VfB Lübeck

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VfB Lübeck

Stadion an der Lohmühle
Capacity	17,849[citation needed]
Chairman	Holger Leu[citation needed]
Manager	Bastian Reinhardt (interim)
League	3. Liga
2022–23	Regionalliga Nord, 1st of 19 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

VfB Lübeck is a

The club is mostly known for its football department, but it is also successful in table tennis.

History

Foundation to WW II

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]

SV Polizei Lübeck was the local police sports club.^{[citation needed]} 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^[tone] any success. VfR made only a single such appearance, in 1924.

BSV Vorwärts Lübeck played in the

The club was renamed Polizei Sportverein Lübeck in 1935 and played in the

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.^{[citation needed]} Over the next decade and a half VfB bounced up and down^[tone] between first and second division play; they were consistently a top performer^{[according to whom?]} in the Amateurliga Schlewig-Holstein (II), but completely incapable^[vague] of escaping the basement^[tone] 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

appearances where the club went out in the first round each time.

Honours

The club's honours:^[citation needed]

• Regionalliga Nord (III)
  • Champions: 1995, 2002
• Regionalliga Nord (IV)
  • Champions: 2020, 2023
• Schleswig-Holstein-Liga
  (II/III/IV/V)
  • Champions: 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1975, 1977, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2004^‡, 2014, 2016
• Schleswig-Holstein Cup (Tiers III-V)
  • Winners: 1956, 1987, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023
• ^‡ Denotes won by reserve team.^{[citation needed]}

Players

Current squad

As of 1 February 2024^[3][4]

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  GER Philipp Klewin 2 DF  GER Robin Kölle 3 DF  GER Niklas Kastenhofer 5 MF  GER Aaron Herzog 7 FW  GER Marius Hauptmann 8 MF  GER Florian Egerer 9 FW  FIN Kimmo Hovi 10 FW  GER Manuel Farrona-Pulido 11 FW  GER Felix Drinkuth 13 DF  GER Marvin Thiel 14 FW  GER Cyrill Akono 16 FW  BFA Daouda Beleme (on loan from Hamburger SV) 17 DF  GER Tommy Grupe (captain) 18 MF  GER Hanno Behrens 20 MF  GER Ulrich Taffertshofer

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  GER Robin Velasco 22 DF  GER Leon Sommer 23 DF  GER Mattis Daube 24 MF  GER Morten Rüdiger 25 MF  TUR Tarik Gözüsirin 27 DF  GER Sören Reddemann 28 GK  GER Gavin Didzilatis 29 FW  GER Mats Facklam 30 DF  GER Jannik Löhden 31 MF  GER Mirko Boland 33 FW  GER Jan-Marc Schneider 35 GK  GER Yannic Stein (on loan from Union Berlin) 37 DF  GER Janek Sternberg 39 FW  GER Pascal Breier

Former players

Further information: List of VfB Lübeck players

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• Jerzy Wijas^{[citation needed]}
• Ali Dia^{[citation needed]}
• Jonas Toboll^{[citation needed]}

Other sports

In addition to its football side, the 1,000-member sports club^[

handball

, and table tennis.

References

1. ISBN 3-89784-147-9
2. ^ "Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv" (in German).
3. ^ "1.Herren". vfb-luebeck.de (in German). VfB Lübeck. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
4. ^ "VfB Lübeck – Squad 2020/2021". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

External links

• Official website (in German)
• VfB Lübeck-Fanclub Berlin (in German)
• The Abseits guide to German Soccer