Sportfreunde Lotte

German football club

Football club
VfL Sportfreunde Lotte
Full nameVerein für Laufspiele Sportfreunde
Lotte e.V. von 1929
Nickname(s)Blau-Weiß
Founded1929; 95 years ago (1929)
GroundStadion am Lotter Kreuz
Capacity10,059
ChairmanHans-Ulrich Saatkamp
ManagerImke Wübbenhorst
LeagueOberliga Westfalen (V)
2022–23Oberliga Westfalen, 4th of 18
WebsiteClub website
Home colours
Away colours

VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as well as other activities.

History

The association was established as the gymnastics club Turnverein Lotte in 1929. After World War II the club was re-established as VfL Sportfreunde Lotte on 9 February 1946 and was built around football and handball departments.

Historical chart of Sportfreunde Lotte league performance

Lotte reached the Verbandsliga Westfalen (V) in 1996 and after a title there in 2004 were promoted to the Oberliga Westfalen (IV), later Regionalliga West. They won that league in 2012–13 but lost the promotion play-off to RB Leipzig. In 2013–14, the club finished in second place. They won the Regionalliga West once more in 2015–16 and, after defeating Waldhof Mannheim in the play-off, earned promotion to the 3. Liga for the first time.[1] On 18 May 2019, they were relegated back to the Regionalliga.[2]

Sportfreunde plays their home matches in the Frimo Stadion (formerly the Sportpark am Lotter Kreuz) which holds 10,059 spectators.

Honours

The club's honours:

Players

Current squad

As of 31 January 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 Germany GER Jhonny Peitzmeier
3 DF Germany GER Manasse Fionouke
4 DF Germany GER Luis Allmeroth
5 DF Germany GER Dominic Minz
6 MF Germany GER Timo Brauer
7 FW Germany GER Emre Aydinel
8 MF Germany GER Emir Terzi
9 FW Germany GER Hakim Traoré
10 MF Germany GER Cedric Euschen
11 DF Germany GER Dominique Domröse
12 FW England ENG Robert Nnaji
13 MF South Korea KOR Han Ka-ram
14 DF South Korea KOR Kim Tae-ho
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Germany GER Niklas Determann
18 FW Germany GER Maximilian Franke (on loan from SC Verl)
19 MF United States USA Austin Amer
20 DF Germany GER Florent Berisha
20 DF Germany GER Luis Sprekelmeyer (on loan from VfL Osnabrück)
21 MF Germany GER Konstantinos Keissoglou
23 MF Germany GER Exauce Andzouana
24 GK Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Michael Luyambula
27 DF Germany GER Cinar Sansar
29 FW Germany GER Drilon Demaj
36 DF Germany GER Jakob Duhme
39 MF Germany GER Erhan Yilmaz
— FW Poland POL Jarosław Lindner

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

Notable coaches

References

  1. ^ "Regensburg, Lotte und Zwickau steigen in die 3. Liga auf" (in German). 29 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Absteiger Sportfreunde Lotte" (in German). 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

External links

  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata
  • Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German football league tables (in German)
  • Racism accusations against SF Lotte players
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