VfL Herzlake
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| Full name | Verein für Leibesübungen Herzlake von 1921 e.V. | ||
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| Founded | 1921 | ||
| Ground | Hasetalstadion | ||
| Capacity | 7,000 | ||
| League | 1. Kreisklasse Emsland Mitte | ||
| 2007-08 | 4 | ||
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VfL Herzlake is a German football club from the village of Herzlake, Lower Saxony.
History
The club was established in 1921 as Fußball-Club Herzlake and in 1927 was re-named Deutsch Jugendkraft Grün-Weiß Hertzlake as part of the DJK-Sportverband, a national sports organization sponsored by the Cathoic church. With the rise to power of the Nazis, faith-based and left-leaning worker's sports organizations were disbanded as politically unpalatable to the regime and the Herzlake club disappeared.
With the collapse of the Third Reich following World War II many previously banned clubs were re-established including the Herzlake side which was reformed as Verein für Leibesübungen Herzlake in 1946. The team enjoyed its first successes in local level play in the early 70s, advancing to the Landesliga Niedersachsen (V) in 1975, and from there into the Verbandsliga Niedersachsen (IV) in 1982 where they won titles in 1985, 1987, and 1988. A successful promotion round play off in 1988 advanced VfL to the Oberliga Nord (III) where they were an unremarkable lower tier side through their first four season of play. In 1993, they claimed the division title and took part in the promotion round for the 2. Bundesliga where they fared poorly. The team remained competitive through the mid-90s in what was now the Regionalliga Nord (III) before being renamed VfL Hasetal Herzlake in 1997. They spent two more seasons in the Regionalliga before finishing in the relegation zone at the end of the 1998-99 season. Poor financial circumstances drove the club all the way down to the Kreisliga Emsland (VIII).
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References
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables Template:De icon