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;96 years ago (1929)
Ground Stadion am Lotter Kreuz
Capacity10,059
ChairmanHans-Ulrich Saatkamp
Manager Imke Wübbenhorst
League Regionalliga West (IV)
2023–24 Oberliga Westfalen (V), 1st (promoted)
Website http://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.

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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 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.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Steffen Westphal
4 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Philip Fontein
5 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jeff Mensah
6 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Niklas Determann
7 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Andreas Wiegel
8 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Johannes Sabah
9 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mats Facklam
10 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Fatlum Elezi
11 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Burinyuy Nyuydine
12 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Laurenz Beckemeyer
15 DF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Hans-Juraj Hartmann
16 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Nico Thier
17 MF Flag of Kosovo.svg  KOS Kamer Krasniqi
19 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Leonel Brodersen
No.Pos.NationPlayer
20 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Marc Heider
21 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jan Wellers
22 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Denis Milic
24 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Fatih Ufuk
25 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Nico Lübke
27 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Elario Ghassan
28 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Leon Demaj
29 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Samuel Owusu Addai
31 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Kevin Holzweiler
37 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Albin Thaqi
39 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Florian Wendt
44 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Luis Hillemeier
77 FW Flag of Germany.svg  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.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.
  3. "Mannschaft". SF Lotte. Retrieved 24 September 2024.