VfB Oldenburg

Not to be confused with VfL Oldenburg.

VfB Oldenburg

Full name	Verein für Bewegungsspiele e.V. Oldenburg
Founded	1897 (1897)
Ground	Marschweg-Stadion
Capacity	15,200
Chairman	Wolfgang Sidka
Manager	Dario Fossi
League	3. Liga
2021–22	Regionalliga Nord, 1st of 10 (promoted via play-offs)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

VfB Oldenburg is a German association football club based in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. In the 2022–23 season, they play in the 3. Liga, the third level of football in Germany.

History

Historical chart of VfB Oldenburg league performance

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. 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

Since 1991 VfB Oldenburg has been playing in the Marschweg-Stadion, which was opened in 1951. It has a capacity of 15,200, of which 4,500 are seats and 10,700 standing places. Its record attendance of 32,000 was achieved before reconstruction.

Local derby rivalry

VfB Oldenburg has a local derby rivalry with VfL Oldenburg.

Players

Current squad

As of 28 August 2022

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 POL Dominik Kisiel 3 DF GER Marcel Appiah 4 DF GER Leon Deichmann 5 DF GER Fabian Herbst 6 MF NAM Manfred Starke 7 MF GER Rafael Brand 8 MF POL Robert Ziętarski 9 FW GER Max Wegner (captain) 10 MF KOS Kamer Krasniqi 11 FW GER Ayodele Adetula 12 DF GER Linus Schäfer 13 MF GER Marten-Heiko Schmidt 17 MF AUT Patrick Möschl 18 MF GER Pascal Richter

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF GER Christopher Buchtmann 20 MF GER Jakob Bookjans 21 MF GER Kai-Sotirios Kaissis 22 DF GER Dennis Engel 23 FW GER Marco Schultz 24 FW GAM Kebba Badjie 26 GK NED Pelle Boevink 27 DF GER Dominique Ndure 28 GK GER Moritz Onken 30 FW GER Affamefuna-Michael Ifeadigo 31 DF GER Justin Plautz 32 DF GER Oliver Steurer 44 DF GER Nico Knystock 49 GK GER Sebastian Mielitz

Players 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 14 FW GER Tade Niehues (to Kickers Emden)

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)

External links

• Official website