VfL Oldenburg
Encyclopedia
VfL Oldenburg is a German sports club from the town of Oldenburg
, Lower Saxony which is best known for its football team, which as of 2010–11 plays in the Landesliga Weser-Ems, the 6th level of the German football league system
. The club has over 2,000 members in nine different sports departments including handball
, American football
, badminton, athletics, gymnastics and volleyball.
, was built. In 1933 the club merged with SV Oldenburg and FC Teutonia Oldenburg to form Oldenburger Sport-Club and just two years later changed its name to Verein für Leibesübungen Oldenburg. This club managed to play for one season in the tier-one Gauliga Weser-Ems in 1943–44. Following the war SV and VfL again became separate sides.
In the 1963–64 season VfL rose to the Regionalliga Nord
(II), but were only able to last one season there before they were relegated. Today the club competes in the 5th tier Oberliga of the German football pyramid.
VfL were relegated from the German 5th tier (Oberliga) in 2009/10.
Oldenburg
Oldenburg is an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 160,279 which makes it the fourth biggest city in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig...
, Lower Saxony which is best known for its football team, which as of 2010–11 plays in the Landesliga Weser-Ems, the 6th level of the German football league system
German football league system
The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to a series of hierarchically interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Germany that consists of over 2,300 men's divisions, in which all leagues are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation...
. The club has over 2,000 members in nine different sports departments including handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
, American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, badminton, athletics, gymnastics and volleyball.
History
Founded on 21 September 1894 as the gymnastics club Turnverein Jahn Oldenburg, the team changed its name to Sportverein Frisia Oldenburg on 12 June 1912. Between 1927 and 1929 the club's stadium, Stadion AlexanderstraßeStadion Alexanderstraße
Stadion Alexanderstraße is a stadium in Oldenburg, Germany. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of VfL Oldenburg....
, was built. In 1933 the club merged with SV Oldenburg and FC Teutonia Oldenburg to form Oldenburger Sport-Club and just two years later changed its name to Verein für Leibesübungen Oldenburg. This club managed to play for one season in the tier-one Gauliga Weser-Ems in 1943–44. Following the war SV and VfL again became separate sides.
In the 1963–64 season VfL rose to the Regionalliga Nord
Regionalliga Nord (1963-74)
The Regionalliga Nord was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the north of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974...
(II), but were only able to last one season there before they were relegated. Today the club competes in the 5th tier Oberliga of the German football pyramid.
VfL were relegated from the German 5th tier (Oberliga) in 2009/10.