VfB Lohberg
| VfB Lohberg | |||
| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | Association for Movement Games 1919 Dinslaken-Lohberg |
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| founding | May 18, 1919 | ||
| Colours | black yellow | ||
| Website | vfb-lohberg.de | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Thomas Grefen | ||
| Venue | Dorotheen arena | ||
| Places | 6,000 | ||
| league | District League Niederrhein 3 | ||
| 2016/17 | 14th place (District League 6) | ||
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The VfB Lohberg (with full name "Association for Movement Games 1919 Dinslaken-Lohberg" ) is a German sports club from Dinslaken in North Rhine-Westphalia . The association was founded in 1919. In addition to soccer, the club also has handball and tennis departments.
history
VfB Dinslaken-Lohberg was founded on May 18, 1919 , at that time the club was called Ballspielverein Lohberg. Even then, they played on Dorotheenstraße, the Dorotheen-Kampfbahn , which was built later, is still home to the club today. In 1924, the ball game club merged with the Germania gymnastics club and the Feldmark game club, and the final name was given to the “Lohberg Movement Games Association”. The VfB was a workers' association and the proximity to the Lohberg colliery was strengthened again in 1937 when the colliery's own sports group joined VfB Lohberg. The "Knappen" , as the footballers from the Dinslaken colliery colony were called, played in the 1930s for a time in the second-rate district league , which was arranged directly below the Gauliga . The club was also represented in the preliminary rounds of the Tschammer Cup ; So Lohberg lost in 1940 in the first round against Westende Hamborn 1: 4, in 1943 the team won over Rot-Weiß Oberhausen with 7: 1 and was eliminated in the second round against Sportfreunde Katernberg with 2: 3 after extra time.
post war period
After the Second World War , VfB Lohberg first played in the then first-class league for the Rechter Niederrhein district championship in 1945/46 , was then divided into the district class and in 1948/49 made it to the state league (3rd division), the highest amateur class . In the following year, the club was champions of the regional league before Sterkrade 06/07 , but renounced the 2nd League West and the contract playing .
After the introduction of the Niederrhein Association League as the new highest amateur league , the first football team won the state league championship and promotion to the association league in 1958/59 under coach Ludwig Bartholot . The most successful sporting era of the club followed. Between 1959 and 1975 VfB Lohberg played continuously in the third-class association league and repeatedly just missed promotion to the 2nd division or the Regionalliga West . As a newcomer, the club was runner-up behind BV Osterfeld in its first season .
| Playtime | league | space | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958/59 | Lower Rhine regional league | 1. | |
| 1959/60 | Association league Niederrhein | 2. | |
| 1960/61 | Association league Niederrhein | 1. | |
| 1961/62 | Association league Niederrhein | 4th | |
| 1962/63 | Association league Niederrhein | 2. | |
| 1963/64 | Association league Niederrhein | 2. | |
| 1964/65 | Association league Niederrhein | 2. | |
| 1965/66 | Association league Niederrhein | 3. | |
| 1966/67 | Association league Niederrhein | 3. | |
| 1967/68 | Association league Niederrhein | 4th | |
| 1968/69 | Association league Niederrhein | 6th | |
| 1969/70 | Association league Niederrhein | 8th. |
The 1960/61 season ended at the top of the table, but the decider was lost against SV Neukirchen tied on points . In 1963 and 1964, VfB was again runner-up and both times had to just let Homberger SV go ahead. For the third time in a row, the team was the Niederrhein vice-champion in the 1964/65 season, the relegated regional league VfB Bottrop was ahead. The next few years of play, the Zechenklub finished third in the table in the Association League. This was followed by midfield positions until the 1972/73 season, when they reached third place again. But already in the season 1974/75 the big disappointment followed, the VfB Lohberg had to accept the relegation to the Landesliga Niederrhein and was only fourth class. In 1978 the club was runner-up in the regional league behind VfL Rhede and managed to return to the association league. There the VfB players first established themselves and failed in the years 1982 and 1983 as third in the table (with two promotion places) just barely on the rise in the amateur league of North Rhine .
Due to financial restrictions, the Zechenklub was relegated to the state league again in 1984 and Lohberg returned to the now four-class association league for the last time from 1989 to 1993. Since then the sport has continued to decline, the club has played mainly in the district league since then. VfB Lohberg celebrated its 90th anniversary on May 16, 2009. Two weeks later, the club managed to stay in the Niederrhein district league with a 2-0 win at Viktoria Buchholz .
Former MSV professional Franz-Josef Steininger was the coach for the 2009/10 season . In the season 2010/11 Lohberg only reached the penultimate place in the district league and was relegated to the district league A. After four years, VfB managed to return to the district league as champions in 2015.
Cup successes
In the successful 1960s as an amateur league team, the Lohberger also developed into a real cup scare. An example of this was the game year 1963, when VfB eliminated black and white Essen (3: 1), Hamborn 07 (3: 2 afterwards ), Bayer 04 Leverkusen (albeit at the Green Table) and Alemannia Aachen in the West German Cup . Against the Alemannia the "Knappen" reached a 2-2 draw in front of 6,000 spectators , and they won the replay at the Tivoli in Aachen sensationally 3-2 in front of 5,000 visitors. Well-deserved reward was reaching the 1st DFB Cup main round , where VfB Lohberg lost to Bundesliga club Werder Bremen just 3: 4 and missed the quarter-finals. In 1964 the club first threw VfB Bottrop 4-1 out of the competition in the West German Cup before failing at Hamborn 07. In 1968 there was a narrow 2: 3 defeat against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen in the first main round . In 1973 VfB failed in the second round 0: 1 to Borussia Dortmund , a year later there were victories in the West German Cup over 1. FC Mülheim (2: 1) and SV Wesel (1: 0) before each other had to admit defeat 1: 2 against Westfalia Herne .
Most recently, VfB Lohberg had the chance to make it into the DFB Cup in 1991 , playing a qualifying game against FC Remscheid before the first main round and was unfortunately eliminated 4-5 on penalties.
Well-known players and coaches
- Herbert Bayer
- Paul Matzkowski
- Ludwig Bartholot
- Dieter Danzberg
- Franz Raschid
- Peter Loontiens
- Günter Abel
- Günter Preuss
- Thomas Kempe
- Frank Saborowski
- Pino Steininger
Web links
literature
- Matthias Weinrich, Hardy Greens : Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 6: German Cup history since 1935. Pictures, statistics, stories, constellations. AGON-Sportverlag, Kassel 2000, ISBN 3-89784-146-0 .
- Hardy Greens: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 7: Club Lexicon . AGON-Sportverlag, Kassel 2001, ISBN 3-89784-147-9 .