v Holstein Kiel [2] W 0-4
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 02/11 12:30 21 [3] Holstein Kiel v Schalke [14] W 1-0
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 02/02 17:30 20 [13] Magdeburg v Holstein Kiel [3] D 1-1
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 01/28 12:30 19 [4] Greuther Furth v Holstein Kiel [2] L 2-1
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 01/19 17:30 18 [1] Holstein Kiel v Eintracht Braunschweig [17] L 1-2
Europa - Vennskapskamper 01/13 12:00 - Hannover 96 v Holstein Kiel L 3-2
Europa - Vennskapskamper 01/09 11:00 - Sint-Truidense v Holstein Kiel D Cancelled
Europa - Vennskapskamper 01/06 12:00 - Darmstadt v Holstein Kiel W 1-2
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 12/16 19:30 17 [2] Holstein Kiel v Hannover 96 [8] W 3-0
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 12/10 12:30 16 [5] Fortuna Dusseldorf v Holstein Kiel [2] W 0-1
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 12/02 12:00 15 [3] Holstein Kiel v Wehen SV [8] W 3-2
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 11/26 12:30 14 [11] Kaiserslautern v Holstein Kiel [6] W 0-3
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 11/11 12:00 13 [6] Holstein Kiel v Hamburg [2] W 4-2
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 11/04 12:00 12 [17] VfL Osnabruck v Holstein Kiel [4] D 1-1
Tyskland - DFB Pokal 11/01 17:00 8 Holstein Kiel v Magdeburg L 6-7
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 10/29 12:30 11 [4] Holstein Kiel v Nürnberg [11] L 0-2
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 10/22 11:30 10 [13] Hansa Rostock v Holstein Kiel [6] W 1-3
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 10/08 11:30 9 [6] Holstein Kiel v Elversberg [11] D 1-1
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 09/30 11:00 8 [13] Karlsruher SC v Holstein Kiel [7] W 0-2
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 09/24 11:30 7 [5] Holstein Kiel v Hertha Berlin [16] L 2-3
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 09/17 11:30 6 [11] St Pauli v Holstein Kiel [3] L 5-1
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 09/02 11:00 5 [4] Holstein Kiel v Paderborn [14] W 2-1
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 08/25 16:30 4 [13] Schalke v Holstein Kiel [5] W 0-2
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 08/20 11:30 3 [4] Holstein Kiel v Magdeburg [8] L 2-4
Tyskland - DFB Pokal 08/12 13:30 7 Gutersloh 2000 v Holstein Kiel W 0-2
Tyskland - Bundesliga II 08/05 11:00 2 [7] Holstein Kiel v Greuther Furth [2] W 2-1

Wikipedia - Holstein Kiel

Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., simply as KSV Holstein or Kieler SV Holstein, commonly known as Holstein Kiel (German pronunciation: [ˌhɔlʃtaɪn ˈkiːl] ), is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s through the 1960s, the club was one of the most dominant sides in northern Germany. Holstein appeared regularly in the national playoffs, winning their most important title, the German football championship in 1912, and finishing as vice-champions in 1910 and 1930. Holstein also won six regional titles and finished as runners-up another nine times. They remained a first-division side until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963.

History

Foundation to WWII

Holstein Kiel is the product of the merger of predecessor sides Kieler Fußball-Verein von 1900 and Kieler Fußball-Club Holstein. The earliest of these two sides was Kieler Fußball-Verein (later 1. KFV) established on 7 October 1900 out of the membership of the gymnastics club Kieler Männerturnvereins von 1844. Later the club concentrated on track and field athletics.

Kieler Fußball-Club Holstein was formed on 4 May 1902 and was renamed Fußball-Verein Holstein von 1902 (FV Holstein Kiel) sometime in 1908. The club quickly became competitive and, in 1910, they reached the German championship final, where they lost 0–1 in extra time to Karlsruher FV. In 1912, they wond the German championship with a 2–1 overtime semi-final victory over defending champions Viktoria 89 Berlin followed by a 1–0 win in the final over the previous year's champions, Karlsruher FV. In 1914, the club renamed again after the new branches of hockey and athletics were added, becoming Sportverein Holstein von 1902.

On 7 June 1917, 1. Kieler Fussball Verein von 1900 and Sportverein Holstein von 1902, severely weakened by World War I, merged to form the current day club. The new association adopted the foundation date of the older club, while taking up the ground, kit, colours, logo and the name Holstein from SV Holstein Kiel.[] Through the 1920s, the team made regular appearances in the national playoffs and in 1926 reached the semi-finals where they were eliminated 1–3 by SpVgg Greuther Fürth.[] In 1930, they played their way to the final, losing 4–5 to Hertha BSC.[] The following year they reached the semi-finals where they were eliminated 0–2 by TSV 1860 Munich.

Under the Third Reich, German football was re-organized into sixteen top flight divisions. Kiel played in the Gauliga Nordmark, but failed to attain a title. In 1942, the Gauliga Nordmark was broken up into the Gauliga Hamburg and Gauliga Schleswig-Holstein.[] No longer in the company of Hamburger SV and other strong teams from the city, Kiel immediately won the title of the new division and defended it over the next two seasons until the end of World War II brought play to a halt across the country.

Those titles earned Kiel entry into the national playoff rounds. They made their best run in 1943 when they advanced as far as the semi-finals before losing to eventual champions Dresdner SC. The team secured third place by defeating FC Vienna Wien. The next year, they were eliminated early on and no final was played in 1945.

Postwar to present

Historical chart of Holstein Kiel league performance
Aerial view of the Holstein-Stadion (2019)

Since the end of the war, Kiel has primarily been a tier II and III club. After the conflict, football in the western half of the country was re-organized into five regional top flight divisions. Holstein Kiel played from 1947 until 1963 in the Oberliga Nord (I) and twice finished as runners-up (1953, 1957). In 1961 the reserve team won the German amateur championship. After the 1963 formation of a single national first division known as the Bundesliga, the club became a second division side and played in the Regionalliga Nord (II). Kiel did not advance to the Bundesliga after its 1965 Regionalliga Nord championship. German football was restructured in 1974 with the formation of a new second division known as the 2. Bundesliga and the team slipped to third division play in the Amateuroberliga Nord (III). Holstein Kiel won promotion to second-tier competition in 1978 as part of the 2. Bundesliga Nord and was relegated in 1981.

With the reunification of Germany in 1990 teams from the former East Germany became part of a combined national competition. German football was re-organized again in 1994 and Holstein Kiel qualified for the new tier three division Regionalliga Nord (III). In 1996, the club was relegated for the first time to the Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein (IV) and returned to Regionalliga Nord (III) in 1998. They were[] relegated again to the Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein (IV) after failing to qualify for the restructured Regionalliga (III), which went from four divisions to two. They did advance the next year and narrowly missed promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in the 2005–06 season. By 2007, they had slipped to the Oberliga Nord (IV), but earned two consecutive promotions to reach the new 3. Liga (III) in 2009. After one year in the third division, the club were relegated again in the Regionalliga Nord (IV). The team reached the quarter-finals of the 2011–12 DFB-Pokal, after beating FC Energie Cottbus, MSV Duisburg and 1. FSV Mainz 05. In the quarter-final they lost to Borussia Dortmund 4–0. Since 2013, the club played again in the third division, and, in 2017, they were promoted after 36 years to the second division. In the 2017–18 2. Bundesliga, after Holstein Kiel finished in 3rd place as the highest-scoring team with 71 goals, they lost 4–1 on aggregate to Wolfsburg in the relegation play-offs. In 2019, the club entered an official partnership with American USL League Two club San Francisco Glens SC. The team reached the semi-finals of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal after beating Bayern Munich in the second round.

In the 2020–21 2. Bundesliga, Holstein Kiel missed the chance of direct promotion to the Bundesliga by losing the last two matches in the league by the same score 3–2 against Karlsruher SC and SV Darmstadt 98, to finish in third place behind VfL Bochum and Greuther Fürth. In the promotion play-offs, they won the first leg away 1–0 against FC Köln, but lost the second leg at home 5–1 to miss another chance of promotion.

Holstein Kiel er et tysk fotballag fra byen Kiel i delstaten Schleswig-Holstein. Klubben ble grunnlagt 17. juli 1900 og spiller sine hjemmekamper på Holstein-Stadion.

Holstein Kiel har en lang og rik historie. Klubben har vunnet den nordtyske cupen tre ganger (1926, 1943 og 2018), og har også deltatt i den tyske cupen flere ganger. I 2018 nådde klubben semifinalen i den tyske cupen, hvor de ble slått ut av Bayern München.

Laget spiller for tiden i 2. Bundesliga, som er det nest høyeste nivået i tysk fotball. I 2017/18-sesongen endte laget på 5. plass i 2. Bundesliga, og kvalifiserte seg dermed til opprykkskampene til Bundesliga. Holstein Kiel tapte imidlertid sammenlagt mot VfB Stuttgart, og måtte dermed bli værende i 2. Bundesliga.

Noen av de mest kjente spillerne som har spilt for Holstein Kiel inkluderer Carsten Jancker, Michael Ballack og Dennis Aogo.