Sportfreunde Lotte

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VfL Sportfreunde Lotte
Logo SF Lotte.svg
Full nameVerein für Laufspiele Sportfreunde
Lotte e.V. von 1929
Nickname(s)Blau-Weiß
Founded1929;93 years ago (1929)
Ground Stadion am Lotter Kreuz
Capacity10,059
ChairmanHans-Ulrich Saatkamp
Manager Imke Wübbenhorst
League Oberliga Westfalen
2021–22 Regionalliga West, 18th (relegated)
Website Club website

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.

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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.

Historical chart of Sportfreunde Lotte league performance Sportfreunde Lotte Performance Chart.png
Historical chart of Sportfreunde Lotte league performance

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 31 January 2022

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jhonny Peitzmeier
3 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Manasse Fionouke
4 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Luis Allmeroth
5 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Dominic Minz
6 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Timo Brauer
7 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Emre Aydinel
8 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Emir Terzi
9 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Hakim Traoré
10 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Cedric Euschen
11 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Dominique Domröse
12 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Robert Nnaji
13 MF Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Han Ka-ram
14 DF Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Kim Tae-ho
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Niklas Determann
18 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Maximilian Franke(on loan from SC Verl )
19 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Austin Amer
20 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Florent Berisha
20 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Luis Sprekelmeyer (on loan from VfL Osnabrück )
21 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Konstantinos Keissoglou
23 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Exauce Andzouana
24 GK Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  COD Michael Luyambula
27 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Cinar Sansar
29 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Drilon Demaj
36 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jakob Duhme
39 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Erhan Yilmaz
FW Flag of Poland.svg  POL Jarosław Lindner

Out on loan

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer

Notable coaches

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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.