VfB Auerbach

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VfB Auerbach
VfB Auerbach logo.svg
Full nameVerein für Bewegungsspiele Auerbach 1906 e.V.
Founded1906
GroundVfB Stadion
Capacity5,000
ChairmanJoachim Naumann
ManagerMichael Hiemisch
LeagueRegionalliga Nordost (IV)
2018–199th

VfB Auerbach is a German football club from the city of Auerbach, Saxony. The club also has a tennis department.

History[]

The association was founded as the Auerbacher Fußball Club on 17 May 1906 making it the second-oldest side in Vogtland. They won their first title in the second class Gau Vogtland, part of the VMBV (Verband Mittledeutschland Ballspiel Verein or Federation of Central German Ballgame Clubs), in 1908. AFC was officially registered on 20 June 1913 and after World War I on 18 April 1919, with the introduction of departments for athletics, tennis, and winter sports re-made itself as the sportsclub VfB Auerbach 1906.

In the aftermath of World War II occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of existing organizations in the country, including sports and football clubs. In the fall of 1945 the club was re-established as the football department of Sport- und Kultur-Kartell Auerbach i.V.. A new sportsclub known as BSG KWU Auerbach was created out of SuKK Auerbach in 1949 and renamed BSG Einheit Auerbach on 6 January 1951. BSG was an unheralded local side in and out of the lower division Berziksliga Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz) in East Germany. In 1989, shortly before the end of the DDR-era BSG was the largest sports club in Auerbach with departments for bowling, boxing, fencing, gymnastics, hiking, roller skating, tennis, and table tennis.

The club returned to its roots after German re-unification when it was re-established as VfB Auerbach and continued to play in what was now the sixth division Berzirksliga Chemnitz. By the mid-90s they were playing in the Landesliga Sachsen (V), and after three second-place finishes (1996, 2001, 2002), finally captured the division title in 2003 to earn promotion to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd (IV). VfB played in the Oberliga for nine seasons, initially struggling but then achieving three runners-up finishes in its last four seasons there. The last of those, in 2012, qualified the team for the reformed Regionalliga Nordost, where it plays today.[1][2]

Current squad[]

As of 14 February 2018[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 MF Germany GER Felix Kunert
4 MF Germany GER Felix Lietz
5 DF Germany GER Alexander Mattern
6 DF Czech Republic CZE Vaclav Heger
7 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Amer Kadrić
8 MF Germany GER Andre Herold
9 MF Germany GER Philipp Kötzsch
10 MF Kosovo KVX Arlind Shoshi
11 FW Germany GER Danny Wild
12 GK Germany GER Maximilian Rosenkranz
13 DF Germany GER Kilian Müller
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Germany GER Sebastian Schmidt
16 FW Germany GER Luca Jung
18 MF Germany GER Tim Hoffmann
20 GK Germany GER Christian Leucht
21 DF Germany GER Philipp Müller
22 MF Czech Republic CZE Lukáš Novy
25 MF Germany GER Albert Löser
26 DF Germany GER Marcin Sieber
30 GK Germany GER Stefan Schmidt
31 MF Germany GER Marcel Schlosser

Honours[]

  • NOFV-Oberliga Süd
    • Runners-up: 2009, 2011, 2012
  • Landesliga Sachsen
    • Champions: 2003
    • Runners-up: 1996, 2001, 2002

Stadium[]

The club plays in the VfB Stadion built in 1921. It has a capacity of 5,000 and after renovations features 750 seats (1993) and floodlighting (1995).

References[]

  1. ^ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
  2. ^ VfB Auerbach at Fussball.de (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
  3. ^ "VfB Auerbach Regionalliga-Team Saison 2017/2018" (in German). VfB Auerbach. Retrieved 14 February 2018.

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