Sports club in Germany
For basketball section of the club, see VfL Osnabrück ( basketball )
Football baseball club

VfL Osnabrück is a german multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It presently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swim, postpone tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its football section .

history [edit ]

foundation to WW2 [edit ]

The golf 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 amalgamation of Fußball Club Edelweiß 1902 Osnabrück and Fußball Club Alemannia Osnabrück. This golf club made an appearance in the quarterfinals of the regional Westdeutsche ( west German ) concluding in 1910 where they were decisively put out ( 2–9 ) by Duisburger SV. The amalgamation that created Verein für Leibesübungen Osnabrück took set 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 separate of television. Established 24 June 1902, Teutonia Osnabrück besides had quarterfinal appearances in the Westdeutsche final examination 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 function of the membership of the newly formed association soon left to create a separate side called Sportclub Rapid Osnabrück – styled after well known golf club Rapid Vienna. Rapid came back to the fold thirteen years late in 1938 and the re-unified club adopted the light-purple color of the returning footballers. [ 1 ] After the re-structuring of german football leagues in 1933 under the Third Reich, Osnabrück played second gear division football until winning promotion to the Gauliga Niedersachsen ( I ) in 1935. They were relegated after their first gear campaign, but returned to the top flight in 1937, capturing the division championship in the 1938–39 season. The Gauliga Niedersachsen was then split into two divisions, and in each of the trace two seasons VfL took the Niedersachsen-Nord title. They went on winnings to the overall division championship in 1940, beating Hannover 96 ( 3–2, 2–2 ), but lost their style to the lapp club the follow class ( 1–1, 1–3 ). Their Gauliga titles in 1939 and 1940 invest VfL into opening orotund group bring for the national championship, but they were unable to advance. [ 2 ]

Post-War era [edit ]

diachronic graph of Osnabrück league performance after WWII After World War II, the golf club returned to play as 1. FSV Osnabrück but again took up their traditional diagnose 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 board behind well-known sides Hamburger SV, Werder Bremen, and FC St. Pauli .

Failed Bundesliga ambition [edit ]

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 base division Regionalliga Nord. They had opportunities to advance through the promotion rounds in five back-to-back years beginning in 1969, but were unable to break through. For three decades the club remained a tier II regular 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 entirely narrowly elude relegation in 1979 when FC St. Pauli was rather sent down when they were refused a license over their fiscal situation. A foreground of the period was a 5:4 victory over Bayern Munich in a 1978 DFB-Pokal ( german Cup ) match-up .

stabilization [edit ]

Crest until 2017

Since 1994 the club has primarily played in the Regionalliga Nord ( III ) and its successor, the 3. Liga, making episodic appearances in the 2. Bundesliga starting in 2000–01, along with the 2003–04 season, with the 00s a particular period of being a yo-yo club between the two divisions. On the concluding sidereal day of their 2006–07 political campaign, VfL again won promotion to second gear part meet, and were then able to avoid being immediately sent down once more by finishing out of the delegating zone in 14th space in 2007–08. however, in the 2008–09 temper, Osnabrück were relegated to the 2009–10 3. Liga where they would earn forwarding back to the 2. Bundesliga for the adjacent 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, where they have played always since .

Honours [edit ]

Players [edit ]

current team [edit ]

As of 6 August 2021[3]

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

Manager history [edit ]

holocene seasons [edit ]

The late season-by-season operation of the cabaret : [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
2. Bundesliga

Key

References [edit ]