Vaale
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Vaale within Steinburg district
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Coordinates: 54°00′N 9°23′E / 54.000°N 9.383°E / 54.000; 9.383
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Steinburg
Municipal assoc.	Schenefeld
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Hencke
Area
• Total	14.91 km2 (5.76 sq mi)
Elevation	13 m (43 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,258
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	25594
Dialling codes	04827
Vehicle registration	IZ
Website	www.amt-schenefeld.de

Vaale is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Sports

The town has a football team, SV Vaalia Vaale, who play in the Kreisklasse A Westküste West.^[2] They were in 10th when the 2020–21 season was cancelled.^[3] SV Vaalia Vaale II play in the Kreisklasse C Westküste Süd/West 3,^[4] in 8th before the cancellation of the season.^[5] Some of the Vaalia first team's former players include goalkeeper Jörg Baufeldt, who played for the club until 2006 (when he left for Itzehoer SV), Patrick Krawutschke, the center-back originally from Bruchsal who was transferred from Itzehoer six months after Baufeldt left (he is 34 and could also play defensive midfield), local right-footed striker Mario Awiszus, who left the club at 21 (in 2001), rejoined, and left for Itzehoer in 2008 (he is now a goalkeeping coach at FC Union Tornesch at age 41), and Brunsbüttel-born goalkeeper Christoph Rohweder, who joined in the youth levels from SG Wilstermarsch and left at age 20 (in 2008) for SG Reher/Puls, where he had been playing ever since (his contract expired on 30 June 2021 so he is now a free agent at age 33).

They are the football section of sports club SV Vaalia, and also have a merged team with TSV Wacken.