VfL Osnabrück

VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis, but is by far best known for its football section.

For basketball section of the club, see VfL Osnabrück (basketball).

VfL Osnabrück
Full nameVerein für Leibesübungen
von 1899 e.V. Osnabrück
Nickname(s)Lila-Weiß (The Lilac-Whites)
Founded1899 (1899)
GroundStadion an der Bremer Brücke
Capacity16,667
ChairmanManfred Hülsmann
Head coachMarco Grote
League2. Bundesliga
2019–202. Bundesliga, 13th of 18
WebsiteClub website

History

Foundation to WW2

The club has its origins in the coming together on 17 April 1899 of the memberships of the "wild" clubs Antipodia, Germania, and Minerva to create Fußball Club 1899 Osnabrück. This group joined Osnabrücker Ballverein 05 in 1920 to play as BV 1899 Osnabrück.

Predecessor Osnabrücker BV 05 was the product of the 1905 merger of Fußball Club Edelweiß 1902 Osnabrück and Fußball Club Alemannia Osnabrück. This club made an appearance in the quarterfinals of the regional Westdeutsche (West German) final in 1910 where they were decisively put out (2–9) by Duisburger SV.

The merger that created Verein für Leibesübungen Osnabrück took place in 1924 when BV was joined by Spiel- und Sport Osnabrück. Prior to 1921, SuS had played as the football department of the gymnastics club Osnabrücker Turnverein 1861, created in 1914 when Fußball Club 1903 Olympia Osnabrück and Fußball Club Teutonia 1902 Osnabrück became part of TV.

Established 24 June 1902, Teutonia Osnabrück also had quarterfinal appearances in the Westdeutsche final to its credit, dropping decisions to FC München-Gladbach in 1908 (0–3), and BV Dortmund (3–4) in 1909.

VfL was formally incorporated on 8 March 1925, but part of the membership of the newly formed association soon left to create a separate side called Sportclub Rapid Osnabrück – styled after well known club Rapid Vienna. Rapid came back to the fold thirteen years later in 1938 and the re-unified club adopted the light-purple colours of the returning footballers.[1]

After the re-structuring of German football leagues in 1933 under the Third Reich, Osnabrück played second division football until winning promotion to the Gauliga Niedersachsen (I) in 1935. They were relegated after their first campaign, but returned to the top flight in 1937, capturing the division title in the 1938–39 season. The Gauliga Niedersachsen was then split into two divisions, and in each of the following two seasons VfL took the Niedersachsen-Nord title. They went on win to the overall division title in 1940, beating Hannover 96 (3–2, 2–2), but lost their title to the same club the following year (1–1, 1–3). Their Gauliga titles in 1939 and 1940 put VfL into opening round group play for the national championship, but they were unable to advance.[2]

Post-War era
Historical chart of Osnabrück league performance after WWII

After World War II, the club returned to play as 1. FSV Osnabrück but again took up their traditional name in 1946. The team played in the Oberliga Nord (I) and delivered credible performances that left them standing fourth in the league's all-time table behind well-known sides Hamburger SV, Werder Bremen, and FC St. Pauli.

Failed Bundesliga ambition

The Bundesliga was formed in 1963 as Germany's new top flight professional league. The Violets did not qualify for play there and were seeded into second division Regionalliga Nord. They had opportunities to advance through the promotion rounds in five consecutive years beginning in 1969, but were unable to break through. For three decades the club remained a tier II fixture in the Regionalliga Nord (1963–74) and the 2. Bundesliga (1974–84, 1985–93). They played a single season in the Amateur Oberliga Nord (III), but only narrowly escaped relegation in 1979 when FC St. Pauli was instead sent down when they were refused a license over their financial situation. A highlight of the period was a 5:4 victory over Bayern Munich in a 1978 DFB-Pokal (German Cup) match-up.

Current
Crest until 2017

Since 1994 the club has primarily played in the Regionalliga Nord (III) and its successor, the 3. Liga, making occasional appearances in the 2. Bundesliga starting in 2000–01, along with the 2003–04 season. On the final day of their 2006–07 campaign, VfL again won promotion to second division play, and were then able to avoid being immediately sent down once more by finishing out of the relegation zone in 14th place in 2007–08. However, in the 2008–09 season, Osnabrück were relegated to the 2009–10 3. Liga where they would earn promotion back to the 2. Bundesliga for the next season. Again the club was relegated to the 3. Liga after a poor 2010–11 season, and they spent 8 seasons in the 3. Liga before earning promotion via winning the league in the 2018–19 season.

Honours

Players

Current squad
As of 12 August, 2020[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF  AUT Lukas Gugganig
5 DF  KAZ Konstantin Engel
6 DF  GER Moritz Heyer
7 MF  KVX Bashkim Ajdini
8 MF  GER Ulrich Taffertshofer
10 MF  GER Niklas Schmidt (on loan from Werder Bremen)
14 FW  GER Etienne Amenyido
17 DF  CRO Adam Sušac
18 DF  GER Maurice Trapp
19 DF  GER Kevin Wolze
20 FW  USA Marc Heider
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK  GER Laurenz Beckemeyer
22 GK  GER Philipp Kühn
23 MF  POL David Blacha
25 MF  GER Sven Köhler
26 MF  GER Sebastian Klaas
27 DF  GER Felix Agu
29 MF  GER Bryan Henning
30 MF  GER Maurice Multhaup
32 GK  GER David Buchholz
33 DF  GER Timo Beermann
34 FW  GER Hakim Traoré

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
— DF  GER Tim Möller (at Sportfreunde Lotte until 30 June 2020)
— MF  GER Nico Granatowski (at Hansa Rostock until 30 June 2020)

Former players

Manager history

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[4][5]

2. Bundesliga
Year Division Tier Position
1999–2000 Regionalliga Nord III 1st ↑
2000–01 2. Bundesliga II 15th ↓
2001–02 Regionalliga Nord III 7th
2002–03 Regionalliga Nord 2nd ↑
2003–04 2. Bundesliga II 18th ↓
2004–05 Regionalliga Nord III 4th
2005–06 Regionalliga Nord 10th
2006–07 Regionalliga Nord 2nd ↑
2007–08 2. Bundesliga II 12th
2008–09 2. Bundesliga 16th ↓
2009–10 3. Liga III 1st ↑
2010–11 2. Bundesliga II 16th ↓
2011–12 3. Liga III 7th
2012–13 3. Liga 3rd
2013–14 3. Liga 5th
2014–15 3. Liga 11th
2015–16 3. Liga 5th
2016–17 3. Liga 6th
2017–18 3. Liga 17th
2018–19 3. Liga 1st ↑
2019–20 2. Bundesliga II 13th
2020–21 2. Bundesliga
Key
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
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References
  1. Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9
  2. Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-928562-85-1
  3. "VfL Osnabrück: Profikader" [VfL Osnabrück: Senior Squad] (in German). VfL Osnabrück. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  4. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables. Retrieved 3 December 2015
  5. VfL Osnabrück (in German) Fussball.de. Retrieved 3 December 2015
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