Sportfreunde Lotte

VfL Sportfreunde Lotte
Full nameVerein für Laufspiele Sportfreunde
Lotte e.V. von 1929
Nickname(s)Blau-Weiß
Founded1929 (1929)
GroundStadion am Lotter Kreuz
Capacity10,059
ChairmanHans-Ulrich Saatkamp
ManagerImke Wübbenhorst
LeagueRegionalliga West (IV)
2023–24Oberliga Westfalen (V), 1st (promoted)
Websitehttp://www.sf-lotte.de/

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.

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 15 January 2025[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Steffen Westphal
4 MF  GER Philip Fontein
5 DF  GER Jeff Mensah
6 MF  GER Niklas Determann
7 DF  GER Andreas Wiegel
8 DF  GER Johannes Sabah
9 FW  GER Mats Facklam
10 MF  GER Fatlum Elezi
11 FW  GER Burinyuy Nyuydine
12 GK  GER Laurenz Beckemeyer
15 DF  CRO Hans-Juraj Hartmann
16 MF  GER Nico Thier
17 MF  KOS Kamer Krasniqi
19 DF  GER Leonel Brodersen
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  USA Marc Heider
21 MF  GER Jan Wellers
22 DF  GER Denis Milic
24 MF  GER Fatih Ufuk
25 DF  GER Nico Lübke
27 MF  GER Elario Ghassan
28 FW  GER Leon Demaj
29 FW  GER Samuel Owusu Addai
31 FW  GER Kevin Holzweiler
37 DF  GER Albin Thaqi
39 MF  GER Florian Wendt
44 GK  GER Luis Hillemeier
77 FW  GER Vincent Schaub

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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.
  3. ^ "Mannschaft". SF Lotte. Retrieved 24 September 2024.


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