VfB Oldenburg

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

Not to be confused with VfL Oldenburg.

VfB Oldenburg
Full nameVerein für Bewegungsspiele e.V. Oldenburg
Founded1897 (1897)[1]
GroundMarschweg-Stadion
Capacity15,200
ChairmanWolfgang Sidka
ManagerFuat Kılıç
LeagueRegionalliga Nord
2022–233. Liga, 18th of 20 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

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

Since 1991 VfB Oldenburg has been playing in the Marschweg-Stadion, which was opened in 1951.[2] It has a capacity of 15,200, of which 4,500 are seats and 10,700 standing places.[3] Its record attendance of 32,000 was achieved before reconstruction.[3]

Local derby rivalry

VfB Oldenburg has a local derby rivalry with VfL Oldenburg.[4][5]

Players

Current squad
As of 10 February 2024[6]

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  GER Jhonny Peitzmeier
3 DF  GER Marcel Appiah
4 DF  GER Leon Deichmann
5 DF  GER Anouar Adam
6 MF  GER Christopher Buchtmann
7 MF  GER Rafael Brand
8 MF  GER Drilon Demaj
9 FW  GER Max Wegner (captain)
10 MF  KOS Kamer Krasniqi
11 FW  GER Aurel Loubongo
13 FW  GER Linus Schäfer
14 MF  GER Ole Käuper
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  AUT Patrick Möschl
18 MF  GER Pascal Richter
19 FW  GER Tom Gaida
20 DF  GER Marc Schröder
22 MF  GER Elijah Müller
24 FW  GER Markus Ziereis
26 MF  GER Noah Plume
27 FW  ALB Elsamed Ramaj
31 DF  GER Justin Plautz
44 DF  GER Nico Knystock
49 GK  GER Sebastian Mielitz

Honours

References
  1. "VfB Oldenburg". Abseits Guide to Germany. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  2. "Marschwegstadion". Stadtmuseum Oldenburg (in German). Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. "Marschwegstadion". VfB Oldenburg (in German). Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. Zur Brügge, Jan (10 September 2018). "Neuer Stürmer schießt VfL zum 1:1 gegen VfB". NWZ (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. "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.
  6. "Profi-Kader". VfB Oldenburg (in German). Retrieved 17 August 2023.
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