VfB Oldenburg

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Not to be confused with VfL Oldenburg.

VfB Oldenburg
VfB Oldenburg.svg
Full nameVerein für Bewegungsspiele e.V. Oldenburg
Founded1897; 124 years ago (1897)[1]
GroundMarschweg-Stadion
Capacity15,200
ChairmanKlaus Berster
ManagerDario Fossi
LeagueRegionalliga Nord (IV)
2019–208th
WebsiteClub website

VfB Oldenburg is a German association football club based in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. They play in the Regionalliga Nord, which is at the 4th level of football in Germany.

History[]

Historical chart of VfB Oldenburg league performance after WWII

Founded by a group of high school boys as FC 1897 Oldenburg on 17 October 1897, they merged with FV Germania 1903 Oldenburg in 1919 and adopted their current name. Their interests were football, cricket and track. Within a year the club acquired an old velodrome in Donnerschwee – part of the town of Oldenburg today – and converted it to a football ground.

The club played for two seasons in the Gauliga Weser-Ems (I), just before the end of the war, from 1942 to 1944.

After again restoring their ground in the aftermath of World War II, the club was able to pick up play in the Oberliga Nord in the 1949–50 season, but immediately found themselves relegated to tier II. They made another single season appearance in the upper league in 1955–56, before returning for a run of three seasons from 1960 to 1963 in the lead up to the formation of the Bundesliga, Germany's new professional football league. Oldenburg did not qualify for the new circuit and found themselves in the Regionalliga Nord (II). They played at that level until the mid-1970s when they slipped into the Amateur Oberliga Nord (III).

They enjoyed their highest league finish in 1991–92. They finished bottom of the third level in 1999–2000, and came close to being dissolved due to financial problems.[1] After a decade of lower division play following relegation from the Regionalliga Nord in 2000 the club returned to this level in 2012 and has been playing there since.

Stadium[]

They play in the Stadion am Marschweg, which was built in 1951, and has a current capacity of 15,200.[2]

Local derby rivalry[]

VfB Oldenburg has a local derby rivalry with VfL Oldenburg.[3][4]

Honours[]

Current squad[]

As of 16 October 2020

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 Poland POL Dominik Kisiel
2 DF Germany GER Maik Stöver
4 DF Germany GER Leon Deichmann
5 DF Germany GER Fabian Herbst
6 MF Germany GER Patrick Posipal
7 MF Germany GER Rafael Brand
8 MF Germany GER Nico Matern
9 FW Germany GER Max Wegner
10 MF Germany GER Gazi Siala
11 FW Togo TOG Hakim Traoré
13 MF Germany GER Marten Schmidt
16 FW Poland POL Maik Łukowicz
17 FW The Gambia GAM Omar Kujabi
18 MF Germany GER Pascal Richter
19 MF Germany GER Tobias Steffen
20 MF Germany GER Jakob Bookjans
21 MF Germany GER Kai-Sotirios Kaissis
22 DF Germany GER Dennis Engel
23 DF Germany GER Kevin Kalinowski
26 GK Netherlands NED Pelle Bovink
27 MF Germany GER Diyar Saka
28 GK Germany GER Dario Reuter
36 FW Germany GER Ayodele Adetula
44 DF Germany GER Nico Knystock
97 FW Germany GER Freddy Quispel

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "VfB Oldenburg". Abseits Guide to Germany. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Stadion Am Marschweg". VfB 1897 Official. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  3. ^ Zur Brügge, Jan (10 September 2018). "Neuer Stürmer schießt VfL zum 1:1 gegen VfB". NWZ (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. ^ "VfL Oldenburg vs VfB Oldenburg: Die Fotos vom hitzigen Regionalliga-Nord-Derby in der Huntestadt". Nordbuzz (in German). 9 September 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

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