Germany 3.Liga 03/17 15:30 30 [7] Sandhausen v Unterhaching [6] L 1-0
Germany 3.Liga 03/10 12:30 29 [8] Unterhaching v MSV Duisburg [18] W 1-0
Germany 3.Liga 03/02 15:30 28 [7] Rot-Weiss Essen v Unterhaching [11] W 1-3
Germany 3.Liga 02/24 13:00 27 [9] Unterhaching v Borussia Dortmund II [5] L 3-4
Germany 3.Liga 02/17 15:30 26 [15] Arminia Bielefeld v Unterhaching [10] W 1-2
Germany 3.Liga 02/11 17:00 25 Saarbrucken v Unterhaching - Postponed
Germany 3.Liga 02/07 18:00 17 [10] Unterhaching v Hallescher FC [16] W 2-0
Germany 3.Liga 02/03 13:00 24 [12] Unterhaching v Verl [6] W 1-0
Germany 3.Liga 01/27 13:00 23 [13] FC Viktoria Köln v Unterhaching [10] L 2-1
Germany 3.Liga 01/24 18:00 22 [12] Unterhaching v SC Freiburg II [20] W 1-0
Germany 3.Liga 01/21 15:30 21 [3] SSV Ulm 1846 v Unterhaching [11] L 2-0
Europe Friendlies 01/13 13:00 - Unterhaching v SCR Altach W 4-1
Germany 3.Liga 12/19 18:00 20 [8] Unterhaching v Jahn Regensburg [1] L 1-2
Germany 3.Liga 12/16 15:30 19 [12] Unterhaching v SC Preussen Munster [11] W 3-2
Germany 3.Liga 12/10 15:30 18 [2] Dynamo Dresden v Unterhaching [10] L 2-1
Germany 3.Liga 12/01 18:00 17 Unterhaching v Hallescher FC - Postponed
Germany 3.Liga 11/25 13:00 16 [12] 1860 Munich v Unterhaching [6] W 0-1
Germany 3.Liga 11/11 13:00 15 [6] Unterhaching v Erzgebirge Aue [7] D 0-0
Germany 3.Liga 11/04 13:00 14 [16] Vfb Lubeck v Unterhaching [10] W 2-3
Germany DFB Pokal 10/31 19:45 8 Unterhaching v Fortuna Dusseldorf L 3-6
Germany 3.Liga 10/27 17:00 13 [13] Unterhaching v Waldhof Mannheim [17] W 3-0
Germany 3.Liga 10/21 12:00 12 [11] FC Ingolstadt v Unterhaching [8] L 3-0
Germany 3.Liga 10/14 12:00 11 [10] Unterhaching v Sandhausen [11] D 0-0
Germany 3.Liga 10/07 12:00 10 [20] MSV Duisburg v Unterhaching [7] L 1-0
Germany 3.Liga 10/04 17:00 9 [12] Unterhaching v Rot-Weiss Essen [10] W 4-0
Germany 3.Liga 10/01 14:30 8 [4] Borussia Dortmund II v Unterhaching [13] D 2-2
Germany 3.Liga 09/22 17:00 7 [5] Unterhaching v Arminia Bielefeld [18] L 1-2
Germany 3.Liga 09/17 17:30 6 [5] Unterhaching v Saarbrucken [7] D 0-0
Germany 3.Liga 09/02 12:00 5 [18] Verl v Unterhaching [3] D 0-0
Germany 3.Liga 08/26 12:00 4 [6] Unterhaching v FC Viktoria Köln [1] W 2-1

Wikipedia - SpVgg Unterhaching

Spielvereinigung Unterhaching (German pronunciation: [ˈʃpiːlfɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯nɪɡʊŋ ʔʊntɐˈhaxɪŋ]) is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich. The club is widely known for playing in the first-division association football league Bundesliga alongside its more famous cousins, Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich, for two seasons between 1999 and 2001, while the club's bobsleigh department has captured several world and Olympic titles. The football team won promotion into the 3. Liga (third tier) after beating Cottbus 4–1 on aggregate in June 2023.

History

Early history

Originally part of the gymnastics and sports club TSV Hachinger, SpVgg Unterhaching was established as an independent football club on 1 January 1925. Their first promotion to a higher division came in 1931 and they went on to be promoted to the A-Klasse a year later. However, the club was dissolved in 1933 as it was regarded as "politically unreliable" by the Nazis and was not re-established until after the end of World War II in 1945 to resume play in the amateur fourth division B-Klasse.

A rise through the ranks

Historical chart of Unterhaching league performance

Unterhaching's football team was only an anonymous local amateur team with no significant successes until a climb through league ranks that began in 1976 with promotion from B-Klasse to A-Klasse play. A first-place finished earned the club quick promotion to the Bezirksliga in 1977. Continued good play put the team into the fourth-division Landesliga Bayern-Süd in 1979 and then the Oberliga Bayern (III), the highest amateur division at the time, by 1981.

Unterhaching finished first there in 1983 to earn an appearance in the playoff round for the 2. Bundesliga, but failed to advance. They suffered a similar fate in 1988 when they next appeared in the promotion round.

The club finally emerged from the Oberliga to play in the 2. Bundesliga in 1989, but were quickly relegated after a 20th-place finish. Promoted a second time in 1992, they were once again sent down after a marginally better 18th-place result. Unterhaching next appeared in the second division in 1995 after a first-place finish in the new Regionalliga Süd (III).

Unterhaching in Bundesliga

With their return to the 2. Bundesliga in the 1995–96 season the club would begin a period that would see them earn their best ever results. They finished 4th that season, then slipped to 6th and 11th-place results in their next two campaigns before securing promotion to the top-flight Bundesliga after a 2nd-place finish in 1999 season.

They went on to surprise everyone with a respectable 10th-place result in their inaugural Bundesliga season and also famously played the spoiler's role in deciding who would win the championship that year. Their first Bundesliga win came in just their second match of the season, with a 2–0 victory over MSV Duisburg at home. While struggling in away matches, Unterhaching remained undefeated at home in nine games before losing 0–2 to their stronger neighbours, Bayern Munich. Prior to this loss, they had earned wins at home in matches against highly favoured teams like VfB Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund, beating them 2–0 and 1–0 respectively. They earned their first away win in the Bundesliga by beating VfB Stuttgart 2–0 once again.

On the final matchday of the season, visiting Bayer Leverkusen needed only a draw in Unterhaching to secure their first national title, but instead went down to defeat to the determined home side. Things took a sinister turn for Leverkusen when Michael Ballack scored an own goal that put home side ahead in the 20th minute. Their title hopes ended when Haching midfielder Markus Oberleitner made the score 2–0 in the 72nd minute. Meanwhile, Bayern Munich beat Werder Bremen 3–1 at home and were able to overtake Leverkusen on goal difference to snatch away the title. With a 10th-place result, Unterhaching finished ahead of long-established sides Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04. They ended the season with the league's fifth best home record with 10 wins and 5 draws in 17 matches having lost only to Bayern Munich and 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Goalkeeper Gerhard Tremmel, defenders Alexander Strehmel and Jochen Seitz, midfielders Markus Oberleitner and André Breitenreiter and striker Altin Rraklli were among the most memorable players of a team that impressed by its discipline. Breitenreiter and Rraklli scored 13 Bundesliga goals between them that season.

However, the start of the 2000–01 season was a nightmare for Unterhaching as they would win only one and draw two of their first eight matches. While the team went undefeated in its next six matches, they were unable to maintain that form and at the mid-season break were only out of the relegation zone on goal difference. The second half of the season was just as dismal, and although they earned wins over local rivals Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich, their campaign would end with a 16th-place result and relegation.

As the season drew to a close Unterhaching was once again in a position to help Bayern Munich win another title. Needing only to hold second-place Schalke 04 to a draw in their final match to ensure Bayern's win, Unterhaching held 2–0 and 3–2 advantages before finally succumbing 3–5 to Schalke. Bayern then had to make their own way to the championship with at least a draw against Hamburger SV which they only narrowly managed on a Patrik Andersson equalizer (1–1) deep into stoppage time.

Ironically, in the middle of their poor season, SpVgg Unterhaching would emerge as winners of the last DFB-Hallenpokal, an indoor football tournament staged during the winter break of the Bundesliga season from 1987 to 2001.

Recent history

The club's struggles continued after their relegation to the 2. Bundesliga. Needing an away win in their final match of the season in order to avoid being sent down to the Regionalliga Süd (III), they instead went down to a 0–3 defeat to Karlsruher SC and finished in 15th place. They re-bounded the following season, taking the Regionalliga title, and making their way back to second division competition. Subsequently, Haching has delivered poor results in the 2. Bundesliga, narrowly avoiding being relegated again in both 2004 and 2006 before finally dropping into the Regionalliga in 2007, finishing 16th in the table due to FC Carl Zeiss Jena's 2–1 win against FC Augsburg.

In the 2007–08 season, the club was never really in contention for a 2. Bundesliga return but did qualify for the new 3. Liga. In its first season in the new, nationwide 3. Liga, the club was close to promotion, but a loss 3–4-loss against Carl Zeiss Jena on the 37th matchday earned them a fall from second to fourth place, and a prolonged stay in the third league.

In 2009–10 the club started well, but went down the table during winter. 2008–09's successful coach Ralph Hasenhüttl got replaced by the 1990-world champion Klaus Augenthaler, who led the team to a finish on a secure 11th place.

The club finished one place above the relegation zone in the 3. Liga in 2013–14, coming 17th but was relegated to the tier four Regionalliga Bayern at the end of the 2014–15 season. It qualified for the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal where it knocked-out FC Ingolstadt 04 and RB Leipzig before losing to Bayer Leverkusen in the third round.

In the 2022–23 season, Unterhaching returned to the 3. Liga as champions of the Regionalliga Bayern.

Unterhaching is a professional soccer team based in Unterhaching, Germany. The team was founded in 1925 and has a rich history of success in German football. They currently play in the Regionalliga Bayern, which is the fourth tier of the German football league system.

The team's home stadium is the Sportpark Unterhaching, which has a capacity of 15,053 spectators. The team's colors are red and blue, and their nickname is "Die Hachinger".

Unterhaching has had several successful seasons in the past, including winning the 3. Liga in 2008 and reaching the semi-finals of the DFB-Pokal in 1999. They have also had several notable players, including former German international goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, who played for the team early in his career.

The team has a strong youth academy and has produced several talented players who have gone on to play for top clubs in Germany and abroad. Unterhaching is known for their attacking style of play and their passionate fan base, who support the team both at home and away matches.

Overall, Unterhaching is a respected and competitive team in German football, with a proud history and a bright future ahead.