Nersinger Freizeitturnier des SV Nersingen

38 Years of Nersinger Freizeitturnier

The Nersinger Freizeitturnier is an institution of Swabian amateur football. For almost four decades, SV Nersingen e.V. has been organizing this tournament, which has long been part of the identity of the Swabian sports club and is known far beyond the municipal borders. The 38th edition in 2026 demonstrates the consistency and commitment of the club members who organize the tournament anew year after year.

Several Tournament Categories

The tournament is designed to be multi-category: Women's teams play on Thursday or Friday evening, traditional teams / amateur teams on another day, and the men's competition (with various classes) on the main weekend. The pitches are set up on the sports grounds, the match times are shortened in a tournament format, and the participating teams come from the Neu-Ulm district, the Swabian Danube Valley, and the wider region.

Festival Tent and Catering

Parallel to the sporting events, a large festival tent is set up – the second, equally important pillar of the tournament. SVN takes care of the catering with its volunteer helpers: Swabian festival beer, roast pork, sausages, fries, Franconian specialties. In the evenings, live bands or DJs play, and the festival tent becomes the summer dance floor – the club's motto, »3 hot days and nights«, is programmatic here.

Nersingen in the Danube Valley

Nersingen is a municipality with a good 9,700 inhabitants in the district of Neu-Ulm in Swabia (state of Bavaria). The municipality is located in the Danube Valley west of Neu-Ulm on the Danube and in close proximity to the Baden-Württemberg border. The compact Swabian municipality has a vibrant club scene – sports clubs, marksmen, music bands, traditional costumes – and SV Nersingen, with over 1,500 members, is one of the largest sports clubs in the district.

Sports Event with Volksfest Character

The special feature of the Nersinger Freizeitturnier is the mix of sport and Volksfest (popular festival). Unlike purely Bundesliga amateur tournaments, the focus here is equally on sociability as on the sporting element. The tournament is a meeting point for amateur footballers from the entire Danube Valley, for club friends from the surrounding towns, for families, and for the entire Nersingen village community. Proceeds go to youth work and the club's training operations.