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VfB Lübeck
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Full nameVerein für Bewegungsspiele Lübeck
von 1919 e.V.
Founded1919
GroundLohmühle
Capacity17,869
ManagerUwe Erkenbrecher
LeagueRegionalliga Nord (IV)
2007-0816th

VfB Lübeck is a German football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein in the country's north. In addition to its football side the 1,000 member sports club also has departments for badminton, women's gymnastics, handball, and table tennis.

History

Foundation to WWII

The earliest origins of the club go back to a pair of predecessor sides; Ballsportverein Vorwärts Lübeck established on 1 April, 1919 and Sportvereinigung Polizei Lübeck founded in 1921.[1]

Logo of predecessor side VfR Lübeck ca 1931.

SV Polizei Lübeck was the local police sports club. In 1931 it was merged with Verein für Rasensport Lübeck, which was the product of the 1923 union of Fußball Club Alemannia 1905 Lübeck and Lübecker Fußball Club Germania 1913. SVP played well enough to earn appearances in the playoff rounds of the senior north German circuit, but did not enjoy any success. VfR made a only a single such appearance, in 1924.

BSV Vorwärts Lübeck played as a unheralded local side until 1933 when it was dismantled by the Nazi regime, which regarded workers sports clubs of the sort as politically undesirable. The club's membership became part of SVP and the expanded association joined the Gauliga Nordmark, one of sixteen top flight divisions formed in the 1933 reorganization of German football under the Third Reich.

The club was renamed Polizei Sportverein Lübeck in 1935 and played in the Gauliga Nordmark until 1942, with its best results coming as third place finishes.[2] PSV made unsuccessful qualification round appearances in play for the Tschammerpokal, predecessor of today's DFB-Pokal (German Cup) in 1936-38. In 1942 the club was again renamed, becoming Sportgemeinschaft der Ordnungspolizei Lübeck, and moved to the Gauliga Schleswig-Holstein when wartime conditions forced the breakup of the Gauliga Nordmark into three more local divisions.

Post-war era to present

Following World War II organizations throughout Germany, including sports and football clubs, were dissolved by occupying Allied authorities. In 1945 the former memberships of SG OrPo and BSV Vorwärts formed a new association called Verein für Bewegungsspile Lübeck. The new club resumed play in the top flight, first in the Berzirksmeisterschaft Schleswig-Holstein, and then in 1947, in the newly formed Oberliga Nord. Over the next decade and a half VfB bounced up and down between first and second division play; they were consistently a top performer in the Amateurliga Schlewig-Holstein (II), but completely incapable of escaping the basement of the Oberliga Nord (I).

Following the 1963 formation of the Bundesliga, the country's professional first division circuit, the team settled into the Regionalliga Nord (II), generally earning mid-table results. A second place finish in 1969 led VfB to the qualification round for the Bundesliga, where they finished last in their group with only a single point from eight matches.

After 1974, VfB slipped from the ranks of second tier teams to fourth division Landesliga Schleswig-Holstein. They recovered a place in the 2.Bundesliga just over two decades later and resumed their role as an "elevator side", moving frequently between the second and third divisions. In 2004, the team reached the semi-finals of the DFB-Pokal (German Cup), but lost to Werder Bremen in extra time. They currently play in the Regionalliga Nord (III) where they earned two consecutive third place finishes before slipping to ninth this past season.

After it was revealed that the club has been suffering from financial difficulties, it finally filed for bankruptcy at the district court Lübeck in April 2008.

Current squad (2008/09)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Nourreddine Semghoun
2 DF Germany GER Kevin Becker
3 DF Germany GER Hendrik Koep
4 DF Germany GER Dennis Wehrendt
5 DF Germany GER Timo Neumann
6 MF Germany GER Steve Ridder
7 MF Germany GER Finn Thomas
8 MF Germany GER Vincenzo Testa
9 FW Germany GER Jakob Sachs
11 MF Germany GER Benjamin Lipke
12 GK Germany GER Fynn Berndt
13 MF Germany GER Wolf Müller
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Germany GER Nils Lange
16 MF Germany GER Christoph Nodop
17 MF Germany GER René Gradert
18 DF Germany GER Bastian Henning
19 MF Germany GER Hendrik Helmke
20 MF Germany GER Marcel Gebers
21 FW Germany GER Fabian Kolodzick
22 MF Germany GER Jan-Philipp Kalus
23 MF Germany GER Hannes Niemeyer
26 DF Germany GER Moritz Marheineke
37 DF Germany GER Dietmar Hirsch

VfB Lübeck II squad

As of 30 January 2009

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Germany GER Ole Oberbeck
GK Germany GER Kevin Pour
GK Germany GER Christopher Frahm
DF Germany GER Christian Schröder
DF Germany GER Necati Kayahan
DF Germany GER Patrick Zienkiewicz
DF Germany GER Mark Sembritzki
DF Germany GER Jan Prüßmann
DF Germany GER Christoph Bergmann (captain)
DF Germany GER Kevin Becker
DF Germany GER Jan-Philipp Kalus
DF Germany GER Moritz Hinkelmann
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Germany GER Florim Osmani
MF Germany GER Romano Lindner
MF Turkey TUR Beytullah Bilgen
MF Germany GER Gerrit Lange
MF Germany GER Patrick Kraft
MF Portugal POR Carlos Gomes
MF Germany GER André Senger
FW Germany GER Kristof Rönnau
FW Germany GER Christian Nieselke
FW Germany GER Marc Seemann
FW Albania ALB Liridon Imeri
FW Germany GER Jan Vierig

Notable players

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References

  1. ^ Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9
  2. ^ http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)

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