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| Full name | Sportverein 1919 Alsenborn e.V. | ||
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| Founded | 1919 | ||
| Ground | Kinderlehre | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| Chairman | Dirk A. Leibfried | ||
| League | A-Klasse Kaiserslautern-Donnersberg (IX) | ||
| 2015–16 | 14th | ||
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The SV Alsenborn is a German football club from the municipality of Enkenbach-Alsenborn, Rhineland-Palatinate.
The club became famous in Germany in the 1970s as a village club attempting to win promotion to the Bundesliga. For a time, it was coached by German football legend Fritz Walter,[1] who wrote a book about the club, titled Aufstieg einer Dorfmanschaft (English: Rise of a village team).[2]
The club was often seen as a football "miracle", considering how highly it achieved with a mostly amateur team from a small village.[3]
- ^ Germany's captain marvel UEFA.com – Article on Fritz Walter, accessed: 15 November 2008
- ^ Die "goldenen" Jahres des SV Alsenborn (in German) Enkenbach-Alsenborn community website – The golden years of SVA, accessed: 15 November 2008
- ^ Das Wunder von Alsenborn (in German) The miracle of Alsenborn, publisher: Die Zeit, published: 1 May 1968. accessed: 15 November 2008