FSV Biebrich 02 - Jurgen Grabowski Sportfeld

 

FV Biebrich 02

Jurgen Grabowski Sportsfeld

Bergmannstraße 3

Biebrich

65203 Wiesbaden

Germany

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Saturday 13th September 2025
FV Biebrich 02 2-0 VFR 07 Limburg

Verbandsliga Hessen Staffel Mitte

FV BIEBRICH 02 - A BRIEF HISTORY

The club was founded in November 1902 as Biebricher Fußballclub and took on the name Biebricher Fußballverein 1902 in April 1913. In 1957, the club became part of the Amateurliga Hessen, initially the second tier, but which became a third-tier league after the introduction of West Germany's new Bundesliga and two Regionalligas. Their best result during their time in the Amateurliga was a fourth-place finish. The club lasted there until they were relegated in 1968. Further relegations followed to the Bezirksliga in 1973, and in 1974 to the A-Klasse Wiesbaden. In 1978, Biebrich earned their first promotion in 20 years when they went up to the Wiesbaden District League. In 1980, they were promoted to the Landesliga, finishing as high as 4th in 1990 but suffering relegation three years later. The year before that, they celebrated their centenary with a game against Panathinaikos in front of 1,300 fans. In 1998, they won the Bezirksoberliga and promotion back to the Landesliga Mitte. They lasted a couple of years before another relegation in 2000. Another relegation followed in 2008 to the Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte, and they have remained in this sixth-tier league ever since. Their best finish came last season when they finished as runners-up to TuBa Pohlheim under long-serving manager Nazir Saridogan, who has been in charge for over a decade.

Biebrich is a borough of the city of Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. With over 38,000 inhabitants, it is the most populous of Wiesbaden's boroughs. It is located south of the city centre on the Rhine River, opposite the Mainz borough of Mombach. Biebrich was an independent city until it was incorporated into Wiesbaden in 1926. Biebrich was first mentioned in historical documents in 874. King Louis the German and his entourage boarded vessels at Villa Biburg on a trip from Frankfurt to Aachen. From the 1800s, concrete, chemistry and winemaking have been the main industries in the town. The town is twinned with Glarus in Switzerland. The footballer Jürgen Grabowski (1944–2022), grew up in Biebrich and was part of two of its youth clubs in FV Biebrich 1902 and SV Biebrich 1919. The home ground of FV Bierbrich is named in his honour. 

MY VISIT

I was in two minds about whether to do this game when both the away sides Instagram and the FUSSBALLDE app had the game down as on the back pitch. The home side hadn't posted in a month and the Bolt Taxi could have been up to €25. However, by selecting the wait and save option, it came down to half price, so I decided to take the plunge. It was good timing with the taxi arriving two minutes after the final whistle at Schott, though thanks to an excessively long half-time, I was set to arrive fifteen minutes into the game. As we drove past, I saw the game going on the pitch I required, although I was dropped off at the wrong side thanks to a Google Maps error. It was a five-minute jog to find the gate locked, Luckily, I was able to climb over the gate. I saw a guy approaching and would happily have paid the entry fee, but he was just getting the ball. I was happy to see that I'd missed no goals.

 

Biebrich were in 5th place, having won four, drawn one and lost two of their six games. Last time out, they won 2-0 at FC Ederbergland. VfR 07 Limburg were in 12th in the relegation playoff spot. They'd won two, drawn two and lost three of their games so far. In their last league game, they suffered a 6-1 defeat to TSV Steinbach Haiger II. In midweek, they beat TUS Dietkirchen 7-5 on penalties in the District Cup following a 2-2 draw. Having arrived with the game goalless, not a lot went on. The first half finished at 17:03 so I reckon I missed less than I thought. At half time, I got myself some Apfelwein and an excellent Rindwurst. I found it peculiar that Apfelwein was nowhere to be seen in Mainz, yet a few kilometres nearer Frankfurt, it was plentiful. The second half kicked off at 17:19. Biebrich opened the scoring on 50 minutes, an attack down the right and a low finish from fifteen yards into the bottom left-hand corner. A low shot with the visiting defence bamboozled made it 2-0 on 70 minutes. That was it as far as scoring was concerned, despite a late rally from the visitors.

Despite the tricky start, I really enjoyed my day. I walked past the ground I visited last time I was here and noticed that the 3G had been ripped up. It was 20 minutes walk to Wiesbaden-Biebrich Ost Station and just over ten minutes for the train back to Frankfurt. I listened to the fallout from Wycombe's 2-1 loss at Peterborough United, who had gained a single point from seven games before we rocked up. It was not a happy fanbase and I was happy to be in a different country and to have given up my season ticket in favour of Groundhopping. I caught an earlier than expected train at 6.39 and the plan was to go back to my room, have a drink and type up my first two blogs whilst everything charged up. I was back at 7.50 after checking out the Flixbus stop for the morning (all good) and a Rewe shop (crap and had no Apfelwein). I still had a bottle back at my room and decided to have this before heading out. A bar visit was shelved as Untappd didn't offer any credible places to try something new. Instead, it was a visit to Tegut supermarket for Apfelwein and other bits and a visit to Frittenwerk in the station. The one in town had disabled their touchscreens, so they didn't get my business. The sausage was nowhere near as good as I'd had earlier, but the combination of bits and bobs on top made for a tasty meal for around a tenner. I was back in my room just after 10 and watched GeoWizard whilst imbibing and writing the final bits of this blog.

THE GROUND

JURGEN GRABOWSKI SPORTFELD was once a brilliant ground and still is in some ways. Sadly, one of the nice features that was present when I was here last was the covered seated stand. This is now in a very sorry state amidst a construction site. There is still plenty to like about the ground though with rustic, mossy terraces and despite the ground having a track, the view is good. The food and drink on offer is excellent; the highlight is the Rindwurst. There isn't a huge amount around the ground but a couple of train stations are under 20 minutes walk away and there is plenty of parking.