VfB Lübeck

VfB Lübeck
society
Surname	Association for Movement Games Lübeck from 1919 e. V.
Seat	Lübeck , Schleswig-Holstein
founding	August 28, 1919 (BSV Forward Lübeck)
Colours	Green white
Members	1,000 (July 2020)
Board	Thomas Schikorra (Speaker) Florian Möller (Office) Andreas Popien (Finance)
Website	vfb-luebeck.de
First team
Head coach	Rolf Martin Landerl
Venue	Wage Mill
Places	10,800 seats
league	3rd league
2019/20	1st place ▲ ( Regionalliga Nord )
home Away

The Association for Movement Games Lübeck from 1919 e. V. , VfB Lübeck for short , is a sports club from Lübeck that had exactly 1,000 members in July 2020. He is known nationwide primarily for his soccer department. The men's soccer team celebrated their greatest successes when they reached the Bundesliga promotion round in 1968/69 and reached the semi-finals of the 2003/04 DFB Cup . VfB Lübeck last played in the 2nd Bundesliga from 1995 to 1997 and from 2002 to 2004 . After relegation to the third division, the team could not qualify for the new 3rd division in the 2007/08 season , so VfB then played in the fourth division Regionalliga Nord . The club, which was determined to be relegated on December 19, 2012, had to compete in the fifth-class Schleswig-Holstein League in 2013/14 , in which, however, he managed to return immediately with the championship. VfB Lübeck plays its home games at the Lohmühle .

Other departments of the club: badminton , table tennis , handball , darts and ladies' gymnastics . In the relatively young sport of badminton, VfB Lübeck was one of the pioneers in Germany. He became German team champion in 1963 and has won numerous titles since then. The table tennis department founded in 1937 also played an important role in its history on a national level. In addition to two championship titles for women (1997, 1998) and a cup victory for men (1991), VfB was the only German club to win in both men (1992, 1994) and women (1998) a club European cup.

Prehistory and foundation

“Family tree” with the previous clubs of VfB Lübeck

The players of the street football club Hansa founded the ball sports club Vorwärts 1919 Lübeck , BSV Vorwärts for short , which was also involved in the construction of the sports facility at the Lohmühle. April 1, 1919 was long assumed to be the founding date. According to research by a Lübeck journalist, this date is very likely wrong. Accordingly, October 1, 1919 would also be considered as the founding date, since the remaining founding members were listed with this entry date in the post-war period . The commemorative publication for the 30th anniversary speaks of a foundation "in summer". In 1959, the 40th anniversary of the foundation was celebrated on August 28th and the 50th anniversary was also celebrated around this day. The kicker led to August 28, 1919 as the founding date until 1994 and only then went on to April 1, which was previously only mentioned in the kicker almanac . Since there are no written documents on the foundation and many records were lost during the Nazi era and in the Second World War , the date of foundation cannot be determined with one hundred percent certainty.

In the twenties, the BSV Vorwärts was on the way to becoming one of the largest sports clubs in the then independent Hanseatic city of Lübeck, but it was banned as a workers' sports club by the National Socialists in 1933.

The football club in the city, FK Alemannia Lübeck, founded on March 25, 1905 - and the second oldest after the Lübeck Ballspiel Club - and FC Germania Lübeck , which had existed since 1913, merged in 1923 to form VfR Lübeck, the then dominant club in the city, Lübecker BV (today Phönix Lübeck) to compete. The club, which got into financial difficulties, joined the Lübeck Police Sports Association, which was founded in 1921 and which is also considered to be the forerunner of what would later become VfB Lübeck. The SV Police, in which numerous sports were practiced, developed between 1921 and 1945 into one of the most important clubs in the city. Immediately after the end of the war, the club, which had been renamed the Lübeck Police Sports Club in 1935 and again to the Ordnungspolizei Spielgemeinschaft in 1942, was dissolved by the British.

After the end of the war, some former "police athletes" from the football department met again in July and August 1945, and soon afterwards boxers and athletes from other sports came together again. In late summer, Friedrich Grabner founded VfB Lübeck with the old members of the police sports club, but also the old BSV Vorwärts. They saw themselves as the legal successor to the BSV Vorwärts, which was banned in 1933, and after a lengthy legal dispute they secured the venue at the Lohmühle, to which the ATSV Lübeck, as the original co-builder, had also raised a claim. The club's name and shield-shaped coat of arms are based on the ideas of football goalkeeper Albert "Jonny" Felgenhauer .

Soccer

history

Until 1945: The predecessor clubs of VfB Lübeck

BSV Forward Lübeck

The Ballspielverein Vorwärts 1919 Lübeck, which is the legal predecessor of VfB Lübeck, was probably founded on August 28, 1919. The club played in the Workers 'Gymnastics and Sports Association and was therefore banned as a workers' sports club in 1933. After initially only ten to 20 people were involved in the founding of the association, the number of members increased by around 40 additional athletes in 1920 through numerous transfers from the ATSV Lübeck. Around 1920 Vorwärts Lübeck played in the second Lübeck class and only occasionally against more successful clubs in North German workers' sports, such as Lorbeer 06 Hamburg . From 1927 the BSV was able to dispute ATSV Lübeck's position as number 1 in Lübeck and consistently won the regional district championship from 1927 to 1931. The team achieved their greatest success in 1928 when the BSV was able to reach the final of the Nordmark Championship against Hansa Kiel by defeating Malchin (4: 3), which Arbeiter-TuS Ottensen was able to defeat 2-1 in 1893. In the final, the BSV finally defeated the Kiel with 2: 1 and was thus Nordmarkmeister. Subsequently, the Lübeck team retired at the next higher level - referred to according to various sources as the "North German Championship" or "Preliminary Round" of the ATSB Championship. Probably the Lübeck failed at a club from Bremen. In addition, the club also played on an international level against teams from Vienna or Bohemia and took part in the 1st and 2nd Workers 'Olympics in Frankfurt am Main and Vienna, respectively, which were considered one of the most important tournaments in workers' sport.

When it was banned in 1933, the association had between 130 and 140 members. In the course of the ban, all sports equipment, possessions, assets and, to a large extent, documents were confiscated.

Police Lübeck

→ Main article : SV Police Lübeck

In the first six years of its existence, the SV Police Lübeck, founded in 1920, played in the second division. In the 1927/28 season, the SVP was first class in the Lübeck / Mecklenburg district league , but had to be relegated again after only one season. That at that time still independent Lübeck formed in 1921 a joint top flight with Mecklenburg - previously formed Lübeck alternately temporarily own top flight, or was with Holstein summarized in a league, at times even with Holstein, Schleswig and Hamburg . At that time, the SV was allowed to take part in the North German championship several times, but could not achieve any major success here. Between 1933 and 1942, Police Lübeck was one of five clubs (alongside Holstein Kiel, Eimsbütteler TV , Altona 93 and Hamburger SV ) consistently in the highest North German league. Several third places in the Gauliga Nordmark and the runner-up in the Gauliga Schleswig-Holstein were the greatest successes. The team played the last Gauliga game in Lübeck on August 13, 1944 against Eckernförder SV (4-2). After the war-related cancellation of the national Gauliga season, it was temporarily in a city league, the so-called Gauliga Schleswig-Holstein, Staffel Lübeck , whose game operations but also had to be canceled soon.

The VfR Lübeck joined the Lübeck Police in 1931.

FK Alemannia Lübeck, Germania Lübeck, VfR Lübeck

→ Main article : VfR Lübeck

The FK Alemannia Lübeck 1905 was able to qualify for the North German championship in 1919 and was eliminated there by a 0: 5 against Holstein Kiel. Otherwise, neither Alemannia Lübeck nor Germania Lübeck could achieve national success and merged at the beginning of the twenties (1921) to form VfR Lübeck . In 1924, the VfR took first place, which was the club's greatest success, and was thus allowed to take part in the North German championship for the first time, where the Lübeckers lost 5-1 to Holstein Kiel in the first round. In 1926 VfR finished last, but still remained first class as the winner of a promotion round, just like in the 1929/30 season, in which VfR only remained first class by defeating Germania Wismar. After that, the association had to be dissolved due to financial difficulties; the soccer team joined the SV police almost completely.

1945–1963: VfB Lübeck between first and second class

Under the new name VfB Lübeck , after the end of the Second World War , the club first played for the championship in the Lübeck district , in the top division of the time in the British zone , and became champions there. The British military administration in Schleswig-Holstein initially did not allow larger game classes, but they were hardly possible for reasons of infrastructure. In the subsequent North German championship , which was later canceled in the quarter-finals at the behest of the British military government, VfB was eliminated in the preliminary round (0: 4 against Altona 93 ). A year later he won the Schleswig-Holstein state championship in 1946/47 in the finals with a 3-2 win over Kieler SV Holstein, with which he was promoted to the new Northern Football League and was also qualified for the final round of the British Zone Championship. There VfB failed in the elimination round against the later zone master Hamburger SV (2: 5).

Then the VfB developed into an " elevator team " and commuted between the Oberliga Nord , which had been the top division for the federal states of Bremen, Lower Saxony, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein since 1947, and the second-rate amateur league Schleswig-Holstein. While the relegation in the first two league seasons 1947/48 and 1948/49 - Otto Höxtermann was the coach in the second year - with seventh place and 20:24 points, VfB had to leave several top performers in the following season like Fritz Pölitz relegated to the amateur league Schleswig-Holstein. From February 1950, VfB Lübeck was coached by Erwin Helmchen , who at the age of 43 was still playing for a while (his eligibility to play was doubtful) and scored two goals in a 3-0 win against SV Arminia Hannover .

In the second-class amateur league Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck qualified as champions straight away for the promotion round to the Oberliga Nord. Against Victoria Hamburg, Kickers Emden, VfL Wolfsburg, Blumenthaler SV and Lüneburger SK, however, VfB failed quite clearly as the fifth of six clubs before the team was able to prevail in the promotion round the following year.

After returning, it initially seemed as if VfB Lübeck could establish itself in the top division; he had nothing to do with the relegation battle. Under coach Friedo Dörfel , the team finished 15th after the round of 1953/54 despite new signings such as Kurt Röwe or Reinhold Ertel with only 23 points - they were relegated again to the amateur league Schleswig-Holstein.

The logo of VfB Lübeck until the fifties

In the 1955 season, the mode for the promotion round had changed: For this now eight clubs qualified, which had to determine the two promoted teams in two groups. The qualified Lübeck failed this season due to the so-called "Kubsch Affair": The victories against Concordia Hamburg , Eintracht Nordhorn and TSV Havelse were all canceled due to the use of Hans Kubsch, who switched from Concordia Hamburg to VfB in the previous season and was not eligible to play. In addition to the deduction of points in the promotion round to the Oberliga Nord, VfB Lübeck was also deducted eight points for the following season in the amateur league Schleswig-Holstein. This meant that VfB not only missed the qualification for the promotion round, but also fell behind their local rivals Phoenix for the first time in a long time.

In 1957, VfB managed to return to the Oberliga Nord: He started the promotion round with wins over Peine and Salzgitter and a draw against Sperber Hamburg, and thus got five out of six points from the first half of the season. However, after losing to Salzgitter and Sperber Hamburg, the Hanseatic League gambled away their good starting position; they therefore had to beat VfB Peine on the last day of the match. In front of almost 10,000 spectators, Karl-Heinz Schröder scored the decisive goal in the 83rd minute.

In addition to VfB Lübeck, LBV Phönix rose in the other group, so that there was again a derby between the two clubs from Lübeck in the major league. At the end of the season, the two clubs not only fought for the position as number 1 in Lübeck, but also for the fourteenth place in a long-distance duel, which entitled them to stay in the league. While VfB lost against Altona 93 on the last match day, Phoenix Lübeck reached a draw against Bremerhaven 93, which meant that VfB was relegated to the Schleswig-Holstein amateur league again. This season, however, VfB achieved some major successes, including an 8-3 victory over Werder Bremen. Hamburger SV was also defeated 3-1 ; Arthur Leipert, Rolf Oberbeck and Walter Gawletta scored the goals. The 3-1 win over Hamburger SV, who competed with a number of well-known national players, is VfB's only victory to date over the record champions of the Oberliga Nord.

After the club had played several times in the amateur league Schleswig-Holstein, he was able to rise to the first class in 1962 for the last time. Because it was clear early on that VfB would not qualify for the Bundesliga, VfB's final season of the Oberliga Nord was only about direct qualification for the Regionalliga Nord, which would henceforth form the second division. Although VfB missed the direct qualification, it was then able to prevail in a relegation round with clubs from the amateur leagues.

1963–1974: Establishment in the regional league

Away game against Holstein Kiel (1: 1), October 22, 1966

From 1963 to 1974 VfB Lübeck played continuously in the Regionalliga Nord, which after the founding of the Bundesliga formed the second division for teams from Schleswig-Holstein , Bremen , Hamburg and Lower Saxony . After VfB had just qualified for the regional league through the promotion round, the goal could initially only be to establish itself in this league. In the premiere season 1963/64, the team was able to establish itself early in midfield after a good first half of the season, with Gerd Gretzler and Alfred Bornemann in particular making an important contribution with a total of 23 goals this season. Only through a negative series of seven games without a win, the Lübeckers were passed through to 14th place, but at the end of the season they still had a lead of four points on the relegation ranks.

The goal of establishing itself in the regional league was finally achieved in the following three seasons, in which the team was able to establish itself in midfield. This was achieved on the one hand by the fact that VfB showed constant performance and failed to lose major series of defeats, but on the other hand also through one of the best defensive rows in the league: The team had the third best defense in 1965/66 and the sixth best the following year .

For the 1968/69 season , VfB signed the coach Kurt Krause , who had previously coached FC St. Pauli. After a successful start, VfB was able to hold onto a promoted position for a long time for the first time and with a 3-1 win against FC St. Pauli, which ended up just one point behind VfB, it was enough for second place in the table. This secured VfB its first participation in the Bundesliga promotion round , which was held in two groups of five teams each. The most successful goalscorer this season was Otto Harz, who scored 18 goals. In the promotion round, however, VfB Lübeck took last place: After a home defeat against SV Alsenborn , VfB had to give up Hertha Zehlendorf with two goals in the final minutes of the game in Berlin, so that the first place, the promotion to the Bundesliga had justified, was barely achievable after just two match days. After two defeats against the later promoted Oberhausen, Freiburg FC and the second leg defeat against Alsenborn, VfB Lübeck only scored the first and only point on the last matchday with a 4: 4 against Hertha Zehlendorf .

The team did not manage to build on the good performances of the runner-up season in the period that followed. VfB was able to achieve another success in the following season, in which they could achieve third place. Despite a win and a draw, he ended up one point behind the later promotion round participant FC St. Pauli .

Some time later, VfB Lübeck got into financial difficulties despite good audience numbers, which threatened the club for a short time. In addition to high debts that had been accumulated in previous years, VfB was temporarily unable to pay some player salaries, which meant that Siegfried Bronnert, who had switched to VfB together with coach Krause, went back to FC St. Pauli. In 1972, with the help of sponsors, a new club management was able to avert the impending bankruptcy and secured VfB the license for the regional league. The main reasons for the financial difficulties were organizational problems in the association's board, which ensured that responsibilities were unclear and sponsors were lost to the association.

In addition to the financial difficulties, VfB also deteriorated in terms of sport. In the last season of the Regionalliga, 1973/74, they did not qualify for the newly introduced 2nd Bundesliga , which, however, would not have been possible due to the financial situation. Since the VfB occupied one of the last places, he missed the direct qualification for the new Amateur Oberliga Nord and had to go into a relegation round with some third division clubs. In this round, however, the team failed clearly.

VfB Lübeck had to relegate to the Schleswig-Holstein state league and therefore only played fourth class for the first time, although Lübeck had not been third class once in its history.

1974–1993: Between the association league and the amateur league

Between 1974 and 1977 VfB initially only played in the Schleswig-Holstein State League. In the first season Lübeck won the championship just before VfR Neumünster , but could not move up to the league. In the following season, the team took only third place, only after the championship in the 1976/77 season, the VfB finally made promotion to the third-class amateur league north.

Lübeck then stayed in the top league for a few years, was temporarily in the secured midfield and in some years was also considered a "secret favorite" for promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga. In 1983, VfB had to go back to the fourth level, the Schleswig-Holstein Association League. In the following ten years, VfB Lübeck played in this league, although it was one of the top favorites for promotion from the mid-80s, but failed under coach Peter Nogly in several promotion rounds between 1986 and 1992. In 1988, VfB lost the last Matchday against SFL Bremerhaven and thus missed the direct qualification for the league as second in the table. the subsequent relegation game at VfL Herzlake lost the team 3-1.

In 1988 there was also one of the best-known duels between VfB Lübeck and local rivals Phönix Lübeck in Lübeck: In front of 2,600 spectators on the Lohmühle, VfB defeated the local rivals 7: 5, which meant that the club qualified for the promotion round. After a balanced first half, VfB was able to increase from 2: 2 to 5: 3 after the break with goals from Brunner and Behnert. After Phönix was able to equalize the score in the 82nd and 87th minute, the green-whites managed again to gain a 2-goal lead in stoppage time with goals from Cekala and Brunner, in order to score the points and win the derby to fetch.

In the promotion round after the 1988/89 season, VfB failed after a good start with three wins from four games at the end at TuS Esens , in 1990 VfB even finished last in the promotion round. After Lübeck had always finished the season with at least 2nd place in previous years, VfB slipped in 1991 to 8th place in the fourth-class Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein. In the following year, however, VfB again took first place with several points ahead and made it into the promotion round, which was held in two groups of four teams each during this time, as in the 1950s. There the promotion finally succeeded through a goal by Thomas Schlumberger in the 88th minute with 1-0. VfB ended up tied in the final table, but with the two goals better goal difference in front of the Lower Saxony club BV Cloppenburg and returned to the Oberliga Nord after a 10-year absence.

During the association's league days, VfB also reduced the debts it had accumulated in previous years by relying more on local players and making savings. Thanks to the many championships it has won without making it up, VfB Lübeck finally became the record champions of the top division in Schleswig-Holstein in its association league days. In the all-time table of the Schleswig-Holstein Association League, VfB is ninth after 20 years of play.

1993–2004: return to professional football

After returning to the Oberliga Nord, the 1993/94 season was about qualifying for the new four-track regional league, which VfB easily achieved with ninth place. Contrary to what was originally intended, separate squadrons were formed in the area of ​​the North German Football Association and the Northeast German Football Association , which meant that the Regionalliga Nord was practically the continuation of the Oberliga Nord. In the following season in the Regionalliga Nord, which at that time still had a secure promotion place in the single-track 2. Bundesliga, VfB surprisingly mixed in with the top group and secured with a 6-0 win over TuS Hoisdorf and a simultaneous defeat of the promotion competitor VfL Osnabrück promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. Until the end of the 2016/17 season, VfB was the only team in the Schleswig-Holstein Football Association to play in the single-track 2nd Bundesliga; for the 2017/18 season, Holstein Kiel was also promoted to the single-track 2nd Bundesliga. In order to meet the requirements for the 2nd league, major renovations were carried out on the stadium for the first time by replacing an older standing grandstand with a new seating grandstand with VIP boxes. Some of the loans taken out at this time are partly responsible for the fact that the association later had to file for bankruptcy.

After a good start to the second division season 1995/96 , VfB had nothing to do with the relegation battle for a long time and defeated several top clubs such as the later champions and Bundesliga promoted VfL Bochum , especially at the beginning of the season . However, after a somewhat weaker second half of the season, the team only secured relegation on the penultimate matchday with a win against Carl Zeiss Jena. The 1996/97 season, on the other hand, was much worse than in the previous year: The team could not leave the relegation ranks from the eleventh game day, but stayed in 15th place, which gave the club chances of staying up until the 33rd game day let. On the 33rd matchday, however, the green-whites lost to their direct relegation competitor FSV Zwickau , so that VfB was relegated to the regional league at the end of the round.

In the next seasons, the team with players like Markus Kullig or Daniel Bärwolf , who was top scorer in the Regionalliga in 1999 and 2000, was one of the favorites for promotion, but missed it. The 1999 season was particularly bitter for VfB, when Lübeck missed promotion (or participation in the relegation against the representative of the Regionalliga Nordost) due to a defeat at arch rivals Holstein Kiel. On the previous day of the match, VfB had defeated the eventual regional league champions VfL Osnabrück , displacing them from the top. It was not until 2002 that VfB succeeded in returning to the 2nd Bundesliga as champions of the northern season of the now two-track regional league, which now comprised clubs from the associations of northern Germany, northeastern Germany and western Germany. On the penultimate matchday, VfB Lübeck defeated Chemnitzer FC 2-1 in front of 11,500 spectators and, despite a defeat at Dresdner SC, could not be displaced from the promotion spot .

Similar to the first two seasons in the 2nd Bundesliga, the first season went almost perfectly for VfB. The northernmost second division had secured relegation ten points ahead of Eintracht Braunschweig, and a sold-out stadium was reported for the first time in a 6-0 win against FC St. Pauli. VfB was now number 2 behind HSV in the two northernmost federal states.

In the 2003/04 season, VfB managed to defeat champions Nuremberg and runner-up Arminia Bielefeld, but a poor second half of the season led to relegation to the regional league. After seven games without a win at the end of the season, VfB, which was sixth on matchday 20, was passed through to the relegation zone. In the end, the club occupied the penultimate place in the back round table and with only four home wins also the last place in the home table. Nevertheless, VfB also achieved one of the greatest successes in the club's history this year. By participating in the semi-finals of the DFB Cup 2003/04 , which he lost 3-2 after extra time at Werder Bremen, he achieved the best result for a team from Schleswig-Holstein in the German Cup.

2004–2020: seasons in the regional league and bankruptcies

For the 2004/05 season , VfB had to return to the third-class regional league. VfB narrowly missed the immediate resurgence. After being in first place on matchday 35, VfB lost their home game against Fortuna Düsseldorf . As a result, the competitors Eintracht Braunschweig and SC Paderborn passed VfB, which had no game on matchday 37. On the last day of the match, Lübeck had to hope for the help of the reserve teams from VfL Wolfsburg and Arminia Bielefeld , who met Paderborn and Braunschweig respectively. VfB defeated Chemnitzer FC in the last game , but this was not enough to push one of the two clubs from the promotion places, as both Paderborn and Braunschweig won.

In the following season, VfB Lübeck occupied first or second place in the table for almost the entire first half of the season, but fell back to third or fourth place for a long time in the second half and had no chance due to a defeat on matchday 37 at Holstein Kiel on the last matchday on the rise. After the 2006/07 season had been disappointing with a ninth place for the club, the sporting success failed again in 2007/08 , so that Lübeck could not qualify for the new 3rd division and thus fell back into the fourth division.

The managing director of VfB, Jürgen Springer, stated on December 18, 2007 that there had been a “drastic drop in spectators” and that it was being checked whether the club should only play in the Schleswig-Holstein League from the following season. According to information from the Lübeck Local Court , VfB Lübeck filed for bankruptcy at the beginning of April 2008 . In November 2009 the main creditors should agree to an insolvency plan drawn up by the insolvency administrator. The Lübeck citizenship - the city of Lübeck is one of the main creditors - postponed a decision on the approval of the insolvency plan for the time being until the end of January 2010. The insolvency plan was adopted on February 15, 2010.

Despite the financial problems, VfB Lübeck received the license for the fourth-class regional league in summer 2008 and took eighth place in the 2008/09 season . In this season, VfB started with three games without winning points, after which they were able to start a winning streak, but never significantly break away from the relegation ranks. Relegation was only finally secured on the 33rd match day with a 3-0 win over the second team from Hannover 96. In the following season, VfB took ninth place: After a series of several unbeaten games at the beginning of the season, they briefly belonged to the top group, before eight winless games in a row called the achievement of the season's goal (relegation) into question. However, VfB then played the second half of the season without any significant series, so that in the end a secure midfield position was achieved. The same happened in the following season.

In 2010/11 VfB played for the first time for promotion to the third division, but missed it as third place behind Chemnitzer FC and VfL Wolfsburg II. In 2012, Lübeck took 11th place in the lower middle of the table and qualified for the new introduced NFV regional league.

On November 5, 2012, the VfB board had to file for insolvency again at the Lübeck district court . The club was plagued by a debt level of 450,000 euros , which would have grown to 700,000 euros by the end of the season if no investor had been found. In this case, VfB would have been the first to be relegated from the NFV regional league. On December 19, 2012, the club announced that several sponsors and donors had agreed to initially provide an amount of € 150,000 to cover the costs of running the game from January 2013. There would also be donations from fans amounting to € 18,000. In addition, a conversation with the association led to the result that you were determined to be relegated at the end of the current season. On January 1, 2013, insolvency proceedings were finally opened at the Lübeck District Court. As a result, all games of the 2012/13 season were removed from the rating and VfB had to be relegated to the Schleswig-Holstein League. There they became champions the following season by a large margin and returned to the regional league via the promotion round. There VfB surprisingly finished seventh in the first season after the direct re-promotion. In the 2015/16 season he was in danger of relegation, which led to Denny Skwierczynski's dismissal in April 2016. Under his successor Michael Hopp, who took over the team until the end of the season, VfB finished the season with 45 points, six points ahead of the relegation ranks, in 7th place. VfB won the state cup by beating ETSV Weiche Flensburg and qualified for the DFB cup .

For the 2016/17 season , the Austrian Rolf Martin Landerl , who played for VfB from 2009 to 2011, took over the team. In the first round of the cup they were eliminated from the second division club FC St. Pauli . Landerl finished 4th in his first season in the Regionalliga Nord. At the beginning of the 2017/18 season , Stefan Schnoor was hired as sports director. As in the previous year, VfB took 4th place. In the 2018/19 season they were runner-up in the northern season with 3 points behind the second team of VfL Wolfsburg . After the draw in a direct duel with Wolfsburg at the end of November, they were 12 points behind the second representation, but did not lose a game until the end of the season (11 wins, 3 draws) and ended the season with 74 points, making them the best runner-up to date since the regional league reform in 2012. With a win against SC Weiche Flensburg 08 , they won the state cup for the first time since 2016 and qualified for the DFB Cup .

In the 2019/20 season, VfB was most often at the top of the table and was able to score points against the direct competition from Bremen, Kiel and Flensburg; against the direct pursuer Wolfsburg II a victory succeeded, but it also had to accept a defeat. On May 22, 2020, the NFV league association decided to end the season that had already been canceled in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic , at which time Lübeck was first in the table. The association also named the club as a newcomer to the 3rd division , as the Northern season provided a direct climber this season.

Since 2020: Present in professional football

With promotion to the 3rd division , VfB Lübeck will be back in full professional football in the 2020/21 season after 16 years. At the end of August, the state cup final was made up against the league club SV Todesfelde , which VfB lost 3-2 and therefore missed entry into the DFB Cup .

VfB Lübeck in the DFB Cup

VfB Lübeck has qualified for the main round of the DFB Cup a total of 21 times since it was first held and played a total of 32 games there. The club survived the first round eight times, once it made it to the semi-finals and narrowly missed the finals and participation in an international competition.

As early as 1954, the then second-class Lübeck qualified for the German Cup. In front of 15,000 spectators in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, the team defeated the Berlin club Spandauer SV 2-1 after extra time and reached the second round. At half-time she was surprisingly ahead of the southern upper division VfB Stuttgart , but had to admit defeat to the Stuttgart team 1: 5 due to late goals.

It was not until 20 years later, in the 1974/75 season, that VfB was able to qualify again for a second round with a 3-1 win over FC Bayern Munich's second team, in which it lost 6-0 to FK Pirmasens .

MSV Duisburg plays a special role in the history of the VfB Lübeck cup : In 1997, 2001 and 2003 the club had to admit defeat to Duisburg in the first rounds after extra time or penalty shoot-outs. In 2010/11 the MSV made another guest appearance at the Lohmühle, this time they were already defeated by the zebras in regular time with 0: 2.

In the 2003/04 cup season, the team defeated Eintracht Rheine 2-0 after extra time, FC St. Pauli 3-2 after extra time, Bundesliga club SC Freiburg 1-0 and the then regional team TSG Hoffenheim on the way to the semi-finals with 1: 0. It was followed by Lospech; VfB had to play away at Werder Bremen, was able to keep up for a surprisingly long time and force the future German champions into extra time. But after the Lübeck leadership, SV Werder turned the game. However, the 3: 2 by Nelson Valdez was controversial , which, according to VfB trainer Dieter Hecking, came about through a handball.

In the 2008/09 season, the now fourth-class club won the state cup 2-1 after extra time over VfR Neumünster. In the first round in 2009 he was drawn to 1. FSV Mainz 05 , which the green-whites surprisingly beat 2-1 after extra time. In the second round they were able to defend a 1-0 lead against VfB Stuttgart for a long time and had a good chance of expanding their lead. After the Stuttgart equalizer towards the end of the game, they were able to prevail 3-1 in extra time. In the 2012/13 season they were drawn with Eintracht Braunschweig, a long-time league rival to whom they lost 3-0. In the 2015/16 season they lost to Bundesliga relegated SC Paderborn 07 after a 1-0 break at the end with 1: 2.

League affiliation

In the history of the club, VfB Lübeck has never shed its capacity as an elevator team and between 1933 and 2020 spent a total of 23 years in the first class, 22 in the second class, 17 in the third class, 24 in the fourth class and one year in the fifth class. The club changed its league affiliation a total of 21 times and was passed from second to fourth class twice within a very short time. In contrast, the club once managed to move up from fourth to second class within two years. With 31 seasons now, VfB is the club in the DFB division that has spent most of its time in the various regional leagues (as of the 2018/19 season).

successes

• District class champion 1927, 1928, 1929
• Nordmark Master 1928
• Champion of the Lübeck / Mecklenburg district league in 1924
• District champion (top division) 1946
• Participation in the promotion round to the Bundesliga in 1969
• Champion of the third-rate Regionalliga Nord 1995, 2002
• Promotion to the single-track 2nd Bundesliga in 1995, 2002
• Champion of the fourth-class Regionalliga Nord 2020
• Promotion to the 3rd division in 2020
• Semi-finals in the DFB Cup against Werder Bremen in 2004
• State cup winner Schleswig-Holstein 1956, 1987, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019
• Regional cup winners Northern Germany 1954, 1966, 1967
• SHFV indoor champion 1999, 2000, 2011
• With 12 championships, VfB is the record champion of the Schleswig-Holstein League.

As VfR Lübeck, Police Lübeck or Alemannia Lübeck, predecessor clubs of VfB Lübeck also regularly took part in North German championships.

Former coaches and players

All previous coaches of VfB Lübeck are listed in the list of VfB Lübeck coaches . All players who have played for the club since 1994 are listed in the list of players at VfB Lübeck .

VfB Lübeck II

In contrast to many other clubs, VfB Lübeck did not have a U23 for a few years, but a U21 . A second team from VfB Lübeck played in 1970/71 as the only junior team in the Schleswig-Holstein State League this season, but had to be relegated immediately. After the team was able to return to the Association League after two promotions in 2001/02, it was able to win the Association League Schleswig-Holstein for the first time in 2004 and rose to the fourth-class Oberliga Nord. With only 5 wins, the team was immediately relegated from the fourth division. In the following season it was only enough for a midfield place in the fifth-class association league, in the following year the Lübeck U21 took 3rd place. Since none of the teams standing in front of VfB II applied for or had been granted a license, VfB II was allowed to play again fourth class Oberliga Nord move up (2006/07).

In that season, a second team from VfB Lübeck met the first team of their big rival Holstein Kiel for the first time. Although the U21s of VfB Lübeck won both games, in the end, like in the 2004/05 season, they only occupied the penultimate place and were relegated to the newly created Schleswig-Holstein League. Here the team was able to keep the class between 2008 and 2011 without any problems (the best result was fourth place in the 2010/11 season) and was the youngest team in the league in each of the three seasons.

In the course of the club's second insolvency, the U21s had to relegate to the sixth-class Association League South-East for the 2013/14 season.

In the 2017/2018 season, the newly formed U23 was able to climb back into the five-class league with an almost perfect season under coach Serkan Rinal.

More teams

The U19s will play in the A-Jugend-Bundesliga in the 2013/14 season. Since the first German A youth championship in 1969 (with U18 teams, from 2001 with U19 teams), VfB's A juniors have represented the SHFV six times (1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983) and are in this regard before VfB Kiel and Holstein Kiel with three times each. The greatest success was reaching the quarter-finals in 1983, which was lost to 1. FC Kaiserslautern .

In addition to the U19s, the U17s also play in the second-rate Regionalliga Nord. After the U17 won the championship in the Schleswig-Holstein League in 2006/07, they have been in the league since 2007 and were relegated to the Bundesliga in 2011 and 2013. In 1998 she won the North German B-Youth Championship and is one of three teams from Schleswig-Holstein at all (The A-Juniors from Phönix Lübeck and the C-Juniors from Holstein Kiel were North Champions in 1964 and 1984, respectively), which succeeded in the youth field . At the federal level, on the other hand, they only took part twice in the German B youth championship (1979, 1984), so VfB is behind VfB Kiel (three) and Holstein Kiel (eight) in terms of the number of participations.

The U15 has been among the participants in the first-class Regionalliga Nord several times,

In addition to the second team, there has been a 3rd men's team since 2008, which is seventh-class for the 2013/14 season and since 2014 there has also been a fourth men's team, which is tenth-class for the 2014/15 season and has been an old men's team for a long time. In the youth sector, VfB also reports other youth teams below the C-Juniors.

→ Data on the German championships of the A and B juniors with the participation of VfB Lübeck

In 2011 VfB entered into a cooperation with the women's football club FFC Oldesloe 2000 , so that it was allowed to play its home games at the Lübeck Buniamshof in 2011/12 and had the VfB logo on its jersey. The plan was to integrate the FFC's second division team into VfB Lübeck for the 2012/13 season, but this was discarded in January 2012.

Rivalries and relationships with other clubs

During the history of VfB, a total of two clubs were considered great rivals of the green-whites. On the one hand the 1. FC Phönix Lübeck, on the other hand Holstein Kiel. The rivalry with Phoenix resulted primarily from the question of number one in Lübeck. Phönix Lübeck clearly had this status until the 1930s, when the Lübeck police force was stronger overall in the Gauliga Nordmark. After the war, Phoenix and VfB met more often for the first time, although VfB was able to play a class higher in these years, for example in the second-rate regional league in a few years. After VfB was only fourth class, there were a large number of derbies in the Schleswig-Holstein Association League until VfB was promoted to the Amateur Oberliga Nord and the clubs have not met since then. Overall, the balance against Phönix is ​​positive. A special duel was, among other things, a 7-5 victory for VfB in the association league.

A rivalry between Holstein Kiel and VfB Lübeck only arose after the war, when the two clubs increasingly clashed. In the direct duel, the balance of the Lübeckers looks negative, especially in the direct clashes in the state cup, the Lübeckers could rarely win a victory over the Holsteiners. Special duels between the clubs were a 2-1 win by Holstein Kiel on the last day of the 1999 season with which the Kielers prevented the rise of VfB Lübeck, as well as a 5-2 victory for VfB in the 2001/02 season. The main reason for the emergence of the rivalry was the question of number one in Schleswig-Holstein; after the war, with a few exceptions, this was either VfB Lübeck or Holstein Kiel. After the role of number one in the state changed more frequently after the end of the war, Holstein Kiel (most of the 1950s, 1970s and 1980s) and VfB Lübeck (most of the 1990s and 2000s) were able to play this role for longer Take time.

Overview of the best placed team in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein

In the club's history, FC St. Pauli, with whom they fought for the promotion to the Bundesliga in 1969, was a bigger rival and occasionally also a derby opponent. In particular, a 6-0 win of the regional league promoted VfB against the Bundesliga relegated St. Pauli from the second division season 2002/03 is worth mentioning, because the Lohmühle, which was converted in the 1990s, was officially sold out for the first time. Games against other clubs (or their amateur teams) from the federal states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are sometimes also referred to as northern derby or small northern derby and generally ensure good audience numbers , but do not have the sporting value of the three aforementioned matches. The same applies to games against ambitious teams from Schleswig-Holstein, especially against VfR Neumünster, Itzehoer SV, Eutin 08 and Heider SV.

→ Data on all games against Holstein Kiel , 1. FC Phönix Lübeck and FC St. Pauli

Despite the fact that the venues of the two clubs are not far from each other and thus in some cases a competitive situation for viewer income arises, there is between the VfB and the handball second division VfL Lübeck-Schwartau (until 2017 in handball under the club name VfL Bad Schwartau ) a friendly relationship. The soccer and handball clubs work closely together in many areas. Fan friendship with Hamburger SV also exists. This is also due to the fact that many HSV fans come from the Lübeck area and are close to both clubs. In addition, since the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963 , the two clubs have not met in a competitive game, so there is no direct sporting competition. Since 1963, Hamburger SV has only played in friendly matches against VfB Lübeck at the Lohmühle , which have always had a high number of spectators, as the audience from Lübeck wanted to experience the "stars" of HSV up close. In addition, Hamburger SV has already played its own friendly matches in the Lübeck stadium, for example in July 2010 against Juventus Turin or in August 2014 against Lazio Rome . In April 2013, the HSV took on the Lohmühle against VfB to a "rescue game", which laid a "foundation stone for the rescue" of VfB Lübeck. Together with the HSV fans, VfB “shares” the rivalry with Holstein Kiel and FC St. Pauli .

First team

Current squad 2020/21

• As of August 21, 2020

No.	Nat.	Surname	Birthday (age)	At VfB since *	Contract until
goal
01		Benjamin Gommert	0May 1, 1985 (35)	2017	2021
23		Michael Luyambula	0June 8, 1999 (21)	2020	2021
32		Lukas Raeder	Dec 30, 1993 (26)	2019	2021
Defense
02		Tim Weißmann	0June 2, 1997 (23)	2017	2021
14th		Soeren Lippert	0Oct 9, 1999 (20)	2019	2022
17th		Tommy Grupe	29 Mar 1992 (28)	2018	2022
21st		Tim Kircher	10 Mar 1999 (21)	2020	2021
27		Nico Rieble	22 Aug 1995 (25)	2020	2021
39		Florian Riedel	0Apr 9, 1990 (30)	2018	2021
midfield
05		Dren Feka	0June 9, 1997 (23)	2020	2021
06th		Elsamed Ramaj	Apr 26, 1996 (24)	2020	2021
07th		Morten Rudiger	June 13, 1995 (25)	2020	2021
08th		Sven Mende	Jan 18, 1994 (26)	2016	2021
10		Yannick Deichmann	Aug 13, 1994 (26)	2017	2021
13		Marvin Thiel	Jan 29, 1995 (25)	2012	2021
16		Ryan Malone	Aug 11, 1992 (28)	2019	2021
18th		Thorben Deters	Aug 20, 1995 (25)	2020	2021
20th		Osarenren Okungbowa	May 13, 1994 (26)	2020	2021
31		Mirko Boland	Apr 23, 1987 (33)	2020	2022
Storm
11		Nicolas Hebisch	26th Mar 1990 (30)	2019	2021
19th		Jamie Shalom	Oct 11, 2001 (18)		2022
34		Patrick Hobsch	Oct 10, 1994 (25)	2018	2021
		Martin Röser	Aug 13, 1990 (30)	2020	2021

^* individual players beforehand in their own offspring

Squad changes 2020/21

(Changes to the squad within the men's area are not taken into account)

Accesses
Time *	player	Transferring club
Summer 2020	Mirko Boland	Adelaide United
	Thorben Deters	Lueneburg SK Hansa
	Dren Feka	SV Drochtersen / Assel
	Tim Kircher	Karlsruher SC
	Michael Luyambula	Birmingham City
	Osarenren Okungbowa	Floridsdorfer AC
	Nico Rieble	Hansa Rostock
	Martin Röser	Karlsruher SC
	Jamie Shalom	own A-Juniors (U19)

Departures
Time *	player	Receiving club
Summer 2020	Ahmet Arslan	Contract end → Holstein Kiel
	Corvin Bock	1. FC Phoenix Lübeck
	Hendrik Bombek	Altona 93
	Zeki Erkılınç	Contract end → FC Gießen
	Miguel Fernandes	End of contract
	Daniel Halke	Contract end → FC Schönberg 95
	Dennis Hoins	End of career
	Dongsu Kim	End of contract → FC Anyang
	Krešimir Matovina	End of contract
	Fabio Parduhn	Contract end → FC Teutonia 05 Ottensen
	Malte Schuchardt	End of contract
	Lucas Will	FSV Optik Rathenow

^*Due to the postponement of the end of the 2019/20 season and the start of the 2020/21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the DFB, together with the DFL and in consultation with FIFA, adjusted the summer transfer period (generally July 1 to August 31). The transfer window is open on July 1st (changeover period I.1) and from July 15 to October 5, 2020 (changeover period I.2). The first, one-day phase is intended in particular for the registration of contracts that have already been concluded starting on July 1st.

Coaching staff

function	Surname	since
Head coach	Rolf Martin Landerl	2016
Assistant coach	Lukas Pfeiffer	2020
Assistant coach	Thorsten Grümmer	2015
Goalkeeping coach	Walter Franta	2018

Venues

→ Main article : Lohmühle (stadium)

The VfB football department uses the sports facility on the Lohmühle . While the youth teams and the second and third men's teams mostly use the side seats, the VfB regional league team mainly plays in the stadium. For special games, such as duels with the reserve team from Holstein Kiel or games in the former Oberliga Nord, the second team also moves to the stadium.

The stadium has a capacity of 17,849 spectators, 5,109 of which are covered. It was originally built soon after the Vorwärts ball game club was founded in 1919. From 1933 the stadium was used by the VfB forerunner of the Lübeck Order Police, and shortly afterwards the Lohmühle was the only stadium used by the SVP. The biggest renovation work on the stadium was carried out after the first promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga: The club had to meet safety requirements and also rebuilt the main grandstand, which had been in existence since 1936, with which VIP boxes were also built.

Until the thirties, the SG Ordnungspolizei Lübeck used the Kasernenbrink sports facility in particular, which the club had rebuilt in previous years so that it could be used by the Gauliga. The club had to leave the sports facility shortly after 1933 at the urging of the Wehrmacht . In addition, in 1931/32 the club bought the "Wilhelmshöhe" stadium for 3,000 marks from VfR Lübeck, which had then joined, and continued to own a sports field on a former barracks yard on Fackenburger Allee . After 1945 these stadiums or places were either destroyed or passed into the possession of other clubs. In the more recent past, the VfB footballers also used the Buniamshof stadium .

The badminton department and table tennis department play in various, mostly small, sports halls in the Hanseatic city. The badminton department currently uses both the Gotthard-Kühl-Schule sports hall and the Hansehalle , which is the largest hall in Lübeck. The Hansehalle is a few hundred meters away from the stadium at the Lohmühle and is also used by VfL Lübeck-Schwartau in the 2nd handball league. The table tennis department plays its home games in different sports halls.

Table tennis

overview

The men's team played in the 2nd table tennis Bundesliga since 1981/82 . In 1988/89 the club was promoted to the 1st Bundesliga for the first time, but was only able to stay here for a year. The most successful times for the men are the 1990s, when they won the ETTU Cup twice and played in the Bundesliga for several years. The women also achieved several successes: In addition to two German championships in 1997 and 1998, they also won the European Table Tennis Cup once. The club, which currently plays in the association league, called itself Team Galaxis Lübeck for a short time in the 1990s .

history

In 1937 the table tennis department was founded within the Lübeck Police Association. From 1940 there was a women's team. Karl-Heinz Eckardt , who was also President of the DTTB , and Jupp Schlaf were instrumental in setting up the department .

In 1950 and 1988 the men won the North German team championship, the team in 1950 consisted of Missunas, Kiese, Upmanis, Dworatzek, Schlaf , Franz Klünder and Boss.

From the mid-1950s, the women's team dominated the club. Although Hannelore Schlaf had followed her husband Jupp to Frankfurt (and there was German team champion with Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1950s ), the Lübeck women continued to be among the most successful teams in Schleswig-Holstein. When the Oberliga Nord for women was founded in 1959, however, they could not qualify. It was not until 1967 that he was promoted to the North German elite class for a year before he was promoted again. Although the team was able to achieve second place behind the TTK Grün-Weiß from Kiel , Jutta Trapp (back to TSC Berlin 1893 ) and Annegret Steffien (to TTC Ramsharde in Flensburg) left the club after the season, which then left the club deregistered because no adequate replacement could be committed. Shortly afterwards, the men reported higher demands again: After relegation in the 1960/61 season, the first team in 1971 succeeded in being promoted to the men's upper league. The Lübeckers were able to stay here for three years until they were relegated in 1974.

Then it took seven years - in the meantime (1976) the sports journalist Uwe Freise had become department head - until VfB played second class again. In 1981 he was promoted to the second table tennis league . The Lübeck-based company soon established itself as one of the leading teams in Schleswig-Holstein. With players like Jaroslav Kunz and Liang Geliang , VfB Lübeck was able to play its way to the top of the second division. In the 1986/87 season there was a head-to-head race with Germania Schnelsen from Hamburg. The first leg in Lübeck's Hansehalle ended in a draw and both teams had certainly won all other games, so that the second leg in Hamburg had to decide on the championship. In front of 2,400 spectators in the sports hall in Wandsbek , the Schnelsener had the better end for themselves and rose to the Bundesliga.

Olga Nemes played for the Lübeckers from 1995 to 2000 and was part of the championship and European cup winners team

But a year later, the Bundesliga rose unchallenged. In 1991 the department was called VfB-TT in VfB Lübeck and became independent. In the same year the team won the DTTB Cup. In 1992 Lübeck won the ETTU Cup against Falkenbergs BTK . On June 8, 1995 the next name change took place in Team Galaxis Lübeck (after the sponsor Galaxis, a sales company for satellite systems). At the end of the 1996/97 season, he was relegated to the 2nd league. Lübeck sued in a civil court in vain against this descent; it complained about a distortion of competition by the association TTF Bad Honnef , which revoked an announced withdrawal. Lübeck rose again immediately, but financial problems arose. Thereupon Peter Franz and Ni Xialian left the club. The 2nd men's team, which had made it to the 2nd Bundesliga, was withdrawn. Manager Uwe Freise resigned in August 1998. At the beginning of 1999 the club separated from the sponsor Team Galaxis and called itself again "VfB Lübeck".

In the meantime, the ladies were able to make a name for themselves again. They rose in 1985 to the Hamburg / Schleswig-Holstein Oberliga and in 1988 to the Regionalliga Nord . In the mid-1990s they reached the 1st Bundesliga and were German champions in 1997 with the line-up of Chen Jing , Olga Nemes , Alena Suchanek and Diana Bakker. In 1998 they won the European Cup , one of the most important titles in table tennis, by beating the Hungarian team Statisztika Metalloglobus with 4: 1, 1: 4 and 4: 3. After some significant successes, the club withdrew the team from the 2nd Bundesliga in 2002, despite a second place this season. The first men's team currently plays in the Schleswig-Holstein Association League, the women's team was re-established in 2005 and is currently playing in the Landesliga Süd.

Successful teams

title	player
TT Intercup 1990	Wang Yansheng , Colum Slevin, Roland Krmaschek
German Cup 1991	Wang Yansheng, Peter Franz , Colum Slevin
ETTU Cup 1992	Wang Yansheng, Peter Franz, Roland Krmaschek
ETTU Cup 1994	Wang Yansheng, Peter Franz, Roland Krmaschek, Joseph Hong
German champion 1997	Chen Jing , Olga Nemes , Alena Suchanek , Diana Bakker
German champion 1998	Chen Jing, Olga Nemes, Alena Suchanek, Diana Bakker
European Champion Clubs' Cup 1998	Chen Jing, Olga Nemes, Alena Suchanek, Diana Bakker

badminton

history

VfB Lübeck was one of the pioneers in badminton in Germany. In particular at the beginning of the 1960s, VfB achieved great success. After three runner-up championships between 1959 and 1962, the Lübeck team with the players Jürgen Jipp, Ulrich Adler, Uwe Schicketanz, Manfred Puck, Annelie Hennen and Bärbel Wichmann brought the German team championship to the Hanseatic city for the first time. Furthermore, the VfB women's doubles from Annelie Hennen and Bärbel Wichmann twice, and the men's doubles from Jürgen Jipp and Manfred Puck once won the German championship. Both the women's and the men's doubles were able to win several runners-up championships up to 1964.

After 1964, VfB drew attention to itself primarily through its youth work: in the 1960s and 1970s, youth players won several championships in both men and women in the U18 and U22 areas. Above all, Joachim Schulz should be mentioned here, who was able to win several championships between 1972 and 1976 both in the U18 and U22 singles and in the respective doubles competitions. After only a few successes were recorded in the 1980s and 1990s, the VfB players have been able to win several youth championships since 2000.

In 2008/09 VfB Lübeck formed a syndicate with TSV Trittau and took part in the regional league, in which the SG took second place. After the syndicate was dissolved, TSV Trittau took its place in the regional league.

successes

Further and former departments

BSV Forward Lübeck

In addition to the departments that exist today, there have been other departments in the course of the club's history, some of which only existed for a short time, but some of which were also able to achieve national and important successes in the respective sport. Before the war, BSV Lübeck provided one of the best batting teams in Northern Germany, which was able to win the Lübeck district championship almost continuously and also took part in national championships. The same was achieved by the fistball team of the BSV, which reached the final of the German national championship in 1928. The workers' sports club also played an important role in some disciplines of athletics, such as the shot put and discus throw, in which representatives could also be sent to the national championship. Due to its numerous successes, Vorwärts Lübeck was able to establish itself as number two in the Lübeck district and also competed in many sports with the ATSV Lübeck, which was considered number one in Lübeck workers' sports.

Since 1926, the club had in addition to the men's department, a women's department, the members of which were mostly active in fistball and various disciplines of athletics. In some branches there were also a few school and youth teams.

Ordnungspolizei Lübeck and VfB Lübeck

Before the war, almost exclusively the football and boxing departments at the police sports club were able to achieve notable successes: in 1931, the members of the Ordnungspolizei were able to win five of seven possible titles in the respective district, including the light heavyweight and heavyweight titles by Hermann Eckstein and Friedrich Eckstein. However, Friedrich Eckstein achieved the greatest success in 1934 when he won the German heavyweight championship.

In athletics, Herbert Paasche was particularly successful in the early 1930s by winning the German police championship in the 100-meter and 400-meter disciplines . Also in heavy athletics , some members of the club were able to record national successes, including winning the German championship.

After the war, almost all departments of the Lübeck Ordnungspolizei remained with the successor club VfB Lübeck, so that some boxers were also successful after the war. At the beginning of the 1950s and sometimes well into the 1960s, boxers of the club were able to achieve success in various weight classes, including the seven-time champion in the Friedrichs flyweight.

There were also departments for children's gymnastics, hockey, tennis, swimming, chess, cycling and handball. Since handball was one of the most popular sports in the club and was practiced by many athletes in the club, the SG Ordnungspolizei played a regionally important role in handball, while at VfB Lübeck after 1945 such successes could only rarely be built on. In the 1954/55 season, the men's team took part in the then first-class Schleswig-Holstein state league , and since then the club's teams have played predominantly in divisions at district, district or regional level.

Before the war, the SG Ordnungspolizei association had a theater group between 1942 and 1945, in addition to the various sports departments, which showed various performances on a Lübschen theater. Artistic performances were staged for the children of the police officers as early as 1940, which led to the establishment of this department two years later.

Club structure

See also : Section “Chairperson” in VfB Lübeck / Names and Numbers

As a result of the bankruptcy, a so-called developer team was set up in 2009 to develop a new club structure which should make processes in the club more transparent in order to be able to prevent future bankruptcies. A new statute provided for the President's duties to be distributed among several people and for new bodies to be created, such as a supervisory board. At a general meeting on September 15, 2010 - 65 years after the founding of the association - the board of directors and the supervisory board were elected and the new statutes were approved by a large majority.

President / Board of Directors

In the BSV Vorwärts, Alfred Regel was president between 1919 and 1933, while the later 2nd chairman of the new VfB Lübeck, Willi Burmeister, held the office of 1st chairman. The chairman of the SG Ordnungspolizei was basically the highest-ranking Lübeck police officer or the Lübeck police officer. There was also a president at VfB between 1945 and 2010; his task was to manage the business of the association and to represent it to the outside world. In total, VfB Lübeck had ten presidents.

Since 2010, the tasks of the president have been taken over by a board of three to five people. Each member of the management board must be elected by the supervisory board and can be dismissed by it at any time. There are currently three board members:

• Speaker: Thomas Schikorra
• Office: Florian Möller
• Finances: Andreas Popien

Supervisory board

The supervisory board consists of a maximum of nine people. Its tasks are the appointment of the board members and the control (especially the financial planning) of the board. Among other things, it has to approve the conclusion of contracts that involve a payment obligation of more than 25,000 euros. Five members of the supervisory board are directly elected by the general meeting on the proposal of the election committee, one member of the supervisory board can be appointed by the department heads of the entire club and by the fan group VfB Lübeck , which is an association of VfB fan clubs. The two named persons must be confirmed by the general assembly with a simple majority. The five to seven members elected in this way can also appoint up to two other people to the Supervisory Board, but they are not obliged to do so. The members of the supervisory board are as follows:

• Chairman: Oliver Bruss (since 2015)
• Representative of the departments: Eckhard Evers (since 2012)
• Fan representative: Niels Popien (since 2012)
• Christian Flach (since 2015)
• Timo Neumann (since 2018)
• Stephan Stabe (since 2018)

The previous chairman Dietmar Scholze died on March 9, 2019.

Other bodies in the entire association

• The honorary council , consisting of three people, is responsible for settling disputes in the association and is the only body authorized to impose penalties on members (theoretically up to the exclusion of the association). One of the three members of the Honorary Council becomes the chairman of the committee; like the other two members and two deputy members, it is elected for three years by the general assembly.
• The election committee is responsible for conducting and leading elections at the general assembly. He proposes six to nine candidates for election to the supervisory board at the general assembly. Even if the members of the electoral committee have to hear both the executive board and the honorary council, they alone decide on the admissibility of a candidacy and do not have to justify a rejection or acceptance of it. The three members are elected by the general assembly for three years on the proposal of the honorary council.
• The general assembly elects five members of the supervisory board, the honorary council and the electoral committee and is responsible for relieving the board of directors, making any changes to the statutes and, if necessary, dissolving the association. A general meeting must take place at least once a year and has a quorum regardless of the number of members present.

While all VfB members who have reached the age of 18 may take part in the general assembly, members of the honorary council and the election committee must be at least 40 years old and have been a member of the association for five years.

Departments

There are currently seven departments at VfB: a licensed players department and a soccer department for soccer and one each for darts, gymnastics, badminton, table tennis and handball. Everyone - with the exception of the licensed players' department - elects their department head, including the department head, at departmental meetings (the requirements and rules correspond to those of the general meetings). The members of the department board are elected for three years.

In order to determine the supervisory board member nominated by the department heads, the management board can convene a meeting of the department heads, which is then quorate if at least three department heads are present.

literature

• Walter Bergmann: 30 years of VfB Lübeck. via BSV Vorwärts, Lübeck from 1919 and the sports association “Police” Lübeck e. V. Festschrift . Movement Games Association, Lübeck 1949.
• Guido Eschholz, Thomas Nöllen: VfB - A love in green and white , Lübeck 2010.
• Hardy Greens : Legendary football clubs. Northern Germany. Between TSV Achim, Hamburger SV and TuS Zeven. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2004, ISBN 3-89784-223-8 , pp. 58-63.
• Christian Jessen: VfB Lübeck. A century of football history in the Hanseatic city. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-7307-0460-8
• Lübeck Report . In: DTS . 1991/6, ISSN  0930-0791 , pp. 22-26.

Web links

• Club website
• Time travel: 100 years of VfB Lübeck
• Table tennis department website (accessed October 2, 2018)

References and comments

1. ↑ ^{a b} The date of foundation cannot be precisely determined. The most likely is August 28, 1919. See the section Prehistory and Foundation .
2. ↑ Moin, Alexandra! VfB welcomes the 1,000 member of the association , vfb-luebeck.de, July 28, 2020, accessed on July 31, 2020.
3. ↑ 100 years of Echt Leev keen Mood: VfB is celebrating its birthday! , vfb-luebeck.de, March 13, 2019, accessed on March 13, 2019.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Hardy Greens, Legendary Football Clubs. Between TSV Achim, Hamburger SV and TuS Zeven , AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2004, pp. 58–63.
5. ↑ Meanwhile, the VfB also sees itself as the legal successor to the SG Ordnungspolizei Lübeck: Association statutes ( Memento from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 143 kB)
6. ↑ The founding members were Alfred Regel, Karl Meyer, Otto Schulze, Anton Meyer, Hans Nagewitz, Louis Maas, Friedrich Lemm, Heinrich Roser, Bruno Behrens, Otto Frahm.
7. ^ Walter Bergmann: 30 years of VfB Lübeck. via BSV Vorwärts, Lübeck from 1919 and the sports association “Police” Lübeck e. V. Festschrift. Association for Movement Games, Lübeck 1949, p. 13.
8. ↑ Hardy Greens : Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 1: From the Crown Prince to the Bundesliga. 1890 to 1963. German championship, Gauliga, Oberliga. Numbers, pictures, stories. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1996, ISBN 3-928562-85-1 , p. 65.
9. ↑ ^{a b} Overview of the top division players
10. ↑ Kubsch affair
11. ↑ Final table for the 1966/67 season
12. ↑ ^{a b c} Report in the Lübeckische Blätter (PDF; 9.3 MB)
13. ↑ Since several teams were promoted from the Amateur Oberliga Nord, the last, "new" free place was played between these two clubs.
14. ↑ Review of the game on the 1. FC Phönix Lübeck website
15. ↑ When "Schlummi" shot VfB into the top league
16. ↑ VfB luebeck.de: Board applies for imminent insolvency ( Memento of 8 November 2012 at the Internet Archive )
17. ↑ Abendblatt.de: Lübeck files for insolvency: "Chances are at 50:50" , November 5, 2012, accessed on November 5, 2012.
18. ↑ VfB-Lübeck.de: Association takes first step towards preservation ( Memento of December 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), December 19, 2012, accessed on December 26, 2012.
19. ↑ KN-Online.de: Local court opens insolvency proceedings against VfB Lübeck , January 4, 2013, accessed on January 6, 2013.
20. ↑ Kicker.de: Skwierczynski has to leave VfB immediately , April 7, 2016, accessed on May 27, 2016.
21. ↑ Stefan Schnoor becomes sports director , vfb-luebeck.de, August 27, 2017, accessed on May 30, 2019.
22. ↑ Spiegel.de: Werder move into the cup final
23. ↑ until 1945 as police in Lübeck
24. ↑ top division
25. ↑ ^{a b} Meant is the championship in the ATSB.
26. ↑ ^{a b} as BSV Lübeck
27. ↑ as VfR Lübeck
28. ↑ Together with two to five other clubs.
29. ↑ Balance: 7 wins, 6 draws, 17 defeats, so 20:40 points and place 15/16. Goals: 38:57.
30. ↑ Transfermarkt.de: Overview of the teams in the SH League ( Memento from December 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
31. ↑ Bernd Jankowski / Harald Pistorius / Jens R. Prüß: Football in the North. 100 years of the North German Football Association.
32. ↑ VfB-Lübeck.de: Cooperation between VfB and FFC ends at the end of the season ( Memento from March 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
33. ↑ Fussballdaten.de: Match report: Kiel - Lübeck
34. ↑ although some games took place in front of a larger crowd during the league times.
35. ↑ Guido Eschholz, Thomas Nöllen: VfB - Eine Liebe in Grün-Weiß, Lübeck 2010, et al. P. 154.
36. ↑ Insider report HSV is threatened with a riot season , mopo.de, June 5, 2018, accessed on October 26, 2018.
37. ^ Historical, Hanseatic duels , ln-online.de, April 6, 2013, accessed on October 26, 2018.
38. ↑ : HSV meets Juventus Turin in Lübeck , shz.de, June 21, 2010, accessed on October 26, 2018.
39. ↑ HSV tests against Rome - you still need to know that, Abendblatt.de, August 8, 2014, accessed on October 26, 2018.
40. ↑ Unforgettable - two years ago the HSV saved VfB , vfb-luebeck.de, April 9, 2015, accessed on October 26, 2018.
41. ↑ 1. Men , vfb-luebeck.de
42. ↑ Two changeover periods in summer - the first only lasts one day , kicker.de, June 29, 2020, accessed on June 29, 2020.
43. ^ Walter Bergmann: 30 years of VfB Lübeck. via BSV Vorwärts, Lübeck from 1919 and the sports association “Police” Lübeck e. V. Festschrift . Association for Movement Games, Lübeck 1949, p. 51/52.
44. ↑ DTS magazine , 1988/6 p. 10.
45. ↑ DTS magazine , 1991/12 p. 13.
46. ↑ Wang Yansheng, Peter Franz and Colum Slevin defeat the TTC drawbridge Grenzau 5: 3 in the final , DTS magazine , 1992/1 pp. 4-8.
47. ↑ Wang Yansheng, Peter Franz and Roland Krmaschek siegen 5: 2, DTS magazine , 1992/7 p. 6.
48. ↑ DTS magazine , 1995/7 p. 24.
49. ↑ Journal DTS , 1997/9 pp. 4-5.
50. ↑ Journal DTS , 1998/9 pp. 18-19.
51. ↑ DTS magazine , 1999/3 p. 28.
52. ↑ Journal DTS , 1997/7 pp. 6-7.
53. ↑ DTS magazine , 2002/5 regional West p. 6.
54. ↑ Guido Eschholz, Thomas Nöllen: VfB - Eine Liebe in Grün-Weiß, Lübeck 2010, p. 263.
55. ↑ The titles of the men's teams are highlighted in blue, the titles of the women's teams are highlighted in red.
56. ^ Walter Bergmann: 30 years of VfB Lübeck. via BSV Vorwärts, Lübeck from 1919 and the sports association “Police” Lübeck e. V. Festschrift. Association for Movement Games, Lübeck 1949, p. 11.
57. ^ Walter Bergmann: 30 years of VfB Lübeck. via BSV Vorwärts, Lübeck from 1919 and the sports association “Police” Lübeck e. V. Festschrift. Association for Movement Games, Lübeck 1949, p. 11/12.
58. ^ Walter Bergmann: 30 years of VfB Lübeck. via BSV Vorwärts, Lübeck from 1919 and the sports association “Police” Lübeck e. V. Festschrift. Association for Movement Games, Lübeck 1949, p. 32/33.
59. ↑ The athletes only succeeded in doing this after their time with the Lübeck police.
60. ^ Walter Bergmann: 30 years of VfB Lübeck. via BSV Vorwärts, Lübeck from 1919 and the sports association “Police” Lübeck e. V. Festschrift. Association for Movement Games, Lübeck 1949, p. 39/40.
61. ↑ AC-Einigkeit.de: List of some boxing champions ( Memento from May 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
62. ^ Walter Bergmann: 30 years of VfB Lübeck. via BSV Vorwärts, Lübeck from 1919 and the sports association “Police” Lübeck e. V. Festschrift. Association for Movement Games, Lübeck 1949, pp. 33–37.
63. ↑ The teams of the district handball association Lübeck have been forming the Baltic Sea region since 2007 with the teams of the district handball association Ostholstein.
64. ^ Walter Bergmann: 30 years of VfB Lübeck. via BSV Vorwärts, Lübeck from 1919 and the sports association “Police” Lübeck e. V. Festschrift. Association for Movement Games, Lübeck 1949, pp. 48/49.
65. ^ Accepted draft statutes ( memo of September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 143 kB)
66. ↑ ^{a b} VfB Lübeck v. 1919 e. V. , vfb-luebeck.de, accessed on March 26, 2019.
67. ↑ VfB Lübeck terminates contract with sports director Michael Hopp , sportbuzzer.de, March 8, 2019, accessed on April 9, 2019.
68. ↑ VfB Lübeck mourns Dietmar Scholze , sportbuzzer.de, March 9, 2019, accessed on March 26, 2019.

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