VfL Oldenburg
Full nameVerein für Leibesübungen Oldenburg
Founded1894
GroundStadion Alexanderstraße
Capacity3,500
LeagueOberliga Niedersachsen (V)
2021–226th
WebsiteClub website

VfL Oldenburg is a German sports club from the town of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony which is best known for its football team, which plays in the Niedersachsenliga, the fifth level of the German football league system.[1] The club has over 2,000 members in nine different sports departments including handball, American football, badminton, athletics, gymnastics and volleyball.

History

VfL Oldenburg were relegated from the German fifth tier (Oberliga) in 2009–10.[2] In 2013, they returned to the Oberliga Niedersachsen as Landesliga Weser-Ems champions.[3] In 2018, the club achieved promotion to the Regionalliga Nord.[4] It was relegated back to the Oberliga after the 2018–19 season.[5]

In June 2021, it was announced that VfL Oldenburg had qualified for 2021–22 DFB-Pokal. The club was awarded the DFB-Pokal berth after a draw between the remaining participants of the Lower Saxony Cup, which had been abandoned amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.[6]

Local derby rivalry

VfL Oldenburg has a local derby rivalry with VfB Oldenburg.[7][8]

Honours

References

  1. ^ "VfL Oldenburg | Oberliga Niedersachsen Weser-Ems/Lüneburg 2020/21 | Teaminfo". kicker (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  2. ^ Busch, Henning (8 May 2010). "Fußball-Oberliga NORDHORN: VfL kann Klassenerhalt rechnerisch nicht mehr packen". NWZ (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. ^ Mietzon, Manfred (3 August 2013). "Fußball Oldenburg: Oberliga-Aufsteiger setzt auf Überraschungseffekt". NWZ (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. ^ "4:0-Sieg In Brinkum: VfL Oldenburg schafft Aufstieg in Regionalliga". NWZ (in German). 31 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. ^ Mietzon, Manfred (4 May 2019). "Regionalliga Nord: 0:3-Pleite besiegelt Abstieg des VfL Oldenburg". NWZ (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Erster Amateurvertreter: VfL Oldenburg jubelt über DFB-Pokal-Teilnahme". kicker (in German). 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  7. ^ Zur Brügge, Jan (10 September 2018). "Neuer Stürmer schießt VfL zum 1:1 gegen VfB". NWZ (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  8. ^ "VfL Oldenburg vs VfB Oldenburg: Die Fotos vom hitzigen Regionalliga-Nord-Derby in der Huntestadt". Nordbuzz (in German). 9 September 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

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Oberliga Niedersachsen (V) 2023–24 clubs
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