Sportfreunde Lotte

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VfL Sportfreunde Lotte
Logo SF Lotte.svg
Full nameVerein für Laufspiele Sportfreunde
Lotte e.V. von 1929
Nickname(s)Blau-Weiß
Founded1929; 93 years ago (1929)
GroundFrimo Stadion
Capacity10,059
ChairmanHans-Ulrich Saatkamp
Manager
LeagueRegionalliga West
2018–1918th (3. Liga, relegated)
WebsiteClub website

VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as well as other activities.

History[]

The association was established as the gymnastics club Turnverein Lotte in 1929. After World War II the club was re-established as VfL Sportfreunde Lotte on 9 February 1946 and was built around football and handball departments.

Historical chart of Sportfreunde Lotte league performance

Lotte reached the Verbandsliga Westfalen (V) in 1996 and after a title there in 2004 were promoted to the Oberliga Westfalen (IV), later Regionalliga West. They won that league in 2012–13 but lost the promotion play-off to RB Leipzig. In 2013–14, the club finished in second place. They won the Regionalliga West once more in 2015–16 and, after defeating Waldhof Mannheim in the play-off, earned promotion to the 3. Liga for the first time.[1] On 18 May 2019, they were relegated back to the Regionalliga.[2]

Sportfreunde plays their home matches in the Frimo Stadion (formerly the Sportpark am Lotter Kreuz) which holds 10,059 spectators.

Honours[]

The club's honours:

  • Regionalliga West
  • Verbandsliga Westfalen
    • Champions: 2004
  • Landesliga Westfalen
    • Champions: 1996
  • Bezirksliga Westfalen
    • Champions: 1989
  • Westphalia Cup

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 20 August 2021

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 Jhonny Peitzmeier
3 DF Germany GER Manasse Fionouke
4 DF Germany GER Luis Allmeroth
5 DF Germany GER Dominic Minz
6 MF Germany GER Timo Brauer
7 FW Germany GER Emre Aydinel
8 MF Germany GER Emir Terzi
— FW Poland POL Jarosław Lindner
— FW Germany GER Hakim Traoré
10 MF Germany GER Cedric Euschen
11 DF Germany GER Dominique Domröse
12 FW England ENG Robert Nnaji
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF South Korea KOR Han Ka-ram
14 DF South Korea KOR Kim Tae-ho
16 MF Germany GER Niklas Determann
19 MF United States USA Austin Amer
20 DF Germany GER Florent Berisha
21 MF Germany GER Konstantinos Keissoglou
23 MF Germany GER Exauce Andzouana
24 GK Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Michael Luyambula
27 DF Germany GER Cinar Sansar
29 FW Germany GER Drilon Demaj
— MF Germany GER Maximilian Franke
36 DF Germany GER Jakob Duhme

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Notable coaches[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Regensburg, Lotte und Zwickau steigen in die 3. Liga auf" (in German). 29 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Absteiger Sportfreunde Lotte" (in German). 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

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