VfB Oldenburg
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| Full name | Verein für Bewegungsspiele e.V. Oldenburg | ||
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| Founded | 1897[1] | ||
| Ground | Marschweg-Stadion | ||
| Capacity | 15,200 | ||
| Chairman | Klaus Berster | ||
| Manager | Dario Fossi | ||
| League | 3. Liga (III) | ||
| 2021–22 | 1st (Regionalliga Nord, promoted) | ||
| Website | https://vfb-oldenburg.de | ||
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VfB Oldenburg is a German association football club based in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. They play in the Regionalliga Nord, the 4th level of football in Germany.
History
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 played there until they were promoted to the 3. Liga in 2022 by beating BFC Dynamo in a promotion play-off.
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
- German amateur championship
- Runners-up: 1988
- Niedersachsenliga West
- Champions: 1952, 1957, 1959, 2007 (V)
- Niedersachsenliga
- Champions: 1972, 2009 (V)
- Oberliga Nord (III)
- Champions: 1975, 1980, 1990
- Regionalliga Nord
- Champions: 1996 (III), 2022 (IV)
- Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen
- Champions: 2002 (IV)
Current squad
- As of 12 October 2021[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References
- ^ a b "VfB Oldenburg". Abseits Guide to Germany. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ^ "Stadion Am Marschweg". VfB 1897 Official. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ Zur Brügge, Jan (10 September 2018). "Neuer Stürmer schießt VfL zum 1:1 gegen VfB". NWZ (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Regionalliga-Kader 2021/2022". VfB Oldenburg (in German). Retrieved 12 October 2021.
External links
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