| Clubname: | SV Merseburg 99 |
| Fullname: | Sportverein Merseburg 1899 e.V. |
| Ground: | Merseburg City Stadium |
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| Pattern So1: | _color_3_stripes_white |
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SV Merseburg 99[1] is a sports club from Merseburg in Saxony-Anhalt. The club has existed since August 23, 1899. The club colors are green and white. The club's home base is the Merseburg City Stadium.
SV Merseburg was founded on August 23, 1899, by a total of 14 founding members, making it the oldest ball game club in Merseburg. As early as 1900, the club changed its name to Spielverein Hohenzollern. From 1901 onwards they played under the name Ballspielverein Hohenzollern. In 1921 there was the last renaming as SV Merseburg 1899. After the Second World War, the club was dissolved and replaced by the Merseburg Nord sports community. This was taken over in 1948 by the Buna-Werke company sports association (BSG) Chemie Buna Schkopau. Shortly before reunification, the BSG became SV Buna Schkopau on August 1, 1990, whose successor club was founded on February 7, 1991, under the name SV Merseburg 99. On July 1, 2019, the club merged with VfB IMO Merseburg. SV 99 was supposed to dissolve and the members joined VfB IMO, which renamed itself 1. FC Merseburg.[2] After the application for dissolution was made and most of the members of SV 99 joined the new club, some old members of SV 99 decided in 2020 to continue the club, whose dissolution had not yet been completed.[3]
In 1923, the Merseburgers were promoted to the Saalegau League after several unsuccessful attempts, and from 1933 the club played in the Gauliga Mitte.[4] In 1935 the club was relegated from the Gauliga, but managed to gain immediate promotion a year later. The best placement dates back to 1938, where the Merseburgers achieved third place. In 1940, SV Merseburg was finally relegated from the Gauliga.
After the Second World War, BSG Chemie Buna celebrated its first success in 1951. The Merseburgers surprisingly won the Chemnitz Cup against BSG Chemie Leipzig. In 1952, the BSG was one of the founding communities of the newly created third-class Halle district league. After winning the district championship in 1964, Schkopau failed in the elimination round for the GDR League, but was able to achieve promotion a year later. From 1974 to 1981 the chemists played continuously in the second league. In the 1970s, the Schkopauers reached the round of 16 once (0–1 against FC Karl-Marx-Stadt) and the quarter-finals twice (3–4, 0–4 against FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt) in the GDR Football Cup. In 1981, Schkopau celebrated the greatest success in football history with promotion to the GDR Oberliga. However, this league turned out to be too big. While the Schkopauers were able to win 3–1 against Energie Cottbus on the second matchday, there was a 1:10 debacle against Dynamo Dresden a week later. In their only league season, the Merseburgers managed a total of eleven points. The following regular team played in the league under coach Olaf Keller :
| Jochen Habekuß, Gerd Koßmann, Roland Demmer, Herbert Skowronek, Thomas MeichsnerReinhard Radsch, Roland Nowotny, Rainer LangerFrank Kuhnt (Dieter Ceranski), Rainer Wallek, Ralf Pretzsch |
Career from 2002 to 2019
| season | league | Place | |
| 2002/2003 | Regional League South | 14. | |
| 2003/2004 | National class 9 | 3. | |
| 2004/2005 | National class 9 | 5. | |
| 2005/2006 | National class 9 | 1. | |
| 2006/2007 | Regional League South | 8th. | |
| 2007/2008 | Regional League South | 8th. | |
| 2008/2009 | Regional League South | 8th. | |
| 2009/2010 | Regional League South | 9. | |
| 2010/2011 | Regional League South | 14. | |
| 2011/2012 | State class 6 | 1. | |
| 2012/2013 | Regional League South | 8th. | |
| 2013/2014 | Regional League South | 13. | |
| 2014/2015 | Regional League South | 2. | |
| 2015/2016 | Association league | 1. | |
| 2016/2017 | NOFV Oberliga South | 6. | |
| 2017/2018 | NOFV Oberliga South | 16. | |
| 2018/2019 | Regional League South | 13. |
The women's soccer team played alternately in the association and state leagues until 2012 and brought out a Montenegrin national player, Maida Markgraf, in the 2011/12 season. After the upheaval and reorganization in 2012, the team played very successfully in the district class for two years. The women became undefeated champions and cup winners in the Saale district in the 2013/14 season. The first team has competed in the Saxony-Anhalt League South since the 2014/15 season. The second team took part in the 1st district class Saalekreis in season 1. Furthermore, three youth teams were founded. Before the start of the 2015/16 season, all women's and girls' football came to a standstill and was disbanded.